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FRED KLUSSMANN, brewer, Bennett, was born Sept. 16, 1840, near Bremen, Germany, son of H. Frederick Klussmann, a native of Goslar, in the Hartz mountains, where he was reared. While traveling he (H. Frederick) met the lady who afterward became his wife, Christiana Steile, a native of Hamburg. They settled in Bremen, where he followed the coppersmith’s trade. They had seven children: Fred, Charles, Edward, Henry, Annie, Katie and Mary. When the gold fever broke out Mr. Klussmann left on the first vessel for California, and worked successfully in the gold-mines four years. In 1853 he revisited Germany, and returned to this country with his family, settling in Cook county, Ill., where he still resides, engaged in farming. The subject of this memoir was reared and educated in Germany, and at the age of twenty came to Pittsburgh, where he was employed by Adam Baeuerlein, as driver, later as brewer, five years. After a time he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and here worked in the largest brewery in the place. Returning to Pittsburgh, he became a partner in the Star Brewery, now the C. Baeuerlein Brewing company, of which Mr. Klussmann is president. He was married twice; his first wife, nee Christine Bauer, died leaving one child, Frederick C.; his present wife, nee Elizabeth Bauer, is the mother of one son, William C. Mr. Klussmann is a member of the I. O. O. F. and R. A.; he is a republican.