Background
He was born in Wertheim am Main, Baden, Germany, where his family had for years kept the Gasthaus zur Krone, an inn.
He was born in Wertheim am Main, Baden, Germany, where his family had for years kept the Gasthaus zur Krone, an inn.
In 1850, the Tauber River flooded, filling the inn"s basement. During the trip from Wertheim, their ship caught fire in the mid-Atlantic. Krug and Uihlein held on to a wooden box until rescued by sailors of the American bark, Devonshire.
In Milwaukee, Uihlein attended the German-English Academy.
He also attended Saint Louis University in Saint Louis, Missouri from 1855 to 1857, and then worked in the Uhrig Brewery in Saint Louis from 1857 to 1867. When Mistress Schlitz died in 1887, the Uihlein brothers acquired complete ownership of the corporation.
Uihlein was secretary and chairman of the board (1874–1911). He was also actively involved in banking, real estate, and many other Milwaukee businesses.
Interested in purebred racehorses, he kept a large stock farm at Truesdell, Wisconsin, near Kenosha.
Uihlein donated large sums to the German-English Academy and to the Milwaukee Public Library. He died while traveling in Germany.