Attorney, Bank President. Active Republican Party member.
One of four candidates for Governor of Iowa in 1916.
He was the son of immigrants Charles F. Kuehnle and Mary Von Eschen.
He was married to Lillie M. Laub.
The Denison Bulletin Thursday, April 28, 1938 Biography of Carl F. Kuehnle
By F.W. Meyers
Carl F. Kuehnle whose memory we are gathered here today to honor, is one of the last of the group of distinguished men who brought Denison to an honored place among the cities of western Iowa during the closing years of the last century and the first of the present century. He was born at Dubuque, Iowa April 7, 1861, the son of Charles F. Kuehnle, born near Heidelberg, Germany and Mary Von Eschen Kuehnle at Chur, Switzerland.
After coming to this country, his father who was a skilled machinist, became foreman of the machine shop of the Illinois Central Railroad at Dubuque and later at Waterloo. It was in the latter city that our departed friend completed his high school education, graduating from the High School of East Waterloo in 1878 with Valedictorian honors. His next step toward a higher education was made in the State University of Iowa at Iowa City from which he graduated from the Liberal Arts in 1881 and from the College of Law in 1882 and he received the Degree of Master of Arts from the State University in 1884.
Almost immediately following his graduation he located at Denison and being determined to associate himself only with the best talent of his chosen profession he accepted the position of law clerk in the noted legal firm of Conner and Shaw, starting at the very foot of the ladder but showing almost at once that he was of exceptional ability.
On January 1, 1885 J.P. Conner retired from the firm of Conner and Shaw to assume his duties as circuit to which position he had just been elected and Mr. Kuehnle became the junior member of the firm of Shaw & Kuehnle. During the ensuing 13 years Mr. Kuehnle grew to be one of the most popular, energetic and most influential of the young men of the community. So much so in 1898, both he and his partner Leslie M. Shaw, were prominently spoken of for the Republican nomination for Governor of the State. Mr. Kuehnle generously yielded his own flattering prospects to his senior partner and was one of the most ardent and effective workers in his behalf.
When Mr. Shaw was nominated and elected to the governorship, Mr. Kuehnle continued to manage the Denison business which had then grown; being not only a legal firm but one of the foremost private banking institutions in Western Iowa. Other partners admitted to the firm were Cyrus Beard, later Supreme Judge of the State of Wyoming and in 1900 Jacob Sims, now deceased. Their banking interests grew, Mr. Kuehnle becoming Vice President and General Manager of the Bank of Denison, President of the Manilla National Bank of Manilla, and Director of the Commercial National Bank of Council Bluffs.
Mr. Shaw withdrew from the firm upon his appointment as Secretary of the Treasury by President Theodore Roosevelt, at which time Mr. Kuehnle became the President of the Bank of Denison. During all these years, besides attending to his flourishing legal and banking concerns, Mr. Kuehnle did not lose interest in the affairs of education and in the State University of Iowa and the Republican Party of which he was an ardent member throughout his life, fraternal organizations and the welfare of the thriving City of Denison.
He became the very evangel of the State University of Iowa. No alumnus of that institution was more constant in his love, loyalty and generosity. He was one of the building committee of the Memorial Union, which has since become the center of the university's activities, President of the Alumni Association, and in 1909 he was elected by the State Legislature as a Member of the Board of Regents of the State University.
He was the intimate friend and advisor of a number of the presidents of the University, being an intimate friend of former President W. A. Jessup and was a co-founder of what were known as the Finkbine-Kuehnle banquets attended each year by the outstanding students of the University.
As President of the School Board, he established and promoted many of the things of which the schools of Denison are so proud today and as a member and President of the Library Board, he was influential in making it one of the most prominent institutions of its kind as well as one of the earliest in western Iowa.
He became interested in fraternal organizations not as a mere member with the idea of what the fraternity could do for him, but as an ardent advocate seeking what he could do for it. Thus he attained high rank not only in Masonic orders but in the Knights of Pythias, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Independent Order of Red Men and Woodmen of the World. During the later years of his life, Mr. Kuehnle had become especially devoted to the Red Men Order, serving as Grand Incohom and more recently as a member of its Supreme Court. In all these orders he attained high and influential positions, was notable as a member of their supreme governing bodies and as their legal advisor.
