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Charles Heinrich Baumgartner

26 Dec 1876 – 20 Mar 1913

Birth26 Dec 1876
Death20 Mar 1913
CemeteryGuttenberg Cemetery
Guttenberg , Clayton County , Iowa , USA
Added bysteve on 31 Oct 2012
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Charles married 4 June 1902 to Liziette "Elizabeth" Christine Cassutt (1877-1922); 1 daughter A lengthy obituary appeared in the Dubuque Telegraph Herald on 20 March 1913. This is a summary: Headlines: DEATH CLAIMS CITY ENG. BAUMGARTNER Had been ill with meningitis for more than three weeks HE IS UNIVERSALLY MOURNED Held Many Important Engineering Posts - Funeral Arrangements Not Made He died at his home at 8-1/2 Yale Court at 10:45 in the morning. In addition to his job at city hall, he worked at home writing articles for engineering magazine and was in demand as he was considered an expert. He was a self-made man. He attended local public school and then took correspondence courses in mathematics and engineering. He then associated with M. Tschigi in the surveying and building of the Eagle Point high bridge. Later he attended Lima College in Ohio and received a bachelor of science degree with high honors. After college he worked for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, the L.E. Meyers construction company of Chicago, and was one of the principal engineers in the Florida East Coast Railroad Project, running railroads through swamps in Florida. For two years he was in the office of the Assistant United States Engineer in Dubuque addressing river improvements. In the spring of 1910 he was elected to the office of city engineer and re-elected again in the spring of 1912. Survivors: wife parents Mr. and Mrs. G.J. Baumgartner of 539 Rhomberg Avenue siblings: Mr. R.E. Schroeder of Dubuque, Miss Clara of Dubuque, Henry C. of Des Moines, Arnold F. of Poison, Mont., and Leonard of Dubuque.

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