For
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 379
CARL VON ENGEL, M. D....Carl Von Engel, M. D., a medical practitioner of Moscow, enjoys an enviable reputation as a skilled and successful representative of his profession. His birth occurred in Germany on the 14th of August, 1855, his parents being August and Charlotte von Engel, who were likewise natives of that country. On coming to the United States they settled in Butler county, Iowa, where the father passed away. The mother died in October, 1910. They had a family of eleven children, three of whom still survive.Dr. von Engel remained under the parental roof until he had attained his majority. He is a graduate of the university at Berlin, Germany, and practiced medicine in that city for eight years. On the expiration of that date he crossed the Atlantic to the United States and took up his abode in Davenport, Scott county, Iowa, where he followed his profession successfully for five years. Recently he came to Muscatine county and located for practice in Moscow, here purchasing a half block of property. He has already earned a large and lucrative practice, having proven himself well able to cope with the intricate problems which constantly confront the physician in his efforts to restore health and prolong life.
In January, 1910, Dr. von Engel was united in marriage to Miss Caroline Duerr, with whom he had become acquainted in the fatherland. They are well known in social circles of the community and have a host of warm friends.
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