All Sorts of Pittsburgers, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, 1892
Max Klein Biography
MAJOR MAX KLEIN, the leading wholesale liquor dealer in Allegheny, and as estimable a man as ever tapped a barrel of Old Monongahela, was born in the southern part of Rhenish Bavaria, January 3, 1843, and was educated in the common schools of his native place.
In 1859 he came to the United States, and proceeded from New York to Cincinnati, and thence, six months later, to Vicksburg, Miss., where he remained until the breaking out of the war. He came up the Mississippi on the steamer "Emma," which was the last vessel to pass the blockade. In 1861 he went to Keokuk, Ia., and in August of the same year enlisted as a private in Co. F, First Iowa Cavalry. He served until August, 1863, and re-enlisted in the field. He was honorably discharged at Austin, Texas, while serving under General Custer, having completed a total term of service amounting to five years all but five days.
After his discharge, Major Klein located at Keokuk, Ia., and remained there two years, during which time he was married. He then went to Cum berland, Md., where he spent a year, and in 1870 came to Pittsburg. Since that time he has resided permanently in this locality, and has built up a reputation second to none as an honorable and enterprising man of business.
Major Klein's establishment is located at No. 82 Federal street, Allegheny. He has a large permanent trade in the two cities, and ships extensively to the East, West and South.
Source: All Sorts of Pittsburgers Sketched in Prose and Verse; Burgoyne, Arthur; Pittsburg, PA; The Leader; 1892.
Note: The correct spelling of Pittsburgh in 1892 was Pittsburg. The spelling Pittsburgh was officially restored in 1911.
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