N. B. Davidson, a citizen of Union, Franklin Co., Mo., and at present engaged in the Internal Revenue Department, was born seven miles east of Union, January 24,18457 and is the fourth of thirteen children born to Samuel H. and America (Billups) Davidson, natives of Charlotte County, Va. The father was born in the year 1818, has followed agricultural pursuits, and now resides on his farm, in Franklin County, Mo. The grandfather of our subject, James D. Davidson, was a native of Virginia, who immigrated to Missouri and located in Franklin County in 1832. The mother was the daughter of one of the old settlers of Franklin County. She died in 1863. N. B. was reared on the farm, received his early education in the common schools, but later attended Jones' Commercial College, at St. Louis, Mo., during the winters of 1864, 1865 and 1866, thereby securing a good business education. He followed agricultural pursuits until 1885, when he was appointed United States storekeeper and gauger in the Internal Revenue Department in the First Missouri District, and is now stationed at Yancy Mills, Phelps County. In 1866 he married Miss Sarah V. Bell, a native of Franklin County, born in 1847, and the daughter of John W. Bell. To them were born four children, all now living.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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John M. Degen, member of the firm of Degen, Breckenkamp & Co., Washington, planing and flour-mills, lumber yard and building and contracting, is a native of New Orleans, La., born in 1841, the son of Christian H. and Anna M. (Fipp) Degen. The father was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1806, and was a farmer by occupation. He left his native country in 1837, and on New Year's Day of 1838 landed at New Orleans, where he resided until the fall of 1841, when he came to Washington, Mo., and settled on St. John's Creek, eight miles southwest of Washington. Here he owned 160 acres of land, and passed the remainder of his days, dying in 1872. His wife was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1811, and is now living with her daughter, Mrs. Katie Droege. Of the seven children born to them John M. was the second. He was but six months old when his parents moved to Franklin County, and was reared and grew to manhood on his father's farm. At the age of sixteen he came to Washington and began working as an apprentice, learning the carpenter's trade, at which he continued for three years. He also worked five years as a journeyman. In September, 1864, Mr. Degen married Miss Susannah Mense, who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1845, and who is the second daughter of Henry M. Mense. The same year of his marriage our subject and H. H. Beinke formed a partnership, and began contracting and building. The firm lasted nearly two years, when it was dissolved, and Mr. Degen established a general store and sold goods one year. This not being to his liking, he sold out and in 1869 returned to his former business, that of contracting, and he also established a lumber yard, his brother, Henry, being a partner. The firm of Degen & Bro. lasted until 1877, when Henry died and John M. continued the business on his own responsibility until 1881. when he became a member of the present firm, in which business he has since continued. Mr. Degen has been constantly in business in Washington since he was a youth of sixteen. He has erected over 131 buildings now standing in Washington and the vicinity, at a cost of $268,000, doing nearly as much work of the kind as any other man who has ever lived in Washington. He has been a life-long Democrat in politics, and cast his first vote for Gen. G. B. McClellan, in 1864. He was a member of the town council eight years, and he and wife are members of the Catholic Church.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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R. B. Denny was born in Madison County, Ky., October 28, 1838, and is the only child of Arthur and Frances (Rhodus) Denny, natives of Kentucky and North Carolina. Arthur Denny, who was a son of Samuel Denny, died in 1839, aged about thirty years; his widow subsequently moved to Franklin County, Mo., and became the wife of Mathew Cole. She was a daughter of William Rhodus. When eleven years of age R. B. Denny came to Franklin County with his mother, settling six miles east of Union; he received his education in the common schools of the latter county, grew to manhood on the farm, and began doing for himself at the age of sixteen years. He owns 500 acres of land, where he now resides, as well as other tracts in the county. November 22, 1860, he was united in marriage with Miss Maleta Hildebrafid, a daughter of