STANDKE  BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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STANDKE, William F.
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 648
residence: Henry County, MO

William F. Standke, old settler and prosperous citizen of Henry County, is 
proprietor of one of the prettiest and best kept eighty acre farms in Henry 
County. His home is a handsome white cottage surrounded by shrubbery and trees, 
orchards and vineyards, with all kinds of fruits and everything to make a man 
pleased with himself and make his outlook on life one of pleasant retrospection 
and undismayed by what the future may hold for him. The man who owns a plot of 
ground which will produce his living and something over for a rainy day in these 
times of war and high prices of commodities is fortunate indeed, and Mr. Standke, 
in spite of a misfortune which resulted in the loss of one hand and part of his 
arm which renders most farm work impossible for him, is happy and contented, 
for the simple reason that he has a devoted and capable wife who is able and 
willing to take much of the work from his shoulders which he is unable to do. 
William F. Standke was born in Brandenburg, Germany, January 18, 1853, the son 
of August and Christina Standke, who immigrated to America in 1871 and made a 
settlement in Ottawa County, Ohio. August Standke made his home with his 
oldest daughter in Ohio when old age came upon him and died at her home. There 
were four children in the Standke family: Mrs. Minnie Frank, Oak Harbor, Ottawa 
County, Ohio; Mrs. Hannah Myers, died at Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; William P., 
subject of this sketch; Mrs. Augusta Tenke, Pendleton, Indiana. William F. Standke 
was educated in the schools of his native land and after coming to America with 
his parents he was employed in a saw mill in Ottawa County, Ohio, at a wage of 
$1.75 per day. This was much larger wages than he could ever have received in 
Germany, a country of notoriously low wages, and he made the best of his 
opportunity to save a competence. In 1881 he came to Missouri and bought a farm 
of sixty acres, to which he later added forty acres, upon which he placed every 
stick and shrub, every vine, and every flower, with the assistance of his capable 
wife, and also built the cottage home and other farm buildings. It can be truly 
said that William F. Standke created his own farm from the prairie. In 1875 he 
was married to Caroline Neumeister, who was born in Germany, January 28, 
1859, and came to America when a child with her parents, Schik and Christina 
Neumeister. Seven children were born to this marriage: Charles, a farmer in 
Clinton township; Mrs. Clara Louise Blatt, Toledo, Ohio; William F., New Orleans, 
Louisiana; George, Indianapolis, Indiana; Mrs. Emma Neif, Toledo, Ohio; Otto, 
Kansas City, Missouri; Mrs. Minnie Brawn, Fairview township. Mr. Standke is an 
independent voter. He and Mrs. Standke are members of the Evangelical 
Association and are a contented and congenial couple who have the esteem and 
respect of their neighbors and many friends. 

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