IHLE, Charles W., M.D. - 1914

IHLE, MCAFEE, HENDERSON

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HISTORY OF
Cherokee County
IOWA
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914
by Thomas McCulla

CHARLES W. IHLE, M.D.

Dr. Charles W. Ihle, an able representative of the medical profession at Cleghorn, where he has maintained his office for the past seven years, is the only physician of the town and has been accorded a liberal practice. His birth occured in Liberty Township, Cherokee county, Iowa, on the 21st of March 1878, his parents being Charles E. and Anna M. (McAfee) Ihle, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Scott county, Iowa, in 1871, and a short time later came to Cherokee county, here being employed for some time as a farm hand by George Henderson. Subsequently he rented a tract of land from Mr. Henderson and was busily engaged in its cultivation until the time of his removal to O'Brien county, this state where he bought a farm which he has improved and operated to the present time.

Charles W. Ihle aquired his early education in the district schools of O'Brien county and the public schools of Paulina, that county. Subsequently he taught schools at intervals for a period of four years and at the end of that time entered the State University at Iowa City for the study of medicine, being graduated as a homeopathic physician with the class of 1906. He had worked his way through college, receiving no outside aid or assistance of any kind. As above stated, Cleghorn has always remained the scene of his professional labors and here he has been accorded an extensive practice in recognition of his skill and ability. He acts as second vice president of the Iowa Hahnemann Medical Association and is a member of the American Institute of Homeopathy. He built the structure on Main street in which is located his attractive and well appointed office and also owns a handsome residence on the same thoroughfare.

On the 10th of July, 1906, Dr. Ihle was united in marriage to Miss Lenora I. Oyler, a daughter of Henry Oyler, who was an old soldier residing in Johnson county, where he followed farming. He lost his first wife during the childhood of their daughter Lenora and afterward married again and removed to Oklahoma, where his demise occurred in 1907. Dr. and Mrs. Ihle have three children, namely: Muriel, six years of age; and Charles W., Jr., and Norma I., twins, who are three years old.

Dr. Ihle gives his political allegiance to the democracy and has served on the town council, while at the present time he is a member of the school board. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons at Marcus and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Cleghorn, while his religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church. In both professional and social circles of his native county he is widely and favorably known, having won the high regard of all with whom he has been associated.