John and Susan (Parker) Hildebrand, natives of Missouri and Kentucky, respectively. Mr. Hildebrand, who is of German descent, by diligent search, has succeeded in quite accurately tracing the origin of the family to the ninth century. Ten children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Denny, viz.: Susan F. and John A. (twins), both deceased; George B. (deceased), Eva, Benjamin D. (deceased), James V., Robert B., Sidney G., Sarah L. (deceased) and Morris E. Mr. Denny is a Republican in politics; he served as judge of the county court four years, and represented Franklin County in the Twenty-fifth General Assembly one term; he also served six years as notary public. In September, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Twenty-sixth Missouri Infantry, upon the organization of which company he was elected second lieutenant, being subsequently promoted to the rank of first lieutenant and captain, in which latter position he was mustered out of service near Savannah, Ga., December 20, 1864, having received a wound at Iuka, Miss. He is a member of George Gamble Post, G. A. R. Mrs. Denny is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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Charles H. W. Diedrich, proprietor of the Tonsorial Palace, news and cigar and tobacco stand of Washington, Mo., was born at Scharsfeld, near Harz, Province of Hanover, Germany, in 1848, and is the son of Charles A. W. and Rosine (Henne) Diedrich, both of whom were natives of Hanover, Germany, born in 1823 and 1827, respectively. In 1849 they immigrated to America, and the same year the mother died at Peoria, Ill., with cholera. The father has since resided at St. Louis, and since the death of his first wife has been married three times. To his first marriage were born two children: Wilhalminna, wife of Frederick W. Redecker, of Jefferson County, Mo., and our subject. He was only an infant when his parents came to the United States, and he remained with his father until nearly eighteen years of age, but previous to this he had worked in his father's paper box and match factory in St. Louis, and then spent two years in learning the brushmaking trade. At the age of between fifteen and sixteen, on August 16, 1864, he enlisted in Company E, Fortieth Regiment Missouri Infantry Volunteers for one year. Was in the battles of Franklin, Nashville, Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely, and in numerous severe engagements. He remained in service until hostilities ceased, and was then discharged at St. Louis, August 8, 1865. Three years later he came to Washington, Mo., and began as an apprentice to learn the barbers' trade, and worked at this one year. In 1869 he married Miss Clara Evertz, a native of St. Louis, Mo., born in 1851, and the daughter of Charles Evertz. This union resulted in the birth of eight living children: Hugo, Alma, Walter, Alfred, Charles, Arthur, Pierce and Harry. The year following his marriage Mr. Diedrich opened a shop, his partner being Mathias Huppert, this firm lasting one year, when Mr. Diedrich began on his own resources. Six years ago the cigar and tobacco stand was added, five years ago the bath room, and three years ago the news stand. He is a Republican in politics, is a member of the A. O. U. W. and also the G. A. R.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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Louis Derking was born five miles northwest of Union, Franklin Co., Mo., July 26, 1851, and is the ninth in the family of 'ten children (three now deceased) of George and Mary (Heinermann) Derking, natives of Hanover, Germany, who immigrated to the United States in 1841, landed in New York City, and thence proceeded to St. Louis; they remained in the latter place one year, and then removed to Washington, Franklin County, and thence, after a year's residence, moved to the tract of land northwest of Union; in the latter place they lived forty years, and in 1884 removed to the home of their daughter, Mrs. Mina Bebermeyer, in Lyon Township, Franklin County, where they are now residing, the father aged seventy-eight and the mother seventy-six years. Louis Derking received a common-school education in his native county, and learned the trade of a wagon maker at Jeffriesburg; at the age of twenty he went to St. Louis, where he worked at his trade six months, and subsequently followed his trade with Anton Oethe, in St. Clair County, Ill., one year. He then returned to Franklin County, Mo., and worked for his brother-in-law, F. Bebermeyer, one year, when, in 1871, he established a business of his own at Jeffriesburg, which he conducted three years; he next formed a partnership with his nephew, August Everett, and bought out Fritz