Biographical Sketch of F. W. Berthold, Franklin County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** F. W. Berthold, a native of Prussia, was born March 30, 1836, and is the second of the six children of John C. and Hermina (Becker) Bert- hold, the former a carpenter by trade. When fourteen years of age, F. W. Berthold came to the United States with his parents, settling first in Hermann, Mo., where they resided about two years, and then removed to Union, Franklin Co., Mo. When seventeen years old our subject began to learn the carpenter's trade, which has since been his principal occupation, working at bridge and depot building at the time of the erection of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. In 1862 he enlisted in Company G, Seventeenth Missouri Infantry, served three years, and was mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., in June, 1865. As a result of his perseverance and economy, he owns an improved farm of 160 acres. He was married June 14, 1862, to Emily Kierspe, a native of Germany. They have had eight children: Edward, Laura, John (de- ceased), Lena, John, William, Otto (deceased) and Alfred (deceased). Mr. and Mrs. Berthold are members of the Evangelical Church. Politic- ally, he is a Republican; he is a member of the Keeler Post, No. 152, G. A. R. ==================================================================== 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 ====================================================================