Bio of Posz, Charles (b.1871) Wabasha Co., MN
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Posz, Charles, commission merchant, and one of the live forces in the
business prosperity of Plainview, was born in Covington, Ky., August 18,
1871, son of Jacob and Katherine (Nuss) Posz. He was educated in the
public schools of Lewiston, Minn., the Winona Business College, and at the
Elmhurst College at Elmhurst, Ill. He was but eight years old when he
settled in Lewiston with his parents, and after leaving college he engaged
in the real estate and insurance business there, which he carried on very
successfully until 1904. In that year he came to Plainview and opened a
restaurant and ice cream parlor, which he conducted for two years. He then
sold out and engaged in the commission and produce business, which line of
industry he has since followed to such good effect that he is now the
recognized leader in it in Plainview. From year to year he has enlarged
the business both in volume and variety. His sales each season amount to
over 600 car loads, and include for the most part, cabbages, onions and
potatoes. He also handles seeds, plants and some poultry, his seed sales
covering a large and increasing territory and approximating $20,000 for
the last season. It was he who originated the plan of shipping in the
early cabbage plants, which has proved so beneficial to the cabbage
grower. The Posz Produce and Storage Plant, of which he is the sole owner,
is the largest in the village, if not in southern Minnesota, and is the
result of his individual ability and enterprise. In addition to his large
interests connected therewith, he is president of the Posz Motor Company,
handling the Cleveland-Chandler and Dodge Bros. Motor cars. In fact there
are few new and important business projects undertaken in the village with
which he is not connected, and his foresight, energy and experience are
potent factors in ensuring their success. The Business Men's Club numbers
him among its most useful members. He also belongs to a number of the more
prominent fraternal societies, being a thirty-second degree Mason, and an
Odd Fellow, Woodman, Yeoman, and Elk. Mr. Posz was married, May 7, 1895,
to Tillie Schmutzler, who was born in Lewiston, Winona County, Minn.,
November 24, 1871. Of this union two daughters have been born: Florence
H., April 5, 1896; and Helen L., October 9, 1900. Florence H., after
graduating from the Plainview high school in the class of 1915, was a
pupil for one year in Carlton College, at Northfield, Minn. She was later
graduated from the Winona State Normal School, and is now a proficient
teacher in the third grade of the Plainview public schools. Helen L., who
was graduated from the Plainview high school in the class of 1918, is now
a student in the Winona State Normal School. The religious affiliations of
the family are with the Methodist Episcopal church.