Biographical Sketch of Gottlieb Schuerkamp, Franklin County, Missouri

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

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Gottlieb Schuerkamp, farmer and merchant, was born in Prussia in the 
year 1838, where he was reared and educated.  His father, Henry Schuer-
kamp, was killed while coupling cars, drawn by horses in the construc-
tion of a railroad in the old country.  Afterward the mother, whose 
maiden name was Anna Kiel, married Fred Grube.  The younger members of
the Kiel family took the name Overkamper from the fact that they bought
an estate bearing that name.  About 1851 Mr. Grube came to this country
and after making sufficient money, sent for the other members of the
family.  They lived in St. Louis for about five years, and then, in
1858, came to this county, where they purchased eighty acres of timber.
Their first residence was a log house.  Mr. Grube soon started a store
on his farm, and continued the same until his death.  The mother then
took charge of the store, which she kept for some time.  She is still
living, being about seventy-eight years of age.  By her first marriage 
she became the mother of five children, two of whom are now living.
Two children were the result of her second marriage, both of whom are
deceased.  Gottlieb spent his early life farming, and during the war
served in the militia.  In 1864 he married Christina Bogart, who was
born in Baden, Germany, in the year 1842.  Seven children were the re-
sult of this marriage: Frederick, Josephine, Anna, Christ, Ida, Gusta
and Amanda.  Soon after marriage Mr. Schuerkamp rented one of the farms
he now owns, and at the solicitation of friends, was induced to open a
small store, the neighbors aiding him to build a log store house.  Soon
after he purchased three acres where his house and store now stand.  
Gradually his stock has increased until he now owns a first class coun-
try store, and 320 acres of land.  He is a Republican in politics, al-
though not a strict partisan, and both he and wife are members of the
Lutheran Church.

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