Biographical Sketch of Louis Dieckgraefe, Gasconade County, Missouri

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

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Louis Dieckgraefe was born in Westphalia, Germany, in 1825, the second
of eight children born to Peter Casper and Christina (Stein) Dieck-
graefe, both native Germans, born in 1801 and 1795, respectively.  They
were married in 1821.  The father was a needle maker by trade, and the
last twenty years of his life was a forester.  He died in 1873, and his
wife in 1856.  Their son, Louis, attended school until thirteen years
of age, and then worked with his father until 1848.  From that time 
until 1851 he served in the regular army in Germany, and in 1854 came
to Gasconade County, Mo., with a company of eighty persons, including
Henry Brandenburger, who afterward became his father-in-law.  In 1855
he married the latter's daughter, who died in 1863, leaving four child-
ren: Louis H., Rudolph E., Albert W. and Alvina.  In 1863 he took for
his second wife Catherine Niebruegge, and by her became the father of
nine children, six of whom are living: Lena, Lydia, Fred, Henry, 
William and Emma.  Owing to industry and economy Mr. Dieckgraefe is 
now the owner of 300 acres of good land.  He is the only one of his
people who came to the United States, with the exception of one brother
who came in 1863, and is now deceased.  Mr. Dieckgraefe is a fine
scholar, and when he came to the United States he bought a dictionary,
and very readily acquired the English language.  He served in the State
Militia during the late war, and from 1868 to 1882 was postmaster of
Woolam.  In 1880 he was the census taker of Third Creek Township, and
has several times served as deputy assessor.  Politically, he was 
formerly a Republican, and cast his first presidential vote for Lincoln
but he now affiliates with the Democratic party.

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