HENRY MACKE, brewer and farmer; P. O. British Hollow; owns 290 acres of land and brewery; born June 18, 1842, in Hanover; son of Christian and Dorotha (Vesperman) Macke; came to Rockville in 1857, and followed butchering four years; then on his farm, on Sec. 3, eleven years, and then bought the brewery of Samuel Stephens and William Mohrenburg for $12,000. Married, and has four children - Albert, Henry, Willie, Reca.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.