For
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 547
E. E. MOELLER. E. E. Moeller has been identified with the business interests of Stockton for a number of years, being engaged in the grain business here, but he is also well known in the county as an agriculturist, for he successfully followed farming for a long period. He is a native son of Iowa, his birth having occurred in Scott county on the 28th of March, 1858. His parents, Gotthardt and Mary (Westfall) Moeller, were both natives of Germany, whence they emigrated to America about 1850, first locating in New Orleans, where they remained for two years. Subsequently they continued their journey to the middle west, making a permanent location in Scott county, Iowa, where the father engaged in farming and made his home until the time of his death in 1900. The mother survived his death for about three years, when she, too, was called to the home beyond. Their family numbered six children but the second in order of birth is deceased, as are also Herman and the youngest, George. Those living are: Charles, a resident of Scott county, Iowa; Anna, the wife of Albert Warner, also of Scott county; and E. E., of this review.E. E. Moeller remained under the parental roof until he attained his majority but in the meantime had been accorded good educational advantages, his early education, acquired in the common schools, having been supplemented by a college course. Thus well qualified for the responsibilities of life, he started out to make his own way in the world, choosing as his occupation the work to which he had been reared. He rented land of his father, carrying on agricultural pursuits very successfully for eight years. At the end of that period, in 1890, he removed to Stockton and engaged in the grain business. Seeking still a broader field, after a few years' identification with the grain business, he then engaged in buying and selling stock and in this venture he likewise met with success. In 1910, however, he once more turned his attention to the grain business and is now acting as manager of the Farmers Elevator Company of Stockton. His honorable dealing and cordial manner have won the favor of the public and he has come to be numbered among the progressive and representative business men of his section of the county. He is also the owner of sixty acres of valuable farming land on section 4, Milton township, and he likewise owns three hundred and twenty acres in Minnesota.
In 1880 Mr. Moeller chose as a companion and helpmate for the journey of life, Miss Laura Wiese, who was born in Scott county, Iowa, a daughter of Hans and Trena Wiese, both of whom were natives of Germany, whence they came to America in an early day and settled in Scott county, Iowa. There they spent their remaining days, both passing away in that section of the state. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Moeller was blessed with nine children, as follows: Augusta, the wife of Emil Paarmaan, of Scott county; Clara, the wife of Leonard Schlapkohl, a merchant of Stockton; Laura, the wife of C. Anderson, a resident of Stockton; Amiel, who is a graduate of Brown's Business College at Davenport, and is now located at Lake Park, Iowa; Leonard, who is also a graduate of Brown's Business College and is now in Harris, Iowa; Herbert, who likewise graduated from that college and is at home; Edna, at home; and Elvira and Ernest, Jr., who are also under the parental roof. The wife and mother departed this life on the 12th of October, 1907, and was laid to rest in the cemetery at Walcott.
In his political views Mr. Moeller is a democrat, giving stalwart support to the party. He had taken an active and helpful interest in public affairs, having for several years served as mayor of Stockton, during which time he performed his duties in this connection in a most capable and businesslike manner. For several years he likewise served as township clerk and trustee and also did good work as a member of the school board. His fraternal relations connect him with the Modern Woodmen of America and the Knights of Pythias lodge in Walcott, and in the latter organization he has filled all of the chairs. Perhaps the highest tribute that can be paid Mr. Moeller is that he has been successful in all of his undertakings and that he has so discharged his duties as a citizen, as a business man and as a public official as to merit the confidence of those who know him best.
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