Biography of 	STEINACKER, Charles, Orleans then St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by 	Mike Miller November 1998

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CHARLES STEINACKER, FRANKLIN --Charles Steinacker was born in New 
Orleans, February 22, 1845.  He is the son of Frank Steinacker, who was 
born in Bavaria in 1810.  Francis Steinacker was lieutenant in the 
Bavarian army and served as a patriotic soldier for several years.  He 
emigrated to America in 1841 and landed in New York City, where he 
remained until 1843, when he came south, locating in New Orleans.  Here 
he was married, in 1843, to Miss Roch, and they became the parents of 
two children--our subject, Charles Steinacker, and a daughter, 
Elizabeth.  Frank Steinacker died in 1850.  

Charles Steinacker was reared in New Orleans, and received a good 
business and literary education.  He then served an apprenticeship as a 
blacksmith, and subsequently entered tire employ of a large retail 
mercantile house in New Orleans, with whom he remained as salesman for 
eleven years.  He came to Franklin in 1885, and accepted an engagement 
in one of the largest mercantile houses there.  Desiring to enter 
business for himself, he opened a general mercantile house on his own 
account in 1889, where his efforts have been attended with the greatest 
success.  He is now doing one of the most active and paying businesses 
in St. Mary parish.  Mr. Steinacker is a natural salesman, and is in 
his element when handling goods and dealing with the public.  He is a 
member of the Catholic church.

Source:  Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical 
Section, p. 381. Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by 
The Gulf Publishing Company.