Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Pauli, Charles 1837 - 
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Author: Portraits & Bio Sketches, 1890

CHARLES PAULI, proprietor of the National Hotel at Joliet, counts his friends 
by the score among the traveling public, and whoever is so fortunate as to 
sojourn once under his hospitable roof, repeats the experiment at the earliest 
opportunity. The National is comfortabty equipped with all the requisites for 
rest and refreshment. "Mine host" exerts himself to be courteous and obliging, 
and is evidently operating with a thorough understanding of his business. The 
subject of this notice, a native of the Kingdom of Saxony, was born May 28, 
1837, and is the son of an old soldier of the German array, Henry Pauli, who 
died in Germany, in 1873, at the advanced age of ninety-two years. He had 
distinguished himself for bravery and fidelity to duty, and for many years was 
in the enjoyment of a pension from the Government. In accordance with the laws 
and customs of his native country, Mr. Pauli was placed in school at an early 
age and pursued his studies several years, acquiring a good education in his 
native tongue. He remained a resident of his native place until a man of 
twenty-eight years, and then resolved to seek his fortunes in America. 
Accordingly, in the summer of 1865 he set out for the New World on a steam 
vessel named New York, which in due time landed him safely in New York City. 
Thence not long afterward he repaired to St. Louis, Mo., and from there 
migrated to Edwards County, Kan., where he sojourned two years. He afterward 
followed cigar making in Detroit, Mich., three or four years, from 1877 to 
1881. In the spring of the latter year he came to Joliet, where he pursued his 
trade of a cigarmaker until purchasing the hotel of which he is now 
proprietor. Upon becoming a voting citizen Mr. Pauli identified himself with 
the Democratic party. He is eminently social in his instincts, belonging to 
the Old Soldiers' Society, a German order flourishing wherever there is a 
large number of German soldiers. He also belongs to the Sharpshooters and the 
Vocal Minstrel Society of Joliet. Mr. Pauli took unto himself a wife and 
helpmate in October, 1880, being wedded to Miss Lena Anhardt. This lady was 
born of parents who were natives of Germany, and who are now deceased. Of this 
union there are no children. Mr. Pauli's mother bore the maiden name of 
Doretta Bock; she is now deceased. The National Hotel is a solid stone 
building, containing seventy two rooms and thoroughly equipped for the 
purposes to which it is adapted. It was the first building of the kind erected 
in Joliet, and although an old timer, is in a perfect state of preservation 
and good for many years to come.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890 
 


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