Biographical Sketch of Joseph J. Roth, Franklin County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** Joseph J. Roth, blacksmith and wagon-maker, Spring Bluff, was born in Highland County, Ill., in 1847 and is the youngest of three children born to Sebastian Roth and wife, who both died with cholera, in 1849, and our subject remembers very little of his parentage. His godfather, Joseph Hoffman, took care of the little fellow until he was eight years of age, when he was bound to Gabriel Oestrich, a brick mason. He re- ceived a good common school education, and at the age of seventeen en- listed in the Union army, Company K, Tenth Illinois Infantry, and ser- ved throughout the war, participating in Sherman's raid through the South. At the close of the war he returned to Illinois and learned the trade of blacksmith and wagon-maker, under Stephen Schwartz. In High- land, Ill., in 1872 he married Emelia, daughter of Charles F. Erxleben, and by this union there were six children, only three of whom are liv- ing, viz.: Otto J., Mathilda J. and Aminda E. He immigrated to Missouri in the fall of 1878, and settled at his present homestead, at Spring Bluff, on a farm of sixty acres, but is still following his trade. He is a worthy member of the holy Catholic Church, to which he lends cheerful aid. In politics he is a Democrat. ==================================================================== 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 ====================================================================