Biographical Sketch of Omar Strehly, Franklin County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** Omar Strehly, a prominent blacksmith of Sullivan, Franklin Co., Mo., was born in Gasconade County, Mo., in 1858 and is the third in the family of six children of Charles P. and Sophia (Schlender) Strehly. He was reared and educated in Hermann, Gasconade County, and began doing for himself in 1878, as an apprentice to the blacksmith's trade under J. C. Miller, in Osage County. April 28, 1882, he married Martha, daughter of Michael Henneberger, by whom he has two children, one son and one daughter, named Julia and Edward. He moved to and opened a blacksmith shop in Sullivan, November 9, 1884, and has since been doing a good business in his line; he has made some improvements on the two lots he owns, has a nice residence and a shop well stocked with tools. He is a member of the A. O. U. W., a Republican in poli- tics, and an enterprising young mechanic. ==================================================================== 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 ====================================================================