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CHARLES STEINAUER, a well known business man of Tell City, is a native of Switzerland, his birth occurring in Canton Schwytz, March 17, 1828. To his parents, Benedict and Gertrude (Effinger) Steinauer, both of whom were also natives of Switzerland, a family of five sons and two daughters were born. The mother dying in the old country the father, who was a goldsmith by trade, immigrated to the United States in 1854, where he died thirteen years later. Charles Steinauer was reared to manhood in the land of his birth, receiving a liberal education. At seventeen years of age he began farming for himself, at which he continued until 1852, when he bade friends and native land farewell, and crossing the ocean settled at Cincinnati, Ohio, where he learned and worked at the varnisher’s trade until 1858. He then came to Tell City, Ind., and for two years, in company with his brother August, was engaged in the hotel business. They then engaged in the milling business, at which they have ever since continued with more than ordinary success. In 1884 they disposed of the old-fashioned stone buhrs, replacing them with the latest improved rolls, and otherwise refitting their property, until they now have one of the best mills for its size in Southern Indiana. Mr. Steinauer is one of Tell City’s most enterprising and wide-awake citizens; is a stanch Republican in politics, serving as commissioner of Perry County from 1881 to 1884, and also holding other positions of trust. He is a member of the Roman Catholic Church.