Biographical Sketch of Henry Bottger, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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Henry Bottger, contractor and builder, Saxton, was born September 11,
1836, in the City of Florenceburg, Holstein, Germany, and was there
reared and received the benefits of an education.  When fourteen years
of age, he commenced to learn the carpenter's trade.  In 1854, he
crossed the ocean, and landed at New York, working there for two years,
and then emigrated West.  He stopped a short time in Wisconsin and
Chicago, and came to St. Joseph, Missouri in 1858, remaining a short
time, when he moved to Andrew County.  During the late war, he served
for three years in the Enrolled Missouri Militia, under Captain Lewis,
and then enlisted in the Eighteenth Missouri Infantry, Company E., and
served until the end of the war.  He took part in the battle of 
Atlanta, and was with General Sherman on his famous march to the sea
and around to Washington.  He returned to Andrew County, and engaged
in farming, and came to Buchanan County in June, 1880, and settled in
Saxton.  He has built many buildings in St. Joseph and Andrew County.
He was married December 30, 1860, to Miss Alice McLaughlin, a native
of Andrew County, Missouri.  She died December 13, 1873, and left 
four children: Rose, now Mrs. Henry Palmer; John, George W. and Mary.
Mr. Bottger is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

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