Biographical Sketch of Frederick Rusche, Franklin County, Missouri

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

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Frederick Rusche, brick and stone mason and sub-contractor of Washing-
ton, Mo., is a native of Hanover, Germany, born in 1843 the son of 
Henry Rusche, who was born in 1813, and who was a stone-mason by trade.
In 1881 he came to the United States and to Washington, Mo., where he 
now lives.  He has been married three times, and has two children liv-
ing by the first marriage, Frederick being the eldest.  He was educated
in Germany, and at the age of eighteen commenced learning his trade, 
working four years as an apprentice.  In 1865 he immigrated to America
and worked the first summer in Chicago.  In 1866 he came to Washington,
Mo., and resumed working at his trade.  Here he has resided ever since,
with the exception of one year (1868), when he worked in St. Louis and
Chicago.  Mr. Rusche is a first class workman, and has assisted in
erecting a large number of the buildings now standing in Washington. 
He has been sub-contractor in brick and stone work for many of the
buildings, and his work gives general satisfaction.  November 13, 1870
he married Miss Annie Langenberg, who was born in Washington, Mo., in
1853, and who is the daughter of Henry Langenberg.  Three children were
born to this union: Lydia, Arthur and Oswald.  In 1881 Mr. Rusche and
Christ Schmidt bought two acres of land in the southern portion of the
city, and began the manufacture of brick, making 500,000.  Owing to
much business in building the following year, they leased the yard for 
five years to F. Forester and Joseph Barber, who have since been in the
business.  Their time has expired, and the same parties have leased it
again for five years more.  Our subject is very conservative in poli-
tics, voting for principle and not for party, and he and wife are mem-
bers of the Lutheran Church.

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