Frederick J. Fleischhauer, wagon and carriage manufacturer, general blacksmith at Reed City, and manager of the Clifton House, was born Sept. 23, 1854, in Waterloo, Ont. He is the son of John W. and Mary Fleischhauer, and was reared on his father's farm in Waterloo Co., Ont. He was 17 years of age when he began to acquire the knowledge necessary to the prosecution of the business in which he has been actively engaged for many years, and he served an apprenticeship of three years at Wellesley, in his native county, afterwards becoming a journeyman and operating in that method eight years. In 1881 he went to Milwaukee, Wis., and three months later, proceeded to Reed City, where he opened his shop in December 1881. He is doing a successful busiess, requiring two assistants in the various departments except in wood work, all of which is made by his own hands.
He purchased the Clifton House in October, 1883. The establishment accommodates a limited number of guests and has a restaurant attached. The property belongs to his wife. He is the owner of his shops and their sites.
Mr. Fleischhauer was married Oct. 19, 1883, at Reed City, to Ernestine Treptow. she was born in Canada, Sept. 13, 1857. One child, Edward F., was born of their union, at Reed City, Sept. 23, 1884.Mr. Fleischhauer has one daughter by an earlier marriage, Caroline, born in November, 1879, in Richmond Township.
