Biography of C J Brinkman, Greene Co, AR

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        Date: 5 Sep 1998
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Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas

page 126

C. J. Brinkman, a member of the firm of John F. Brinkman & Son, manufacturers of
tight barrel staves, Paragould, is a native of Batesville, Ripley Co., Ind., and the
son of John F. Brinkman, who is also of Indiana nativity. The mother, Catharine
(Kipper) Brinkman, was born in Bavaria, Germany, and was married to Mr. Brinkman
April 28, 1863. The fruits of this union were eleven children, seven of whom yet
survive. John F. Brinkman engaged in the lumber business in his youth, and bought
walnut lumber for a large furniture factory. In the fall of 1868, he embarked in the
manufacture of staves at Jamestown, Ind., and there remained until 1875, when he
removed to Indianapolis to educate his children, at the same time running his factory
at Jamestown. He made his home in Indianapolis until 1879, and in April of that year,
moved to Terre Haute, Ind., where he put up a stave factory and ran it until 1889,
when he sold out and is now living a retired life. His wife died in May, 1889. C. J.
Brinkman was but four years of age when he moved with his parents to Jamestown. He
received a good education in the schools of Indianapolis and Terre Haute, and
graduated at the Notre Dame University in 1881. He then started in the stave business
with his father, and has since been a member of the firm of John F. Brinkman & Son.
In February, 1888, they began the erection of their present factory, and commenced
working in the same May 2, since which time they have continued the business
successfully. The foreman is W. W. Wilson, who has been with this firm for eighteen
years. Mr. Brinkman was married in September, 1888, to Miss Marie C. Vesque, a native
of Franklin County, Ind., and both he and wife are members of the Catholic Church.