C. Henry Haesemeyer, occupying a prominent position in Cedar county, has for some years been cashier of the Union Savings Bank at Stanwood and is regarded as a prominent representative of financial interests. He has lived in Cedar county since 1892. As his name indicates, he is of German lineage, his birth occurring in Hanover, Germany, July 10, 1878.
His father, Fred Haesemeyer, was also a native of that country, where he spent his boyhood and youth. after arriving at years of maturity he married Wilhelmine Busching, a native of Germany, and in 1892 the family came to the new world, settling in Cedar county, Iowa. Mr. Haesemeyer was a farmer here, spending his last years in this state, and died in 1899. His wife survived him for about a decade and passed away in 1909. Their family numbered two sons and three daughters: Fred H., a business man of Stanwood, who is the proprietor of a general store; Lena, the wife of Louis Meyer, a farmer of Cedar county; Louisa, the wife of Henry Reinking, who carries on general agricultural pursuits in this county; and Minnie, the wife of Louis Goldsmith, also a farmer of this county.
C. Henry Haesemeyer spent the first fourteen years of his life in his native country, pursued his education there, receiving instruction in both German and French. He then came to the new world and continued his education in the Stanwood high school, where, of course, his instruction was in English. He was thus liberally trained and not only mastered the various branches of learning taught in the public schools but also became familiar with the three languages. He afterward took a position as bookkeeper in a bank and later became one of the organizers of the Union Savings Bank and subsequently was made cashier. He is one of the well known business men of the county, and his reliable and tried business integrity have constituted important factors in the conduct of the bank. His judgment is sound and his business integrity has never been called into question.
Mr. Haesemeyer was married in Stanwood in May, 1908, to Miss Minnie Lehrman, who was born and reared here and is a daughter of H. J. Lehrman of Stanwood. They have one child, Irene. In his political views Mr. Haesemeyer is a republican and the cause of education finds in him a stalwart champion. He has served as secretary of the school board and is now treasurer of the school district. He likewise fills the office of town clerk and has been officially identified with the schools since attaining his majority. Both he and his wife are members of the German Lutheran church, in the faith of which they were reared and to which they have always been most loyal.
Mr. Haesemeyer came to Cedar county with his parents when a lad of but fourteen years, completing his education in Stanwood high school, and thus well equipped started out in life in connection with the banking business, to which he has always devoted his energies. He has made a close study of the business in all its phases, and his determination and energy have enabled him to work his way upward, while his efforts have constituted an important element in the success of the bank.
