Biographical Sketch of Louis Derking, Franklin County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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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 Han-
over, 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 north-
west 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 wagonmaker 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 marri-
age with Lizzie, daughter of George Roth, a well-to-do farmer of Frank-
lin 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, blacksmith 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.

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