Tombstone states he died at Swann's Point Plantation which is in Surry Co., VA.
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CHARLES NICOLAS STROTZ, for many years vice president and head of the manufacturing department of the American Tobacco Company, was born in Chicago, February 8, 1868, a son of Nicolas and Katharine (Scharle) Strotz. His father, a partner in the firm of Gradle & Strotz, was one of the early manufacturers of tobacco in Chicago. Charles N. Strotz acquired his education in the schools of Chicago and in young manhood became identified with the business established by his father, expanding its operations to such an extent that the American Tobacco Company bought the factory, of which he continued as manager for a year. In 1900 he took charge of the manufacturing plants of the corporation in New York city and two years later, in 1902, was made head of the production of the entire American Tobacco Company. Subsequently he became secretary and later vice president of the company. In 1906, on account of ill health, Mr. Strotz retired from business and thereafter spent several years in travel. From 1909 until 1920 he made his home in Winnetka, Illinois. In 1916 he bought Swann's Point plantation at Spring Grove, Surry county, Virginia, where he passed away April 18, 1928, at the age of sixty years. Mr. Strotz was married in Chicago to Clara A. Heinemann. Mrs. Strotz and their three children, Harold C, Sidney N. and Kay, all survive him. The chief characteristics that lead Mr. Strotz to outstanding success were his genius for organization and power for clear and direct thinking. After his retirement from business, and during his residence in Chicago and Virginia, leading business men, knowing his capacity for organization and for good business practice, constantly sought his counsel. Thus it was that during the World war, the Liberty Loan committee of Chicago turned to him to undertake the vast task of organizing the wards of Chicago. Despite the obstacles presented by all the racial and religious differences that are found in a great city, Mr. Strotz developed and held together, during the four Liberty Loan drives, a unified army of efficient and enthusiastic workers. No war service was ever given with a deeper measure of devotion, than was this man's contribution to his country's needs. The many hundreds of men and women who served with him in this great work will remember him always for the personal inspiration that he gave to them. After the close of the war Mr. Strotz became more and more absorbed in the development of his Virginia estate. Here, as in all other periods of his life, he was called upon to adapt his business efficiency to the many problems at hand. Under his direction and with his financial backing, a cooperative dairy was established in Surry county for the benefit of all farmers in that community. This, together with his untiring efforts in getting good roads and his unfailing and practical interest in civic and educational interests, made him a well beloved man in his adopted state. Both in Illinois and Virginia, he was a member of, and a liberal contributor to many charitable societies and a financial guarantor of the Ravinia and Chicago Opera Companies. He was a director of St. John's Military Academy at Delafield, Wisconsin; he was a member of the Skokie Country Club, Glencoe, Illinois, and of the Mid-Day Club of Chicago. Mr. Strotz was a man well equipped for leisurely living as well as for business activity. He had a genius for friendship and strong family ties. His quick understanding of spiritual needs, his capacity for fairness and loyalty, his swift and subtle humor, were all qualities that brought him many close human relationships. He had resources within himself that enriched all his years; he was a patron of the arts; he was well known as a collector of early American furniture. His mental interests, which a catholic taste in reading and years of travel brought to him, were many and varied. Up to
the time of his death he retained a youthful energy of body and spirit that made him combine a thoughtful mental life with a keen appreciation of the out-of-doors. From his quiet home with its background of reflection, he came and went in the larger world of action, with the surety of the man of affairs, the born cosmopolitan. (Illinois Memorial Society)
(Courtesy of FAG memeber 46790959)
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CHARLES NICOLAS STROTZ, for many years vice president and head of the manufacturing department of the American Tobacco Company, was born in Chicago, February 8, 1868, a son of Nicolas and Katharine (Scharle) Strotz. His father, a partner in the firm of Gradle & Strotz, was one of the early manufacturers of tobacco in Chicago. Charles N. Strotz acquired his education in the schools of Chicago and in young manhood became identified with the business established by his father, expanding its operations to such an extent that the American Tobacco Company bought the factory, of which he continued as manager for a year. In 1900 he took charge of the manufacturing plants of the corporation in New York city and two years later, in 1902, was made head of the production of the entire American Tobacco Company. Subsequently he became secretary and later vice president of the company. In 1906, on account of ill health, Mr. Strotz retired from business and thereafter spent several years in travel. From 1909 until 1920 he made his home in Winnetka, Illinois. In 1916 he bought Swann's Point plantation at Spring Grove, Surry county, Virginia, where he passed away April 18, 1928, at the age of sixty years. Mr. Strotz was married in Chicago to Clara A. Heinemann. Mrs. Strotz and their three children, Harold C, Sidney N. and Kay, all survive him. The chief characteristics that lead