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    ALEX HEMMERT

    Alex Hemmert. An interesting instance of enterprise and progressiveness is found in the electrical establishment of Alex Hemmert, one of the energetic young business citizens of Piqua. He was born at Bodkins, Shelby county, Ohio, June 19, 1883, a son of John and Catherine (Stelzer) Hemmert, the former of whom was a tile manufacturer at Bodkins until the time of his death, after which his widow and children moved to Piqua. Alex Hemmert is one of a family of seven children: Fred, engaged in the plumbing business at Piqua; Alex; Urban, also a plumber of Piqua; Ida, the wife of John Gerstmeyer, of this city; Anna; Frieda, the wife of James Welch, of Akron; and Martha., Alex Hemmert was educated in the public schools of Bodkins, and for a time after completing his education had no settled occupation. Eventually he decided upon the vocation of electrician and received his introduction to this line of work as an employee of the American Electric Company. In 1913 he embarked in business in partnership with his brothers Fred and Urban, the concern being known as Hemmert Brothers, and this association continued until March 29, 1919, when the partnership was mutually dissolved, Alex Hemmert taking over the electrical business, and Fred and Urban continuing in the plumbing business as Hemmert Brothers. At his up-to-date electrical establishment at No. 113 South Main street, Mr. Hemmert carries a large and attractive stock of electrical goods and fixtures of all kinds, his line of chandeliers in particular being one of the largest in this part of the state. He is a business man of progressive tendencies and one who has won public confidence and patronage through his good workmanship and capability. He belongs to the Loyal Order of Moose and the Knights of St. John, and he and Mrs. Hemmert are members of St. Boniface Catholic Church. They were active in various patriotic movements during the period of the great war. Mrs. Hemmert was formerly Miss Anna Reckers, being a daughter of Henry Reckers, of Piqua, and they have one child, Marion Frederick.

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