C. G. AICHELE, City Treasurer, is a native of Germany. He came to America in 1853, and settled in New York, where he remained for eight months, going from there to South Carolina, where he remained until 1859, when he went to Alabama, and thence to Georgia, locating at ROme. His occupation was in following his trade of gunsmith, at which he was engaged in Rome until he was forced to leave or join the rebel army. Removing to Adairsville, Ga., he remained until May, 1864, when he was ble to join the Northern troops, and came North. He was under strict surveillance during his entire residence in the South, and only escaped being conscripted into the rebel arm by the most strenuous endeavors. Upon reaching Cincinnati, he worked there for a short time, removing to Hamilton, and wa an employe of Gwinn & Campbell, in their gun works, for eight months, and then to Indianapolis, where for about one year he was employed at his trade and as a machinist. In 1866, he came to Kendallville, where he started a gun-shop, which he operated until 1873. In 1871, he becamse the representative of several leading fire insurance ompanies, to which he was devoted a larte share of his attentio since. He now represents the Phoenix, of Harford and of Brooklyn,Continental, German Assurance, Germania and Niagara, of New York, the Liverpool, London and Globe, and the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company. He is also gent for the Inman, Cunard, North German Lloyd, America and Red Star line of ocean steamships. Mr. Aichele was elected City Treasurer of Kendallville in May, 1873, which office he still holds. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and K. of H., the last order of which he is Treasurer. In 1856, in South Carolina, he was married to Miss Mary Schmeyhal. They have seven children -- Mary, Augusta, Juli, Emil, Minnie, Annie and Albert. Goodspeed, Weston A, Richard Collins, Thomas R. Marshall, W. L. Matthews; Counties of Whitley and Noble, Indiana: historical and biographical; Chicago, F. A. Battey & Co., 1882, p. 297-298. |
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