Biographical Sketch of W. L. Sommer, 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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W. L. Sommer, foreman and manager of F. L. Sommer & Co.'s Cracker
Factory, is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in Philadelphia
July 16, 1853.  At an early age he remove with his parents to 
Wheeling, Virginia, residing there for a number of years, and also,
for a time, lived in Columbus, Ohio.  In 1868, he became a resident
of St. Joseph, Missouri.  He was married in 1876, to Miss Eliza 
Bowen.  They have two children: Beatrice and Gertrude.

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