Strehlemann; this partnership lasted five years, when Mr. Derking sold his interest to his nephew, and moved to St. Clair, his present home, where he erected the brick-and-frame factory in which he is still doing business. January 26, 1878, he was united in marriage with Lizzie, daughter of George Roth, a well-to-do farmer of Franklin County; she was born in Franklin County, May 19,1855, and is the mother of two children: John and Oscar Helmuth. Mr. Derking has been very successful in the prosecution of his trade, and now owns two town lots, his factory, black¬smith shop and dwelling and eighty acres of land a short distance from the town. He is a Republican in politics, and is the present treasurer of the St. Clair corporation. The family is, religiously, of Lutheran sentiment, and ready supporters of all worthy enterprises.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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Dr. G. W. Doggett, a resident dentist at New Haven, was born in Franklin County, Mo., in 1856, and is the son of Miller and Lillie Ann (Garner) Doggett, natives of Tennessee, who came to Missouri when young and were there married about 1848. They located two and a half miles below New Haven, and there passed the remainder of their lives, both dying about 1872, and both members of the Christian Church. Our subject received a fair education1, and remained at home until after the death of his parents. He worked on a farm for a while, and then went to New Haven, where he had the advantage of a school for some time: He then went to Kansas, where he remained two years, then returned to New Haven, worked on a farm during the summer and attended school during the winter. In 1877 and 1878 he began the study of dentistry under Dr. Hamilton Clute, and in 1P80 and 1881 attended the Dental College at St. Louis. He commenced the practice of his profession in 1878, and for some years had an extensive traveling practice in Osage and Gasconade Counties. In 1882 he bought out his former preceptor and has since been located at New Haven, where he has an excellent practice. In 1882 he married Miss Etta S. Bendel, a native of Illinois, and the daughter of H. R. and Eliza Bendel. To the Doctor and wife were born three children, two now living: Elmore E., Ella and Hattie (twins, the latter deceased). In 1885 the Doctor was elected city alderman, re-elected in 1887, and has since held the office. He is a Democrat in his political views, and cast his first presidential vote for Gen. Hancock, in 1880. He is a prominent member of the A. O. U. W., and Mrs. Doggett is a member of the Christian Church.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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William F. Drake, whose birth occurred at Eaton, Northampton County, Penn., December 10,1849, is the son of William N. and Ann Maria (Keiter) Drake, natives of Essex County, N. J., and Northampton County, Penn. The father was born in 1822, and the mother in 1825. They are now residing in Easton. Penn., where the former is engaged in the wholesale and retail boot and shoe business. He began life as an apprentice shoemaker, and is now one of Pennsylvania's prominent merchants. In 1885 he was a candidate for State senator, on the Republican ticket, but was defeated by a small majority, the district in which he was a candidate being very strongly Democratic. Of their ten children eight are now living, viz.: Emily C, William P., Glendora, Laura, Clement C, Elwood H., Clarence L. (deceased), Florence N., May Dell and Harry H. (deceased). William P. received his education in the Easton public schools. At the age of sixteen he entered the telegraph office at Phillipsburg, N. J., where he learned telegraphy under James E. Moon, now State senator. After finishing he went to White House, N. J., and after three months' instruction took charge of an office on the New Jersey Central, at White House, for one year. He then went to Brooklyn, N. Y., and entered the mercantile business as a salesman for Foster & Welsh, dry goods merchants, where he remained nearly two years. He then went to New York City, in the employ of the same firm, but only remained th«re three months, when the firm dissolved partnership, and Mr. Foster went to Allentown, Penn., and engaged in the same business, taking our subject with him. In 1869 Mr. Drake returned to his home, in Pennsylvania, where he engaged in the dry goods business with his uncle, John L. Keiter & Co. At the end of one year the firm dissolved partnership, and the nephew came West, visiting Chicago, St. Paul, Winona, St. Louis, then Pacific, Mo., where he obtained employment. October 22, 1870, he came to Moselle, took charge of the ticket office, and has remained in that vicinity since. In 1877he started a drugstore, and two years later purchased a general stock of goods. In 1880 he abandoned the ticket office. He was postmaster from 1873 until 1885. November 30, 1884, Mr. Drake married Miss Mary Ellen Johnson, a daughter of James M. and Martha W. (Fa)well) Johnson, native Virginians, who are now living and are residents of Franklin County, where they moved at a very early day. Mr. Drake is a Republican, a member of the Presbyterian Church, and also a member of Lodge No. 363,
