Biographical Sketch of Edward Schumacher, Franklin County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** Edward Schumacher, farmer, of Boeuf Township, is a native of St. Louis, born in 1857, and is a son of Christian and Mary (Peper) Schumacher, natives of Germany, born in 1824 and 1829, respectively. They immigra- ted to the United States in 1842, were married in St. Louis, and there were engaged in the grocery business till about 1873, when they came to Franklin County, Mo., remaining only till 1878. Returning then to St. Louis, they again resumed the wholesale and retail grocery business. The father served a short time in the late war but was honorably dis- charged on account of ill health. Edward was reared and educated in St. Louis, and accompanied his parents to Franklin County, where he was married in 1878 to Miss Caroline Gerding, a native of Boeuf Township, Franklin Co., Mo., born in 1858, and the daughter of Christian H. and Louisa Gerding, natives of Germany, born about 1826 and 1827, respec- tively. They came to the United States when young, were married in Franklin County about 1852, and settled about three miles south of New Haven, where they remained until 1887. They then removed to Warren County, where the father is engaged in merchandising. To Mr. Schumach- er and wife were born three children: Laura L. M., Charley E. C. W. and Amelia C. L. After marriage our subject immediately located on his father's farm, three miles south of New Haven, and is now the owner of 116 acres of well improved land. Mr. Schumacher is a man of good edu- cation from a St. Louis commercial college, but was taken sick and had the misfortune to lose his hearing. He is a Republican in politics, casting his first presidential vote of J. A. Garfield. He and wife are members of the Evangelical Church. ==================================================================== 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 ====================================================================