There was a "tasty" short story written by Kevin Kious and Donald Roussin entitled "The Breweries of Alton" which listed several names that may be of interest to members of this list. The names and the comments are quoted from this reference. Further details are available in that reference. They are: Baumann, George who with Bartholomew Runzi operated a brewery built in 1857 Carr, James Carr, William Charley, William operated a brewery in 1845 Cooper, Richard Cress, Bill Fiegenspan, Christian Fischbach, John with Jacob Hund operated the "Alton Brewery" Graul, Robert Haas, Jacob was the partner of Philip Yeakel Hoefert, John Hund, Jacob with John Fischbach operated the "Alton Brewery" Jehle, John Jourdain, Bob Jr. Keeley operated a brewery in the early to mid-1850's; Keeley & Brothers' Ale Brewery Kremer, Michael the proprietor of Gambrinus Hall Mincher, Anton Netzhammer, William (Wilhelm) Netzhammer, Harry Netzhammer, William Jr. Netzhammer, Emil Peters, Joseph the eldest son of Philip Peters Peters, Philip; a successful Alton teamster Reck, Amelia Reck, Anton Reck, Bertha Reck, Herman Rubenstein, Gordon Runzi, Bartholomew, an Alton city councilman in 1874 Schibi, Charles Weigand, Henry, the brother-in-law of John Jehle Yeakel, Philip who established Alton's first brewery in 1842 Yeakel, George who was Philip's second son; died in 1872 at 38 Yeakel, George Jr. the eldest son of George Yeakel, Carl the youngest son of George If anyone finds a name of interest here, details can be found in the article by Kious and Roussin which is on the internet. Dick Neumann