Charles Leibecke

    Charles Leibecke, druggist, Aurora, on Second Street, where can always be found pure drugs, paints, oils, varnishes and glass, surgical instruments and surgeon's supplies, and all standard pharmaceutical preparations, was born in Germany, August 25, 1846, where he received a collegiate education, taking a special course in chemistry and pharmacy. He clerked four years in his native land, and came to America in 1864; landed in New York and enlisted in Company A, Forty-fifth Regiment New York Infantry, and served until the close of the war. In the fall of 1865 he began clerking in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained up to the spring of 1872, at which time he came to Aurora, and opened up his present business.

    He was married, December 4, 1873, to Miss Christena Wellman, who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, December 10, 1848. To them have been born three children: Harry, Charley and Mamie. The members of the family are identified with the Catholic Church.

Source: History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, Indiana by F.E. Weakley & Co., 1885.