Mr. Strotz to outstanding success were his genius for organization and power for clear and direct thinking. After his retirement from business, and during his residence in Chicago and Virginia, leading business men, knowing his capacity for organization and for good business practice, constantly sought his counsel. Thus it was that during the World war, the Liberty Loan committee of Chicago turned to him to undertake the vast task of organizing the wards of Chicago. Despite the obstacles presented by all the racial and religious differences that are found in a great city, Mr. Strotz developed and held together, during the four Liberty Loan drives, a unified army of efficient and enthusiastic workers. No war service was ever given with a deeper measure of devotion, than was this man's contribution to his country's needs. The many hundreds of men and women who served with him in this great work will remember him always for the personal inspiration that he gave to them. After the close of the war Mr. Strotz became more and more absorbed in the development of his Virginia estate. Here, as in all other periods of his life, he was called upon to adapt his business efficiency to the many problems at hand. Under his direction and with his financial backing, a cooperative dairy was established in Surry county for the benefit of all farmers in that community. This, together with his untiring efforts in getting good roads and his unfailing and practical interest in civic and educational interests, made him a well beloved man in his adopted state. Both in Illinois and Virginia, he was a member of, and a liberal contributor to many charitable societies and a financial guarantor of the Ravinia and Chicago Opera Companies. He was a director of St. John's Military Academy at Delafield, Wisconsin; he was a member of the Skokie Country Club, Glencoe, Illinois, and of the Mid-Day Club of Chicago. Mr. Strotz was a man well equipped for leisurely living as well as for business activity. He had a genius for friendship and strong family ties. His quick understanding of spiritual needs, his capacity for fairness and loyalty, his swift and subtle humor, were all qualities that brought him many close human relationships. He had resources within himself that enriched all his years; he was a patron of the arts; he was well known as a collector of early American furniture. His mental interests, which a catholic taste in reading and years of travel brought to him, were many and varied. Up to
the time of his death he retained a youthful energy of body and spirit that made him combine a thoughtful mental life with a keen appreciation of the out-of-doors. From his quiet home with its background of reflection, he came and went in the larger world of action, with the surety of the man of affairs, the born cosmopolitan. (Illinois Memorial Society)
(Courtesy of FAG memeber 46790959)
Tombstone states he died at Swann's Point Plantation which is in Surry Co., VA.
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CHARLES NICOLAS STROTZ, for many years vice president and head of the manufacturing department of the American Tobacco Company, was born in Chicago, February 8, 1868, a son of Nicolas and Katharine (Scharle) Strotz. His father, a partner in the firm of Gradle & Strotz, was one of the early manufacturers of tobacco in Chicago. Charles N. Strotz acquired his education in the schools of Chicago and in young manhood became identified with the business established by his father, expanding its operations to such an extent that the American Tobacco Company bought the factory, of which he continued as manager for a year. In 1900 he took charge of the manufacturing plants of the corporation in New York city and two years later, in 1902, was made head of the production of the entire American Tobacco Company. Subsequently he became secretary and later vice president of the company. In 1906, on account of ill health, Mr. Strotz retired from business and thereafter spent several years in travel. From 1909 until 1920 he made his home in Winnetka, Illinois. In 1916 he bought Swann's Point plantation at Spring Grove, Surry county, Virginia, where he passed away April 18, 1928, at the age of sixty years. Mr. Strotz was married in Chicago to Clara A. Heinemann. Mrs. Strotz and their three children, Harold C, Sidney N. and Kay, all survive him. The chief characteristics that lead Mr. Strotz to outstanding success were his genius for organization and power for clear and direct thinking. After his retirement from business, and during his residence in Chicago and Virginia, leading business men, knowing his capacity for organization and for good business practice, constantly sought his counsel. Thus it was that during the World war, the Liberty Loan committee of Chicago turned to him to undertake the vast task of organizing the wards of Chicago. Despite the obstacles presented by all the racial and religious differences that are found in a great city, Mr. Strotz developed and held together, during the four Liberty Loan drives, a unified army of efficient and enthusiastic workers. No war service was ever given with a deeper measure of devotion, than was this man's contribution to his country's needs. The many hundreds of men and women who served with him in this great work will remember him always for the personal inspiration that he gave to them. After the close of the war Mr. Strotz became more and more absorbed in the development of his Virginia estate. Here, as in all other periods of his life, he was called upon to adapt his business efficiency to the many problems at hand. Under his direction and with his financial backing, a cooperative dairy was established in Surry county for the benefit of all farmers in that community. This, together with his untiring efforts in getting good roads