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Frederick William Brinkmann was born in the county and township where he now resides, in 1841, and is the only child born to Henry and Mary Brinkmann, who came from Prussia to the United States. They were married in one of the Eastern States, and after residing for some time in Ohio and Indiana, came to Missouri and settled on a branch of Second Creek, they being the second German family to locate there. There the father still resides, being eighty-six years of age. His wife died when their son, Frederick W., was an infant, and he has lived with his present wife for over forty years. They are members of the Evangelical Church, and he helped to build the first German Church in Boulware Township. He was the second of eleven children, and the only one now living. Frederick W. Brinkmann was educated in the common schools, and during the war served in Company E, Missouri State Militia. In 1867 he was united in marriage to Henrietta, daughter of Charles Blinne. She was a native of Lippe-Detmold, and came with her parents to the United States when a child. She died in April, 1876, leaving two children: Frederick William and Henry August. The same year Mr. Brinkmann married Rebecca daughter of Bernhardt Sulthaus. She was born in Gasconade County, and died November 26, 1887. Their children are Mary, Hermann, Louis and Benjamin. Since his first marriage, Mr. Brinkmann has resided on his present farm of 280 acres. He has a commodious stone residence and is a prosperous farmer. He is a Republican in politics, and his first presidential vote was cast for Lincoln. He is a member of the Methodist Church, as were both his wives.