Karl T. Aisenbrey Biography


	This biography appears on pages 185-186 in "History of Dakota 
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				KARL T. AISENBREY. 

	Karl T. Aisenbrey, a resident of Alpena, occupying the position 
of cashier of the Bank of Alpena, was born in Hutchinson county, South 
Dakota, October 7, 1889, a son of Karl W. Aisenbrey, a native of 
Germany, who came to America in 1873. He was one of the pioneer 
residents of Hutchinson county, where his father, Andrew Aisenbrey, was 
one of the first to secure a homestead claim. For many years Karl 
Aisenbrey, Sr., was identified with agricultural pursuits but is now 
retired from active business and resides in Alpena. He married Johanna 
Bachmann and they became the parents of seven children. 

	Karl T. Aisenbrey, the fifth in order of birth, attended the 
public schools of his native county and afterward entered the Sioux 
Falls Business College, in which he completed the full course of study. 
He taught school for a year but afterward resumed the occupation to 
which he had been reared, devoting three years to farming in Beadle 
county. In 1909 he purchased an interest in the Bank of Alpena and was 
appointed its cashier. He has the active management of the institution 
and is a member of its board of directors. He is a young man of good 
business ability who carefully watches over the interests of the 
institution and wisely safeguards the depositors. 

	On the 26th of November, 1913, Mr. Aisenbrey was married to Miss 
Isadore McMillan, a daughter of W. Hodge and Medora ( Kerns ) McMillan, 
of Alpena. They have one child, Neda Bertha. Mr. Aisenbrey votes with 
the republican party where national issues and questions are involved 
but does not feel bound by party ties at local elections and casts his 
ballot according to the dictates of his judgment, basing his vote upon 
the capability of the candidates. He is a member of the Dutch Reformed 
church and he finds recreation in all healthful outdoor sports, 
particularly enjoying hunting and fishing trips. Already he has won 
recognition as one of the county's capable and progressive young 
business men and the course which he has thus far pursued argues well 
for the future.