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FREDERICK STEINER (deceased) was a native of Canton St. Gallen, Switzerland, where he was born August 10, 1830. He received a finished education in German, French and English, and prepared himself for teaching. At the age of twenty-one he came to the United States, and lived successively in Chicago, Ill., New Orleans, La., and Cape Girardeau, Mo., where he married Mrs. Augusta Graff, who died in 1881, having borne him nine children He had, however, been previously married to Elizabeth Gabathuler, by whom he was the father of two daughters. In 1858 he came to Tell City, and was foremost in building up the town, being one of its most enterprising and successful citizens. He built the Steiner Hotel, and had an interest in the Southwestern Furniture Company, and also owned a wharf-boat for a number of years. His death, which occurred October 30, 1882, was a great loss to the community, who knew and respected his many excellent business and social qualities.