“Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County,” published: Chicago; The Lewis Publishing Company, 1892. CHARLES F. ALTERMANN has resided in Dallas county since 1874, and on account of the eminent position he occupied for many years in the profession of journalism, is fully entitled to a space in this record of the leading men. He is an American citizen by adoption, having first seen the light of day in the city of Leipsic, Germany. When he was a lad of eleven years his parents emigrated from the Fatherland to the United States, and located in New Orleans. The parents soon after died in that city, and by force of circumstances Charles F. was thrown upon his own resources. He was apprenticed to learn the printer’s trade at Mobile, Alabama, and when he had served out his time he went to New Orleans and worked on the Gazette for a while. In 1874 he came to Texas, and had not been in the State long before he located in Dallas, and established the Texas Volksblatt. He edited this sheet from 1877 to 1889, when he sold out to the Texas Post. The Volksblatt had a daily and weekly edition, and was the best representative of German sentiment in the South. Clear, forcible, and fearless it uttered no uncertain sound, a safe and thoroughly reliable guide on all questions pertaining to the public welfare. On retiring from the field of journalism, Mr. Altermann engaged in the real- estate business, but still retains his interest in public affairs. He was president of the Maifest, a German May-day festival, and under his energetic management it was a brilliant success. Politically he affiliates with the Republican party, which sent him to their national convention at Chicago, in 1888, and he is candid and open in the expression of his sentiments without being intensely partisan. He is a member of the Turnverein, the singing society (Frohsinn), Sons of Hermann, and the Knights of Honor. He has all the social traits characteristic of the Teuton, and is an acknowledged leader in German society. At present he is connected with the Nord Texas Presse, a new German paper started by the German citizens of Dallas, upon the withdrawal of the Texas Post to Galveston, whence they came in 1888. In 1880 he was united in marriage to Miss Louise Schultz, of Houston, Texas, and six children were born to them, five of whom are living. Submitted by: Justina Cook