Biographical Sketch of George H. Buschmann, Gasconade County, Missouri

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

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George H. Buschmann, postmaster and merchant at Owensville, is a native
of this (Gasconade) County, born December 13, 1852, being the eldest of
ten children (nine living) in the family of his parents, Kasten and
Rebecca Buschmann, nee Eitmann, natives of near Bremen, Germany.  The
father, when a boy of fourteen years of age, immigrated with his par-
ents to America, settling in Gasconade County, where he remained until
twenty-one years of age.  Following this for several years he carried 
on a store in St. Louis, but finally returned to his adopted home and
engaged in farming.  He has become one of the most prominent men in the
county, having filled nearly every position within the gift of the 
people, including those of justice of the peace, collector, sheriff,
representative, county and probate judge, and others, sufficient testi-
monial of his popularity.  He is postmaster and notary public at Bay,
near which place he now resides upon his farm.  Himself and wife are 
members of the German Evangelical Church.  George H. Buschmann remained
at home with his father until twenty years of age, receiving the rudi-
ments of a liberal education in the common schools, which he finished
at Hermann. During the winter seasons for six years following he taught
school, clerking during the summer months, until, in company with a
brother-in-law, H. W. Stoenner, he started a store at Bay, also conduc-
ting a store at Owensville, where a brother, F. H. Buschmann, was also
associated with him.  In two years the establishment at Bay was taken
charge of by Mr. Stoenner, and two years after that Mr. Buschmann pur-
chased the interest of his partners, and has since been sole proprietor
of an establishment doing from $18,000 to $20,000 worth of business
yearly.  The stock is a general one, and well selected. October 2, 1882
Mr. Buschmann married Emma Colling, daughter of Jacob Colling.  She was
born near Hermann, and has become the mother of two daughters: Emma and
Flora.  Mr. Buschmann and wife are members of the Evangelical Church;
in politics he is a Democrat.

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