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J. H. Fiebing, engaged in chemical manufacturing in Milwaukee, has developed expert skill in this connection and his thoroughness, determination and enterprise have constituted the basic principles upon which he has built his success. Born in this city on the 15th of July, 1865, he is a son of Otto and Bella (Dyckhoff) Fiebing, both of whom were natives of Germany and are deceased. The father arrived in Milwaukee in the year 1848. He was a notary public and for many years filled the office of justice of the peace, rendering fair and impartial decisions which were the means of continuing him in this position of public honor and trust.

J. H. Fiebing at the usual age became a pupil in the public schools of Milwaukee and afterward went abroad, becoming a university student in Germany, where he remained from 1881 until 1887. Thus, liberal training well qualified him for the practical and responsible duties of life. He was graduated from the chemical department of the technical university at Hanover, Germany, and when he had thus finished his studies he returned to his native city. Here he entered the employ of Pfister & Vogel Leather Company, with whom he remained for ten years in the chemical department, and in 1897 he established the present plant of the Fiebing Chemical Company, now located at No. 238 Reed street. Here he has since conducted business as a chemical manufacturer and his patronage has steadily increased until his business is one of the important enterprises of the kind in the city.

In 1887 Mr. Fiebing was united in marriage to Miss Marie Thiele, a daughter of August Thiele of Hanover, Germany, and they are now the parents of four children: Bella, who is the wife of A. F. Meyer of Milwaukee; Gertrude, the wife of Dr. Arthur Knauf of Sheboygan, Wisconsin; Otto, who is manager of the Northern Woodenware Company at Crandon, Wisconsin; and Anita, who resides with her parents. Otto was a soldier of the World war, serving in the base hospital and at the officers training camp, whereby he won the rank of second lieutenant.

Mr. Fiebing is a member of the Milwaukee Athletic Club. He is widely known in this city, where practically his entire life has been passed, save for the period which he spent in study in Germany. He has labored diligently and persistently and has made each day to mark off a full-faithed attempt to know more and to grow more. Thus he has steadily advanced in business and as a chemical manufacturer is today widely and prominently known.