Christian Enslen

Christian Frederick Enslen (born March 31, 1830 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died August 14, 1915 in Birmingham) was a merchant and founder of the Jefferson County Savings Bank.

Enslen was living in Wetumpka when he enlisted in the Confederate army on January 8, 1861 at Montgomery. He served in the 3rd Alabama Wetumpka Light Guards until April 23 of that year, and was afterward detailed to the Confederate Arsenal at Selma through the end of the Civil War.

Enslen prospered as a merchant in Birmingham and served on the Birmingham Board of Aldermen under mayors James Powell and William Morris. After founding his bank, he directed the construction of the Jefferson County Bank Building on the southeast corner of 2nd Avenue North and 21st Street in 1884.

Enslen and his wife, the former Elizabeth Flynn, had six children, Emma Jane, Charles Frederick, Mary Wilhelmina, Eugene Flynn, John Henry and Emilia Frances.

Enslen died in 1915 and is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery.