Matz and Schramm Families - Person Sheet
NameHerman Lewis Matz
Birth5 Feb 1859, Chicago, Illinois
Death12 Dec 1945, Chicago, Illinois
OccupationVice-President, S. S. Kimball Brick Co. 1902-1926 in Chicago. 1926-1929 Pres. Howard-Matz Brick Co.
EducationChicago High School 1876, Williams College 1880
FatherOtto Herman Matz (1830-1919)
MotherMary Elizabeth Lewis (1838-1911)
Spouses
Birth1862, New York
Death1920
BurialCHESTNUT HILL CEMETERY, PORTVILLE, CATTARAUGUS COUNTY, NEW YORK
FatherJohn Edgar Dusenbury (1836-1913)
MotherHattie A. Nichols (<1840-1864)
Marriage12 Oct 1886, Dusenbury Family Home In Portville, New York
ChildrenCarl Dusenbury (1887-1950)
John Dusenbury (1890-1964)
Notes for Herman Lewis Matz
Attended Mrs E.W. Blatchford’s Kindergarten, the first in Chicago 1864-65.
Spent a year, 1865-66, in Berlin, Germany with father’s relatives.
1879 July Oswego Daily Times " Messrs. Hermon and Rudolph Matz, of Chicago, Ill, students at Williams College, are for a few days the guests of their uncle, S. T. Gates. The grandfather of these promising young men, Mr. Hiram Lewis, was at one time well and favorably known in this village, where he resided for many years and will be remembered by a great many of the older inhabitants as the proprietor for some years of the old stage line between this place and Syracuse.”
After college he tutored children of A.C. Geer in Hoosick Falls, New Yor, then joined Walter Wood & Co.. At time of marriage “a prominent and prosperous young businessman of Hoosic Falls, NY”
In 1887 joined New York Architectural Terra Cotta Co. in New York. To Chicago in 1892 to join Chicago Hydraulic Press Brick Co.
1905 The Book of Chicagoans
“MATZ. Hermann Lewie, vice-près. S. S. Kim- bell Brick Co.: b. Chicago, Feb. 2, 1859; a. Otto H. and Mary (Lewis) Matz; ed. Mrs. E. W. Blatchford's Kindergarten (flrst in Chicago). 1864-."i. and in private school. Berlin. Ger., 1815-6; Chicago public schools, 1866-76, graduating from Chicago High School, 1876; grad. Williams Collège. 1S80; m. Portville. N. Y., Oct. 12, 1886. Elizabeth Uusenbury; children: Carl Dusenhury, John Dusenbury. Private tutor at Hooslck Falls, N. Y., 1880-2; asst. purchasing agent of Walter A. Wood Mowing and Reaping Machine Co., Hoosick Falls, N. Y., 1882-7; sec. of New York Architectural Terra Cotta Co., of New York. 1887-91; salesman and asst. sec. of Chicago Hydraulic-Press Brick Co., Chicago, 1892-1900; since 1902, vice-pres. and dir. of S. S. Kimbell Brick Co., wholesale and retail jobbers in facing brick. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc. ; Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity. Episcopalian. Republican on Nat. Issues; Independent on local questions. Clubs: University. Builders, Twentieth Century, Chicago Architectural. Office: Chamber of Commerce. Residence: 19 Scott St. “
Moved to the University Club in Chicago after wife’s death. In 1930 his room there was filled with 50 years worth of newspaper clippings.
1930 Census lists him at the University Club. Occupation “none.”
Spent a year, 1865-66, in Berlin, Germany with father’s relatives.
1879 July Oswego Daily Times " Messrs. Hermon and Rudolph Matz, of Chicago, Ill, students at Williams College, are for a few days the guests of their uncle, S. T. Gates. The grandfather of these promising young men, Mr. Hiram Lewis, was at one time well and favorably known in this village, where he resided for many years and will be remembered by a great many of the older inhabitants as the proprietor for some years of the old stage line between this place and Syracuse.”
After college he tutored children of A.C. Geer in Hoosick Falls, New Yor, then joined Walter Wood & Co.. At time of marriage “a prominent and prosperous young businessman of Hoosic Falls, NY”
In 1887 joined New York Architectural Terra Cotta Co. in New York. To Chicago in 1892 to join Chicago Hydraulic Press Brick Co.
1905 The Book of Chicagoans
“MATZ. Hermann Lewie, vice-près. S. S. Kim- bell Brick Co.: b. Chicago, Feb. 2, 1859; a. Otto H. and Mary (Lewis) Matz; ed. Mrs. E. W. Blatchford's Kindergarten (flrst in Chicago). 1864-."i. and in private school. Berlin. Ger., 1815-6; Chicago public schools, 1866-76, graduating from Chicago High School, 1876; grad. Williams Collège. 1S80; m. Portville. N. Y., Oct. 12, 1886. Elizabeth Uusenbury; children: Carl Dusenhury, John Dusenbury. Private tutor at Hooslck Falls, N. Y., 1880-2; asst. purchasing agent of Walter A. Wood Mowing and Reaping Machine Co., Hoosick Falls, N. Y., 1882-7; sec. of New York Architectural Terra Cotta Co., of New York. 1887-91; salesman and asst. sec. of Chicago Hydraulic-Press Brick Co., Chicago, 1892-1900; since 1902, vice-pres. and dir. of S. S. Kimbell Brick Co., wholesale and retail jobbers in facing brick. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc. ; Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity. Episcopalian. Republican on Nat. Issues; Independent on local questions. Clubs: University. Builders, Twentieth Century, Chicago Architectural. Office: Chamber of Commerce. Residence: 19 Scott St. “
Moved to the University Club in Chicago after wife’s death. In 1930 his room there was filled with 50 years worth of newspaper clippings.
1930 Census lists him at the University Club. Occupation “none.”