Biographical Sketch of William Mueller, Franklin County, Missouri

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

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William Mueller, stone and marble cutter of Washington, Mo., was born
in Baden Germany, in 1815, and is the son of Fritz and Veronica Muel-
ler.  Fritz Mueller was a stone cutter by trade and the father of ten 
children, William being the eldest.  At the age of seventeen the latter
commenced learning his trade, and worked as an apprentice four years.
In 1852 he immigrated to America and located in Washington, Mo., where
he has since resided.  In 1839, before coming to America, he married
Walburga Kehlern, who was born in Germany, in 1816, and the fruits of
this union were two children: Philip and Veronica.  The former was born 
in Germany in 1844, learned the trade of his father, and is now at the
head of the business.  In 1865 he married Miss Helena Sauer, who was
born in Germany in 1845, and who bore him seven children: Veronica,
Annie, Frank, Fritz, William, Simon and Joseph.  Veronica, daughter of
our subject, is the wife of George Goeller, and has two children: 
Lizzie, wife of Fritz Willmann, and George.  The first twelve years
after coming to Washington, Mo., Mr. Mueller followed hunting and fish-
ing, and also kept boarding house.  About 1866 he resumed work at his
trade, and has since followed that business.  He and son are first 
class workmen, and are reliable in their contracts.  June 29, 1887 his
wife died, and since that time his granddaughter, Annie, has been keep-
ing house for him.  Mr. Mueller is a Republican in politics and a 
member of the Catholic Church.

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