From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY,"  Vol. I, page 360.
Brant & Fuller, 1890.


CHARLES H. LOEFFLER

Charles H. Loeffler, a well-known and influential citizen of Wheeling 
was born in Clausthal, Hanover, Germany, April 15, 1840, the son of 
Henry and Henrietta J. (Scherfig) Loefler.  With these parents and 
their six other children: Augusta, Sophia, Johanna, Wilhelmina, 
Ernest, and William, he started for America in the spring of 1854, 
and all arrived save Augusta, who died on the way.  She had been 
married, but her husband, Carl Baeker, was accidentally killed, 
eleven weeks after their marriage.  Their child, Carl, was brought to 
this country by the grandparents.  Cincinnati was the destination of 
the family, but the mother taking sick all stopped at Wheeling, which 
became their permanent home, until after the death of the parents, 
which occurred, that of the father, August 11, 1879, and of the 
mother, August 17, 1860.  Of the children, Sophia married Leopold 
Renner, now deceased, and lives in Cincinnati; Johanna was married to 
Charles Wessel, of Pittsburgh, Penn., Wilhelmina was married to 
Charles Weiss, of Columbus, Ohio; Ernest served in the Union army, 
was married in Cincinnati, settled in the Hocking valley, where his 
wife died, and now resides in Athens county, Ohio; William was 
married in Ohio and now resides at Barnesville, that state.  The 
grandson, Carl, was adopted by Louis Seabright, of Wheeling, now 
deceased, and is now known as Carl Seabright.  Charles H. Loeffler, 
the subject of this sketch, was first employed at Wheeling, in a pork 
and beef packing establishment, conducted at the place now occupied 
by the Central Glass works, and he then worked at the trade of a 
butcher, with Louis Seabright until the fall of 1858, then a short 
time with John Boeshar.  Going to St. Louis by the rivers, he was 
there eight months until recalled by the intelligence of the serious 
illness of his mother.  He was subsequently employed at his trade, by 
Louis Seabright, Casper Zoeckler, and Louis Orth, until 1862, when on 
March 31, he was married to Catherine Prager.  This lady was a native 
of Germany, the daughter of Louis and Anna Barbara Bayha Prager, the 
former of whom died when she was but six years old.  A year later, 
she accompanied her mother to America, and they settled at Wheeling, 
where Mrs. Prager died August 22, 1877.  Immediately after his 
marriage, Mr. Loeffler opened a meat market on his own account, and 
he has since been engaged in this business, ranking as one of the 
leading meat dealers of the city.  He is a member of the St. John's 
German Protestant church, to which his wife also adheres, and is 
affiliated with the Independent Order of Red Men, the Odd Fellows, 
subordinate lodge and encampment, and in politics is a republican.  
He served upon the city council in 1883, by appointment, filling an 
unexpired term.  He and wife have had eleven children: Louisa, 
Charles, deceased; Henry and Amelia, twins; Anna Tillie, John; 
George, deceased; William, Albert and Nellie, deceased. 


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