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Portrait and Biographical Record of Northern Michigan
Record Publishing Company, Chicago - 1895

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      FREDERICK R. B. PFEFFERKORN, a leading druggist and pharmacist
   of Manistee, has a well equipped store at No. 320 First Street.  He
   is an enterprising young business man, but though young in years
   possesses the characteristics which lead to success, and has already
   manifested good financial ability.
      The birth of our subject occurred in Dresden, Saxony, April 27,
   1866.  He received a liberal education, attending the local schools
   from his fifth until his twelfth year, and from that time until his
   sixteenth year was a student in the Dresden High School.  He was
   very fond of chemistry, and had practical training in a drug store
   during a period of about three years.  In 1883 he emigrated to the
   United States, and for six months resided in Chicago.  From there 
   he went to Milwaukee, where he obtained a clerkship in a drug store.
   In 1884 he passed the pharmacist's examination at Madison, Wis., and
   returned to his former employer bearing the added honor and useful-
   ness of a licensed prescription druggist.  He continued to live in
   Milwaukee for a year and a-half longer.  While in Chicago he had
   spent every leisure moment in studying the English language, with
   which he then made his first acquaintance.  His examination was
   altogether in English, yet he received the mark of "Perfect."
      It was in June, 1885, that Mr. PFEFFERKORN came to Manistee.  He
   was soon given employment with Dr. J. KINSLEY as a prescription clerk
   in his drug store, and served in that capacity faithfully for nine
   years.  In the summer of 1894 he opened his store, which he is still
   conducting.
      During the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, our subject
   was favored with a visit from his mother, Mrs. EMMA BERGMANN.  She
   came to see the White City, and to pass some time with relatives.
   After a pleasant stay, covering some four months, she returned to
   her native land, and soon after passed to her final rest.  The
   father, ERNST B. PFEFFERKORN, died in 1877, from the effects of
   exposure during the Franco-German War, in which he participated.
   He had only two children, one of whom died in infancy.
      February 9, 1888, occurred the marriage of our subject and Miss
   ISABELLA, daughter of HENRY DOELLE, a retired merchant of this city.
   The lady was born in the Badger State, July 8, 1863, and was edu-
   cated at Green Bay, Wis.  The young couple have a little son, ERNST
   H. C., born August 3, 1894.  The parents are members of the German
   Catholic Church of this city, and are held in the highest respect
   by all who have the pleasure of their acquaintance.  The success
   which our worthy subject
   
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   has achieved is due to his industrious and economical habits, for
   by these means he managed to lay aside a portion of his earnings
   regularly, and, with some aid given him by his mother, was able
   to establish his present business.
   
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