Source: https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio12inbeer Scan label: 939 OCR: uncorrected; verify against page image. 760 COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. West Cemetery. He was a faithful member of the Lutheran Church, and was noted for his integrity and honesty. Mr. Mueller was married in Germany, to Caro- line W'ilhelmina Senkel, who is still living, and has her home in Ateriden. In 1874 she came to this country with four children, to make her home in Meriden, where she has lived to the present time. She is a member of the Lutheran Church, and reared her children to be upright anil useful meml^ers of the conmiunity. She was a devoted wife, and of her only the best and kindest words are spoken. She is the mother of the following family : Richard W. ; Emma, who married Lewis Krober, of ]\Ieriden ; Frederick J., who is connected with the Interna- tional Silver Company, of Aleriden ; Helen, who married Otto George Hirschfeld, of Aleriden ; and William C, an attorney of Meriden. Richard W. Mueller attended school in his native town, where he received a good German education. He was also given a good business school training, and was employed in the office of his father until the removal of the family to Meriden. There young Richard was employed for a time in the finishing department of the \Voolen mill, where he rose to be assistant foreman. For a short time he was em- ployed in Philadelphia, and also at Holyoke, Mass. In 1S78 he turned to the grocery trade, buying out the establishment of W. Balzer, which he conducted for. seven years with somewhat indifferent success. In 1885 he bought the interest of George Stuck, who was engaged in a bakery business on East ]Main Street. There Mr. [Mueller was located until 1890, when he built his present place, a large brick struc- ture on East [Main Street, which cost over Sio.ooo. It is one of the finest bakeries in New England. Here Mr. [Mueller has carried on his work to the present time and has built up a verv extensive pat- ronage. His supplies are bought in car load lots from the flour mills, and all his transactions are on a most extensive scale. He also has a confectionery business of considerable importance. Mr. Mueller was married in 1878 to Tina Tartter, of [Meriden, a native of Bavaria, Germany, where . she was bdrn. a daughter of Frederick Tartter. To this union have come four children: (i) Emily, who married George F. Winslow, a foreman of the International Sihxr Company, at Wallingford, where he has a verv pleasant home: (2) Lucy, who died young; (3) Helen died young: and (4) Will- iam F., who is at home, and is engaged in the bakery business with his father. Sociallv [Mr. [Mueller is a niemlier of Alfred H. Hall Council, Xo. 1423, R. A., [Meriden: of [Meriden Lodge, No. 276, D. O. H. : of the local Turnverein and Saengerbund : and of the Cosmopolitan Club. He takes a lively interest in the welfare of the Ger- man-American School, and for ten years was its treasurer. In politics he is a Democrat. He and his family belong to St. .Vndrew"s Episcopal Church. Mr. [Mueller has reason to felicitate himself upon his career. Starting poor, he has steadily worked himself up through his own i)luck and energy to a very conunendable place in the world. Men respect him for his integrity and business ability, and like him for his manly ([ualities and kindly disposition. Domestic in his habits, he sticks closely to his busi- ness, and gives to the world a most inspiring ex- ample of true worth and character. William C. Mueller, brother of Richard W., is a lawyer, and a man of mark in Meriden. Born in Spremberg, Prussia, April 2j, 1864, he came to this country with his parents when ten years old, and here he continued his education in the Corner and Prattsville District Schools of [Meriden. From 1878 to 1884 I'lc clerked for Howard Brothers, ap- • plying his leisure moments to the study of law at home. Fittmg himself for entrance, he became a student in the Yale Law School in 1884, and was graduated from that institution in 1886. Immediate- ly he became associated with W. F. Davis, forming the law firm of Davis & [Mueller, which still exists. At the age of twenty-three. [Mr. [Mueller was elected collector of town taxes, defeating the occupant of the office for the ten years previous by the handsome majority of 534, and carrying the strong Republican ward in wdiich the candidate resided by 60 votes. In 1888, and a third time in 1889, he was again elected to that office, which then became appointive. In 1890, 1891 and again in 1892, he was chosen by the board of selectmen to fill the position. In 1888, 1889, and in 1892 and 1893, he was city collector, over a million dollars passing through his hands without the slightest blunder or mistake. For eight vears he was a ward committeeman in the Third ward, and he also served two years as chairman of the Democratic town and city committees, having full charge of the campaign of 1892. The following year he was appointed by Judge J. P. Piatt, city attorney, a position which he had not sought, but which he has so admirably filled, that he is still re- tained therein, and his conservative and careful ad- ministration of the affairs of the office is recognized and highly commended. In 1900 [Mr. Mueller was appointed water commissioner by [Mayor West, and for two years has filled that position with dignity and marked ability. Mr. [Mueller has built up a good private practice in his profession, and in the management of the cases which have been intrusted to him has been very successful. Socially he l)e- longs to the various German societies, and he is also affiliated with seve.-al of the Masonic bodies of the city. Mr. [Mueller was married in June, 1895, to [Miss Agnes Yost, a daughter of August Yost, a well- known citizen of [Meriden. FREDERICK S. WARD, one of the prominent business citizens of New Haven, and a member of a familv distinguished in the Revolutionary war. successfullv conducts a business in real estate and insurance in that city.