Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== SOURCE: History of St. Clair County, Mich. A. T. Andreas & Co., Chicago - 1883 [Page 555] CHARLES BAER, merchant, dealer in groceries, corner Huron avenue and Bard street, is one of the oldest and most success- ful business men of St. Clair County. He is a native of Ger- many, and was born in the city of Dresden, the capital of the Kingdom of Saxony, January 26, 1831; he grew up and lived there until eighteen years of age, during which time he attended the common and commercial school in that city; afterward became clerk in a grocery store there. In May, 1849, a rebellion broke out in Dresden for the purpose of establishing a Repub- lican government, in which he took an active part; the rebellion being not successful, he emigrated to America, and arrived in New York in August, 1849. He lived in Buffalo, and in 1851 came to Detroit, and was engaged in the grocery trade there. While living there, he married Miss ERNESTINE PFLUGK, on the 22d day of September, 1855, a native of Leipsic, Germany. In April, 1857, they came to Port Huron and established his pre- sent business, and since then for a period of twenty-five years he has carried on the business here. He and Judge SAUNDERS and FRED WEYERS are the oldest merchants now in this line of busi- ness here; during that time he has always lived in the First Ward. He has for the past two years been engaged in the bottling business and has built up a good trade. When Mr. BAER began life, he had nothing, and his success is owing to his own efforts and good management. He owns the property cor- ner Huron avenue and Bard street, where he lives and carries on his business, and owns a valuable farm, five stores and seventeen houses, besides the houses and a store he is build- ing this year. He has been a Director in the Port Huron Saving Bank since its organization, and is a member of the Board of Estimates of the city. Mr. and Mrs. Baer have five children - Flora, now Mrs. BEARDSLEY, of Stanton, Mich., Clara, Oscar, Charlie and Lilly. ===========================================================================