Biographical Sketch of William F. Jaeger, Franklin County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** William F. Jaeger, blacksmith at Cedar Fork, is the son of Charles and Sophia (Jorss) Jaeger, both natives of Mecklenburg, Germany, and resi- dents of that country until 1867, when they came to New York, and from there to Franklin County, Mo., and here passed the remainder of their days on the farm. They lived to be seventy-one and sixty-nine years, respectively. William F. is the youngest of a family of seven child- ren, five sons and two daughters. He was also born in Germany, in 1859 and received his education in both English and German. At the age of eighteen he began to learn his trade. After working for others until 1882, he opened a shop, and has been successfully engaged in business ever since. In 1883 he married Miss Anna C. Meyer, daughter of John H. Meyer. The fruits of this union were two children: Hertha and Florence. In 1885 Mr. Jaeger was appointed postmaster at Cedar Fork, which position he has since held. He is a Republican in politics, is considered a good smith and has received a liberal 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 ====================================================================