Henry Beckstoffer, the founder of the mill, is a native of Hanover, Germany. He came to Richmond in the 1890s. An unsourced article describes that "he has given to Richmond one of her greatest and most modern woodworking plants."
His grandson, famed vintner William Andrew Beckstoffer, said that Henry hailed from a town outside of Osnabruck, called Alfhausen in Germany. According to Andy there were a group of German expatriates that were in Richmond, so he came because they could speak the language.
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