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Adam Frey
Adam Frey & Co., dealers in general merchandise, grain and farm produce, Hartford; business established in 1871; average stock, $14,000; have an elevator capacity of 5,000 bushels of grain; handle annually about 100,000 bushels of grain; this firm has a large and well-stocked store.
Adam Frey, the senior partner of the above firm, is a native of Rhine, Bavaria; is the son of Adam and Catharine (Goettmann) Frey, and was born Feb. 4, 1842; came to the United States in 1857, and made his home in the town of Hartford, Washington Co., on a farm on Section 11; he carried on the farm three years, and then moved to the village of Hartford, and, in company with Mr. Frederick Goetz, engaged in his present business (1871). He was married, at Waupun, Sept. 4, 1870, to Miss Christine Spannagel, daughter of August Spannagel. Mrs. Frey was born in the town of Hartford, of which her father was an early settler; they have five children-Amelia, John A., Martha C., Henriette and William L.
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"History of Washington and Ozaukee Counties, Wisconsin," published in 1881 by Western Historical Company.