FRANK W. EICHELBEBGER

EICHELBEBGER

Posted By: Deb Barker (email)
Date: 4/22/2011 at 22:26:41

FRANK W. EICHELBEBGER WAS BORN IN PIQUA, OHIO, AUGUST 7, 1841; HE DIED AT OTTUMWA, IOWA, OCTOBER 11, 1914. HE WAS EDUCATED IN THE COMMON SCHOOLS OF OHIO AND MUSCATINE, IOWA, WHERE HE REMOVED IN 1854. WHEN TWENTY YEARS OF AGE HE OBTAINED EMPLOYMENT ON THE MUSCATINE JOURNAL AND WAS CITY EDITOR FROM 1861-1863, AND LATER CORRESPONDENT FOR THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE. IN 1866 HE REMOVED TO OTTUMWA, STUDIED LAW AND WAS ADMITTED TO THE BAR IN 1868. HE L;EGAN THE PRACTICE IN BLOOMFIELD THE SAME YEAR AND CONTINUED UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1895, WHEN HE BECAME JUDGE IN THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF IOWA. HIS SERVICE AS DISTRICT JUDGE HAD LASTED NEARLY TWENTY YEARS WHEN HIS DEATH OCCURRED. HIS REMAINS WERE TAKEN TO HIS OLD HOME AND INTERRED IN THE I. O. O. F. CEMETERY AT BLOOMFIELD.
- "Notable Deaths" Annals of Iowa. Vol. XII. Series 80. p. 75. Historical Society of Iowa. April, 1915.