Biographical Sketch of Paul Gorg, Franklin County, Missouri

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

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Paul Gorg, one of the leading farmers of Franklin County, was born in
Germany, May 1, 1824, and is the youngest of four children born to
Ecarius and Margaret (Lauderbach) Gorg, also natives of Germany, where
the mother died when our subject was but two years of age.  The father
was again married, having six children by his second wife (three now
deceased), and, when Paul Gorg was seventeen years of age, crossed the
Atlantic to America, landing in New Orleans on Christmas, 1841; they
remained in the latter place a few weeks, spent a short time in St.
Louis, and then settled on a tract of land in Union Township, Franklin
Co., Mo., where the father remained until his death, in 1877; the step
mother afterwards moved to St. Louis, where she died, in 1884.  Paul
Gorg was educated in the common schools of his native country, and at
the age of nineteen years left his father's home, wholly dependent 
upon his own resources.  He learned the carpenter's trade, at which he
worked eighteen months when he was employed on the farm of Charles
Jones, where he afterwards became overseer of the slaves, remaining
there four years.  He then settled on a rented farm, in Union Township
for a few months, and later, lived a short time in Central Township, 
where he purchased forty acres of his present farm, in Section 11, he
now owns 360 acres, 120 acres of which are well improved.  February 18,
1864, Mr. Gorg was wedded to Margaret, daughter of John and Elizabeth
(Stahlmann) Schiller, who was born in Germany, November 3, 1827 and
came to America with her parents when ten years old, landing at Balti-
more, going thence to Wheeling, from there to St. Louis, and in 1840
settling in Franklin County, Mo.  Mr. and Mrs. Gorg have been blessed
with the following children: Harriet Elizabeth, wife of F. Angirer;
James Harrison (deceased), Frances Ellen, wife of John McRerly; 
Amerlia Ann, Minerva Jane, wife of August Mauthe; Albert John, Charles
Andrew (deceased), and Cora Belle.  The family are highly respected
citizens of their community.  Mr. Gorg served a short time in the 
militia during the war, and is a Republican politically, and cast his
first presidential vote for J. K. Polk, in 1848.  Mr. and Mrs. Gorg
are members of the Lutheran faith, and cheerful supporters of all 
worthy enterprises.  They have a grandson twenty-one years of age, and
altogether nine grandchildren.

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