Jacob Elias Friend

Jacob E. Friend
Born(1857-12-06)December 6, 1857
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
DiedApril 20, 1912(1912-04-20) (aged 54)
Perugia, Umbria, Italy
Occupations
  • President (Nordbery Manufacturing Company)
  • Vice president (Friend Brothers Clothing Company)
  • Director (National Exchange Bank in Miwaukee)
SpouseAlice Levy
Children3
Member of the Wisconsin House of Representatives
from the Milwaukee district
In office
January 1, 1883 – January 3, 1887
Preceded by
Succeeded by

Jacob Elias Friend (December 6, 1857 – April 20, 1912) was an American politician, lawyer, and businessman.

Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Friend received his law degree from Columbia Law School and practiced law in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Friend was president of the Nordberg Manufacturing Company in 1895 and he was also the vice-president of Friend Brothers Clothing Company, which was owned by his father, Elias Friend, and his uncle, Henry Friend.[1] He was also director of the National Exchange Bank in Milwaukee.

Friend received financial support from Frederick Pabst.[1]

Friend was also involved in a "deal" to merge the largest steam engine companies after the purchase of the Corliss Steam Engine Works by a group of businessmen. Friend served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1883 to 1887 as a Republican.[2] Friend died in Perugia, Italy.[1][3]

Jacob bought land from the estate of Judge Murray F. Tuley on Pine Lake[4] in an area now known as Chenequa, Wisconsin which has archaeological significance for being known as a site for trails and camps of Native American Indians from Prairie Potawatomi and Menomini tribes.[5] The land is located off Muscovy Road.

Family

Friend married Alice Levy on April 29, 1885. They had three children: Robert, Margaret, and James. Robert went on to be president of Nordberg Manufacturing Company.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Jerome Anthony Watrous (1909). Memoirs of Milwaukee County: From the Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present, Including a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Representative Families in Milwaukee County. Western Historical Association. pp. 764–765. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  2. ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1885,' Biographical Sketch of Jacob E. Friend, pg. 436
  3. ^ Jacob Elias Friend, 1899-1901
  4. ^ "Friend Residence | Photograph". December 2003.
  5. ^ "Read the eBook the Wisconsin archeologist (Volume 8-10) by Wisconsin Natural History Society. Archeological S online for free (Page 32 of 43)".


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