Biographical Sketch of Frank Stumpe, Franklin County, Missouri

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

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Frank Stumpe, brick maker of Washington, is the son of Henry and Katie
(Bruner) Stumpe, both of whom were natives of Germany, and in the year
1852 they immigrated to America and came to Washington, Mo.  He died 
in 1861 and his wife in 1866.  Of their family of nine children Frank
was the eighth.  He was reared on the farm and came to America when
nineteen years of age.  The first year he worked in St. Louis and in
Illinois, and in 1854 came to Washington, Mo., where for several years
he worked as a day laborer in a brickyard.  In 1862 he commenced the
manufacture of brick upon his own responsibility, and has since con-
tinued the same with the exception of the year 1886.  He has made on
average of 400,000 per annum, making in all 10,000,000 of brick, and
receiving for the same $60,000.  The largest number any one year was
700,000 and the least, 140,000.  In 1856 he married Miss Caroline 
Dreinherber, a native of Germany, born in 1838, and to them were born
seven children, viz.: Minnie, Henry, William, Frank, Fritz, August and 
Ernest.  Mrs. Stumpe died in 1883, and in 1884 he married Mrs. Mary
Walkenhorst, nee Rade, daughter of Peter Rade.  Mrs. Stumpe was born
in Germany in 1833, and came to America when twelve years of age.  Five
children were born to her first marriage: Charlotta, wife of Henry
Wefenstelle; Henry, Fred, August and Katie.  Mr. Stumpe is a Democrat
in his political views, was town councilman for two years, and he and
wife are members of the Lutheran Church.

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