Biographical Sketch of Frederick T. Beckmann, Franklin County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** Frederick T. Beckmann, one of the oldest citizens and merchants of Franklin County, is the son of Frederick and Fredericka (Waldschmidt) Beckmann, who were born, married and reared a family of eight children in Hesse Cassel, Germany, where they passed their days. The father was a Protestant preacher, and lived to be sixty-two years of age. The mother died at the age of eighty-six. Frederick T. was born in Hesse Cassel in 1814, and received every advantage for an excellent educa- tion. After attending the public schools he graduated at the gymnas- ium, and then entered the university at Marburg, where he took a course in law, but a change of purpose caused him to take a course in theology, graduating in 1845. He then entered upon his ministerial duties, continuing at the same for about two and a half years. In 1850 he came to America, located in St. Louis, and after living there a short time, moved to New Orleans, where he sold newspapers, books, etc. While there, and in 1852, he married Miss Charlotte B. Pfoten- hauer, a highly educated Germany lady, born at Eisenach, Germany, in the year 1819. Having located in Ste. Genevieve he followed peddling for some time, after which he purchased a small farm near Ste. Gene- vieve, on which he lived for about five years. After spending some time in Illinois, he came to Franklin County, opened a store, and has continued merchandising ever since. In 1885 he had the misfortune to lose his wife, and is now spending his last days alone. Mr. Beckmann was a Democrat in politics before the war, and since that event has been a Republican. He is a member of the Evangelical Church, as was also his wife. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================