Biographical Sketch of Colonel A. N. Schuster, 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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Colonel A. N. Schuster.  One of the representative men, not only of
St. Joseph, but of the great and growing West, is Colonel Schuster.
Although a native of Rheinish, Prussia, where he was born January 1,
1837, and educated in accordance with the strict regulations of that
country, dreams of the New World early dazzled his imagination, and 
in 1857, when he was just out of his teens, he crossed the ocean and
came directly west to Savannah, Missouri.  He immediately accepted a
position in the store of his uncle, Mr. August Schuster, and gave his
days to business and by far the larger portions of his nights to the
study of the English language, in which his powers of apprehension,
coupled with his unremitting perseverance, soon rendered him profic-
ient.  On May 1, 1862, he married the accomplished Miss Lucretia 
Price, daughter of W. A. Price, a representative business man of
Savannah.  By this marriage he has three daughters: Luada, Florence
and Edna.  In 1865, he removed to St. Joseph and took charge of the
United States Collector's office as deputy collector, his father-in-
law, Mr. Price, being collector.  In 1866, he engaged in mercantile
business for himself.  For the next six years he was very active and
enterprising in the retail trade, being connected with four different
stores.  At the end of that time he went to wholesaleing.  From 1869
to 1871 he was United States Collector for what is now two Congress-
ional districts, embracing twenty five counties.  In 1872, he was
elector of this distric to the celebrated electoral college which had
such stormy discussions over the enfranchising of the so called rebel
element.  Colonel Schuster warmly advocated enfranchisement and had an
honest and decided difference of opinion from certain of the Republican
party to which he belonged.  He has since had the satisfaction of see-
ing his views fully endorsed.  Nine years ago he went into the whole-
sale business under the firm name of Schuster, Ketcham & Co.  Afterwards
the firm was Tootle, Schuster & Co., now it is A. N. Schuster & Co.  In
addition he is connected with the bank of Schuster, Hax & Co., is pres-
ident of four Kansas banks, and is largely interested in stock raising
in Texas and Arizona.

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