A. F. and A. M.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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John G. Droege, dealer in dry goods, clothing, groceries, queensware, merchant tailoring and furnishing goods of Washington, is a native of Hanover, Germany, born in 1843, and is the son of Fritz and Anna Elizabeth Droege, both natives of Hanover, Germany, born in 1808 and 1812, respectively. The father was a farmer, came to Franklin County, Mo., in 1854, and located on a farm five miles from Washington. He and three of his children died the same year with cholera. His wife afterward married William Tiemann, who died in 1884, aged seventy-eight. She was the mother of five children, only two now living: Joseph, who is farming in Franklin County, and John G. John G. was eleven years old when his parents came to the United States, and was reared and grew to manhood mostly on the farm. In 1864 he clerked in a grocery store in St Louis, and in 1865 and 1866 clerked for his step-father and worked on the farm times. In 1867 he established a general store in Washington, and in 1870 took Mr. J. D. Grothaus in as a partner; he bought out the latter's interest in 1876, and has continued the present business since then. In 1868 he married Miss Mary G. Ekler, a native of Franklin County, Mo., born in 1848, and the daughter of Franz and Margaretha (Wagner) Ekler, who died in 1882 and 1854 respectively. To Mr. Droege and wife were born eight children: Anna E., Frank H., Mary G., Katharina M., William J., Margaretha M., Helena M. and Joseph A. Our subject has been in business in this place for the last twenty years, and is one of the substantial business men of Washington. In politics he is very conservative, voting for principle and not for party, but rather favors the Democratic platform. He and family are members of the Catholic Church.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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Webster Duckworth, of the firm of Duckworth Bros., of Dry Branch, Mo., was born in Franklin County, Mo., in 1857, and is the third in the family of nine children born to Josiah J. and Elizabeth (Stovall) Duckworth, natives of Virginia and Missouri, respectively. Josiah J. Duckworth is of Scotch descent, and was formerly of Carolina (now North Carolina). He came to Franklin County when quite young, where he has since resided; he served as justice of the peace for many years, and is a son of Thomas Duckworth a native of Virginia. Webster Duckworth was educated in the common schools of his native county, and followed farming until four years since; he was then engaged in merchandising in St. Clair, Mo., until 1885, when he purchased H. A. Hibbard's interest in his present business. Mr. Duckworth owns a one-half interest in the store property and merchandise of the firm, as well as two lots in Dry Branch. Politically, he is a Democrat. The senior member of the firm is J. C. Duckworth, also a native of Franklin County, Mo., who received a common-school education and has been financially successful. He was engaged in teaching in the country public schools in the years 1879 and 1880, and in 1881 followed telegraphy, and was agent for the 'Frisco Railroad until June 9, 1884, when he embarked in the general merchandise business, under the firm name of Hibbard & Duckworth. Since February 28, 1887, the firm has been Duckworth Bros. He (J. C. Duckworth) is the present agent for the Frisco Railroad at this place, also postmaster and express agent and operator. He represents the Phoenix Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn. Besides the interests mentioned he owns half of the stock in store, a one-half interest in the store building, together with a house and six lots in Dry Branch, valued at $1,600. He is also the owner of a lot in St. Clair. Mr. Duckworth was married October 25, 1887, to Miss Josie Nichols, also a native of Franklin County, but at that time a resident of Jonesborough, Ark. The average amount of stock carried by Duckworth Bros, is $4,000 worth, and they do an annual business of about $15,000.