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John P. Bruemmer, a livestock commission merchant of Milwaukee, is a pioneer in this business, in which he has been engaged for thirty-five years, long occupying a position of leadership among the business men in this line in Wisconsin. He was born in Milwaukee, December 3, 1863, and is one of a family of eight children, four sons and four daughters, whose parents were Joachim and Ernstina (Striemke) Bruemmer. The father came to the United States in 1854 and remained a resident of Milwaukee to the time of his death in 1899. He was a brickmaker and for twenty-two years he was in the employ of George Burnham. His wife, who came to the United States when a maiden of but twelve summers, lived on the south side of Milwaukee throughout her remaining days, covering a period of seventy-one years. She passed away on the 3rd of August, 1920, at the age of eighty-three. Their children are all living, all married and all residents of Milwaukee.

John P. Bruemmer was educated in the eighth ward school and in his youth clerked in his father's grocery store until he had attained his majority. When twenty-one years of age he entered the employ of George B. Van Norman, a prominent stockyards-man of that day and now of Chicago. His connection with Mr. Van Norman covered a period of fifteen years and since that time Mr. Bruemmer has been engaged in the livestock commission business on his own account. His life has been passed in Milwaukee with the exception of the period of fifteen years spent in Chicago. He has been very successful in the management of his affairs and is now in comfortable financial circumstances — in fact, he is numbered among the men of affluence in this city and occupies a beautiful home at the corner of National and Thirteenth avenues.

On the 28th of November, 1894, Mr. Bruemmer was united in marriage to Miss Bertha. Clara Heitman, who was born in Milwaukee, and they have become parents of three living sons and a daughter: Lyman, Arthur, John and Florence. They also lost one son, George, who was killed in an automobile accident August 12, 1914, when twelve years of age.

Mr. Bruemmer is a thirty-second degree Mason and a loyal follower of the teachings and purposes of the craft. In politics he is a republican when national issues are involved but at local elections casts his ballot for the most capable candidate, regardless of party ties. He belongs to the Association of Commerce and to the West Side Old Settlers Club, also to the Eleventh Avenue Advancement Association and he is a director in the Wisconsin State Bank. His home, however, is his club and his interest centers at his own fireside. This does not preclude his active support of plans and measures for the general good and Milwaukee has long classed him with her representative citizens.