Biographical Sketch of Charles Klingsieck, Franklin County, Missouri

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

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Charles Klingsieck, ice dealer and farmer of Washington, Mo., is the
son of Henry and Mary (Blanke) Klingsieck.  The father was born in
1804 and is yet living.  He followed agricultural pursuits during the
summer seasons, and was engaged in butchering during the winter months.
His wife died in 1853, at the age of forty-two.  She was the mother of
nine children, Charles being the fourth child.  He was born in West-
phalia, Germany, in 1844, and was reared and grew to manhood in his
native country.  In 1844 (?) he crossed the ocean to the United States,
located in Washington, Mo., where he hired on the Missouri Pacific 
Railroad, and assisted in erecting bridges for two years.  The follow-
ing year he worked in a machine shop for the same company.  In 1864 he
married Miss Oliva Dettweiler, who was born in Washington, Mo., in 
1849, and who is the daugher of Abraham Dettweiler.  This union result-
ed in the birth of seven children: Caroline, Edward, Louis, Amanda,
Clara, Regina and Selma.  During the years 1868 and 1869 Mr. Klingsieck
worked on the construction train, and in 1870 began his career as a
farmer, and followed this occupation two years.  The next four and half
years were passed in driving a brewery wagon for John B. Busch.  In 
1881 he began dealing in ice, and has since been engaged in that busi-
ness, and has put up 4,000 tons of ice during the past six years.  Mr.
Klingsieck is the owner of ten acres of land, and has a good residence
nicely located in the western portion of the city.  In politics he is 
a Republican, and he and wife are members of the Lutheran Church.

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