J. H. STEINBERG, the leading dry-goods and clothing merchant of St. Ignace. Michigan, dates his identity with the Upper Peninsula and Mackinac county from the fall of 1887, when he, in partnership with his father, opened a business in this city, under the firm name of J. Steinberg & Son. This firm our subject succeeded January 1, 1891. The space occupied by the establishment was originally only one-fourth what it is at present, and the annual sales now exceed $25,000.

Mr. Steinberg learned the dry-goods business of his father, a remarkably successful merchant of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, located and doing business in Traverse City. At about the age of seven or eight years young Steinberg became a clerk and continued thus occupied, with only slight interruptions, untii 1SS4. when he went to Chicago to attend Bryant & Stratton's Business College. He returned home in a few months to assist his father, and was an important factor in conducting the business from that time until his removal to St. Ignace.

He was born in Germany twenty-eight years ago. His father, Julius Steinberg, came to the United States some time in the '60s, with no means at his command. He bought a small supply of notions and wrapped them up in oil cloth, and in this way started out as a peddler. Ere long he accumulated enough money to put in a little business in Chicago, but he had the misfortune to lose it all by fire. Almost reduced to penury, he came into Michigan in 1868. and made headquarters at Traverse City while he peddled his wares among the fishermen, in this way getting a second start. In 1876 he opened up a stock of goods in that city, where, by continued application to business, he has attained prominence among the foremost merchants and financiers. He has the finest-equipped store in Traverse City and as expensively finished an opera-house as will be found in northern Michigan, its cost being $50,000. He is public-spirited and liberal toward worthy enterprises, and has made his presence felt for good in Traverse City. He and his wife, whose maiden name was Sussenwire, have seven children, J. H. being their eldest.

J. H. Steinberg is unmarried. He is a member of the Odd Fellows and the Maccabees, being a Past Commander in the former and an installing officer in the latter.

Memorial Record of the Northern Peninsula 1895