CHARLES A. LULING
Past Master 1861
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Charles August Luling was born October 6, 1830 in Minden, Westphalia, Germany the son of Charles August Luling and Doris Weber and came to America in 1849. He and his first wife, the former Miss Stark, whom he married in 1856, had two children, Phimy and Calla. Following his first wife’s death, he married Miss Mary Mitchell and they had one son, Charles Mitchell.

At the age of nineteen years he came to Chicago, where he remained for two years, working as a telegraph operator. He then moved to Naperville and was engaged in the druggist and banking businesses for seven years. He was elected as Naperville Village Trustee, May, 1860 to April, 1861. He served as Judge of Election in Naperville, May 1861. Charles moved to Fox Lake where he was also engaged in the banking business. In 1861 he moved to Manitowoc Wisconsin and also engaged in the banking business there. He held the position of cashier in the State Bank of Manitowoc in 1865. He was a state elector in 1876 for the Republican Ticket and a member of the State Board of Supervisors of Wisconsin.

He was raised a Master Mason November 30, 1852 in Euclid Lodge and served as Master of the Lodge in 1861. He was also a member of Euclid Chapter No. 13, Royal Arch Masons.

He died June 25, 1892 in Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin and was buried in the Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc, Wisconsin.