Bio of STREMEL, Dr. Karl Oscar (b.1819 d.1884), 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

Vol III, pg 688-691
KARL OSCAR STREMEL, M. D.
Dr. Karl Oscar Stremel, a well known physician and surgeon of an early period,
was born in Zittau, Saxony, Germany, in 1819, a son of Dr. Frederick Stremel. He
pursued his education at Freiburg, where he was graduated, and also in the
University of Bonn, winning several degrees. He was a follower of Kossuth and
became a political refugee who escaped from Germany with Carl Schurz through an
underground tunnel. He had become a member of a student corps whose insignia was
a ribbon of red, blue and gold. This organization sought independence for the
German people, with a desire to establish a republic, and it was because of his
activity and interest in the movement that he was obliged to flee from his
native land. His mother gave him one hundred dollars, with her blessing, and
leaving the country of his birth, he never returned to Germany but sought the
opportunities and the liberties of the new world. He landed at New Orleans in
1849 and there took up the practice of his profession during the cholera
epidemic receiving twenty-five dollars per day. On leaving the Crescent City he
removed to Champaign, Illinois, where he continued to follow his profession for
a number of years, and later he located at Mequon, Wisconsin, where he engaged
successfully in the practice of medicine and surgery. During the Civil war he
was appointed surgeon of a Wisconsin regiment, but physical disability prevented
his active duty at the front. Throughout his life he rendered valuable aid to
his fellowmen in the practice of his profession, becoming a resident of
Minneapolis in 1860. His ability was widely recognized and his practice was
extensive. At all times he kept abreast with the trend of modern professional
thought through wide reading and study and nothing which tended to bring to man
the key to the complex mystery which we call life, was foreign to him.
At Mequon, Wisconsin, in 1852, Dr. Stremel was married to Miss Augusta Emilie
Miller and they became the parents of six children: Charles Franklin, who
married Lillian Buckman and is now deceased; Arthur, who wedded Helma V.
Eichhorn; Richard, who married Edith Massolt; Thekla, who became the wife of H.
H. Hein; Jennie, the wife of H. Henry Hauschild; and Walter.
Dr. Stremel gave his political allegiance to the democratic party, believing
firmly in its principles. The death of Dr. Stremel occurred in 1884. He had
devoted his life to service in behalf of his fellowmen through the practice of
his chosen calling and made steady advance in his profession, thus rendering his
service of great value to the circles in which he was active.