Bio of EICHHORN, Arthur E. (b.1857), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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ARTHUR E. EICHHORN - Vol III, pg 775-776
Arthur E. Eichhorn, a member of one of the honored pioneer families of
Min­neapolis, is prominently identified with the insurance and real estate
business and controls one of the oldest enterprises of this kind in the city. He
was born in Mayville, Wisconsin, August 27, 1857, a son of Edmund and Veronica
(Goeldner) Eichhorn, both of whom were natives of Germany. In 1848, when a young
man of twenty-three years, the father came to the United States, first going to
Mayville, Wisconsin, where he became a manufacturer of potash, and in 1857 he
came to Minnesota, casting in his lot with the early settlers of the state. For
sixteen years he conducted a grocery store at Hastings and in 1873 he
established his home in Minneapolis, where he continued to reside until his
demise, which occurred May 14, 1907. He was the founder of the real estate and
insurance firm of E. Eichhorn & Sons and also became president of the
German-American Bank of Minneapolis, ranking with the foremost business men of
the city. The mother passed away in October, 1877. Four children were born to
Mr. and Mrs. Eichhorn: Alvin A.; Arthur E.; Ottilie V., who married J. W. Dreger
and died in 1905; and Helma, the wife of Arthur Stremel of this city. Alvin A.
Eichhorn, the eldest member of the family, came to Minneapolis in 1873 and
secured a position in the jobbing department of the Tribune. He remained with
that paper until 1880 and then became a member of the firm of E. Eichhorn &
Sons, with which he was connected until ill health compelled him to retire from
business and his demise occurred in California in 1910.
Arthur E. Eichhorn attended the public schools of Hastings, Minnesota, and
completed his education in Minneapolis, moving to this city with his parents in
1873. Two years later he entered his father's real estate and insurance office
and upon the retirement of the latter he assumed charge of the business, which
he has since successfully conducted. The business is now operated under the
style of E. Eichhorn & Sons and was established nearly a half century ago, being
one of the pioneer real estate and insurance firms in the city and also one of
the largest and most reliable. Mr. Eichhorn has proven an able successor of his
father, displaying the same enter­prising spirit and executive ability which
characterized the latter and greatly enlarging the scope of the undertaking. He
also has other business interests, being a director of the North American Bank
of Minneapolis.
On the 27th of September, 1886, Mr. Eichhorn was united in marriage to Miss
Susie Rauen of this city, and they have become the parents of two children:
Edmund P. and Mrs: Myrtle McGuire, both of Minneapolis. The son is an
enterprising young business man and is now a member of the firm of E. Eichhorn &
Sons. He married Miss Margaret Benton, a daughter of Henry W. Benton, a well
known lawyer of this city, and they have two children: Peter and Susie Craig.
Mr. Eichhorn is connected with the Minneapolis Athletic Club, the Teutonia
Bowling Club, the St. Anthony Turn Verein, the North Side Commercial Club and
the Minneapolis Real Estate Board and is a life member of the Minneapolis Art
Institute, the Golden Valley Golf Club and the Elks Club. He is imbued with the
spirit of progress along all lines which lead to advancement in relation to
municipal affairs and his life has ever been guided by high ideals. The name of
Eichhorn has become a synonym for business enterprise and integrity in
Minneapolis, where the work of the father and sons has constituted an important
factor in its improvement along all liner, of civic development.