As a young man he was united in marriage to Miss Lillie Laub, daughter of H.C. Laub, pioneer merchant of western Iowa. To her more than anyone else comes the grief and loneliness and sorrow, but she must find consolation in the knowledge that her time and tender love and devotion were his greatest sources of joy and comfort. Two children were born to them, Lydia Bell, now Mrs. E.A. Howard of Winnetka. Mr. Howard is one of Chicago's leading business men ands the son of the late highly esteemed Vice President of the Chicago Burlington Quincy Railroad; and Carl Frederick, also a prominent alumnus of the State University and President of the Central National Bank in Chicago.
Judged from the standard of good deeds, of high standards of life and of happiness to others, Mr. Kuehnle must be considered as one of the outstanding men of his generation. The love and esteem of this community goes with him to his final resting place.
One of four candidates for Governor of Iowa in 1916.
He was the son of immigrants Charles F. Kuehnle and Mary Von Eschen.
He was married to Lillie M. Laub.
The Denison Bulletin Thursday, April 28, 1938 Biography of Carl F. Kuehnle
By F.W. Meyers
Carl F. Kuehnle whose memory we are gathered here today to honor, is one of the last of the group of distinguished men who brought Denison to an honored place among the cities of western Iowa during the closing years of the last century and the first of the present century. He was born at Dubuque, Iowa April 7, 1861, the son of Charles F. Kuehnle, born near Heidelberg, Germany and Mary Von Eschen Kuehnle at Chur, Switzerland.
After coming to this country, his father who was a skilled machinist, became foreman of the machine shop of the Illinois Central Railroad at Dubuque and later at Waterloo. It was in the latter city that our departed friend completed his high school education, graduating from the High School of East Waterloo in 1878 with Valedictorian honors. His next step toward a higher education was made in the State University of Iowa at Iowa City from which he graduated from the Liberal Arts in 1881 and from the College of Law in 1882 and he received the Degree of Master of Arts from the State University in 1884.
Almost immediately following his graduation he located at Denison and being determined to associate himself only with the best talent of his chosen profession he accepted the position of law clerk in the noted legal firm of Conner and Shaw, starting at the very foot of the ladder but showing almost at once that he was of exceptional ability.
On January 1, 1885 J.P. Conner retired from the firm of Conner and Shaw to assume his duties as circuit to which position he had just been elected and Mr. Kuehnle became the junior member of the firm of Shaw & Kuehnle. During the ensuing 13 years Mr. Kuehnle grew to be one of the most popular, energetic and most influential of the young men of the community. So much so in 1898, both he and his partner Leslie M. Shaw, were prominently spoken of for the Republican nomination for Governor of the State. Mr. Kuehnle generously yielded his own flattering prospects to his senior partner and was one of the most ardent and effective workers in his behalf.
When Mr. Shaw was nominated and elected to the governorship, Mr. Kuehnle continued to manage the Denison business which had then grown; being not only a legal firm but one of the foremost private banking institutions in Western Iowa. Other partners admitted to the firm were Cyrus Beard, later Supreme Judge of the State of Wyoming and in 1900 Jacob Sims, now deceased. Their banking interests grew, Mr. Kuehnle becoming Vice President and General Manager of the Bank of Denison, President of the Manilla National Bank of Manilla, and Director of the Commercial National Bank of Council Bluffs.
Mr. Shaw withdrew from the firm upon his appointment as Secretary of the Treasury by President Theodore Roosevelt, at which time Mr. Kuehnle became the President of the Bank of Denison. During all these years, besides attending to his flourishing legal and banking concerns, Mr. Kuehnle did not lose interest in the affairs of education and in the State University of Iowa and the Republican Party of which he was an ardent member throughout his life, fraternal organizations and the welfare of the thriving City of Denison.