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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Joseph Eckert, a leading citizen of Franklin County, Mo., and ex-surveyor of that county, was born in Baden, Germany, October 16, 1855, and is the son of Joseph and Josephine (Krol) Eckert. The father was born in Switzerland about 1824, and died in 1857 from disease contracted while in prison at Rastadt, where he was confined as a prisoner of war during the German Revolution, in 1848. The mother was born in France in 1837, and is now a resident of Baden. Our subject immigrated to America in the spring of 1872, and located in Franklin County, in 1876. He began civil engineering in 1879, and in 1880 was elected, as a Democrat, to the office of surveyor of Franklin County, and held that position for four years. He then returned to his profession as civil engineer, and is engaged at that at the present time. In 1878 he married Miss Maggie Tremmel, a native of Union Township, Franklin Co., Mo., born in 1862, and the daughter of George and Barbara Tremmel. To this union four children have been born. Both Mr. Eckert and wife are members of the St. Joseph's Catholic Church.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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Oscar Ehlers, sheriff of Franklin County, Mo., was born in that county and State, May 12, I860, the son of William Ehlers, a farmer of Lyon Township, of this county. The father was a native of Germany, and emigrated to America about 1845. Our subject attained his majority on the farm, received the rudiments of an education in the common schools, and finished at Johnson's Commercial College, at St. Louis, Mo. He left home in 1878 and located in New Haven, where he engaged in merchandising for about three years. He located in Union in 1881, and took a position as deputy collector under B. M. Armstrong, which position he held for two years, after which he resumed merchandising at Champion City, Mo. In November, 1886, he was elected as sheriff on the Democratic ticket, receiving a majority of 279 votes, though the county is largely Republican. He is now filling the office with ability and to the satisfaction of all concerned.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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Charles Fredrick Maximilian Eimbeck, dealer in general merchandise at New Haven, was born in Holzminden, Germany, April 5, 1838, and is the son of C. W. and Louisa (Steinacker) Eimbeck, who were born in 1796 and 1805, and died in 1870 and 1846, respectively. They were married about 1835. The father served under Gen. Bluecher at the battle of Waterloo, and was a man of considerable prominence. Young Max, when eight years old, accompanied his father to Braunschweig, Germany, where he remained until his fifteenth year, securing a good common-school education. From the age of fifteen he served as book-keeper and clerk in different parts of Germany, until coming to America. In 1865 he crossed the ocean to the United States, and stopped for some time in New York, but later came to Franklin County, Mo., where he clerked for some time, but finally engaged in business on his own responsibility, and now has one of the most complete business houses in the city. March 23, 1879, he married Mrs. Katie Wolff, who was born in France, and who is the daughter of John and Catherine Wolff. The father died in France, but the mother came to the United States in 1869, and is now living in New Haven. Our subject was for twelve years, assistant postmaster, at New Haven, is director of the Building and Loan Association, is secretary and treasurer of the German Lutheran Church, of which he and wife are members, besides being agent for various leading periodicals.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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Dr. August F. Eimbeck was born April 4, 1842, in Brunswick, Dukedom of Brunswick, Germany, where his father, the late zoologist, A. F. E. Eimbeck, held the office of Inspector of the Ducal Museums. Our subject emigrated to the United States, located in St. Louis, kept a drug store, was assistant resident physician of the St. Louis City Hospital, physician to the cholera wards of the city hospital in I860, ward physician, and was a' soldier in the late war be¬tween the North and South. He located at Holstein, Warren Co., Mo., in September, 1867, and here established a lucrative practice, being well liked, not only as a physician, but also as a citizen. He was elected coroner of that county three terms, 1868, 1870 and 1880. In 1868 he married Miss Annette Juliane Ruge. daughter of the late well-known pioneer, Dr. C. Ruge, of Holstein, Mo., and in this wedlock were born two children, both sons: Oscar, born in 1869, and Arthur, in 1874. Besides other real estate the Doctor owns a large farm about two miles east of New Haven, Mo., on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and on the Missouri River. In July, 1886, he removed to this farm, where he is now engaged in the practice of his profession with his usual success. Two older brothers of the Doctor, Fred and Charles, are living near New Haven, at Eimbeck's Landing, Mo., and are engaged in agricultural pursuits; another brother, William, is an astronomer, a member of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey since 1870.