Biographical Sketch of Omar Strehly, Franklin County, Missouri

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

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Omar Strehly, a prominent blacksmith of Sullivan, Franklin Co., Mo.,
was born in Gasconade County, Mo., in 1858 and is the third in the
family of six children of Charles P. and Sophia (Schlender) Strehly.
He was reared and educated in Hermann, Gasconade County, and began
doing for himself in 1878, as an apprentice to the blacksmith's trade
under J. C. Miller, in Osage County.  April 28, 1882, he married
Martha, daughter of Michael Henneberger, by whom he has two children,
one son and one daughter, named Julia and Edward.  He moved to and
opened a blacksmith shop in Sullivan, November 9, 1884, and has since
been doing a good business in his line; he has made some improvements
on the two lots he owns, has a nice residence and a shop well stocked
with tools.  He is a member of the A. O. U. W., a Republican in poli-
tics, and an enterprising young mechanic.

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