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death came suddenly Saturday afternoon. The blow was a severe shock to the family, following so
closely upon the heels of his business difficulties.
Short funeral services were held at 11 o’clock Monday morning from the residence at
Logansport in charge of Rev. PRESTON, of the Broadway Methodist church of that city after
which the body was brought to Rochester where funeral services were held from the Methodist
church at 2:30 o’clock conducted by Revs. G. E. CRAIG, of East Chicago, former pastor of the
church, and Rev. F. O. FRALEY. Interment was made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Henry Pfeiffer was born in Gensungen, Germany, February 19, 1866, a son of George
and Marie PFEIFFER. In 1881, at the age of 15 years, he came to the United States, with his sister
Eliza PFEIFFER, who died in 1919 in Iowa. He located in Warsaw where he engaged in the
poultry business with his half-brothers in the firm of BEYER BROTHERS.
In Warsaw he entered the high school and later continued in business, moving to
Rochester in 1885 where he became general manager and controlled the entire Beyer Brothers
interests.
In 1888 he was united in marriage to Miss Rhoda FOGLESONG, of Kewanna, who with
two daughters, Mrs. Gordon MARTIN, of LaPorte; Mary [PFEIFFER]; two sons, Lucius
[PFEIFFER] and Edward [PFEIFFER], of Logansport; two sisters, Mrs. Maria CARLSON, of
Rochester, and Martha PFEIFFER, of Gensungen, Germany, and five half-brothers, J. E.
[BEYER], J. F. BEYER, of Warsaw; C. C. BEYER, of Kendallville; Albert BEYER, of German
Valley, Ill., and August BEYER, of Gensungen, Germany survive.
In 1914 he left the Beyer Brothers when that firm was sold out to Armour and Company
and engaged in the poultry and produce business in Logansport, operating from Rochester until
1919 when he moved with his family to Logansport where he had lived until the time of his death.
At Logansport he reconstructed the large building on Erie avenue which housed the
LOGANSPORT PRODUCE COMPANY and the offices of the PFEIFFER SALES COMPANY,
from where he operated the MONTICELLO PRODUCE COMPANY, of Monticello and the
GILMAN CREAMERY AND PRODUCE COMPANY, of Gilman, Ill., and prospered in business
until a few months ago.
A boycott on eggs and poultry in New York, which knocked the bottom out of prices
caused what his friends believed would have been merely a temporary downfall financially and in
order to protect his creditors, he made an arrangement of his affiars in the First National and City
National banks of Logansport, where it was stated that his financial difficulties could be settled
speedily. However, he was forced to his bed with a severe illness two days after the assignment
and remained in a critical condition until death relieved his suffering on Saturday.
Mr. Pfeiffer, prior to his financial difficulties, had accumulated a fortune and was well
thought of by his numerous associates and friends. He was president of the National Association
of Produce Dealers, a member of the Masonic and Knights of Pythias and Elk lodges, a member of
the Logansport Rotary Club and the Methodist church.
[Rochester Sentinel, Monday, December 31, 1923]
PFEIFFER CREDITORS MAY BE PAID IN FULL
Sale of the three-story building at Logansport, which for several years housed the Pfeiffer
Produce company and the Pfeiffer Sales company offices, to Swift & Co., packers of Chicago, is
expected to be consumated within the next few days. The price named in the contract is
approximately $30,000. Swift & Company plan to continue the produce business which the late
Henry Pfeiffer built up, it is understood, the building to be put into use again as quickley as
possible after the sale is completed.
Money realized from the sale of the Pfeiffer property assigned to the banks will be used
to pay creditors of the Pfeiffer Produce company and the Pfeiffer Sales company. It is said that
the creditors will be paid almost in full.
[Rochester Sentinel, Thursday, March 20, 1924]
PFEIFFER BLDG. SOLD