KROHE, HENRY C., was born in Beardstown, Ill., March 3, 1848, a son of August and Christiana (Jokisch) Krohe, natives of Saxony, Germany, who settled in Cass County in 1835, where both died. He remained with his parents until his marriage, December 19, 1871, attending the Buck district school in his youth. At the date above mentioned, he was married to Christiana M. Menge, born in Hesse, Germany, January 20, 1852, a daughter of John Zacharias and Marie Sophia (Meyer) Menge. They were farmers, and settled in Cass County in 1853, where both died. After his marriage, Henry C. Krohe moved to a portion of his Grandfather Jokisch's sixty-acre farm that his father had secured. There he always has resided, and has added to the area of the farm until it now comprises 192 acres, situated on sections 5 and 8. He carried on farming there until 1906, since which time his son, Felix Krohe, and Henry Hendricker have conducted it.

The children of Henry C. Krohe and his wife have been: Bertha Caroline, deceased, who was Mrs. Henry Muhlert, who had a daughter, Verna C., now deceased; Lydia C. S. (Mrs. Richard Launer), of Cass County, whose children are: Ralph K., Harvey H., Marvin T., Everett W., Violet L., and Gilbert W.; Rosina E., at home; Felix, of Cass County, who married Ida M. Hendricker, and they have Paul F., Maria A., Henrietta J., Arthur C., Philip H. and Edna A., deceased; Paulina, who died at the age of seventeen years; and Matilda L. (Mrs. Henry Hendricker), of Cass County, whose children are: Myrtle C., Rosa S., Homer K., and Irvin H. Mr. Krohe has always been connected with the Lutheran church. In politics he has acted with the Democratic party and served the public as a school director for many years.