| CarlTraugott Jokisch |
CARL TRAUGOTT JOKISCH, a good farmer andstock-raiser of Sections twenty-eight and twenty-nine, township eighteen,range eleven west, was born in Germany near Bautzen, January 4, 1822. Heis the fifth of his father’s children and the oldest one now living. Hewas thirteen years of age when his parents left Germany for the UnitedStates in the fall of 1834, coming on a sailing vessel and landing in NewOrleans, January 1, 1835. They came up the Mississippi and Illinois riversto Beardstown, landing February 2, 1835, and have as a family since beenidentified with the history of the county. The mother died in the latterpart of January, 1835, at St. Louis, while the family were on the way.She was only forty two years of age. She was always a member of the GermanLutheran Church, as was her husband who survived her.Traugott has always been a farmer in thecounty to which he came so many years ago. He was raised by an uncle, C.G. Jokisch, now deceased, the father having died in 1851. The fatherhad obtained new lands in this county and here spent the remaining yearsof his life. (See William Jokisch, this book.)
The farm of our subject has a beautiful locationnear Bluff Springs, in the Illinois river valley, where he owns a fineand well improved farm of 235 acres, with substantial farm buildings.
He was married, in this county to Mary EllenCarls, born in Hanover in 1834. She came with her parents to the UnitedStates and Cass county in 1845 and has since lived here, being a true helpmateto a good husband. She is an honest, good woman. She was the daughter ofJohn Frederick and Elizabeth Carls, natives of Hanover, who came with theirfamily to this country, but misfortune overtook them. Early after landingthe father was killed by an accident while building a house for his familyin Beardstown. A piece of timber fell on him and caused his death. He wasthen in the prime of life, being then about thirty-eight. He was a veryskillful cabinet-maker, a good citizen and devoted Christian for many years.His wife survived him for four years and then died, in Beardstown, in 1849,of the cholera, which was epidemic at that time. She was a Christian woman.
Mrs. Jokisch has one sister and two brothers.The sister, a widow, is Mrs. Elizabeth Kuhl, living in Pekin, Illinois;Henry is a farmer in Montana; and John F. is a farmer in Cass county, Illinois.They are both married.
Mr. and Mrs. Jokisch and family are membersof the Methodist Church, and are very good, moral, upright people. Mr.Jokisch is a Republican in politics. Mr. and Mrs. Jokisch are the parentsof twelve children, four of whom are deceased: John W. died an infant;Edward, married, left a wife and one child; Philipena died at the age ofthirty-six, leaving two children; Ida died in Montana when twenty yearsof age. The living ones are: Louis, a teacher for more than twenty yearsin Central Illinois, and is single; Emme, wife of Charles Wilson, farmerand fruit-grower of Virginia; Elizabeth, wife of Adam Hegeman, farmer inthis county; Albert W., living near the homestead, farming; George F.,living in the east end of the county on a farm; Richard, at home, helpingon the farm; Cora and Tillie are also at home.
Biographical Review of Cass, Schuylerand Brown Counties, Illinois, Biographical Review Publishing Co., Chicago,1892, pages 145-146.
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