Biographical Sketch of Conrad Humburg, Gasconade County, Missouri

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

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Conrad Humburg, ex-county judge, farmer and wine grower, was born near
Hesse Castle, Germany, January 31, 1835, and is the son of Jacob and
Anna C. (Meilbert) Humburg, both natives of the same place as our sub-
ject.  The father was a wealthy land owner and burgomaster of Crumbach.
Having lived in their native country until 1867, they came to America
and located in Roark Township.  All their children, ten in number, were
born in Germany, and eight of them came with their parents to America.
The father died in 1881, at the age of seventy-eight, but the mother is
still living, and is eighty-two years old.  All six of their boys came
to America to escape military duty.  Conrad was but nineteen years of
age when he left the old country for America, and, after remaining here
three years, returned on a visit to his fatherland, but he could not
stay long or he would be pressed into service.  He then returned and 
has made this county his home principally ever since.  In 1863 he marr-
ied Mrs. Margaret Pfortenhauer, nee Pfilifn, a native of Switzerland.
By her first husband she became the mother of five children, and by her
second marriage became the mother of four children.  In 1871 she died
and the following year Mr. Humburg married Pauline Shuetz, who bore him
six children.  He and wife are members of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church, as was also his first wife.  In 1882 he was chosen county judge
and held that position for two years.  He is a Republican in politics,
and during the war served in the militia.  He is a member of the Agri-
cultural Wheel.  He owns 200 acres of land, of which 100 acres are 
under cultivation, and is a prominent citizen of the county.

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