Biographical Sketch of Anton Grass, Gasconade County, Missouri

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

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Anton Grass (deceased), eldest son of John Grass, was born in 1821, at
Klosters, Canton Grawbunden, Switzerland, where he was reared as a
peasant boy.  His father, who was a teacher, and later a collector of
revenue, managed to give his son a good education.  After growing up he
accepted a clerkship in a collector's office, and held this position
for two years, but wanting more room he left for America, in 1845, and
settled near Hermann on Frere Creek, in 1847, and two years later 
married Miss Henrietta Heck (daughter of Ernst Heck), who was born in
Oberdreisz, Rhelnpreusen, in 1820, and who descended from a long line
of preachers.  She immigrated from Urbach in 1848 in company with 
several brothers, and settled near Hermann, on Cole Creek the same
year.  After marriage Mr. Grass and wife settled on the farm where she
is still living.  In 1869 Anton and family moved to Missouri City, Clay
Co., Mo., where he engaged in vine growing, but died the same year. Two
years after the family returned to this county again.  In their family
were eight children, of whom five are living, all boys: John P., Anton,
Ernst, Charles and Henry.  Charles and Henry are the only ones in this
county.  The eldest and youngest of the boys are teachers, and the 
second son is a miner in the West.  The home place of 440 acres of land
is tilled by Charles and Henry.  The Grass family has been settled in
this county for forty years.  The father was a wide awake, stirring 
business man, as are all his sons. 

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