Lake County IN Archives Biographies.....Gruel, Charles 1860 - 
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Author: T. H. Ball (1904)

CHARLES GRUEL.

    The German-American element in our citizenship has long been recognized as
an important one, for from an early age the Teutonic race has carried
civilization into pioneer districts of the world and has introduced the progress
made in the fatherland. Mr. Gruel is a worthy representative of the German
people, and in his life record has shown many of the commendable traits of the
men of his nationality. He was born in Pomerania, Germany, October 9, 1860, and
when eleven years of age was brought to America, becoming a resident of Chicago.
He attended school there during the two years of his residence in that city, and
in 1873 he came to Hobart. Here he worked in a brickyard for a time, and was
afterward engaged in the saloon business there for about ten years. In 1893 he
established a meat market and also began dealing in live-stock. He feeds, sells
and ships stock, and operates quite extensively in this line at the present
date. He has also built some business blocks in Hobart and has thus contributed
in appreciable manner to the substantial development of the town.

    In 1884 Mr. Gruel was united in marriage with Miss Emma Krieger, a native of
Porter county, whence she removed to Lake county, Indiana. Her father was
Frederick Krieger, an early settler of Porter county and of German lineage. Mr.
and Mrs. Gruel have one daughter, Matilda. Mr. Gruel is one of the leading
business men of Hobart, and his private affairs are capably and successfully
conducted, while his co-operation in public measures has been a factor in the
development and improvement of the town. He is a most earnest and stalwart
Republican, and he belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the
Knights of Pythias fraternity. He was reared in the Lutheran faith, and at all
times his life has been actuated by honorable principles, which have formed the
basic element in his success.


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ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
Genealogy and Biography
OF
LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA,
WITH A COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY 
1834—1904

A Record of the Achievements of Its People in the Making of a Commonwealth and
the Founding of a Nation.

REV. T. H. BALL
OF CROWN POINT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO   NEW YORK
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1904


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