Imperial County CA Archives Biographies.....Stahl, Henry A. 1879 - 
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Author: F. C. Farr (editor, 1918)

HENRY A. STAHL.—Among the business men of Imperial County, and especially one
who has been identified with the upbuilding of a greater Brawley, is Henry A.
Stahl, a member of the firm of Stahl Brothers Company, one of the largest and
most metropolitan stores in Southern California. Henry A. Stahl is vice
president of the firm and has been actively identified with the mercantile life
of the county since 1903. He was born in Winesburg, Ohio, March 21, 1879, a son
of Valentine J. and Elizabeth (Frankhauser) Stahl, both residing in Winesburg,
Ohio. His father is now in his eighty-first year and his mother is seventy-six.
Henry A. acquired his education in the public schools of his native town. At the
age of sixteen he started out in life and worked at Akron, Ohio, in the rubber
works of that city. In 1901 he came west, teaching school and doing manual
labor. With his brothers, Charles, William, Edward, John and Fred, the brothers
were engaged in leveling land for the large crops which were to be planted.
Stahl Brothers leveled about one thousand acres of land adjacent to Brawley, and
they were the first to have an interest in the corn crop, which was planted on
the site where Brawley is situated and which was an unbroken desert. In 1906,
Stahl Brothers opened a modest dry goods and gents' furnishing store, and by
fair business methods the store has grown to be one of the leading
establishments of its kind in the county. The subject of this review owns and
cultivates one hundred and ten acres which is planted to corn and potatoes.
Fraternally he is a member of the K. of P. of Brawley. He was married in
Brawley, California, December 20, 1909, to Miss Minnie A. Garber, a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Garber. Mrs. Garber's death occurred in February, 1910, and
is buried in the Brawley Cemetery. One daughter blessed this union, Ellen
Elizabeth, born July 31, 1913. When Mr. Stahl came to what is now the
flourishing city of Brawley, there were two adobe houses and a few tent houses.
He has thus contributed to the industrial and civic progress of this favored
section of the county.

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THE HISTORY
OF
IMPERIAL COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
EDITED BY
F. C. FARR

IN ONE VOLUME
ILLUSTRATED
Published by ELMS AND FRANKS
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 1918


Printed by Taylor & Taylor, San Francisco


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