Biographical Sketch of George Goeller, Sr., Franklin County, Missouri

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

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George Goeller, Sr., stone-cutter and contractor of Washington, was
born October 4, 1830, in Germany, son of George and Mary (Kraft)
Goeller.  Our subject is the second of a family of seven children.
He was reared and grew up on the farm, and in 1852 emigrated to the
United States, where, for the first year, he worked in Kentucky.  
The following year he came to Franklin County, Mo., and in 1856 he
commenced working at the stone-cutter's trade, and has since contin-
ued this business with the exception of four years during the war, 
when he was in Buchanan County, Iowa, farming and being the owner of
eighty acres.  December 27, 1857, he married Miss Veronica Mueller,
daughter of William and W. Mueller.  Mrs. Goeller was born July 13,
1840, in Germany, and came to the United States when twelve years of
age.  By her marriage she became the mother of two children: Lizzie,
wife of Fred Willimann; and George Jr. Lizzie has two children:
Blanche and Fred.  George Jr., is also a stone-cutter by trade,
having learned the same of his father nine years ago.  The father
and son work together, and are doing a good business in Washington.
They cut the stone for the public and high school buildings in Wash-
ington and school building in Union, the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in
Washington, and many of the business and private houses.  Mr. Goeller 
is a Republican in politics, and Mrs. Goeller is a member of the Cath-
olic Church.

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