{"id":3287,"date":"2019-11-06T20:14:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T20:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/?page_id=3287"},"modified":"2019-11-06T20:52:56","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T20:52:56","slug":"ernest-j-hueffner-1838-1922","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/features\/ernest-j-hueffner-1838-1922\/","title":{"rendered":"Ernest J. Hueffner, 1838-1922"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to <em>History of Racine and Kenosha Counties<\/em>, 1879: \u201cE.J. Hueffner, wholesale and retail dealer in leather, shoe-findings and hides; was born in Germany in 1840, and came to Racine with his parents, Ernst C. and Julia Hueffner, in 1849; the business was established that year, by his father, who died in 1872; E.J. became partner in the concern in 1867. Mr. Hueffner has been Vice President of the Manufacturers\u2019 National Bank since its organization, and is a Director in the Silver Plate Co. He was Alderman of the First Ward from 1873 to 1877, and was elected Mayor in April, 1879.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Racine-Mayors.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"464\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Racine-Mayors.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3294\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Racine-Mayors.jpg 750w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Racine-Mayors-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Martin M. Secor was among Racine\u2019s former mayors to ride in the \u201cWelcome Home\u201d celebration parade held July 5-6, 1909. Pictured, from left: A. J. Horlick (1907-1911), Secor (1884-5 and 1888-9, David G. Janes (1895-1897), Adolph Weber (1890-91), Peter B. Nelson (1903-1907), Frank Mitchell (1889-1890), Michael Higgins Jr. (1899-1903) and <strong>Ernest Hueffner (1879-1880)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1526_College_Ave_front_174b29e0a1ecc00113c7893af8bf5c06l-m3531389958o-678x381.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1526_College_Ave_front_174b29e0a1ecc00113c7893af8bf5c06l-m3531389958o-678x381.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3290\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1526_College_Ave_front_174b29e0a1ecc00113c7893af8bf5c06l-m3531389958o-678x381.jpg 678w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1526_College_Ave_front_174b29e0a1ecc00113c7893af8bf5c06l-m3531389958o-678x381-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>1526 College Avenue, Racine, Wis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Shoe and Leather Reporter<\/em>, February 23, 1922<br><strong>Death of E. J. Hueffner<\/strong><br> Ernest J. Hueffner, of Racine, Wis., who has been identified with western finding and shoe store supply interests for the past half century, died at his home, 1526 College Ave., Racine, Wis., Wednesday, February 15. He was eighty-four years of age. Mr. Hueffner is a descendant of a family of tanners from continental Europe. He was born in Forst, Prussia, Germany, February 15, 1838. The Hueffner family have been in the leather business in Racine since 1848 when the senior Hueffner established a tannery there. <\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, 1879: \u201cE.J. Hueffner, wholesale and retail dealer in leather, shoe-findings and hides; was born in Germany in 1840, and came to Racine with his parents, Ernst C. and Julia Hueffner, in 1849; the business was established that year, by his father, who died in 1872; E.J. became&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":33,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3287","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3287"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3295,"href":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3287\/revisions\/3295"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}