Henry C. Andreae Henry C. Andreae is the
efficient and popular cashier of the Volga Savings Bank
and is known and valued as one of the representative
business men of the younger generation in his native
county. He was born in Sperry township, this county, on
the 7th of October, 1883, and is a son of Conrad and Anna
(Wege) Andreae, the former of whom was born in Dubuque,
this state, and the latter of whom was born in Clayton
county, both families having been founded in Iowa in the
pioneer period of its history. The parents now reside in
their pleasant home near Arlington, Fayette county, and
the father has been a prominent and influential exponent
of agricultural enterprise in this section of the Hawkeye
statet both he and his wife being zealous communicants of
the Lutheran church and the lineage of both tracing back
to staunch German origin. Of the eight children the
eldest is George, who remains with his parents on the
home farm; Henry C, of this review, was the next in order
of birth; Katherine is at the parental home, as are also
Herman and Albert; Philippina is deceased; Frederick is
the youngest member of the parental home circle; and
William died in early childhood. After having profited
fully by the advantages afforded in the district schools
Henry C. Andreae continued his active association with
agricultural industry for three years, and he then
fortified himself more fully for the practical affairs of
life by completing a two years' course in the Upper Iowa
Business University, at Fayette. For a short time
thereafter he was identified with the general merchandise
business and he then assumed a clerical position in the
employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Company, his service having been continued in Clayton
county for a period of four years, after which he held
for six months the position of money clerk in the office
of the Wells-Fargo Express Company in the city of
Milwaukee. The impaired health of his loved mother caused
him to resign this position and return to the parental
home, and in 1910 he accepted his present responsible
post, that of cashier of the Volga Savings Bank, an
incumbency in which he has shown marked discrimination
and executive ability. His political allegiance is given
to the Democratic party and both he and his wife are
communicants of the Lutheran church in their home village
of Volga, where also they are popular factors in the
leading social activities of the community. On the 2d of
May, 1913, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Andreae to
Miss Selma Piehl, who was born and reared in Clayton
county, and they have a winsome little daughter, Mary
Elizabeth, who was born May 12, 1915. source: History of Clayton
County, Iowa; From The Earliest Historical Times Down to
the Present; by Realto E. Price, Vol. II; pg. 24 |