Lange, John C. (1846-1935)

LANGE

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Date: 1/6/2009 at 14:30:14

John Charles Lange
July 21, 1846 - Jan 21, 1935

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.37, Council Bluffs)
J. C. Lange, of the firm of Lutz & Lange, wholesale cigars and pipes, Council Bluffs, was born in Russia in 1846; came to the United States in 1867, and settled in Brooklyn, N. Y., where he was employed in an architect's office; he left there in 1869, and went to Burlington, Iowa; stayed there two years then went to St. Louis, and from there came to Council Bluffs in December, 1878. Mr. Lange was married in December, 1873, in Ottumwa, Iowa, and has three children, one boy and two girls. He is an active Democrat.

(From the 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, p.474)
J. C. LANGE, City Auditor of Council Bluffs, was elected in March 1890. He is a native of Warsaw, Russia, born July 21, 1846, a son of Joseph and Julia LANGE. His early youth was spent in his native land, and when he arrived at a proper age to attend school, he was sent to a private institution of learning at Holz-Minden, Germany. At the age of twenty-one, he came to America and located at Brooklyn, where he remained one year. From there he came to Burlington, Iowa, and three or four years later went to St. Louis. After spending three years there, he returned to Burlington, and in 1879 came to Council Bluffs. Here he engaged in the wholesale tobacco business, which he followed until 1884. In that year, he was employed by the Government as Revenue Collector for the Second and afterward the Fourth District, in which capacity he officiated until October 1889. He affiliates with the Democratic Party, taking an active interest in political work.
Mr. LANGE is also engaged in the insurance business and has an office at No. 538 Broadway. He represents the following companies: New York Underwriters' Fire Association of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; American of Philadelphia; Union of Philadelphia; Guardian of London, England; Hamburg-Bremen of Germany; Concordia of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the St. Paul Fire & Marine of St. Paul. Mr. LANGE is a member of the I.O.O.F., No. 49, and the A.O.U.W., Hazel Camp. He also conducts the affairs of the Council Bluffs Music Company, at No. 538 West Broadway.
The subject of our sketch was married December 15, 1874, to Miss Ida AUWERDA of Ottumwa, a native of Holland. She was born May 14, 1856, daughter of C. L. and Jozena (DIRKS) AUWERDA. Mr. And Mrs. LANGE are the parents of three children: Julius C., Zena and Juliette.