Biographical Sketch of Oscar Ehlers, Franklin County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** Oscar Ehlers, sheriff of Franklin County, Mo., was born in that county and State, May 12, 1860, the son of William Ehlers, a farmer of Lyon Township, of this county. The father was a native of Germany, and emigrated to America about 1845. Our subject attained his majority on the farm, received the rudiments of an education in the common schools and finished at Johnson's Commercial College, at St. Louis, Mo. He left home in 1878 and located in New Haven, where he engaged in mer- chandising for about three years. He located in Union, in 1881, and took a position as deputy collector under R. M. Armstrong, which posi- tion he held for two years, after which he resumed merchandising at Champion City, Mo. In November, 1886, he was elected as sheriff on the Democratic ticket, receiving a majority of 279 votes, though the county is largely Republican. He is now filling the office with abil- ity and to the satisfaction of all concerned. ==================================================================== 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 ====================================================================