He became the very evangel of the State University of Iowa. No alumnus of that institution was more constant in his love, loyalty and generosity. He was one of the building committee of the Memorial Union, which has since become the center of the university's activities, President of the Alumni Association, and in 1909 he was elected by the State Legislature as a Member of the Board of Regents of the State University.
He was the intimate friend and advisor of a number of the presidents of the University, being an intimate friend of former President W. A. Jessup and was a co-founder of what were known as the Finkbine-Kuehnle banquets attended each year by the outstanding students of the University.
As President of the School Board, he established and promoted many of the things of which the schools of Denison are so proud today and as a member and President of the Library Board, he was influential in making it one of the most prominent institutions of its kind as well as one of the earliest in western Iowa.
He became interested in fraternal organizations not as a mere member with the idea of what the fraternity could do for him, but as an ardent advocate seeking what he could do for it. Thus he attained high rank not only in Masonic orders but in the Knights of Pythias, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Independent Order of Red Men and Woodmen of the World. During the later years of his life, Mr. Kuehnle had become especially devoted to the Red Men Order, serving as Grand Incohom and more recently as a member of its Supreme Court. In all these orders he attained high and influential positions, was notable as a member of their supreme governing bodies and as their legal advisor.
As a young man he was united in marriage to Miss Lillie Laub, daughter of H.C. Laub, pioneer merchant of western Iowa. To her more than anyone else comes the grief and loneliness and sorrow, but she must find consolation in the knowledge that her time and tender love and devotion were his greatest sources of joy and comfort. Two children were born to them, Lydia Bell, now Mrs. E.A. Howard of Winnetka. Mr. Howard is one of Chicago's leading business men ands the son of the late highly esteemed Vice President of the Chicago Burlington Quincy Railroad; and Carl Frederick, also a prominent alumnus of the State University and President of the Central National Bank in Chicago.
Judged from the standard of good deeds, of high standards of life and of happiness to others, Mr. Kuehnle must be considered as one of the outstanding men of his generation. The love and esteem of this community goes with him to his final resting place.
Attorney, Bank President. Active Republican Party member.
One of four candidates for Governor of Iowa in 1916.
He was the son of immigrants Charles F. Kuehnle and Mary Von Eschen.
He was married to Lillie M. Laub.
The Denison Bulletin Thursday, April 28, 1938 Biography of Carl F. Kuehnle
By F.W. Meyers
Carl F. Kuehnle whose memory we are gathered here today to honor, is one of the last of the group of distinguished men who brought Denison to an honored place among the cities of western Iowa during the closing years of the last century and the first of the present century. He was born at Dubuque, Iowa April 7, 1861, the son of Charles F. Kuehnle, born near Heidelberg, Germany and Mary Von Eschen Kuehnle at Chur, Switzerland.
After coming to this country, his father who was a skilled machinist, became foreman of the machine shop of the Illinois Central Railroad at Dubuque and later at Waterloo. It was in the latter city that our departed friend completed his high school education, graduating from the High School of East Waterloo in 1878 with Valedictorian honors. His next step toward a higher education was made in the State University of Iowa at Iowa City from which he graduated from the Liberal Arts in 1881 and from the College of Law in 1882 and he received the Degree of Master of Arts from the State University in 1884.
Almost immediately following his graduation he located at Denison and being determined to associate himself only with the best talent of his chosen profession he accepted the position of law clerk in the noted legal firm of Conner and Shaw, starting at the very foot of the ladder but showing almost at once that he was of exceptional ability.
On January 1, 1885 J.P. Conner retired from the firm of Conner and Shaw to assume his duties as circuit to which position he had just been elected and Mr. Kuehnle became the junior member of the firm of Shaw & Kuehnle. During the ensuing 13 years Mr. Kuehnle grew to be one of the most popular, energetic and most influential of the young men of the community. So much so in 1898, both he and his partner Leslie M. Shaw, were prominently spoken of for the Republican nomination for Governor of the State. Mr. Kuehnle generously yielded his own flattering prospects to his senior partner and was one of the most ardent and effective workers in his behalf.
