Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

Frederick SEHRING, proprietor of the Columbia Brewery, Joliet; has lived in Will Co. since 
1847, he came with his parents from Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, where he was born on the 19th 
of December, 1834 ; the family settled first in Frankfort Twp., and, in 1854, came to Jolilet 
and engaged in the hotel business ; Mr. SEHRING remained in the hotel until 1860, when he 
entered the office of the Circuit Clerk as Deputy under B. F. RUSSELL; in 1863, he was 
elected Treasurer of Will Co., and was relected in 1865; in 1868, he purchased the Columbia 
Brewery, which he has since remodeled, putting in steam power and all the modern improved 
machinery ; it is now one of the largest and finest breweries in the State, outside of 
Chicago; Mr. SEHRING has been Alderman from the Second Ward for the past five Years. He 
was married Jan. 16, 1865, to Miss Louise BEZ, of Wurtemberg, Germany, and has seven children 
living - Susan E., Louis J., Margaret, Henry, Herman F., Annie and George.