Illinios:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin.  O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882.  Cass County

CHARLES T. JOKISCH, farmer; P. O. Bluff Springs; is a 
native of Saxony; born Jan. 4, 1822; son of Charles G. and 
Mary E. (Jacob) Jokisch, also natives of Saxony.  Charles 
G. Jokisch, who was a farmer and distiller, was born June 
20, 1796, and died in this county, Oct. 9, 1851; his wife, 
born in 1794, died in St. Louis, Mo., while on the way to 
this county, Jan. 24, 1835; they had fifteen children-nine 
boys and six girls.  Charles T. received a fair education, 
having attended school in Saxony six years.  He engaged in 
the brewery business with his uncle for some time, 
afterward learned the cooper's and carpenter's trades, and 
finally became a farmer.  In Beardstown, this county, March 
27, 1850, he married Mary E. Carls, a native of Hanover, 
Germany; born Aug. 28, 1834; daughter of John F. and 
Elizabeth Carls; from this union twelve children have been 
born: Louis, Phillipena, Edward B., Albert W., George F., 
Emma, Elizabeth, John Wesley (died March 23, 1870, aged 3 
years and one month), Ida E., Richard R., Cornelia P. and 
Otillia.  Mr. Jokisch is a Republican; was Road Supervisor 
and School Director in 1878, and is at present School 
Trustee; he is a member of the German Methodist Church.

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