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AUGUST BEWIG
Originally published in 1900 |
AUGUST BEWIG, of the City of Hoboken, was engaged in the grocery
and provision business there for several years, and is now the agent for the
Excelsior Brewery. He has long resided in Hoboken, Hudson County, N. J.,
where he is an active member of the Democratic party. He has been President
of the Board of Water Commissioners and more recently served as an
Alderman for a period of eight years. He also acted as Chairman of the
Council for three years. He was Captain of the Independent Schuetzens
for five years and President of the Plattdeutscher Volks Pest of New York,
recently the largest of its kind in the United States. Mr. Bewig was born
in Germnany, March 9, 1843, the son of Henry Bewig and Christina Klusmann.
He was educated in the public schools of his native town and came
to the United States when a youth.
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