Biographical Sketch of Charles Fredrick Maximilian Eimbeck, Franklin County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** Charles Fredrick Maximilian Eimbeck, dealer in general merchandise at New Haven, was born in Holzminden, Germany, April 5, 1838, and is the son of C. W. and Louisa (Steinacker) Eimbeck, who were born in 1796 and 1805, and died in 1870 and 1846, respectively. They were married about 1835. The father served under Gen. Bluecher at the battle of Waterloo, and was a man of considerable prominence. Young Max, when eight years old, accompanied his father to Braunschweig, Germany, where he remained until his fifteenth year, securing a good common school education. From the age of fifteen he served as book-keeper and clerk in different parts of Germany, until coming to America. In 1865 he crossed the ocean to the United States, and stopped for some time in New York, but later came to Franklin County, Mo., where he clerked for some time, but finally engaged in business on his own responsibility, and now has one of the most complete business houses in the city. March 23, 1879, he married Mrs. Katie Wolff, who was born in France, and who is the daughter of John and Catherine Wolff. The father died in France, but the mother came to the United States in 1869, and is now living in New Haven. Our subject was for twelve years, assistant postmaster at New Haven, is director of the Build- ing and Loan Association, is secretary and treasurer of the German Lutheran Church, of which he and wife are members, besides being agent for various leading periodicals. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================