Charles Fantle

18 Nov 1862 - 26 Jun 1925

• RESIDENCE: 1885, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
• RESIDENCE: 1912, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
• BIRTH: 18 Nov 1862, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
• DEATH: 26 Jun 1925, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

• MARRIAGE: 29 Sep 1891, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

1. +Bernice B. Fantle
2.  Benjamin Henry Plechner Fantle

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 _Charles Fantle _____|
| (1833 - 1908) m 1862|
|                     |                      _Juda Fantl _________+
|                     |                     |  m 1792             
|                     |_ Fantle ____________|
|                                           |
|                                           |_Rosa _______________
|                                              m 1792             
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|--Charles Fantle 
|  (1862 - 1925)
|                                            _Aaron Gregor _______
|                                           | (.... - 1837)       
|                      _Simon Gregor _______|
|                     | (1812 - 1885) m 1849|
|                     |                     |_Franzischka ________
|                     |                       (.... - 1841)       
|_Regina Gregor ______|
  (1842 - 1919) m 1862|
                      |                      _Josua Sittig _______+
                      |                     | (1780 - 1861) m 1809
                      |_Rosalia Sittig _____|
                        (1812 - 1879) m 1849|
                                            |_Regina Weil ________+
                                              (1783 - 1832) m 1809

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Charles Fantle Biography


This biography appears on pages 915-916 in "History of Dakota
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CHARLES FANTLE.

The name of Charles Fantle has come to be regarded as a synonym
for progress and development in Sioux Falls, for during the period of
over nineteen years that he has been connected with business interests
there his influence has been a powerful force ill community
advancement. From a small beginning he and his brother Sam, comprising
the firm of Fantle Brothers, have developed one of the leading dry-
goods stores in the state and in consequence of this have taken their
places among the substantial and able men of the city.

Charles Fantle was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, November 18,
1862, and is a son of Charles and Regina (Gregor) Fantle. He acquired
his education in the public schools of his native state and since
laying aside his textbooks has been engaged in business. He and his
brother Sam located in Sioux Falls in May, 1896, and opened up a dry-
goods store in a single storeroom twenty-two feet wide, near their
present location. A year later a building forty-four by one hundred and
twenty-five feet was erected especially for the firm and at the end of
another year a second store was added. Some years later the adjoining
lot was purchased by Fantle Brothers and the store was enlarged to
occupy these three fronts, sixty-six feet each, the business taking up
both floors and the entire basement. In 1910 Fantle Brothers rebuilt
the store and added a third story. They have modernized the entire
property and the store is today ideal in its appointment, modern in
detail and beautiful from every view. It has the advantage of
elevators, rest rooms and writing rooms and free telephones for the
customers.

When the Fantles opened their store in Sioux Falls it was a small
dry-goods establishment but it has grown step by step with the
advancement and development of the northwest. Not content with keeping
pace with the growth of the city, Fantle Brothers have looked beyond
the present, foreseeing the certain development of the northwest, and
they planned the business and built the store for the future. Because
of this attitude Fantle Brothers have always been reckoned with when
predictions have been made of what Sioux Falls is yet to be. They have
done more than build additions to their store, add new lines and
increase their stock. They have built a name that counts for more than
the magnitude of the business. To mention Fantle Brothers means to call
to mind clean and honest merchandising, fair and honorable business
methods, a policy of giving a dollar's worth of value for every dollar
received. It has always been a custom for these merchants to keep in
close personal touch with their customers and they employ only clerks
who make friends with their patrons.

They not only study how to sell merchandise but they strive to
meet the wishes of the people and to completely satisfy their
customers. This has been a dominating characteristic of Fantle
Brothers. They do not permit their clerks to make extravagant claims
for their merchandise when endeavoring to make a sale and their
advertisements contain no untruthful or misleading statements. On the
great first floor is found a varied stock comparable to that been in
great department stores of the largest cities. The ladies, ready-made
suits and coats, the millinery, the muslin underwear and the furs are
on the second floor. The third floor has the carpets, draperies,
linoleums, crockery and chinaware and house furnishing goods. The
dressmaking department, which has been instituted in recent years and
where the alterations in suits and cloaks are made, is in a building
adjoining the main store. The basement is used for a stock room.

At St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1892, Charles Fantle married Miss
Lillie Plechner and the children of this union are Bernice and
Benjamin. Mr. Fantle belongs to the Elks and to the Country Club, is a
blue lodge Mason and is identified also with the Knights of Pythias. He
is a director in the State Bank and Trust Company of Sioux Falls. His
career furnishes many splendid examples of the value of energy,
perseverance and enterprise in the development of success. for his
present great prosperity has been won solely by his own efforts.

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United States Census, 1900
Name: Charly Fanili
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Sioux Falls Township Sioux Falls city Ward 1, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States
District: 260
Gender: Male
Age: 38
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Number of Living Children:
Years Married: 9
Birth Date: Nov 1862
Birthplace: Michigan
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1891
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Bohemia
Mother's Birthplace: Bohemia
Mother of how many children:
Sheet Number and Letter: 15B
Household ID: 404
Line Number: 64
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T623
GS Film Number: 1241553
Digital Folder Number: 004120603
Image Number: 00014
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Charly Fanili M 38 Michigan
Wife Lillie Fanili F 32 New Jersey
Daughter Bernice Fanili F 7 Minnesota
Son Benjamin Fanili M 3 South Dakota
Servant Nellie Anderson F 24 South Dakota


United States Census, 1910
Name: Charles Fantle
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1910
Event Place: Sioux Falls Ward 7, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States
District: 344
Gender: Male
Age: 47
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1863
Birthplace: Michigan
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Austria
Mother's Birthplace: Austria
Sheet Number and Letter: 11B
Household ID: 258
Line Number:
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M1283
GS Film number: 1375498
Digital Folder Number: 004449625
Image Number: 00917
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Charles Fantle M 47 Michigan
Wife Lillie P Fantle F 41 New Jersey
Daughter Bernice B Fantle F 17 Minnesota
Son Benjamin P Fantle M 13 South Dakota
Brother Samuel Fantle M 45 Michigan


United States Census, 1920
Name: Charles Fantle
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1920
Event Place: Sioux Falls Ward 7, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States
District: 193
Gender: Male
Age: 57
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Can Read:
Can Write:
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Own or Rent:
Birth Year (Estimated): 1863
Birthplace: Michigan
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Austria
Mother's Birthplace: Austria
Sheet Number and Letter: 7B
Household ID: 154
Line Number: 56
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T625
GS Film number: 1821724
Digital Folder Number: 004390883
Image Number: 00910
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Charles Fantle M 57 Michigan
Wife Lillian Fantle F 52 Minnesota
Son Benjamin Fantle M 24 South Dakota
Maid Mary C Luckner F 25 Wisconsin
Head Samuel Fantle M 55 Michigan
Wife Helen C Fantle F 44 Alabama
Son Samuel J Fantle M 6 South Dakota
Maid Agnes Heintz F 20 South Dakota