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Charles N. Seidlitz was born February 10, 1860, in
Port Gibson, Mississippi, but his boyhood was spent in Keokuk, Ia.,
where his parents removed when he was five years old. After
going through the public and high schools of Keokuk he sailed for
Europe, and continued his studies in Berlin. He later entered
the great mining school at Clausthal, and studied mining
engineering.
For five years he remained abroad, studying in
Germany, and spending his vacations in touring the other European
countries, and then returned to Keokuk in 1880. He at once left
for Colorado, where he engaged in mining for three years, at the end
of which time he came to Kansas City, where he has ever since
lived.
He was for some time connected with the National Bank of
Commerce as a teller, then with the First National in a similar
capacity, and from there went into the City Treasurer's office as a
chief deputy. He was also appointed City Treasurer to fill out
an unexpired term. From 1892 to 1896, under the Cleveland
administration, Mr. Seidlitz filled the position of Assistant
Postmaster, and at the expiration of his term he went into the
insurance business. He has held several important positions, but
is now with the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York as manager
of the Northwestern Missouri and Eastern Kansas.
Mr. Seidlitz married Miss Cora Riggs of
Covington, Ky., in 1884, and they have one boy.
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