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Henry Krumrey

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Henry Krumrey (February 5, 1852 – January 13, 1922) was an American farmer, businessman, and politician.

Born in the Plymouth, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, Krumrey was a farmer and livestock dealer. In 1912, he helped founded the Wisconsin Cheese Production Federation. Krumrey was active in the Republican Party as a presidential elector in the United States presidential election of 1900 and a delegate to the Republican Party Convention of 1908. In the Plymouth, Krumrey served a supervisor, town chairman, and treasurer. He also served on the school board as one of the directors. In 1901, Krumrey served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and then in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1909 to 1913. In 1922, Krumrey committed suicide by hanging himself at his summer cottage in Crystal Lake, Illinois.[1][2][3]

Notes

  1. ^ Wisconsin Blue Book 1911, Biographical Sketch of Henry Krumrey, p. 744
  2. ^ *"State Senator Henry Krumrey, Plymouth, A Suicide-Founder of Co-op Cheese Co. Ends Own Life", Manitowoc Herald-News, January 14, 1922, p. 1
  3. ^ "Krumrey, Henry". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2015-07-12.