William Arnemann | |
Birth Place: | Hanover, Germany |
Birth Date: | October 14, 1850 |
Death Date: | December 10, 1917 (aged 67) |
Death Place: | Neenah, Wisconsin |
Party: | Democratic |
Children: | 10 |
Office: | Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly |
Termstart: | 1915 |
Termend: | 1917 |
Term2: | 1903 |
William F. Arnemann (October 14, 1850 - December 10, 1917) was a German-born American businessman and politician who served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Born in Hanover, Germany, Arnemann emigrated with his parents at age five and settled in West Bend, Wisconsin.[1] In 1870, Arnemann started a soda water factory in Neenah, Wisconsin and was also in the ice business. He married Mary Bruening in 1872, with whom he had 10 children. Bruening was killed by a train in 1916.[2]
Arnemann served on the Neenah Common Council and was mayor of Neenah. He also served on the Winnebago County, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors. Arnemann was a Democrat. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1903 and from 1915 until his death in 1917.
Arnemann died of heart failure in 1917 in Neenah, Wisconsin, aged 67.[3] [4]