Editing Adolphus Busch (section)

==Early life==
Busch was born on 10 July 1839, to Ulrich Busch and Barbara Pfeiffer<ref name="nytobit"/> in [[Mainz-Kastel|Kastel]], then a district of [[Mainz]] in the [[Grand Duchy of Hesse]]. He was the last of 21 brothers.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Movers and Shakers, Scalawags and Suffragettes: Tales from Bellefontaine Cemetery|last=Shepley|first=Carol Ferring|publisher=Missouri History Museum|year=2008|location=St. Louis, MO}}</ref> His wealthy family ran a wholesale business of winery and brewery supplies. Busch and his brothers all received quality education, and he graduated from the Collegiate Institute of Belgium in Brussels.<ref name="nytobit"/>

In 1857, at the age of 18, Busch emigrated with three of his older brothers from the [[German Confederation]] to [[St. Louis, Missouri]]<ref name="nytobit"/> which was a major destination for German immigrants in the nineteenth century. Because he had so many siblings, Adolphus did not expect to inherit much of his father's estate and had to make his own way.<ref name=":0" /> Since St. Louis was home to so many German immigrants, the market for beer was large. The city also had two natural resources essential for manufacturing and storing beer in that time, before refrigeration: the river provided an ample water supply; and the city had many caves that would keep beer cool.<ref name=":0" />

His brother Johann established a brewery in [[Washington, Missouri]]. Ulrich Jr. married a daughter of [[Eberhard Anheuser]] in St. Louis, and settled in [[Chicago]]. Anton was a [[hops]] dealer who later returned to Mainz.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}