When Mr. Shaw was nominated and elected to the governorship, Mr. Kuehnle continued to manage the Denison business which had then grown; being not only a legal firm but one of the foremost private banking institutions in Western Iowa. Other partners admitted to the firm were Cyrus Beard, later Supreme Judge of the State of Wyoming and in 1900 Jacob Sims, now deceased. Their banking interests grew, Mr. Kuehnle becoming Vice President and General Manager of the Bank of Denison, President of the Manilla National Bank of Manilla, and Director of the Commercial National Bank of Council Bluffs.
Mr. Shaw withdrew from the firm upon his appointment as Secretary of the Treasury by President Theodore Roosevelt, at which time Mr. Kuehnle became the President of the Bank of Denison. During all these years, besides attending to his flourishing legal and banking concerns, Mr. Kuehnle did not lose interest in the affairs of education and in the State University of Iowa and the Republican Party of which he was an ardent member throughout his life, fraternal organizations and the welfare of the thriving City of Denison.
He became the very evangel of the State University of Iowa. No alumnus of that institution was more constant in his love, loyalty and generosity. He was one of the building committee of the Memorial Union, which has since become the center of the university's activities, President of the Alumni Association, and in 1909 he was elected by the State Legislature as a Member of the Board of Regents of the State University.
He was the intimate friend and advisor of a number of the presidents of the University, being an intimate friend of former President W. A. Jessup and was a co-founder of what were known as the Finkbine-Kuehnle banquets attended each year by the outstanding students of the University.
As President of the School Board, he established and promoted many of the things of which the schools of Denison are so proud today and as a member and President of the Library Board, he was influential in making it one of the most prominent institutions of its kind as well as one of the earliest in western Iowa.
He became interested in fraternal organizations not as a mere member with the idea of what the fraternity could do for him, but as an ardent advocate seeking what he could do for it. Thus he attained high rank not only in Masonic orders but in the Knights of Pythias, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Independent Order of Red Men and Woodmen of the World. During the later years of his life, Mr. Kuehnle had become especially devoted to the Red Men Order, serving as Grand Incohom and more recently as a member of its Supreme Court. In all these orders he attained high and influential positions, was notable as a member of their supreme governing bodies and as their legal advisor.
As a young man he was united in marriage to Miss Lillie Laub, daughter of H.C. Laub, pioneer merchant of western Iowa. To her more than anyone else comes the grief and loneliness and sorrow, but she must find consolation in the knowledge that her time and tender love and devotion were his greatest sources of joy and comfort. Two children were born to them, Lydia Bell, now Mrs. E.A. Howard of Winnetka. Mr. Howard is one of Chicago's leading business men ands the son of the late highly esteemed Vice President of the Chicago Burlington Quincy Railroad; and Carl Frederick, also a prominent alumnus of the State University and President of the Central National Bank in Chicago.
Judged from the standard of good deeds, of high standards of life and of happiness to others, Mr. Kuehnle must be considered as one of the outstanding men of his generation. The love and esteem of this community goes with him to his final resting place.
One of four candidates for Governor of Iowa in 1916.
He was the son of immigrants Charles F. Kuehnle and Mary Von Eschen.
He was married to Lillie M. Laub.
The Denison Bulletin Thursday, April 28, 1938 Biography of Carl F. Kuehnle
By F.W. Meyers
Carl F. Kuehnle whose memory we are gathered here today to honor, is one of the last of the group of distinguished men who brought Denison to an honored place among the cities of western Iowa during the closing years of the last century and the first of the present century. He was born at Dubuque, Iowa April 7, 1861, the son of Charles F. Kuehnle, born near Heidelberg, Germany and Mary Von Eschen Kuehnle at Chur, Switzerland.
After coming to this country, his father who was a skilled machinist, became foreman of the machine shop of the Illinois Central Railroad at Dubuque and later at Waterloo. It was in the latter city that our departed friend completed his high school education, graduating from the High School of East Waterloo in 1878 with Valedictorian honors. His next step toward a higher education was made in the State University of Iowa at Iowa City from which he graduated from the Liberal Arts in 1881 and from the College of Law in 1882 and he received the Degree of Master of Arts from the State University in 1884.
