Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Nienaber, Charles 1858 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com October 23, 2006, 1:04 am Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908) CHARLES NIENABER, president of the State Bank of Round Lake, has been a resident of that village since 1894 and has been engaged in many business enterprises there. He was born in Muscatine county, Iowa, Dec. 13, 1864, the second youngest of a family of ten children, of whom the following five are living: Emma, John, Mary, Charles and Lena. The father of our subject was Frederick Nienaber. He was born in Germany June 14, 1818, and came to the United States in 1854. He located in Muscatine county, Iowa, upon his arrival and resided there, engaged in farming, until his death, which occurred Jan. 26, 1900. Our subject's mother was Mary (Fintel) Nienaber. She was born in Germany and died in Muscatine county Jan. 25, 1887, aged 62 years. Charles Nienaber was raised on his father's farm in Muscatine county and there received a common school education. At the age of twenty-two years he rented his father's farm and conducted it two years. At the end of that time he sold out and went to the Pacific coast, where he spent a year traveling. Returning to Iowa, he went to Davenport and took a course of study in the Davenport Business college. The date of Mr. Nienaber's advent to Round Lake was June 4, 1894. Soon after he became a member of the firm of H. H. Sindt & Co. and erected the first elevator put up in the village. Three years after the founding of the firm Mr. Sindt sold out to Ed. Denkmann and thereafter the business was conducted under the firm name of Nienaber & Denkmann, which had an existence until June, 1900. The partners then sold to S. W. Harrington, and he to the Tuthill Lumber company. In July, 1900, Mr. Nienaber entered the Bank of Round Lake as its cashier, and has been in the banking business ever since. During two years of the time he held the position of cashier he conducted a general merchandise store. The Bank of Round Lake, of which Mr. Nienaber took the position of cashier, was started as a private bank in October, 1898, with John W. Cravens as president and C. W. Flint as chashier, [sic] those gentlemen being the principal stockholders. The bank was a private concern until February, 1906, when the interest of Mr. Cravens was purchased by a number of stockholders and the institution was reorganized as the State Bank of Round Lake. Mr. Nienaber then became president, and he has held that position since. The bank has a capital and surplus of $37,000, and does a general banking business, makes real estate loans and writes insurance. The present home of the bank was erected in 1907 at a cost of $10,000, including fixtures, vaults, safes, etc. Mr. Nienaber is a large property owner. He has three acres in the village and several lots in Cravens' addition. He owns eighty acres in section 35, Indian Lake township; 240 acres in Jackson county; a quarter section near Westbrook, in Cottonwood county; 100 acres in Sherburne county, Minn., and 320 acres in Canada. At Lake Park, Iowa, on Dec. 21, 1892, Mr. Nienaber was married to Mary Mundt, who was born in Germany Jan. 11, 1875, and who came to the United States at the age of six years. She is the daughter of Reimer and Anna Mundt, who reside in Jackson county. To Mr. and Mrs. Nienaber have been born the following children: Anna, born June 17, 1894; Ivy, born Oct. 7, 1895; Pauline, born April 2, 1898; Fred, born Feb. 8, 1900; William, born Dec. 5, 1901; John, born Aug. 27, 1903; Leroy, born Oct. 18, 1905; Alfreda, born March 4, 1908. Mr. Nienaber has always taken an active part in the affairs of the community in which he resides and has assisted materially in the growth and welfare of the village of Round Lake. He has served as clerk of the village school board since 1895. Before the incorporation of the village of Round Lake he served some time as a member of the Indian Lake township board, and after the incorporation was president of the village council four years. Additional Comments: Extracted from: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY MINNESOTA BY ARTHUR P. ROSE NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA PUBLISHERS 1908 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mn/nobles/bios/nienaber128gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mnfiles/ File size: 4.7 Kb