Charles Erlenkötter arrived at New York City from Germany with his mother and sister in 1864, and was in Philadelphia for a year before settling in Hoboken, New Jersey. For five years or so he worked in the printing department of the German language newspaper "Staats Zeitung" and other printing offices in New York City. He was a printer in New York City from 1872 on. Initially he was in partnership with S.H. Sudhaus under the firm name of Sudhaus & Erlenkötter, and when the partnership was dissolved in April 1895 Col. Erlenkötter continued the printing business.
Charles enlisted in the National Guard of New Jersey in 1870, and eventually became Colonel of the Second Regiment, retiring in 1893. He was elected as a member of the Board of Education in 1877 and served one term. In 1887 he was elected to the Common Council of Hoboken for the first of three two-year terms, and served as Chairman of that body for three years. Col. Erlenkötter was elected to the New Jersey State Assembly in 1893, and was serving as a member of the Common Council of Hoboken at the time of his death in 1897.
Col. Erlenkötter was president of the Atlantic Boat Club of Hoboken for twelve years. On the occasion of his fiftieth birthday, October 27, 1896, the club presented him with a silver cup in appreciation of his service. He also was a member of the Hoboken Quartette Club and of the Germania Riding Club, and a Royal Arch Mason, a Knight Templar, and a member of Mecca Temple, Mystic Shrine, of New York. His obituary appears in the New York Times, May 19, 1897, p. 7.
Charles enlisted in the National Guard of New Jersey in 1870, and eventually became Colonel of the Second Regiment, retiring in 1893. He was elected as a member of the Board of Education in 1877 and served one term. In 1887 he was elected to the Common Council of Hoboken for the first of three two-year terms, and served as Chairman of that body for three years. Col. Erlenkötter was elected to the New Jersey State Assembly in 1893, and was serving as a member of the Common Council of Hoboken at the time of his death in 1897.
Col. Erlenkötter was president of the Atlantic Boat Club of Hoboken for twelve years. On the occasion of his fiftieth birthday, October 27, 1896, the club presented him with a silver cup in appreciation of his service. He also was a member of the Hoboken Quartette Club and of the Germania Riding Club, and a Royal Arch Mason, a Knight Templar, and a member of Mecca Temple, Mystic Shrine, of New York. His obituary appears in the New York Times, May 19, 1897, p. 7.
Charles Erlenkötter arrived at New York City from Germany with his mother and sister in 1864, and was in Philadelphia for a year before settling in Hoboken, New Jersey. For five years or so he worked in the printing department of the German language newspaper "Staats Zeitung" and other printing offices in New York City. He was a printer in New York City from 1872 on. Initially he was in partnership with S.H. Sudhaus under the firm name of Sudhaus & Erlenkötter, and when the partnership was dissolved in April 1895 Col. Erlenkötter continued the printing business.
Charles enlisted in the National Guard of New Jersey in 1870, and eventually became Colonel of the Second Regiment, retiring in 1893. He was elected as a member of the Board of Education in 1877 and served one term. In 1887 he was elected to the Common Council of Hoboken for the first of three two-year terms, and served as Chairman of that body for three years. Col. Erlenkötter was elected to the New Jersey State Assembly in 1893, and was serving as a member of the Common Council of Hoboken at the time of his death in 1897.
Col. Erlenkötter was president of the Atlantic Boat Club of Hoboken for twelve years. On the occasion of his fiftieth birthday, October 27, 1896, the club presented him with a silver cup in appreciation of his service. He also was a member of the Hoboken Quartette Club and of the Germania Riding Club, and a Royal Arch Mason, a Knight Templar, and a member of Mecca Temple, Mystic Shrine, of New York. His obituary appears in the New York Times, May 19, 1897, p. 7.
Charles enlisted in the National Guard of New Jersey in 1870, and eventually became Colonel of the Second Regiment, retiring in 1893. He was elected as a member of the Board of Education in 1877 and served one term. In 1887 he was elected to the Common Council of Hoboken for the first of three two-year terms, and served as Chairman of that body for three years. Col. Erlenkötter was elected to the New Jersey State Assembly in 1893, and was serving as a member of the Common Council of Hoboken at the time of his death in 1897.
Col. Erlenkötter was president of the Atlantic Boat Club of Hoboken for twelve years. On the occasion of his fiftieth birthday, October 27, 1896, the club presented him with a silver cup in appreciation of his service. He also was a member of the Hoboken Quartette Club and of the Germania Riding Club, and a Royal Arch Mason, a Knight Templar, and a member of Mecca Temple, Mystic Shrine, of New York. His obituary appears in the New York Times, May 19, 1897, p. 7.