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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Boyle L. Ellett, M. D., a prominent and enterprising druggist of St. Clair, Franklin Co., Mo., was born in Indian Prairie, Franklin County, September 14, 1839, the ninth of ten children (six now deceased) of William R. and Susan Frances (Barnes) Ellett. The parents were natives of Virginia, where they were reared, married and lived in Charlotte County, until about 1832 or 1833, when they immigrated to Franklin County, Mo,, and settled on a tract of land in Central Township, where they resided until their deaths; the mother dying in 1844 or 1845, and the father the following year. Boyle L. Ellett, after the death of his parents, lived with his brother-in-law, Dr. Richard W. Booth, attending the common schools of his native county and Westminster College, at Fulton, Callaway Co., Mo. He lived with the Doctor until twenty-one years of age, when he graduated from the Missouri Medical College, at St. Louis, and soon after enlisted in the Missouri State Guards, subsequently entering the Confederate army, where he remained in service until the close of the war, though he received an honorable discharge on account of disability in September, 1863, after which time he served as clerk in the commissary department at Louisburg, Ark. At the close of the strife he returned home, but was so broken down in health he was unable to do but little work until 1870, when he located at St. Clair and established himself in the drug business, in connection with which he has done a great deal of the medical practice of the place. In 1874 he was appointed postmaster of St. Clair, which position he held until 1881, being reappointed in 1885. March 16, 1881, Mr. Ellett was married to Mary L., daughter of Rufus and Sarah (Kanada) Moseley, who was born near St. Clair. Franklin Co., Mo., in 1861. Dr. Ellett is an active, energetic and enterprising business man, and has succeeded in building up a good trade. He is a Democrat, politically, and cast his first presidential vote for John C. Breckinridge in 1860, and,though an active advocate of his party, has never been a political aspirant. He and his wife are worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and he has been Sunday-school superintendent for the past fourteen years.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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John Ernst, farmer and stock raiser, was born near Buffalo, N. Y.. in 1856, and is the son of David and Frederica (Beringer) Ernst, both natives of Germany, the father born about 1826, and the mother a few years later. They were reared in their native country and married there in 1855. The same year they came to the United States and lived near Buffalo, N. Y., for some time, then went to Wisconsin, and from there, in 1859,to Franklin County, Mo., where they located two miles west of New Haven, and where they have a good farm. They are both living, and have resided on their present farm for nearly thirty years. Mr. Ernst served for some time in the army in his native country, and was in the Missouri militia during the late war. About 1875 he made a trip back to his old home in Germany. He is a man of industrious habits and hon¬est in his dealings. John was reared at home, and obtained a public school education. He was married in 1880 to Miss Johannah Rascha, a native of "Warren County, and the daughter of Henry and Hannah Rascha. To Mr. and Mrs. Ernst were born two children: Louisa and William D. G. Since his marriage our subject has resided five miles southeast of New Haven, where he has a fine farm of 180 acres. Although comparatively a young man, he is already among the leading farmers of the county. He, being a Republican in politics, cast his first vote for James A. Garfleld, in 1880. He and wife are members of the Lutheran Church. Mrs. Ernst lost her parents when about eight years old, and then lived with her grandfather, Christ. Bueker, with whom she went on a tour to the old country in 1872. Since his return Mr. Bueker has resided east of New Haven, where he has a good farm.
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
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