Background
Meinrath, Joseph was born on February 22, 1857 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Samuel and Leah (Engel) Meinrath.
Meinrath, Joseph was born on February 22, 1857 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Samuel and Leah (Engel) Meinrath.
Graduate Boston Latin School, 1874. Student Harvard, 1874-1877.
In Postal Service, Boston, 1878-1881. Secretarial work Pickert, DeButts & Company, Boston, wholesale salt and canned fish, 1881-1883. In brokerage business, Kansas City, Missoury, beginning 1883.
A founder and for many years president Meinrath Brokerage Company, wholesale merchandise brokers, specializing in refined sugar and food products.
Retired, 1921. From 1918 actively interested in patriotic civic and political causes. Patron of arts and music
Member of the board of Governors Patriots’ and Pioneers’ Memorial Foundation, Kansas City, Missoury.
Married Helena Marie Susmann, November 16, 1887.