For
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 440
CHARLES J. HUCKE....A representative on the younger element in the farming community , Charles J. Hucke, of Muscatine county, has attained a position in comparatively a short time that under the ordinary circumstances requires many years of untiring labor. He possessed unusual advantages of education and training in his early years, and having a natural adaptability for agricultural pursuits, he found in his work a pleasure as well as a steadily increasing source of revenue.Born in Muscatine county November 22, 1884, he is a son of Henry and Annie ( Globes ) Hucke, both natives of Germany. The parents came to America in 1853, locating in Muscatine county, Iowa, where the father rented the old Hunt farm for about five years. Meeting with success, he then purchased eighty acres in Moscow township, to which he has added from time to time until he is the owner of six hundred and twenty acres, and is known as one of the most prosperous farmers in his part of the county. Of his family of seven children, six are now living, namely : Henry T., of Bloomington township ; Anna, now Mrs. Theodore Schuessler, also of Bloomington township ; Emma, now Mrs. William Freymuth, of the same township ; Charles J., our subject ; Lena, the wife of George Duffy, of Muscatine county ; and Rosa, now living at home.
Charles J. Hucke was reared under the parental roof and carefully instructed by his father in all details pertaining to farm work. He gained his preliminary education in the district school and, showing a capacity for literature which warranted an extension of his education facilities, he entered the Wilton Junction College and there continued for two years. He was a good student and gained a solid foundation upon which he has since built by reading and observation. After arriving at manhood he purchased one hundred and twenty acres of land in Goshen township, where he has since conducted general farming and stock-raising with highly satisfactory results.
On the 25th of August, 1909, Mr. Hucke was united in marriage to Miss Clara Lake, who was born December 13, 1887, and is a daughter of P. B. and Amy ( Scott ) Lake. There were six children in the family to which she belonged, the others being : Clarence, of Muscatine county ; Lillie and Albert, both at home ; Mary, deceased in infancy ; and Norton, also at home. The father of this family is a native of Iowa and the mother of Pennsylvania. She came to Iowa at the age of seven years. Mr. and Mrs. Hucke have a little son, Raymond Carl, born November 5, 1910.
Mr. Hucke casts his ballot in support of the democratic party, believing that its principles best represent the ideals of popular government. In religious faith he is affiliated with the German Lutheran church and gives it his individual support. Having been familiar with agriculture and stock-raising from his earliest youth, he gained a practical knowledge and was, therefore, prepared at the very beginning of his business career to handle the various problems that arise according to present day methods. He may today be regarded as one of the highly favored men of Muscatine county.
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