Charles D. Eitzen (Republican) was born in Bremen, Germany, August 20, 1819, and died in Hermann, Missouri, January 1, 1896. He located at Hermann in 1837, about the time that the first plat of the town was made. He became a clerk in a general store but soon bought out his employer.
In 1841 he was commissioned by Charles P. Chateau to sell his lands bordering on the Missouri river between Washington and Gasconade. He engaged in the lumber business in 1855 and was also agent for the Meremac Iron Company. He became part owner in two steam boats and established the first ferry from Hermann to the north side of the river. At the time of his death he was the largest stockholder in the Laclede Gas Light Company and the Boatman's Bank in St. Louis and was largely interested in other banks in that city.
Mr. Eitzen was for twenty-five years a member of the Hermann town board and for the greater part of that time was mayor. For about the same length of time he was identified with the management of the public schools. In addition to these local offices, Mr. Eitzen was a delegate to the State Convention which met in 1861 and was a member of the Twenty-ninth General Assembly. He was a Republican after the organization of that party. Previous to that time he had been a Whig.
During the Civil War he favored the Union and served as a captain of a company of militia which was in active service for a time.
His will provided that $50,000 of his estate be used for the erection of a courthouse at Hermann.
On April 23, 1844, he was married to Miss Jane Elizabeth Kehr of Hermann. He was a member of the Masonic order.
(Source: Journal, Missouri Constitutional Convention of 1875, vol. 1, published by State Historical Society of Missouri, 1920, and available free via Google Books)
NOTE: There is confusion about the year of Eitzen's death. The above source and others say 1896; other sources say 1895.
Charles and Jane or Jeanne Kehr Eitzen had four children: Julia H. (Eitzen) Lessel, Charles A., Cornelia J. (Eitzen) Fach, and Amelia V. Eitzen.
In 1841 he was commissioned by Charles P. Chateau to sell his lands bordering on the Missouri river between Washington and Gasconade. He engaged in the lumber business in 1855 and was also agent for the Meremac Iron Company. He became part owner in two steam boats and established the first ferry from Hermann to the north side of the river. At the time of his death he was the largest stockholder in the Laclede Gas Light Company and the Boatman's Bank in St. Louis and was largely interested in other banks in that city.
Mr. Eitzen was for twenty-five years a member of the Hermann town board and for the greater part of that time was mayor. For about the same length of time he was identified with the management of the public schools. In addition to these local offices, Mr. Eitzen was a delegate to the State Convention which met in 1861 and was a member of the Twenty-ninth General Assembly. He was a Republican after the organization of that party. Previous to that time he had been a Whig.
During the Civil War he favored the Union and served as a captain of a company of militia which was in active service for a time.
His will provided that $50,000 of his estate be used for the erection of a courthouse at Hermann.
On April 23, 1844, he was married to Miss Jane Elizabeth Kehr of Hermann. He was a member of the Masonic order.
(Source: Journal, Missouri Constitutional Convention of 1875, vol. 1, published by State Historical Society of Missouri, 1920, and available free via Google Books)
NOTE: There is confusion about the year of Eitzen's death. The above source and others say 1896; other sources say 1895.
Charles and Jane or Jeanne Kehr Eitzen had four children: Julia H. (Eitzen) Lessel, Charles A., Cornelia J. (Eitzen) Fach, and Amelia V. Eitzen.
Charles D. Eitzen (Republican) was born in Bremen, Germany, August 20, 1819, and died in Hermann, Missouri, January 1, 1896. He located at Hermann in 1837, about the time that the first plat of the town was made. He became a clerk in a general store but soon bought out his employer.
In 1841 he was commissioned by Charles P. Chateau to sell his lands bordering on the Missouri river between Washington and Gasconade. He engaged in the lumber business in 1855 and was also agent for the Meremac Iron Company. He became part owner in two steam boats and established the first ferry from Hermann to the north side of the river. At the time of his death he was the largest stockholder in the Laclede Gas Light Company and the Boatman's Bank in St. Louis and was largely interested in other banks in that city.
Mr. Eitzen was for twenty-five years a member of the Hermann town board and for the greater part of that time was mayor. For about the same length of time he was identified with the management of the public schools. In addition to these local offices, Mr. Eitzen was a delegate to the State Convention which met in 1861 and was a member of the Twenty-ninth General Assembly. He was a Republican after the organization of that party. Previous to that time he had been a Whig.
During the Civil War he favored the Union and served as a captain of a company of militia which was in active service for a time.
His will provided that $50,000 of his estate be used for the erection of a courthouse at Hermann.
On April 23, 1844, he was married to Miss Jane Elizabeth Kehr of Hermann. He was a member of the Masonic order.
(Source: Journal, Missouri Constitutional Convention of 1875, vol. 1, published by State Historical Society of Missouri, 1920, and available free via Google Books)
NOTE: There is confusion about the year of Eitzen's death. The above source and others say 1896; other sources say 1895.
Charles and Jane or Jeanne Kehr Eitzen had four children: Julia H. (Eitzen) Lessel, Charles A., Cornelia J. (Eitzen) Fach, and Amelia V. Eitzen.
In 1841 he was commissioned by Charles P. Chateau to sell his lands bordering on the Missouri river between Washington and Gasconade. He engaged in the lumber business in 1855 and was also agent for the Meremac Iron Company. He became part owner in two steam boats and established the first ferry from Hermann to the north side of the river. At the time of his death he was the largest stockholder in the Laclede Gas Light Company and the Boatman's Bank in St. Louis and was largely interested in other banks in that city.
Mr. Eitzen was for twenty-five years a member of the Hermann town board and for the greater part of that time was mayor. For about the same length of time he was identified with the management of the public schools. In addition to these local offices, Mr. Eitzen was a delegate to the State Convention which met in 1861 and was a member of the Twenty-ninth General Assembly. He was a Republican after the organization of that party. Previous to that time he had been a Whig.
During the Civil War he favored the Union and served as a captain of a company of militia which was in active service for a time.
His will provided that $50,000 of his estate be used for the erection of a courthouse at Hermann.
On April 23, 1844, he was married to Miss Jane Elizabeth Kehr of Hermann. He was a member of the Masonic order.
(Source: Journal, Missouri Constitutional Convention of 1875, vol. 1, published by State Historical Society of Missouri, 1920, and available free via Google Books)
NOTE: There is confusion about the year of Eitzen's death. The above source and others say 1896; other sources say 1895.
Charles and Jane or Jeanne Kehr Eitzen had four children: Julia H. (Eitzen) Lessel, Charles A., Cornelia J. (Eitzen) Fach, and Amelia V. Eitzen.
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