WATERTOWN NEWS, Watertown, Wisconsin, Wednesday, November 13, 1895
Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 11 - John A. Dutcher, one of Milwaukee's best known citizens and business men, died suddenly at his home, 408 Irving place, yesterday morning at 8:35 o'clock from heart failure.
John Ashley Dutcher was born on November 1, 1829, at Saulsbury, Litchfield county, Conn., and came from a family whose ancestors were among the early colonists of New York state, and who are spoken of by Washington Irving in his works. He received his education in Connecticut and at the age of 20 years came to Milwaukee. At that time Peter W. Badgley conducted a grocery store at 387 East Water street, and here Mr. Dutcher secured employment as a clerk. In 1853 Mr. Badgley took Mr. Dutcher into the business as a partner. The firm progressed rapidly and until 1854, when Mr. Badgley died, it was conducted under the name of P. W. Badgley & Co.
The late Kellogg Sexton then became a partner and the wholesale grocery firm was conducted under the name of Dutcher & Sexton, until 1857, when Messrs. Dutcher and Sexton took their bookkeeper, John R. Goodrich, into the firm, which is 1862 was again changed by admitting Edwin H. Ball of East Troy, Walworth county. The firm then became known as Dutcher, Ball & Goodrich.
The grocery business was built up to one of the largest in the city in the early days, and then Mr. Dutcher retired from the firm to engage in the manufacture of stoves with Messrs. Vose and Adams, under the firm name of Dutcher, Vose & Adams. At the same time Mr Dutcher was interested in the tea firm of Dutcher, Collins & Smith. Later the stove firm dissolved and it was then controlled by father and son under the name of the J. A. & P. E. Dutcher company, of which the elder Dutcher was president at the time of his death.
Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 11 - John A. Dutcher, one of Milwaukee's best known citizens and business men, died suddenly at his home, 408 Irving place, yesterday morning at 8:35 o'clock from heart failure.
John Ashley Dutcher was born on November 1, 1829, at Saulsbury, Litchfield county, Conn., and came from a family whose ancestors were among the early colonists of New York state, and who are spoken of by Washington Irving in his works. He received his education in Connecticut and at the age of 20 years came to Milwaukee. At that time Peter W. Badgley conducted a grocery store at 387 East Water street, and here Mr. Dutcher secured employment as a clerk. In 1853 Mr. Badgley took Mr. Dutcher into the business as a partner. The firm progressed rapidly and until 1854, when Mr. Badgley died, it was conducted under the name of P. W. Badgley & Co.
The late Kellogg Sexton then became a partner and the wholesale grocery firm was conducted under the name of Dutcher & Sexton, until 1857, when Messrs. Dutcher and Sexton took their bookkeeper, John R. Goodrich, into the firm, which is 1862 was again changed by admitting Edwin H. Ball of East Troy, Walworth county. The firm then became known as Dutcher, Ball & Goodrich.
The grocery business was built up to one of the largest in the city in the early days, and then Mr. Dutcher retired from the firm to engage in the manufacture of stoves with Messrs. Vose and Adams, under the firm name of Dutcher, Vose & Adams. At the same time Mr Dutcher was interested in the tea firm of Dutcher, Collins & Smith. Later the stove firm dissolved and it was then controlled by father and son under the name of the J. A. & P. E. Dutcher company, of which the elder Dutcher was president at the time of his death.
WATERTOWN NEWS, Watertown, Wisconsin, Wednesday, November 13, 1895
Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 11 - John A. Dutcher, one of Milwaukee's best known citizens and business men, died suddenly at his home, 408 Irving place, yesterday morning at 8:35 o'clock from heart failure.
John Ashley Dutcher was born on November 1, 1829, at Saulsbury, Litchfield county, Conn., and came from a family whose ancestors were among the early colonists of New York state, and who are spoken of by Washington Irving in his works. He received his education in Connecticut and at the age of 20 years came to Milwaukee. At that time Peter W. Badgley conducted a grocery store at 387 East Water street, and here Mr. Dutcher secured employment as a clerk. In 1853 Mr. Badgley took Mr. Dutcher into the business as a partner. The firm progressed rapidly and until 1854, when Mr. Badgley died, it was conducted under the name of P. W. Badgley & Co.
The late Kellogg Sexton then became a partner and the wholesale grocery firm was conducted under the name of Dutcher & Sexton, until 1857, when Messrs. Dutcher and Sexton took their bookkeeper, John R. Goodrich, into the firm, which is 1862 was again changed by admitting Edwin H. Ball of East Troy, Walworth county. The firm then became known as Dutcher, Ball & Goodrich.
The grocery business was built up to one of the largest in the city in the early days, and then Mr. Dutcher retired from the firm to engage in the manufacture of stoves with Messrs. Vose and Adams, under the firm name of Dutcher, Vose & Adams. At the same time Mr Dutcher was interested in the tea firm of Dutcher, Collins & Smith. Later the stove firm dissolved and it was then controlled by father and son under the name of the J. A. & P. E. Dutcher company, of which the elder Dutcher was president at the time of his death.
Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 11 - John A. Dutcher, one of Milwaukee's best known citizens and business men, died suddenly at his home, 408 Irving place, yesterday morning at 8:35 o'clock from heart failure.
John Ashley Dutcher was born on November 1, 1829, at Saulsbury, Litchfield county, Conn., and came from a family whose ancestors were among the early colonists of New York state, and who are spoken of by Washington Irving in his works. He received his education in Connecticut and at the age of 20 years came to Milwaukee. At that time Peter W. Badgley conducted a grocery store at 387 East Water street, and here Mr. Dutcher secured employment as a clerk. In 1853 Mr. Badgley took Mr. Dutcher into the business as a partner. The firm progressed rapidly and until 1854, when Mr. Badgley died, it was conducted under the name of P. W. Badgley & Co.
The late Kellogg Sexton then became a partner and the wholesale grocery firm was conducted under the name of Dutcher & Sexton, until 1857, when Messrs. Dutcher and Sexton took their bookkeeper, John R. Goodrich, into the firm, which is 1862 was again changed by admitting Edwin H. Ball of East Troy, Walworth county. The firm then became known as Dutcher, Ball & Goodrich.
The grocery business was built up to one of the largest in the city in the early days, and then Mr. Dutcher retired from the firm to engage in the manufacture of stoves with Messrs. Vose and Adams, under the firm name of Dutcher, Vose & Adams. At the same time Mr Dutcher was interested in the tea firm of Dutcher, Collins & Smith. Later the stove firm dissolved and it was then controlled by father and son under the name of the J. A. & P. E. Dutcher company, of which the elder Dutcher was president at the time of his death.
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