Biographical Sketch of Johanes Ludewig Trentmann, Franklin County, MO

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

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Johanes Ludewig Trentmann, contractor, carpenter and builder, of Wash-
ington, was born in Hanover, Germany, May 16, 1836 and is the son of
Christopher and Catharine E. (Schulhoff) Trentmann.  (See sketch of
Henry Trentmann).  The subject of this sketch was christened in the
Catholic Church in Germany as above, but upon coming to America, in
1856, adopted the shorter name of Louis.  He was educated in his native
country and also in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he located shortly after
coming to the United States, but in 1858 moved to Leavenworth, Kas.,
and from there to Washington, Mo., the following year.  At the age of
fourteen he began learning the carpenter's and cabinet maker's trade,
and also attended a school of architecture for two years.  In 1860 he
and F. Narup established a partnership in a planing mill in Washington,
and continued until 1876, the mill now being owned by Degen, Brecken-
kamp & Co.  Until 1877 he was with Fidel Ganah, at Carondelet, in the
lumber business, was then engaged in traveling until 1881 for Fleitz &
Ganahl, and subsequently, until 1885, for the grain and flour commiss-
ion house of Bulte & Albrecht, St. Louis, his territory embracing
Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee.  
He was a successful salesman, traveling on an average 10,000 miles per
annum.  In 1885 he again settled in Washington, where his family had
lived during his absence, and resumed his old business in contracting
and building.  He is a first class mechanic and a good citizen.  His
work is done by hand and foot power machinery, with the latest modern
improvements.  In 1860 he married Mrs. Anne Beckman, nee Metting, who
was born in Germany in 1831.  The fruits of this marriage were two
children: Mary, wife of J. C. Vogel, in St. Louis, and Matilda, wife of
Louis Spreckelmeyer, also in St. Louis.  Mrs. Trentmann had two child-
ren by her first marriage: Julia, and Augusta, (wife of Martin Spreck-
elmeyer, of Washington, Mo.)  Mrs. Trentmann died in 1866, and the 
following year he married Catherine Holtmeyer, daughter of Ferdinand 
and Anna (Weber) Holtmeyer.  She was born in Franklin County, Mo., in
1841.  Six children were the result of this union: Annie, John, Henry, 
Louis, Willie and Celia, the last two being twins.  He is a Democrat in
politics, and he and family are members of the Catholic Church.  He was
a member of the school board one year, of the town council one year, 
and has for many years been a member of the fire department, in which 
he has always taken a great interest.

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