Frederick J. Fleischhauer, wagon and carriage manufacturer, general blacksmith
at Reed City, and manager of the Clifton
House, was born Sept. 23, 1854, in Waterloo, Ont. He is the son of John W.
and Mary Fleischhauer, and was reared on his
father's farm in Waterloo Co., Ont. He was 17 years of age when he began to
acquire the knowledge necessary to the
prosecution of the business in which he has been actively engaged for many
years, and he served an apprenticeship of
three years at Wellesley, in his native county, afterwards becoming a
journeyman and operating in that method eight
years. In 1881 he went to Milwaukee, Wis., and three months later, proceeded
to Reed City, where he opened his shop in
December 1881. He is doing a successful busiess, requiring two assistants in
the various departments except in wood
work, all of which is made by his own hands.
He purchased the Clifton House in October, 1883. The establishment
accommodates a limited number of guests and has a
restaurant attached. The property belongs to his wife. He is the owner of
his shops and their sites.
Mr. Fleischhauer was married Oct. 19, 1883, at Reed City, to Ernestine
Treptow. she was born in Canada, Sept. 13, 1857.
One child, Edward F., was born of their union, at Reed City, Sept. 23, 1884.
Mr. Fleischhauer has one daughter by an earlier marriage, Caroline, born in
November, 1879, in Richmond Township.
