Carl married Margaretha Backhaus on 8 Sep 1857 in Tittabawassee, Saginaw County, Michigan, USA. Margaretha was born on 20 Jul 1834 in Bremen; died on 14 Dec 1868 in Chapin, Morgan County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Concord Cemetery, Concord, Morgan County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mathilda Rueter was born on 29 Mar 1864 in Powhatan Point, Belmont County, Ohio, USA; died on 28 Jan 1899 in Thayer County, Nebraska, USA; was buried in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Friedensau, Thayer County, Nebraska, USA.

Carl married Franziska Amalia Lorenz on 9 Nov 1869. Franziska was born on 28 Nov 1836 in Bremen; died on 18 Mar 1917 in Wauneta, Chase County, Nebraska, USA; was buried in Eden Cemetery, Hitchcock County, Nebraska, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lawrence Melchoir Rueter was born on 19 Oct 1876 in Unadilla, Johnson County, Nebraska, USA; died on 18 Jun 1934 in Wauneta, Chase County, Nebraska, USA; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Wauneta, Chase County, Nebraska, USA.