Riebe, John Carl "J.C."
House 1879-80 (District 36)
Party when first elected: Republican
Counties Served:
McLeod, Sibley
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
5/6/1840
Birth Place:
Stettin
Birth County:
Birth Country:
Prussia
Date of Death:
2/9/1907
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Lutheran
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
J.C.
| Alternate Spelling of Last Name: Reibe |
City of Residence (when first elected):
Glencoe
Occupation (when first elected):
Machine Agent, Agricultural Implements Dealer
EDUCATION
Common Schools, Germany; Elementary School;
Common Schools, Germany; Secondary;
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Military:
Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Company A, 11th Regiment (United States Civil War, He was Discharged Due to a Disability);
09/15/1864 to 03/22/1865
Postmaster:
Buffalo Lake, Minnesota;
1882 to 11/1896
Municipal Council/Aldermen:
Buffalo Lake, Minnesota (President, First One);
04/1892 to 18??
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Anna Dorothea "Dora" Mueller (married in the spring of 1864; she died on April 10, 1890)
Children:
Eleven children: Mary, Lenora, Lora, and Carolina (daughters); Fritz, Alvin, Fred, John Jr., George W., Eddie, and Fred (sons)
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
Bartow, Germany is also listed as his birth place.
He arrived in New York on May 8, 1860. He lived in Boston, Massachusetts. He came to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1861. He went to Howard Lake, Minnesota in spring 1865. He moved to McLeod County, Minnesota in 1871. He moved to Buffalo Lake, Minnesota in 1880 or 1881.
"His politics are Republican, but they ignored him in the convention, so his friends trotted him out independent; then the other Repubs. backed down and came over from Macedonia and helped him." (Buffalo Lake News, 1879?)
He founded Buffalo Lake, Renville County, Minnesota.
He died of suspected heart failure in Ocean Park, California. He was buried in the cemetery in Glencoe, Minnesota.
His other government service, middle name, and family data were provided by his great great granddaughter.
He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Buffalo Lake, Minnesota.
Religion provided by his great great granddaughter.
Elected: 11/5/1878
Residence: Glencoe
Term of Office: 1/7/1879 to 1/3/1881
Counties Represented:
McLeod, Sibley
Occupation: Machine Agent, Agricultural Implements Dealer
Party:
Republican
Party Notes: "His politics are Republican, but they ignored him in the convention, so his friends trotted him out independent; then the other Repubs. backed down and came over from Macedonia and helped him." (Buffalo Lake News, 1879?)
Committees:
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Engrossment
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Printing (Chair)