Biographical Sketch of George Herbst, 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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George Herbst, contractor and builder, was born in Baden, Germany,
September 6, 1825, and was there raised and learned his trade.  He
came to the United States in 1853, his father, Matthias, locating
with the family in St. Joseph, where he was a constant resident.
Our subject engaged in working at his trade, and today in St. Joseph
there are many specimens of his skill, among which are the St. Joseph
and New Ulm breweries, the canning factory and others.  In 1873, he
met with a severe loss.  He constructed the Exposition building, and
as it neared completion, a cyclone demolished the entire structure.
It crippled his finances to an alarming extent, but with an energy
characteristic of a German, soon recovered his losses.  He was married
in Dubuque, Iowa, to Miss Tris Waldenspul.  They have two children:
Anson and Herman, a promising young man, and a carpenter.

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