Christian Fredrick Eberle (Frederick, Friedrich)

C.F. Eberle & Co., Deer Creek, Oklahoma

Christian was born on October 11th, 1873 in Donnellson, Iowa.  Christian's father was Johannes Konrad Eberle and his mother was Agnes Krebill.  His maternal grandparents were Friedrich Krebill and Anna Risser.  He was an only child.  He died at the age of 78 on April 11th, 1952 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

• General Notes

  In the late 1890's, about 10 years before Oklahoma became a state, Christian Fredrick Eberle, the young, Iowa born son of German Immigrants, was instrumental in establishing a lumber yard and hardware store in the fledgling pioneer town of Deer Creek. In addition to the lumber and hardware, the E.F. Eberle & Co. secured a McCormick-Deering dealership.
  
  Eberle was known through out the area for his knowledge of that line of implements and for his exceptional memory of McCormick-Deering parts numbers.
  
  Prior to the 1902 establishment of the Bank of Deer Creek, E.F. Eberle & Co. provided a service by shipping in the needed currency to cash checks for the community.
  
  Just as they sold wagons and buggies that provided early transportation for the Deer Creek area, C.F. Eberle & Co. also sold cars and trucks as the automobile industry budded and grew.
  
  About 1913, they became a Chevrolet dealer and "Chris" Eberle is credited with having driven the first Chevrolet into Oklahoma.
  
  Throughout their almost 50 years in business, C.F. Eberle & Co. also dealt with and provided for their customers products from other companies: Aerometer, Coleman Lamp, De Laval Separator, Dempster Mill, Fairbanks Morse, Goodyear Tire an d Rubber, John Deere Plow, MAytag, Stromberg Carlson Telephone, and Westinghouse.
  
  C.F. Eberle sold the business in 1944 when he and his wife Floy retired.
  
  

Details of Christian's family with Floy Marston