Biographical Sketch of Henry Winkelmeyer, Franklin County, Missouri

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

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Henry Winkelmeyer, farmer, of Township 43, Range 1 west, of Franklin
County, Mo., was born in Hanover, Germany, November 7, 1842, and is the
son of John Henry and Mary Winkelmeyer.  The parents moved to America
in 1844, and located at St. Louis, where they remained until about 1858
and then removed to Franklin County.  The father died in St. Louis in
1847, and the mother died in Franklin County in 1881.  Henry after mov-
ing to Franklin County engaged in agricultural pursuits, and now owns
103 acres of good farming land, two miles south of Union.  In 1861 he
enlisted in the Federal army, joining Company G, Seventeenth Regiment
of Missouri Volunteers and served three years.  In 1864 he married Miss
Catherine Buscher, who was born in Germany, and is the daughter of 
William Buscher, of Franklin County.  To this union eleven children
have been born, eight now living.  In his political views Mr. Winkel-
meyer is a Republican, and quite a prominent member of that party.

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