Biographical Sketch of John G. Droege, Franklin County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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John G. Droege, dealer in dry goods, clothing, groceries, queensware,
merchant tailoring and furnishing goods of Washington, is a native of
Hanover, Germany, born in 1843 and is the son of Fritz and Anna Eliza-
beth Droege, both natives of Hanover, Germany, born in 1808 and 1812,
respectively.  The father was a farmer, came to Franklin County, Mo.,
in 1854, and located on a farm five miles from Washington.  He and
three of his children died the same year with cholera.  His wife after-
wards married William Tiemann, who died in 1884, aged seventy-eight.
She was the mother of five children, only two now living: Joseph, who
is farming in Franklin County and John G.  John G. was eleven years
old when his parents came to the United States, and was reared and
grew to manhood mostly on the farm.  In 1864 he clerked in a grocery
store in St. Louis and in 1865 and 1866 clerked for his step-father
and worked on the farm at times.  In 1867 he established a general
store in Washington, and in 1870 took Mr. J. D. Grothaus in as a part-
ner; he bought out the latter's interest in 1876, and has continued
the present business since then.  In 1868 he married Miss Mary G.
Ekler, a native of Franklin County, Mo., born in 1848, and the daugh-
ter of Franz and Margaretha (Wagner) Ekler, who died in 1882 and 1854
respectively.  To Mr. Droege and wife were born eight children: Anna
E., Frank H., Mary G., Katharina M., William J., Margaretha M., Helena
M. and Joseph A.  Our subject has been in business in this place for
the last twenty years, and is one of the substantial business men of
Washington.  In politics he is very conservative, voting for principle
and not for party, but rather favors the Democratic platform.  He and
family are members of the Catholic Church.

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