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From Past and present of Sioux City and Woodbury County, Iowa (1904)
CHARLES MEYER.
For a number of years Charles Meyer has been numbered among the prominent and progressive residents of Sioux City and is the promoter of one of its leading business enterprises. The growth and development of a city depend upon its commercial and industrial activity and thus has Mr. Meyer been one of the upbuilders of the town. He is associated with his brother, George R. Meyer, in the conduct of an extensive wholesale harness house and his business career illustrates the fact that success may be achieved through strong and persistent purpose guided by good judgment and integrity.
Charles Meyer was born in Philadelphia, Pennslyvania, in 1858, and his brother, George R., in Fort Atkinson, Iowa, in 1860. Their father, Charles Meyer, Sr., was a native of Colmar, Alsace-Lorraine, and came to the United States in 1854. After living for some years in Philadelphia he removed to Iowa, settling in Fort Atkinson in 1858. He, too, was a harness maker by trade and followed that pursuit for a number of years. While in Fort Atkinson he served as postmaster under President Buchanan. Later he removed to Festina, Iowa, and was called upon to serve as assessor, tax collector, justice of the peace and county supervisor, holding the last named office at the time of his death. He was a member of the Catholic church and gave his political allegiance to the Democracy. He died January 8, 1876. In early manhood he had married Miss Catherine Kromm, a native of Germany, their wedding being celebrated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1854. Twelve children, three sons and nine daughters, were born of this union, of whom ten are yet living. The brother, Edward Meyer, is a resident of Minneapolis, where he is engaged in buying horses. The mother still survives at the age of seventy-three years and retains possession of her mental and physical faculties to an unusual degree.
Charles and George R. Meyer acquired their early education in the country schools and the former afterward engaged in clerking in a general store at Decorah, Iowa, where he remained for three years, after which he went to Ossian, Iowa, where he also engaged in clerking for seven years. He then embarked in business for himself there as a general merchant and conducted his own enterprise for five years. In
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