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Buhl, Frederick
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Buhl, Frederick

Born
11/27/1806
Birthplace
Zelienople, Pennsylvania
Titles and Honors
Mayor of Detroit, 1848-1849
Director of the Merchants' Exchange and Board of Trade which was organized in 1847.
Member of the directorate of the State Bank and Second National Bank of Detroit.
President of the Fort Wayne & Elmwood Railway Company
President of Harper Hospital
Republican
Prebyterian
Education
little education
Notes
Came to Detroit with his brother Christian Henry Buhl in 1833.
Occupation
At the age of sixteen Frederick left for Pittsburgh to learn the jewler's trade.

Was in the fur and hat business with his brother, Christian Buhl (who also served as mayor of Detroit).

After his brother's retirement, he joined in partnership with Henry Newland, another merchant and soon after Newland withdrew from their business to form his own company. Buhl entered into partnership with his sons. Their company became the largest shippers of furs in the country
Father
Christian Buhl
Mother
Fredericka Dorothea Goehring
Spouse
Matilda Beatty, m. 1836
Children
Frederick A.
Walter
Relations
Brother: Christian Henry Buhl
Nationality
American

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