John Henes Sr.

[1][2] He emigrated to the United States in 1871 and lived in Seymour, Wisconsin, and Milwaukee before settling in Menominee, where he became a brewmaster at a brewery operated by Adam Gauch.

[5] The device transferred beer from barrels to bottles without loss of carbonation,[5] and it featured a revolving filler and air pump.

[5][8] An improvement of the machine was later patented by his son, John E. Henes (1881–1948),[9] who managed the company after his father's death.

[10] The plant, which stood at 14th Avenue and 6th Street in Menominee, was sold to the L. E. Jones company in the early 1940s.

He was also director of the Lloyd Manufacturing Company, which produced wooden ware.