Martin Henry Dammrich was born in Ostheim, Bavaria, Germany.  He came to America in 1867 and settled in Jackson County, Indiana where he met and married Anna Maria Fickenscher in 1873.  In around 1874 he opened a brewery in the town of Seymour, Indiana which he operated for about ten years.  He died on April 1st, 1888 at the age of 43 years.