Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Leimbacher, Charles B 
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Author: Past and Present of Will County, IL; 1907

Charles B. Leimbacher, superintendent of the Joliet Stove Works, is one of the 
native citizens of Joliet, who has attained prominence and success in business 
circles here, receiving merited promotion in recognition of his ability, close 
application and enterprise until he is today prominently associated with a 
leading industry. He was born April 13, 1875, of the marriage of Rudolph and 
Elizabeth (Schwizer) Leimbacher, natives of Switzerland. They came to Joliet 
about 1863 and lived here until their death, the father passing away in 1890 
and the mother in 1891. For twenty-three years Rudolph Leimbacher was 
connected with the Joliet Manufacturing Company, and for ten years was engaged 
in the retail coal trade. His wife's people came to this country at an early 
day, and Mrs. Leimbacher had a brother, Jacob, who served as a soldier in the 
Civil war and was wounded in battle. The year 1848 witnessed the arrival of 
Jacob and Conrad Schwizer in Will county, and during the days of early mining 
excitement in California they made, their way to the Pacific coast. 
Subsequently both returned to Will county and engaged in business here. In the 
family of Rudolph and Elizabeth Leimbacher were nine children, of whom seven 
are yet living: Reuben A., who resides in Joliet; Leesa M., a resident of Los 
Angeles, California; Henry, also a resident of Joliet; Alfred, who makes his 
home in St. Cloud, Minnesota; Louis C, of Joliet; Charles B., of this review; 
and Ida B., of Los Angeles. Charles B. Leimbacher was educated in the public 
schools of Joliet, and in his early business life was for three years engaged 
in the coal trade with his father. He afterward became a clerk in the 
accountant's office of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railroad, where he remained 
for four years, and in the spring of 1897 he became connected with the Joliet 
Stove Works as shipping clerk. Here his ability and enterprise have found 
recognition in successive promotions until he is today superintendent of the 
factory, having been appointed on the 1st of January, 1902. In this position 
he has from three to four hundred men under his supervision and carefully 
controls their labors, being thoroughly conversant with the business in 
principle and detail, and recognizing the line of labor that each should 
perform in order to make his services of value to the company. On the 21st of 
June, 1904, Mr. Leimbacher was united in marriage to Miss Cora Pearl Smith, a 
daughter of James Smith, a well known contractor of Joliet. They have one son, 
Raymond C., born May 16, 1906. Mr. Leimbacher is a member of the Masonic 
fraternity, in which he has attained the Knight Templar degree. He entered 
business life in a very humble way but laudable ambition and unfaltering 
diligence have secured his advancement and he is now recognized as a prominent 
factor in industrial life in his native city. 

Additional Comments:
PAST AND PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS By W. W. Stevens President of the 
Will County Pioneers Association; Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1907

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