Biographical Sketch of Joseph Feth, Franklin County, Missouri

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

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Joseph Feth, farmer, was born in Berne, Germany in 1832, and educated
in the common schools.  His parents passed their lives in the old 
country, never having crossed the waters.  Joseph farmed in the old
country, and then came to America in 1859, and after working in New
Orleans for a short time he came to St. Louis.  In 1862 he volunteer-
ed in the Thirty-third Missouri Infantry, Company H, United States
Army, and served nearly three years.  He was in the battles of Helena,
Ark., Pleasant Hill, Old River Lake, Cupola, Spanish Fort and Nash-
ville.  He was twice wounded, once at Helena and once at Cupola.  
Having returned from the war, he lived in Warren County, Mo., where 
in 1865 he married Mrs. Mary Kaffler, also a native of Berne, Germany
born in 1831.  By her former marriage Mrs. Feth became the mother of
five children, and had two children by her marriage to our subject.
Mr. Feth is a Republican in politics, and he and family are members
of the Catholic Church.  He now owns a large farm, all of which he 
has made since the war.

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