Ernest Andrew Pflueger was born in Erie, Pennsylvania on December 6, 1866. He was the son of Ernest Frederick Pflueger and Julia (Dunnebeck) Pflueger.
His father, Ernest F., was born in Germany in 1844, and came to America as an orphan with his brother and sister; he grew up in Buffalo, New York. He became a molder by trade, and in 1868 established a home at Akron. He worked for the Erie Stove Company, and subsequently was engaged in the retail grocery business until about 1880. He had been of an inventive turn of mind as a boy, and by 1880 had taken out patents on over fifty of his original devices. In 1880, he established the Enterprise Manufacturing Company for the making of fishing tackle and similar lines. Ernest F. Pflueger died at Akron, November 18, 1900, and his wife Julia passed away in 1905.
Ernest Andrew Pflueger was reared in Akron, attended public schools until the age of fourteen, and soon afterwards began adding his individual genius and work to the business of his father's factory. In 1882, he became secretary and treasurer of the Enterprise Manufacturing company, and for a number of years was president and treasurer of that organization.
Ernest Andrew Pflueger married Julia Ruth Seiberling in 1896. Ruth was the youngest daughter of J.F. Seiberling, and a sister of Frank A. and Charles W. Seiberling (founders of Goodyear Rubber). Four sons were born to their marriage : John, Theodore, William, and Robert. All the children bear the middle name Seiberling.
Mr. Pflueger was also a director of the First Trust and Savings Bank, and president of the Manufacturers' Association of Fishing Tackle of the United States. He was a member of the executive committee of the Akron Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Portage Country club, a director of the Akron City Club, a member of the Portage Fish and Game Association, and of Trinity Lutheran Church.
His father, Ernest F., was born in Germany in 1844, and came to America as an orphan with his brother and sister; he grew up in Buffalo, New York. He became a molder by trade, and in 1868 established a home at Akron. He worked for the Erie Stove Company, and subsequently was engaged in the retail grocery business until about 1880. He had been of an inventive turn of mind as a boy, and by 1880 had taken out patents on over fifty of his original devices. In 1880, he established the Enterprise Manufacturing Company for the making of fishing tackle and similar lines. Ernest F. Pflueger died at Akron, November 18, 1900, and his wife Julia passed away in 1905.
Ernest Andrew Pflueger was reared in Akron, attended public schools until the age of fourteen, and soon afterwards began adding his individual genius and work to the business of his father's factory. In 1882, he became secretary and treasurer of the Enterprise Manufacturing company, and for a number of years was president and treasurer of that organization.
Ernest Andrew Pflueger married Julia Ruth Seiberling in 1896. Ruth was the youngest daughter of J.F. Seiberling, and a sister of Frank A. and Charles W. Seiberling (founders of Goodyear Rubber). Four sons were born to their marriage : John, Theodore, William, and Robert. All the children bear the middle name Seiberling.
Mr. Pflueger was also a director of the First Trust and Savings Bank, and president of the Manufacturers' Association of Fishing Tackle of the United States. He was a member of the executive committee of the Akron Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Portage Country club, a director of the Akron City Club, a member of the Portage Fish and Game Association, and of Trinity Lutheran Church.
Ernest Andrew Pflueger was born in Erie, Pennsylvania on December 6, 1866. He was the son of Ernest Frederick Pflueger and Julia (Dunnebeck) Pflueger.
His father, Ernest F., was born in Germany in 1844, and came to America as an orphan with his brother and sister; he grew up in Buffalo, New York. He became a molder by trade, and in 1868 established a home at Akron. He worked for the Erie Stove Company, and subsequently was engaged in the retail grocery business until about 1880. He had been of an inventive turn of mind as a boy, and by 1880 had taken out patents on over fifty of his original devices. In 1880, he established the Enterprise Manufacturing Company for the making of fishing tackle and similar lines. Ernest F. Pflueger died at Akron, November 18, 1900, and his wife Julia passed away in 1905.
Ernest Andrew Pflueger was reared in Akron, attended public schools until the age of fourteen, and soon afterwards began adding his individual genius and work to the business of his father's factory. In 1882, he became secretary and treasurer of the Enterprise Manufacturing company, and for a number of years was president and treasurer of that organization.
Ernest Andrew Pflueger married Julia Ruth Seiberling in 1896. Ruth was the youngest daughter of J.F. Seiberling, and a sister of Frank A. and Charles W. Seiberling (founders of Goodyear Rubber). Four sons were born to their marriage : John, Theodore, William, and Robert. All the children bear the middle name Seiberling.
Mr. Pflueger was also a director of the First Trust and Savings Bank, and president of the Manufacturers' Association of Fishing Tackle of the United States. He was a member of the executive committee of the Akron Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Portage Country club, a director of the Akron City Club, a member of the Portage Fish and Game Association, and of Trinity Lutheran Church.
His father, Ernest F., was born in Germany in 1844, and came to America as an orphan with his brother and sister; he grew up in Buffalo, New York. He became a molder by trade, and in 1868 established a home at Akron. He worked for the Erie Stove Company, and subsequently was engaged in the retail grocery business until about 1880. He had been of an inventive turn of mind as a boy, and by 1880 had taken out patents on over fifty of his original devices. In 1880, he established the Enterprise Manufacturing Company for the making of fishing tackle and similar lines. Ernest F. Pflueger died at Akron, November 18, 1900, and his wife Julia passed away in 1905.
Ernest Andrew Pflueger was reared in Akron, attended public schools until the age of fourteen, and soon afterwards began adding his individual genius and work to the business of his father's factory. In 1882, he became secretary and treasurer of the Enterprise Manufacturing company, and for a number of years was president and treasurer of that organization.
Ernest Andrew Pflueger married Julia Ruth Seiberling in 1896. Ruth was the youngest daughter of J.F. Seiberling, and a sister of Frank A. and Charles W. Seiberling (founders of Goodyear Rubber). Four sons were born to their marriage : John, Theodore, William, and Robert. All the children bear the middle name Seiberling.
Mr. Pflueger was also a director of the First Trust and Savings Bank, and president of the Manufacturers' Association of Fishing Tackle of the United States. He was a member of the executive committee of the Akron Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Portage Country club, a director of the Akron City Club, a member of the Portage Fish and Game Association, and of Trinity Lutheran Church.
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