Almost immediately following his graduation he located at Denison and being determined to associate himself only with the best talent of his chosen profession he accepted the position of law clerk in the noted legal firm of Conner and Shaw, starting at the very foot of the ladder but showing almost at once that he was of exceptional ability.
On January 1, 1885 J.P. Conner retired from the firm of Conner and Shaw to assume his duties as circuit to which position he had just been elected and Mr. Kuehnle became the junior member of the firm of Shaw & Kuehnle. During the ensuing 13 years Mr. Kuehnle grew to be one of the most popular, energetic and most influential of the young men of the community. So much so in 1898, both he and his partner Leslie M. Shaw, were prominently spoken of for the Republican nomination for Governor of the State. Mr. Kuehnle generously yielded his own flattering prospects to his senior partner and was one of the most ardent and effective workers in his behalf.
When Mr. Shaw was nominated and elected to the governorship, Mr. Kuehnle continued to manage the Denison business which had then grown; being not only a legal firm but one of the foremost private banking institutions in Western Iowa. Other partners admitted to the firm were Cyrus Beard, later Supreme Judge of the State of Wyoming and in 1900 Jacob Sims, now deceased. Their banking interests grew, Mr. Kuehnle becoming Vice President and General Manager of the Bank of Denison, President of the Manilla National Bank of Manilla, and Director of the Commercial National Bank of Council Bluffs.
Mr. Shaw withdrew from the firm upon his appointment as Secretary of the Treasury by President Theodore Roosevelt, at which time Mr. Kuehnle became the President of the Bank of Denison. During all these years, besides attending to his flourishing legal and banking concerns, Mr. Kuehnle did not lose interest in the affairs of education and in the State University of Iowa and the Republican Party of which he was an ardent member throughout his life, fraternal organizations and the welfare of the thriving City of Denison.
He became the very evangel of the State University of Iowa. No alumnus of that institution was more constant in his love, loyalty and generosity. He was one of the building committee of the Memorial Union, which has since become the center of the university's activities, President of the Alumni Association, and in 1909 he was elected by the State Legislature as a Member of the Board of Regents of the State University.
He was the intimate friend and advisor of a number of the presidents of the University, being an intimate friend of former President W. A. Jessup and was a co-founder of what were known as the Finkbine-Kuehnle banquets attended each year by the outstanding students of the University.
As President of the School Board, he established and promoted many of the things of which the schools of Denison are so proud today and as a member and President of the Library Board, he was influential in making it one of the most prominent institutions of its kind as well as one of the earliest in western Iowa.
He became interested in fraternal organizations not as a mere member with the idea of what the fraternity could do for him, but as an ardent advocate seeking what he could do for it. Thus he attained high rank not only in Masonic orders but in the Knights of Pythias, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Independent Order of Red Men and Woodmen of the World. During the later years of his life, Mr. Kuehnle had become especially devoted to the Red Men Order, serving as Grand Incohom and more recently as a member of its Supreme Court. In all these orders he attained high and influential positions, was notable as a member of their supreme governing bodies and as their legal advisor.
As a young man he was united in marriage to Miss Lillie Laub, daughter of H.C. Laub, pioneer merchant of western Iowa. To her more than anyone else comes the grief and loneliness and sorrow, but she must find consolation in the knowledge that her time and tender love and devotion were his greatest sources of joy and comfort. Two children were born to them, Lydia Bell, now Mrs. E.A. Howard of Winnetka. Mr. Howard is one of Chicago's leading business men ands the son of the late highly esteemed Vice President of the Chicago Burlington Quincy Railroad; and Carl Frederick, also a prominent alumnus of the State University and President of the Central National Bank in Chicago.
Judged from the standard of good deeds, of high standards of life and of happiness to others, Mr. Kuehnle must be considered as one of the outstanding men of his generation. The love and esteem of this community goes with him to his final resting place.
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