Adolphus Busch Eberhard Anheuser Elisa “Lilly” Anheuser Busch Anna Anheuser Busch Dorothea Richter Anheuser Edmee Busch Reisinger Virginia Lee Wiley Susie Busch- Transou August A. Busch Sr. Nellie Busch Magnus Loeb Gertrude “Trudy” Busch Valentine Gertrude “Trudy” Buholzer William “Billy” Busch Steven August Busch James B. Orthwein Katherine Orthwein Sam Edison Woods Edward Scharrer Dr. Carl Borchardt Adalbert von Gontard Jr. Marie Williams Paul C. von Gontard Conseulo Wilson von Gontard Anna Louise Busch Faust Parker Condie Sr. Herbert Condie III Margot Condie Walter “Buddy” Reisinger Jr Hugo Reisinger Adolphus Busch IV Alison Marie Busch Clark Adolphus Busch V Katrina Martina Ann Stryker Kathryn “Kate” Thatcher Horace Flanigan Walter Busch Reisinger Elizabeth Chalmers Reisinger Walter Chalmers Reisinger Gloria Reisinger Vivian Uyeda Reisinger Marion Bullard Osa Pearson Curt Reisinger Peter M. Flanigan Alice “Pummie” Edna Busch Gronewaldt Carl Werner Gronewaldt Webster Tilton Arthur B. Preece Louis A. Hager Sr Alice Ziesemann Busch Adolphus Magnus Jacob Loeb Andrew Busch Leicester Busch Faust C. Drummond Jones Margaret Snyder Virginia Maria Busch Robert Hermann Sr. Lilly Christy Busch Hermann Edward Faust Edward Busch Peter Busch Emilee Busch Alex Busch Martha Busch Carl Busch Drummond “Drum” Busch Hadley Willis Dean Hadley Jr. Hope Hadley Burghardt Adolphus Busch Orthwein Jr. Stephen Orthwein Peter Orthwein David Orthwein Charles E. Greenough Aimee Magnus Flanigan Marie Christy Church Catherine “Kitty” Milliken Busch Florence McRhea Lambert Sallie Marie Wheeler Marie Eleanor Condie Herbert Condie Jr Peter Busch August Busch IV August Busch III Percy J. Orthwein II Adolphus Busch Jr. Marie Busch Jones Willis Dean Hadley Jacqueline Busch Jones Hadley Adolphus Harvey von Gontard Clara von Gontard Paul Theodore von Gontard Gert von Gontard Yvonne Sonja Audrey Faust Wallace Adalbert von Gontard III Marie Eugenie von Gontard Victoria von Gontard Spycos Skouras Jr. Carlota “Lotsie” Hermann Holton Richard Holton Robert Hermann Jr. Carlota “Lotsie” Busch Webster Elizabeth Overton Busch Lily Claire von Gontard Bernard Berghaus George Werner Schieber Clara Busch von Gontard Hal Garwood Transou III Wilhelmina “Minnie” Busch Scharrer Borchardt Woods August A. Busch Jr. Adalbert “Adie” von Gontard Susanne Schilling von Gontard Baron Paul von Gontard James Busch Orthwein Romaine Pierce Romaine Clara Busch Orthwein Christopher Orthwein Katherine Gatch Wheeler Loris Clara Busch Orthwein Percy Orthwein Adolphus Busch Orthwein Nancy Thornley Orthwein Nancy Morrison Paul Victor von Gontard Mary Griesedieck Parker von Gontard Phillip von Gontard Patrick von Gontard Paul von Gontard Susie von Gontard Perry von Gontard Percy von Gontard Peter von Gontard Elizabeth Overton Dozier Adolphus Busch III Susan Hornibrook Edward Bullard Reisinger Ronald Busch Reisinger Walter Busch Reisinger II John Flanigan Beatrice Busch 11 13 14 stlmag.com September 2015 September 2015 stlmag.com 59 58 All the Kings’ Children BUSCH A CITY OF FAMILIES THE BUSCHES AND THEIR PROGENY MADE SOME INTERESTING MARRIAGES. HERE’S HOW ALL THOSE FAMILY NAMES INTERTWINED. THE KINGLY SUCCESSION / 1. Eberhard Anheuser: Son of a German wine family, he came to the new country and became a soapmaker, candlemaker, brewer. / 2. Adolphus Busch: Born in Mayence-on-the-Rhine, he was the youngest of 21 sons. Married Lilly Anheuser and co- founded Anheuser-Busch with his father-in-law. / 3. August A. Busch Sr.: He got