Henry Freiberg
Since 1899 Henry Freiberg has been the sole owner of the firm of Freiberg and Kahn, distillers and wholesale liquor dealers of Cincinnati, removing his old established business to this city from Galveston, Texas. He was born in Rhenish Bavaria in 1858 and was brought to this country by his parents when but a boy, the family home being established in Cinacinnti, Ohio. He is a son of Henry Freiberg, who arrived in Cininnati in the early '60's. Our subject was reared and educated in Cincinnati, being graduated from the Woodward high school when a youth of eighteen years. Shortly afterward he removed to Galveston, Texas, and in 1880 there embarked in the liguor business on his own account. In 1899 he removed the business to Cincinnati and has here since occupied a five-story bulding at No. 54 Main street, embracing about twenty-five thousand square feet of floor space. About thirty-five people are employed in the conduct of the business. Mr. Freiberg is also financially interested in distilleries in Kentucky. He possesses untiring energy, is quick of perception, forms his plans readily and is determined in their execution, and his close application of busness and his excellent management have brought to him the high degree of prosperity which is today his.
At Galveston, Texas, Mr. Freiberg was united in marriage to Miss Emma Mendelsohn, of Baton Roughe, Louisiana. They have two children, namely: Theresa; and Harry, who is associated in business with his father.
Fraternally Mr. Freiberg is identified with the Mason, having attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and also belonging to the Mystic Shrine. He is likewise a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the cincinnati Chamber of Commerce and the Cincinnati Business Men's Club. He has traveled extensively in this country and in Europe, thus gaining that knowledge and culture which only travel can bring. His nature is social and his dispotition cordial and he has enjoyed the warm friendshp of those who have come within the circle of aquantance.
From Cincinnati: The Queen City 1788-1912; Vol. 4 by Charles Frederick Goss, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. Chicago / Cincinnati, 1912