Biographical Sketch of Fritz William Maschmann, Franklin County, MO

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

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Fritz William Maschmann, retail liquor dealer of Washington, is a
native of Hanover, Germany, born December 26, 1848 and is the son 
of John H. and Mary (Brinkmann) Maschmann, both natives of Hanover,
Germany, and both born in the year 1823.  The father emigrated to
America in 1852 and located in Washington, Mo., where he worked at
various kinds of employment until 1863, when he bought a farm of 
fifty-eight acres in Boeuf Township, where he located and began his
career as a farmer.  Mr. Maschmann and his wife are both living,
and have reared ten children, viz.: Fitz William, Henry J., Lizzie
(wife of Henry Bucholtz), John H., Edward and Fritz (twins), Bertha,
Mat., Ida and Emma (twins).  Our subject was six years old when his
parents came to America, and was reared and grew to manhood on the
farm.  About 1877 he came to Washington and worked at different
kinds of employment until 1879, when he hired as bar tender in a
saloon.  In 1881 he established his present business on his own re-
sponsibility.  November 24, 1881, he married Miss Mary Schenkbier,
who was born March 19, 1860 in Franklin County, Mo., and three
children have blessed this union: Ida, Amanda and Regena. Mr. Masch-
mann is a good business man, and keeps the best kind of liquors and
cigars.  He is a Republican in his political views, and he and wife
are members of the Evangelical St. Peter's Lutheran Church of Wash-
ington.

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