Frank G. Kammerer and Dorrie List Hildreth

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Husband Frank G. Kammerer ¹

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            AKA: Franklin G. Kammerer 2
           Born: 24 Feb 1845 - Washington Co, PA 1
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         Father: John Kammerer (1793-1856) 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Bender (      -1859) 4

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       Marriage: 9 Dec 1886 5

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Wife Dorrie List Hildreth ⁵

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         Father: E. A. Hildreth, M.D. (      -      ) 5
         Mother: Susan L. McMehen (      -      ) 5

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Children

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1 M Eugene Kammerer ⁵

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           Born: 23 Jan 1888 5
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2 F Frances Kammerer ⁵

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           Born: 21 Oct 1889 5
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General Notes: Husband - Frank G. Kammerer

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He was educated in the common schools of his native county, and received a thorough business training at the Iron City Commercial College, Pittsburgh. He then engaged in business with his brother in the village of Kammerer, Washington County, Pennsylvania, remaining there until 1875, when he traveled for a year, after which he embarked in the insurance business at Washington, Pennsylvania, with Major A. G. Happer, under the firm name of Happer and Kammerer. This continued until the latter part of September, 1879, when he retired from the firm and moved to Chicago. In the meantime (in 1877) Mr. Kammerer assumed control, as vice-president and general manager, under Dr. Geo. P. Hayes, of what became the Pittsburgh Southern Railroad (later the B. & O. Short Line), running from Washington to Pittsburgh, and built the road from Finleyville to Washington. With this road he was connected two years, or until its completion, at which time he retired from the management.
In 1880 Mr. Kammerer became a member of the Board of Trade of Chicago, and established the firm of F. G. Kammerer & Co., office No. 35 Board of Trade Building, he being sole member of the firm. In the account of the Chicago Board of Trade given in Andreas' history ["1885-p. 315"] is the following: "Frank G. Kammerer is one of the very few business men of Chicago, who, in a comparatively short period of time, have been able to firmly establish themselves among the ablest and most untiring competitors of the most enterprising city in the world. Coming here only six years ago from Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he passed his earlier years in the successful prosecution of various mercantile and manufacturing enterprises, Mr. Kammerer at once engaged in the grain and provision trade, and by his energy and business foresight he has made the house of F. G. Kammerer & Co. a synonym for fair dealing and stability. He has been a prominent member of the Board of Trade since coming to Chicago in 1878, and in January, 1884, was honored by being elected a member of the committee of arbitration." On page 320, same history, it states that Mr. Kammerer was a member of the committee on arbitration 1884-85-86, with William Gardner, J. C. Merrill, G. W. Phillips and F. G. Logan. In 1886 Mr. Kammerer was elected a director of the Board of Trade, serving the full term, retiring in 1889.
In addition to his Board of Trade business interests Mr. Kammerer made several successful real estate investments, and was the owner of a considerable amount of property. He was one of the leading promoters of the artificial ice industry in Chicago, and was one of the first stockholders of the company-the Consumers Pure Ice Company-of which he was elected president, and was a director and member of the executive committee. This was the largest original enterprise of the kind in Chicago, and one of the largest in the world. He was also largely interested in the manufacture and introduction of the "Hinson Car Coupler," one of the leading couplers of the Master Car Builders' type which was legalized and endorsed by Congress, and he was president of the company that had control of the patent. [CBRWC, 1003]

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1000.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 592.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 592, 999.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 999.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1003.