Biographical Sketch of Herman A. Ulrich, Franklin County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** Herman A. Ulrich, one of the prominent farmers and beekeepers of the county, was born in Prussia in 1842. When two years old he was brought to this country by his parents, who settled in "Buncombe Bottoms," St. Louis Co., Mo., whence they removed to Jefferson County, where Herman A. attended the common schools, completing his education at Oakfield Academy. Inheriting but a small amount of property from his father, he has added thereto until he is now the owner of a well cultivated farm of 160 acres. In 1871 he married Miss Anna Springmeyer, of Jefferson County, Mo., who was born February 22, 1852 and who died in 1873, the mother of two children: Ferdinand E. and Christianna E. In 1880 Mr. Ulrich married Miss Louisa M. Smeltz, a native of Collinsville, Ill. Four children have been born to them, viz.: Christian A., Christian J., Mary L. and Franz F. In political preference Mr. Ulrich is a Republi- can; he served one year as justice of the peace, and is at present the township clerk of the district school where he resides. He was the youngest of the six children of Gottlieb and Christianna B. (Guenther) Ulrich, also natives of Prussia. Gottlieb Ulrich served three years in the German regular army, he was a butcher by trade, but engaged in farming after coming to this country. His parents were Andrew and Mary L. Ulrich, the former also a butcher. Mrs. Christianna B. Ulrich was a daughter of John M. and Christianna Guenther. Mr. Guenther was a team- ster by occupation before there were railroads in Germany, and owned some of the finest draught horses in the country. ==================================================================== 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 ====================================================================