Biographical Sketch of Fred Erb, Jr., 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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Fred Erb, Jr., was born in Lafayette, Indiana, November 25, 1859,
and came to St. Joseph in 1874.  He married Miss Addie Schaufert,
of this city, May 18, 1880.  They have one son, Freddie.  He early
developed a natural taste for hunting, and is an expert with a gun.
In 1880, in St. Joseph, in a trial with the celebrated Bogardus, he
beat him 93 to 83.  In June of the same year, at Easton, Pennsylvania,
he won the shot of Bogardus, by 50 to 47.  These games were for large 
sums of money.  At St. Louis, May 28, 1881, he shot with W. T. Mitch-
ell, for $200, 100 birds each, English rules, killing 93 to Mitchell's
85, which is the best score on record by seven birds, using a Purdy
Gun, English make.  He has had trials with many of the professionals,
and almost always was the victor.

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