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History of Anoka County
And the Towns of Champlin and Dayton
In Hennepin County, Minnesota
by Albert M. Goodrich
pub. 1905 - Hennepin Publishing Co., Minneapolis


              page 210-211
              
                J. C. HERMAN ENGEL wos born in Indianapolis, Indiana,
              Dec. 30, 1864. His education was received in the public
              schools at Anoka, to which place he came August 25, 1873.
              From 1879 to 1883 he was a clerk in a grocery store, and
              afterward engaged in the grocery business at Anoka on his
              own account as a member of the firm of H. Gaslin & Co.,
              in which business he remained until 1888. In 1888 and 1889
              he read law in the office of Hammons & Hammons and was ad-
              mitted to the bar in September of the latter year. He has
              been engaged in the practice of law at Anoka since January,
              1890. Mr. ENGEL was court commissioner in 1890, and the
              next year was appointed judge of probate by Governor Merriam;
              in 1894 he was elected judge of probate and served three
              terms until 1901. He has been a member of the board of edu-
              cation since 1897, was treasurer of the board three years,
              and has been its president since September, 1902. Judge
              ENGEL was married June 29, 1898, to MAUD THOMPSON of
              Minneapolis. Children: DOROTHEA MAUD and JOHN HERMAN.
              
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