and his unfailing and practical interest in civic and educational interests, made him a well beloved man in his adopted state. Both in Illinois and Virginia, he was a member of, and a liberal contributor to many charitable societies and a financial guarantor of the Ravinia and Chicago Opera Companies. He was a director of St. John's Military Academy at Delafield, Wisconsin; he was a member of the Skokie Country Club, Glencoe, Illinois, and of the Mid-Day Club of Chicago. Mr. Strotz was a man well equipped for leisurely living as well as for business activity. He had a genius for friendship and strong family ties. His quick understanding of spiritual needs, his capacity for fairness and loyalty, his swift and subtle humor, were all qualities that brought him many close human relationships. He had resources within himself that enriched all his years; he was a patron of the arts; he was well known as a collector of early American furniture. His mental interests, which a catholic taste in reading and years of travel brought to him, were many and varied. Up to
the time of his death he retained a youthful energy of body and spirit that made him combine a thoughtful mental life with a keen appreciation of the out-of-doors. From his quiet home with its background of reflection, he came and went in the larger world of action, with the surety of the man of affairs, the born cosmopolitan. (Illinois Memorial Society)
(Courtesy of FAG memeber 46790959)
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CHARLES NICOLAS STROTZ, for many years vice president and head of the manufacturing department of the American Tobacco Company, was born in Chicago, February 8, 1868, a son of Nicolas and Katharine (Scharle) Strotz. His father, a partner in the firm of Gradle & Strotz, was one of the early manufacturers of tobacco in Chicago. Charles N. Strotz acquired his education in the schools of Chicago and in young manhood became identified with the business established by his father, expanding its operations to such an extent that the American Tobacco Company bought the factory, of which he continued as manager for a year. In 1900 he took charge of the manufacturing plants of the corporation in New York city and two years later, in 1902, was made head of the production of the entire American Tobacco Company. Subsequently he became secretary and later vice president of the company. In 1906, on account of ill health, Mr. Strotz retired from business and thereafter spent several years in travel. From 1909 until 1920 he made his home in Winnetka, Illinois. In 1916 he bought Swann's Point plantation at Spring Grove, Surry county, Virginia, where he passed away April 18, 1928, at the age of sixty years. Mr. Strotz was married in Chicago to Clara A. Heinemann. Mrs. Strotz and their three children, Harold C, Sidney N. and Kay, all survive him. The chief characteristics that lead Mr. Strotz to outstanding success were his genius for organization and power for clear and direct thinking. After his retirement from business, and during his residence in Chicago and Virginia, leading business men, knowing his capacity for organization and for good business practice, constantly sought his counsel. Thus it was that during the World war, the Liberty Loan committee of Chicago turned to him to undertake the vast task of organizing the wards of Chicago. Despite the obstacles presented by all the racial and religious differences that are found in a great city, Mr. Strotz developed and held together, during the four Liberty Loan drives, a unified army of efficient and enthusiastic workers. No war service was ever given with a deeper measure of devotion, than was this man's contribution to his country's needs. The many hundreds of men and women who served with him in this great work will remember him always for the personal inspiration that he gave to them. After the close of the war Mr. Strotz became more and more absorbed in the development of his Virginia estate. Here, as in all other periods of his life, he was called upon to adapt his business efficiency to the many problems at hand. Under his direction and with his financial backing, a cooperative dairy was established in Surry county for the benefit of all farmers in that community. This, together with his untiring efforts in getting good roads and his unfailing and practical interest in civic and educational interests, made him a well beloved man in his adopted state. Both in Illinois and Virginia, he was a member of, and a liberal contributor to many charitable societies and a financial guarantor of the Ravinia and Chicago Opera Companies. He was a director of St. John's Military Academy at Delafield, Wisconsin; he was a member of the Skokie Country Club, Glencoe, Illinois, and of the Mid-Day Club of Chicago. Mr. Strotz was a man well equipped for leisurely living as well as for business activity. He had a genius for friendship and strong family ties. His quick understanding of spiritual needs, his capacity for fairness and loyalty, his swift and subtle humor, were all qualities that brought him many close human relationships. He had resources within himself that enriched all his years; he was a patron of the arts; he was well known as a collector of early American furniture. His mental interests, which a catholic taste in reading and years of travel brought to him, were many and varied. Up to
the time of his death he retained a youthful energy of body and spirit that made him combine a thoughtful mental life with a keen appreciation of the out-of-doors. From his quiet home with its background of reflection, he came and went in the larger world of action, with the surety of the man of affairs, the born cosmopolitan. (Illinois Memorial Society)
(Courtesy of FAG memeber 46790959)
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