Bio of KISTLER, Dr. Charles M. (b.1869), 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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Vol II, pg 738-741
CHARLES M. KISTLER, M. D.
Dr. Charles M. Kistler conies of a family whose members have shown a decided
preference for the medical profession and has had unusually comprehensive
training for his chosen vocation, in which he has attained that degree of
proficiency which places him with the foremost surgeons of Minneapolis and the
Northwest. He was born at Pleasant Corner, in Carbon county, Pennsylvania,
August 12, 1869, a son of David and Mary (Mantz) Kistler. The family was
established in Tripoli, Pennsylvania, in 1600, its American progenitors
emigrating to the United States from Switzerland, and after reaching this
country they devoted their attention to farming pursuits, although later
generations have concentrated their efforts upon the practice of medicine,
seventy-two members of the family now following that profession in various parts
of the United States.
Reared on a farm, Charles M. Kistler attended the country schools, and desirous
of entering upon a professional career, he came to Minneapolis in 1887, in order
to avail himself of the educational advantages presented in this city. For the
purpose of securing the funds necessary for his tuition he obtained employment
in a drug store, also pursuing his studies during his leisure hours, and passed
an examination before the state board of pharmacists. In 1890 he entered the
medical department of the University of Minnesota, from which he was graduated
in 1893, and in the fall of that year he completed a course in the Polyclinic
Institute of New York city. He was continuously engaged in practice in
Minneapolis until 1900, when he spent a year in a hospital at Vienna, Austria,
while in 1907 he devoted six months to hospital work in that city, thus greatly
promoting his knowledge and skill. His studies have covered a broad field and
his investigations have been most thorough, bringing him a comprehensive
understanding of his profession. He limits his practice to surgery and has
developed a high degree of proficiency in this branch of medical science, his
professional services being in constant demand. He is a member of the surgical
staff of the Swedish Hospital of Minneapolis and has successfully performed many
difficult operations. In 1916 he was elected president of the Western State
Bank, but resigned that office in June, 1921, in order that he might devote his
entire attention to his profession.
On the 29th of March, 1900, Dr. Kistler was united in marriage to Miss Grace
Braen of Alma, Wisconsin, and they have become the parents of a son, Stuart.
Fraternally the doctor is identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of
Elks and the Masons and his professional connections are with the Hennepin
County and Minne­sota State Medical societies and the American Medical
Association. His life record constitutes an excellent example of notable
achievement through individual effort. He set his mark high and kept his gaze
fixed thereon, never faltering in his purpose to) attain the end for which he
set out. He seems to have entered the profession for which nature intended him
and is an exponent of all that is highest, best and most advanced in the
practice of surgery, and all that is most worthy and honorable in his relations
to his fellowmen.