Biographical Sketch of Frederick F. Blom, Franklin County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** Frederick F. Blom, merchant, is the son of Henry W. and Cathrina E. (Dickman) Blom, both natives of Germany. The mother had been pre- viously married to a Mr. Voltman, with whom she came to St. Louis. She was afterward married to the father of our subject, and later moved to Franklin County, where she died. She had one son by her first marriage, and ten sons and two daughters by her second marriage. Of these children only five are now living. Frederick F. was born in Franklin County, January 23, 1860, and was educated in the common schools of the county. He remained at home until 1882, when he was united in marriage to Miss Catherine M. Lefmann, a native of this County, born in the year 1861. To this union were born three children, viz.: Louis H. W., Henry W., Frederick W. In 1881, Mr. Blom, in part- nership with his father, opened a store of general merchandise at Jeffriesburgh, where they remained in partnership two years, when the son became sole proprietor, and has been in active business ever since. In 1886 he was appointed postmaster at Jeffriesburgh, and is holding the office at present. Mr. Blom has made this county his home all his life, and is accounted a good business man and an honest, upright citi- zen. In politics, he is a stanch Democrat, but has never aspired to any place of public trust, but has always attended strictly to business, and as a result has met with well merited success and patronage. ==================================================================== 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 ====================================================================