Biographical Sketch of Dr. Charles Brockhausen, Franklin County, MO

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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Dr. Charles Brockhausen, physician and surgeon of Berger, is a native 
of Germany, born in 1843, and the son of Rev. Rudolph and Charlotta
(Koening) Brockhausen, who are still living in Germany, aged eighty-
two and sixty-six, respectively.  The father was a minister in the
German Reformed Church for a great many years, having celebrated his
fiftieth anniversary in the work in 1879.  Our subject received a
good scientific and literary education, mostly under the instruction
of his father, who was master of several languages, in which the
doctor took a thorough course.  In 1863 he came to the United States,
and began reading medicine under Dr. Schade, of St. Louis.  He atten-
ded medical college there in 1869-70, took one course in the State
University of New York, and graduated at St. Louis Medical College in
1871; prior to that and during the time he was an assistant physician
in St. Louis City Hospital.  Soon after graduating the Doctor located
at Washington, but did not remain there long before he returned to St.
Louis, where he remained until 1877, then coming to Berger.  Here he
has since been located, and has an extensive and lucrative practice.
He is well learned in his profession, and is one of the most success-
ful and eminent physicians of Franklin County.  While in St. Louis he
was a member of the school board for some time.  March 1, 1871, he
wedded Miss Mary Fischer, of Washington, Mo., who bore him one child,
Mary.  Mrs. Brockhausen died in 1873, and in 1875 the Doctor married
Miss Mary Meyer, a native of Germany, who also bore him one child,
Elizabeth.  While in his native country the Doctor received diplomas 
in pharmacy and chemistry.  He is a Republican in politics, and cast 
his first presidential vote for U. S. Grant.  He is a member of the
Masonic fraternity, and the A. O. U. W.  Dr. Brockhausen lost his
second wife in 1883.

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