Nolker Family Mausoleum - Bellefontaine Cemetery - St. Louis, Missouri - Mausoleums on Waymarking.com

William F. Nolker N was born December 6, 1840, at Osnbrueck, Germany. When he a little more than sixteen years of age, came to this country, landing in Baltimore, Maryland, in the year 1857. He then came to Cincinnati, Ohio, and obtained employment at the Western Hotel, which was then under the management of one of his brothers. He became messenger in the banking house of Fallis, Young & Co., which became the Merchants' National Bank, of Cincinnati, and remained until 1863. He then became cashier in the wholesale hardware store of E. G. Leonard & Co., and during the time saw three months' service in the Civil War as a volunteer soldier in the 137th Regiment of Ohio Infantry. In 1865 he was made general manager of the Vulcan Manufacturing Company, and occupied that position until 1867, when was given full control of the company. In 1873 he disposed of his interest, and established his home and business in St. Louis, where he became interested as a partner in the brewery plant operated by Brinckwirth & Griesedieck. The reorganized firm became known as Brinckwirth, Griesedieck & Nolker, which continued to be its name until after the death of Mr. Griesedieck, when it became Brinckwirth & Nolker. In 1882 this partnership was succeeded by the Brinckwirth-Nolker Brewing Company, with Mr. Nolker as its president. In 1889, in connection with other St. Louis breweries, it was merged into the St. Louis Brewing Association, the largest corporation of its kind in the world. Retaining, after the consolidation, a large interest in the business, Mr. Nolker became its treasurer. In addition to his connection with this enterprise, he was a director of the German-American Bank, a director and member of the executive committee of the Mississippi Valley Trust Company, president of the Gilsonite Roofing & Paving Company, vice president of the Gilson Asphaltum Company, vice president of the Lithosite Manufacturing Company, and was also an officer and director in something like twenty other corporations. Mr. Nolker was very involved in the 1904 Worlds Fair in St. Louis. Mr. Nolker married, June 5, 1873, Miss Louisa Brinckwirth, daughter of Theodore Brinckwirth. Mrs. Nolker died in 1883. Mr. Nolker died in 1906.

Visiting Hours/Restrictions: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. - 365 days a year Address: Bellefontaine Cemetery 4947 W. Florissant Ave. St. Louis, Missouri History: Not listed Website: Not listed

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