Biography - Charles Brechwald
CHARLES BRECHWALD. A liquor dealer in Galesburg, he was born at Klein, Winterheim, Germany and is the son of Michael and Margaret (Fleck) Brechwald. He came to the United States in1853 and to Galesburg in 1856. In 1863, he engaged in the retail liquor trade and in 1872 in the wholesale trade. He was married 2 Apr 1854 to Barbara Waltz and is the parent of seven children, two of whom are dead.
Contributed by Joan Achille, extracted from the 1878 History of Knox County, Illinois, published by Charles C. Chapman
