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Charles Toelke, son of Christopher and Fredericka (Reuter) Toelke, was born May 8, 1828, near Lippe, Detmold, Prussia. His parents were born, reared and married in Prussia. In 1848 they came to America and found their way to Franklin County, Mo. The father was a farmer, and here they passed the remainder of their days, the father dying at the age of sixty-four, and the mother at the age of sixty. Both were Methodists in faith, and he was a Re publican in politics. Charles was reared on the farm, and received his education in the common schools of Germany. At the age of twenty, he, with his parents, came to America. Having worked by the month for about nine years, he invested his earnings in a portion of the farm he now owns, which consists of 180 acres. In 1857 he married Caroline Grotenson, and after her death he married Henrietta, a sister of his former wife. To this union six children were born, only one now living, Edward C. After her death, in 1866, he wedded Charlotte Nuemann, who bore him four children, two now living: Ida K. and Robert A. All the family are Methodists in faith. During the war Mr. Toelke served in the enrolled militia. He is a Republican in politics, but has never aspired to any official position, but has always closely attended to his chosen vocation, farming, in which he has been successful. He has been a resident of this county for a period of forty years, and is accounted an honest, upright citizen.