the Brewery through Prohibition and the Depression by diversifying into ice cream, baker’s yeast, and soda pop. / 4. Adolphus Busch III: President and CEO of Anheuser-Busch until his death of a cerebral hemhorrage in 1946. / 5. August A. Busch Jr.: Better known as Gussie or The King, he took his big brother’s place and by 1957 had built A-B into the world's largest brewery. Drafted the Clydesdales into service, bought the St. Louis Cardinals, trained his own chimps and elephants at his Grant’s Farm estate. / 6. August Busch III: He was also known as Augie, Augie-Doggie, The Third, and Three Sticks. Dropped out of college, took to the brewery business, wrestled control from his father, incoherent with grief after the death of his youngest daughter. Donated Mike IV, a live Bengal tiger, to be mascot of Louisiana State University. / 7. August Busch IV: Also known as The Fourth, he was the last Busch to reign, with a life that could script 10 soap operas. Launched the famous Budweiser frogs campaign. Fought InBev’s hostile takeover until 2008, when 156 years of Busch rule ended. / 8. William Kurt Busch: He’s better known as Billy. The king of Kräftig, he just won’t let his family’s heritage die. Loved growing up on Grant’s Farm; sowed his wild oats early, then married and had seven kids; breeds polo ponies and taught his son Gussie to play the game; tests his award-winning lager against German purity standards. THE CLARAS AND THEIR DYNASTIES / 13. Clara Busch von Gontard: Married Baron Paul von Gontard, president of Mercedes-Benz and a secret witness in a German Supreme Court case; the media nicknamed him “The Man in the Mask.” A later von Gontard, Adalbert Sr.—who dressed his chimps in dinner jackets and seated them at the dinner table with mugs of Budweiser—married Beatrice Busch, inter- twining the families a second time. Peter von Gontard is the city attorney of Huntleigh, the wealthiest city in the nation. This July, four von Gontard brothers—Alex, Andrew, Adie, and Peter—opened The Eberhard, a Dallas restaurant and bar, in their great-great-grandfather’s honor. / 14. Clara Busch Orthwein: Married Percy Orthwein, founder of D’Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles ad agency. Their son James, who took over D’Arcy, bought the New England Patriots. Orthweins tend to live in Huntleigh, play polo, and engage in philanthropy. THE REBELS / 9. Sam Edison Woods: A Texan engineer who made regular trips to Berlin to keep President Franklin D. Roosevelt informed about German “technology.” It’s said Woods also collected damning intelligence on Bernard Berghaus, who was married to Lily von Gon- tard…then married Lily’s aunt, Wilhelmina “Minnie” Busch. / 10. Drummond Busch Hadley: A poet-cowboy who rescued William Randolph Hearst’s famous Gray Ranch and restored it as a working cattle ranch. / 11. Carlota “Lotsie” Hermann Holton: A member of the Explorers Club, she’s climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, hiked the Inca Trail, and waded through elephant dung. / 12. Laura X: Off the charts, in more ways than one. Granddaughter of Percy Orthwein’s brother William, she was a debutante who was more interested in civil rights and feminism than frills. Ditched her surname and moved to Berkeley, where she led a campaign to make marital rape illegal. 1 3 5 6 7 1 2 4 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 1936 1972 1942 1980 1950 1996 1956 1999 1963 2001 1964 2011 BY BIRTH BY MARRIAGE Photography courtesy of Anheuser-Busch