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1901 History of the History of Missouri
Lisch, Henry C., banker, was born March 2, 1863, at Chester, Illinois. His parents were Philip A. and Grace Lisch, both natives of Germany. The father was a brewer in the town where his son was born; he was prosperous until the beginning of the war, when the disturbed condition of affairs affected his business to such an extent that he was obliged to relinquish it. He removed with family to Missouri, and his death occurred in Joplin in 1897. The mother is yet living in that city, making her home with a married daughter, Mrs. Fred Coon. The son was educated in the public schools in that place, entering soon after the adoption of the high school course, which he thoroughly completed. Remaining in the same city, he entered the drug store of C. W. Babst, remaining in that house for five years, during which time he not only acquired a thorough knowledge of the immediate business, but by diligent study became well informed in chemistry and other subjects intimately related to his avocation, as well as in those departments of literature and history which are the delight of the well read man, fitting him for companionship with men of affairs and for the discharge of various duties in business and social life for which no ordinary educational curriculum provides adequate equipment. In 1886 he removed to Oronogo, where he engaged in a drug business upon his own account, which was successful from the outset, and in which he continues to be profitably engaged. Thrown into immediate contact with practical miners, he acquired a great fund of information relating to that science, and has come to be regarded as among the best informed men in the district in those concerns. In 1898 he became associated with a number of the most influential and wealthy men in the neighborhood in the incorporation of the Ball Land and Mining Company, of which he is the present secretary and treasurer. The company owns in fee simple thirty-seven and one-half acres of rich mineral land in the famous Hell's Neck district, four miles northeast of Oronogo, and their holdings are of great value. Nearly all the lots upon this land are under lease, and the works in operation are yielding largely, with excellent promise of becoming among the most important in the Joplin region. Mr. Lisch is a stockholder in the State Bank of Oronogo, and for some years has been its president. In 1896 he was elected city treasurer, and continues to occupy that position. He is an earnest supporter of all educational movements, and is an active member of the board of education. In politics he is a Republican. His connection with fraternal societies is restricted to the Masonic order. Mr. Lisch was married, June 8, 1892, to Miss Lucy A., daughter of the late John H. Workizer, and sister of Mrs. Patrick Murphy, of Joplin. Mr. Lisch may tie accounted among the successful and useful men of Jasper County, and the honorable and responsible positions which he has been called upon to fill attest the respect and confidence in which he is held by his business associates and neighbors.
Thank you to contributor Webb City Mo for the above information.
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1863 - 1938 (74 years)
