Biographical Sketch of Henry Vitt, Franklin County, Missouri

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

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Henry Vitt, a farmer of Lyon Township, Franklin County, is a native of
Westphalia, Prussia born in 1835.  His parents were John E. and Marie
E. (Remmel) Vitt, who were born, respectively, in 1805 and 1812, and
were married in 1831, they came to the United States in 1853 and loca-
ted in Lyon Township, where the father has since made his home, as one
of its enterprising farmers and influential citizens; he is now living
with his daughter, Mrs. Frick, having been a widower since 1853.  Mr.
John E. Vitt received from the king of Prussia, in 1833, a badge of
honor as a capable farmer, which he has yet. (Verdienst um den Staat.)
Henry Vitt received a good general education, and came with his parents
to Franklin County.  He served in the Home Guards and in the Missouri
State Militia during the war.  In 1859 he married Miss Anna, daughter
of Julius and Anna Schmidt Schweikart, natives of Saxony, Germany.  Mr.
Jul. Schmidt Schweikart was a member of Parliament in Frankfort-on-Main
in 1848, and came here as a refugee.  He served in the Home Guards and
died shortly after being discharged.  Mrs. and Mr. Vitt have four 
children: Julius, Nannie (wife of William Kattelmann), Martha (wife of
William Burchard) and Anna.  Mr. Vitt resides seven miles southwest of
Washington, where he has a fine farm of 220 acres under an excellent
state of cultivation, making one of the most desirable country homes in
Franklin County.  He is a stanch friend of educational advancement, and
spares no pains to enhance educational institutions and the social con-
dition of his county.  In political preference, he is a Republican, and
cast his first presidential vote for Lincoln, in 1860.

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