Biographical Sketch of Henry Hemker, Franklin County, Missouri

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

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Henry Hemker, a native of Hanover, Germany, was born in 1821, and is
the eldest of three children born to Francis and Catherine M. (Hentz-
ler) Hemker, also natives of Hanover.  Francis Hemker, a farmer by
occupation, died in Franklin County, Mo., in 1846, aged fifty-three
years; his widow died in the same county in 1880, aged eighty-six
years.  Henry Hemker came to the United States with his parents when
seventeen years old, and first settled near Clover Bottom; he worked
in St. Louis for several years but has spent the most of his life on
a farm.  He owns 170 acres of land.  He was first married about 1843
to Mary Krameyer, a native of Germany.  Of the five children born to
their union only two, Mathias and Ann Eliza, are now living.  Mrs.
Hemker died March 3, 1852, and May 16, 1853 Mr. Hemker married Martha
A. Rhodus.  They are the parents of the following children: Joseph H.,
John A. (deceased), George H., Dedrick, Anna N. (now Mrs. Ed Green),
William E. (deceased), Francis J., Benjamin (deceased), Henry E.,
Elizabeth, Catherine E., Sarah C., James S. and Ferdinand W.  Mrs.
Martha Hemker is a native of Madison County, Ky., and a daughter of
Joseph and Sarah Ann (Griffey) Rhodus, natives of South Carolina and
Madison, Ky.  Joseph Rhodus is of Irish descent, settled in Franklin
County about 1836, is a farmer by occupation, and is a son of Jesse 
and Mary (Elliot) Rhodus.  Mrs. Sarah Ann Rhodus was a daughter of
Jesse and Fannie Griffey, natives of Virginia.  Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Hemker are members of the Catholic Church.  Politically, he is a Demo-
crat.  He was township collector for several years, and during the
late war served in the Missouri State Militia.

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