Biographical Sketch of August Boeger, Franklin County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** August Boeger, dealer in general merchandise at Berger since January, 1887, is a native of Germany, born in 1848, and the son of Simon and Frederica (Schierenberg) Boeger, who came to the United States about 1856, locating in Osage County, Mo., where the father died about 1858. He was a farmer and served as a soldier in his native country. The mother is still living in Osage County, and is about seventy-five years old. Our subject received the rudiments of an education in the common schools and finished at St. Louis. He then began clerking in a wholesale grocery in St. Louis, and in 1877 began business upon his own responsibility. He engaged in merchandising in Osage County, and in 1884 went to St. Louis, where he became partner of the St. Louis Hardware and Cutlery Company, acted as secretary for the said firm until 1887, when he returned to Berger, and is at present carrying a large stock of general merchandise, one that would compare favorably with any in a city of several thousand inhabitants. In the year 1872 he married Miss Dora Klinge and by her became the father of four chil- dren, all sons: George, Louis, Henry and Charley. Mr. Boeger was postmaster at Boeger Store, in Osage County, for several years. He is a Republican in politics, and his first presidential vote was cast for U. S. Grant. He and wife are members of the Evangelical Church. ==================================================================== 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 ====================================================================