William Q. Dallmeyer

Dallmeyer was born on October 23, 1829, in Dissen, Kingdom of Hanover.^[1][2] Having immigrated to the United States in 1845, he was a resident of New York City, New Orleans, St. Louis. He then moved to Gasconade County, Missouri in 1856, where he worked as a storeowner and farmer, as well as the county's justice of the peace and postmaster. A Unionist, he served in the Home Guard during the American Civil War. He was ranked lieutenant colonel and commanded a battalion.^[3]

A Republican, Dallmeyer was a member of the Missouri General Assembly, serving from 1864,^[3] to in or before November 1868, as then, he was appointed State Treasurer of Missouri.^[4] He served as Treasurer from 1869 to 1871, and earned $3,000 per year in the position.^[3]

Dallmeyer lived in Jefferson City, moving there amidst his tenure as Treasurer. Between 1874 and 1882, he was a teller for the First National Bank. He then cofounded the Exchange Bank, which he became president of in 1907, following the death of Henry Clay Ewing.^[5] For eighteen years he served as treasurer of the Jefferson City School Board.^[1][3] In 1875, he married Sophia Lang, with whom he had five children.^[6] He died on March 15, 1908, aged 78.^[3] His house, which he purchased in 1869, was damaged by a tornado on May 22, 2019, then demolished in December.^[2] He oversaw the addition of a second floor, but its Neoclassical renovation was instated after his death.^[7]