Peter Staub information

Consul
Peter Staub
Consul Peter Staub
	Official portrait, 1885
U.S. Consul to St. Gallen, Switzerland
	In office; 1885–1888
President	Grover Cleveland
Consul General of Switzerland to Knoxville, Tennessee
	In office; 1869 - 1884
President	Ulrich Ochsenbein
Personal details
Born	Peter Staub; February 22, 1827; Glarus, Switzerland
Died	May 19, 1904 (aged 77); Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Resting place	Old Gray Cemetery
Citizenship	Swiss; American;
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Rosina Blum (m. 1847)
Relations	John F. Staub (grandson)
Children	8
Occupation	Businessman; tailor; colonizer; politician;

Johann Peter Staub^[3] colloquially Peter Staub (February 22, 1827 – May 19, 1904) was a Swiss-born American businessman, politician, and diplomat. Staub held several public offices, most notably as U.S. Consul to St. Gallen, appointed in 1885 by Grover Cleveland. Previously he served two terms as Mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee and as Consul of Switzerland in Tennessee from 1869 to 1884, promoting Swiss emigration to the Appalachian region. He was also an important colonizer who helped to established the town of Gruetli-Laager in 1869.

Staub, who was born in Glarus, Switzerland, emigrated to the United States with the trade of tailor in 1854, initially settling in New Jersey. Due to the climate which was not good for his health, he and his wife relocated to Tennessee in 1856. There he was primarily active as serial entrepreneur, opening a tailor shop and investing his profits in real estate. In 1872, he built and opened the city's first opera house, Staub's Theatre. In 1875, he founded the Knoxville Foundry Plant.^[4] He also served as trustee of the Lawson McGee Library and as chairman of the Knoxville Water Commission.

^ Tennessee Historical Commission marker 2E 43 on TN-108. Information obtained 30 November 2008.
^ Oliver Perry Temple, Notable Men of Tennessee, from 1833 to 1875 (New York: The Cosmopolitan Press, 1912), p. 145.
^ Church records, Switzerland
^ East Tennessee Historical Society, Mary Rothrock (ed.), The French Broad-Holston Country: A History of Knox County, Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.: The Society, 1972), pp. 489-490, 499.

[1] Tennessee Historical Commission marker 2E 43 on TN-108. Information obtained 30 November 2008.

[2] Oliver Perry Temple, Notable Men of Tennessee, from 1833 to 1875 (New York: The Cosmopolitan Press, 1912), p. 145.

[3] Church records, Switzerland

[rothrock-4] East Tennessee Historical Society, Mary Rothrock (ed.), The French Broad-Holston Country: A History of Knox County, Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.: The Society, 1972), pp. 489-490, 499.

Peter Staub information

and 15 Related for: Peter Staub information

Peter Staub

List of Swiss Americans

Pete Rose

Old Gray Cemetery

Horace Maynard

Yogi Berra

Daniela Klette

In the Dust of the Stars

Celeriac

House of Villains

Medieval studies

Miriam Cahn

List of compositions by Joseph Haydn

Peter Leishman

Willie Mays

Consul Peter Staub
Official portrait, 1885

U.S. Consul to St. Gallen, Switzerland
In office 1885–1888
President	Grover Cleveland
Consul General of Switzerland to Knoxville, Tennessee
In office 1869 - 1884
President	Ulrich Ochsenbein

Personal details
Born	Peter Staub (1827-02-22)February 22, 1827 Glarus, Switzerland^[1]
Died	May 19, 1904(1904-05-19) (aged 77) Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Resting place	Old Gray Cemetery
Citizenship	Swiss American
Political party	Democratic^[2]
Spouse	Rosina Blum (m. 1847)
Relations	John F. Staub (grandson)
Children	8
Occupation	Businessman tailor colonizer politician