Biographical Sketch of William Doerman, Gasconade County, Missouri

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

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William Doerman is the son of Frederick W. and Catherine M. (Ahlemeyer)
Doerman, both natives of Prussia, Germany, the former born in 1801, and
the latter in 1795.  The father was a farmer by occupation, and, on
account of having lost the sight of an eye, escaped a soldier's life.
Of their five children, all were born in Prussia.  After living in
their native country until 1840, they came to America, locating in Gas-
conade County, Mo., and here the parents passed the residue of their
days.  Both were members of the Evangelical Church.  The mother died in
1859, and the father afterward married Mrs. Louise Tappe, previous to
his marriage to the mother of William, he had been married, and was the
father of one son.  He died in 1881.  The subject of this sketch was 
born in Prussia, Germany, in 1836, and was reared in this county.  Dur-
ing the war he served about seven months in the militia, but, previous
to this, in 1858, he had married Miss Henrietta Brandenburger, who was
born in Westphalia in 1838.  She came with her parents to this country
in 1854, and was here married to Mr. Doerman.  To them were born six
children, five now living.  Mr. Doerman is a Republican in politics, as
was his father before him, and he and wife are members of the Evangeli-
cal Church. For forty-eight years he has been a resident of this county,
is a good farmer and an intelligent citizen.  He has 656 acres of good
land, which he has made by his own exertions and with the help of his
wife.

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