Otto E. Quade, one of the representative business citizens
of Staunton, Illinois, junior member of the banking firm of Wall & Quade, of
Staunton, was born in this city, January 31, 1875, and is a son of the late
William and Mary (Voglesang) Quade.
The Quade family is of German
ancestry, and both of the parents of our subject were born in that country.
William Quade came to the United States in 1870 and settled in Illinois,
where he engaged for a time in coal mining. Later he entered into the liquor
business and in 1890 erected the fine hotel in Staunton known as the Hotel
Quade, a modern structure fitted with every convenience demanded by the
critical traveling public of the times. Mr. Quade conducted this excellent
hostelry himself until his death, in 1899, at the age of 66 years. He is
survived by his widow and four of his six children, viz: Johanna, wife of
Rudolph Dreibholz, the present proprietor of the Hotel Quade; Lena A., wife
of the former postmaster, W. F. Hackman; Otto E., of this sketch; and
William G., of West Depere, Wisconsin, who is assistant secretary and
treasurer of the Burns Boiler & Manufacturing Company.
Otto E. Quade
has always had his residence in Staunton and is devoted to the city's
interests. Until he was 14 years of age, he attended the parochial schools
and then spent a year at Walther College, St. Louis, returning to enter his
father's employ, as clerk of the Hotel Quade. In 1898 he became clerk in the
Staunton Post Office, and served four years under Postmaster W. F. Hackman.
In 1902 he entered into the banking business, in association with Charles R.
Wall, and the firm of Wall & Quade carries considerable weight with it in
financial circles. He is the secretary of the Staunton Loan & Building
Association, and of the Staunton Home Association. Fnaternally Mr. Quade is
connected with Parnassus Lodge, No. 581, Knights of Pythias, of Staunton;
and of the Elks Lodge, No. 654, of Litchfield. Personally Mr. Quade is a man
of winning exterior and pleasing and courteous manner. His business sagacity
has been recognized and both he and his business partner enjoy the fullest
measure of public confidence.
Extracted 2018 May 08 by Norma Hass from Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Macoupin County, Illinois, published in 1904, pages 355-356.
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