For
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 598
WILLIAM E. LOEB....William E. Loeb, mayor of Nichols, Muscatine county, and one of its energetic and prosperous business men, was born in Bloomington township, this county, July 16, 1873. He is a son of William and Elizabeth A. ( Bauer ) Loeb, both of whom were natives of Germany, the father being born in Baden. The mother came to America about 1867 and the father two years later. They were married in Muscatine county, July 18, 1872, and lived upon a farm in the county for sixteen years, renting the land. The family then removed to Muscatine, where Mr. Loeb became connected with a lumber yard. He departed this life September 20, 1901. He was an industrious man of worthy ambitions, being a consistent member of the German Evangelical church. The mother of our subject who has arrived at the age of sixty years, is making her home with him. There were seven children in the family : William E.; Herman, who was born August 6, 1875, and is now deceased ; Anna, the wife of Albert Burnet, a farmer, who lives near West Liberty, Iowa ; Martha, now Mrs. Andrew Diercks of Muscatine ; Mary, who died in infancy ; and Lena, of Muscatine.William Loeb received his early education in the district schools and remained at home, assisting in the support of the family until he was twenty-one years of age. He then began working in a harness shop and after two years' experience in that line engaged in other occupations, resolving in the meantime to prosecute his education further. Accordingly he became a student in the German College at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, from which he was graduated in 1902. After leaving college, Mr. Loeb entered the ministry and engaged in preaching until 1903. Being attracted to business pursuits, he began in 1904 to buy grain at Nichols for W. C. Adelman, and in 1906 engaged in the same business for the Jackson Grain Company, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was also placed in charge of a lumber yard for W. C. Adelman and still continues in that position. In addition to the business above named, he engages in farming upon a moderate scale. The estimation in which he is held by the people of Nichols is indicated by the fact that since 1910 he has acted as mayor of the town, filling the position in such a way as to meet the general approval of the citizens.
Mr. Loeb is a member of the Methodist church, as is also his mother. Fraternally he is identified with Stainless Lodge, No. 445, A. F. & A. M., and Lodge No. 4195, M. W. A. of Nichols. He is a man of varied talents, having excellent ability both as a public speaker and in business affairs. His success has been due not only to native ability but to a good education and a reputation for integrity, the latter of which is more to be prized than a great fortune acquired by doubtful means. Mr. Loeb is now in the midst of a career that promises to increase in usefulness and honor as the years pass and, being actuated by high principles, his life cannot fail to be of marked benefit to the community.
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