For
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 260
NATHAN ROSENBERGER....The work of the courts and real-estate, loan and insurance interests claim the time and attention of Nathan Rosenberger, who, throughout his professional career, has continuously practiced in Muscatine. He was born at Thorntown, Indiana June 6, 1853, one of the eight children of Henry and Elizabeth ( Mills ) Rosenberger. The father was a native of Virginia and the mother of North Carolina. Comparatively little is known concerning the ancestral history. The maternal grandmother of Mr. Rosenberger, who in her maidenhood was Miss Hodson, was a native of England and she and her husband became early settlers of North Carolina. Henry Rosenberger followed the occupation of farming as a life work and when a young man removed to Indiana, settling in the vicinity of Thorntown, where he carried on agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred in 1867, when he was forty-seven years of age. His wife died in 1864, when about forty-four years of age. They were members of the Friends church.Nathan Rosenberger spent his youth in the vicinity of Thorntown, Indiana, to the age of eighteen years, during which period he attended the district schools and also spent one year at the academy at Thorntown and four years at the academy at Spiceland, Indiana, where he not only finished his course, but also did post-graduate work. Subsequently he became engaged in teaching, proving a most capable educator by the readiness and clearness with which he imparted his knowledge to others. He was then elected county superintendent of schools of Jefferson county, Iowa, and was regarded by all as an efficient officer. His interest had been aroused in the legal profession, however, and with a desire to become a member of the bar he began studying under ex-United States Senator Wilson. His thorough preliminary reading enabled him to successfully pass the required examination on the 16th of June, 1886, and he began practice in Muscatine, where he has since remained.
On the 6th of September of the same year Mr. Rosenberger was united in marriage to Miss Ellen J. Prizer, who was born at Brighton, Iowa, and is a daughter of John W, and Charlotte ( Moore ) Prizer, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio respectively. They became early settlers of Washington county, Iowa, where her father died in 1906, while her mother now lives in Brighton. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Rosenberger have been born five children, namely: Charlotte I., Elizabeth M., Emma F., Henry P., and Charles J.
The parents are members of the Friends church and Mr. Rosenberger belongs to the Woodmen of the World. The family residence is at 1019 East Second street, where they have a good home. His political support is given to the republican party, but he does not seek nor desire office, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his law practice. He prepares his cases with provident care and his logical grasp of facts and principles of the law applicable to them has been another potent element in his success.
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