Caspar H. Hensel

       Caspar H. Hensel, manager for the John Kauffman Brewing Company (Cincinnati)
at Chattanooga, and principal owner of the Chattanooga Ice & Bottling
Company, is a native of Prussia, Germany, born January 23, 1846. He came to
the United States in 1865, and located at Cincinnati, where he engaged in
mercantile pursuits. In 1883 he entered the employ of the John Kauffman
Brewing Company, and in August, 1885, came to Chattanooga as their
representative. In November, 1885, he established the Chattanooga Ice &
Bottling Company, with Mr. A. R. Blair. since November, 1886, he has been
principal owner and manager of the same, bottling ale, beer, carbonated
waters, ginger ale, etc. The business amounts to from $25,000 to $30,000 per
annum. He also does an equally large business in ice, being simply dealers
in manufactured ice. In June, 1876, Mr. Hensel married Amelia Schuein, of
Cincinnati, Ohio, and they have two living children by this union, both
daughters. Mr. Hensel is a Democrat in politics, a K. of H. (Cincinnati
Lodge), and a member of the German Lutheran Church.
Goodspeed's "History of East Tennessee" 1887

Submitted by Ruth Anne Nelson