Biographical Sketch of Christopher Horstmann, Gasconade County, Missouri

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

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Christopher Horstmann, another old settler of Gasconade County, was
born in Prussia in 1808, and is the son of Adolph Horstmann.  The
parents of Christopher were born, reared and married in Prussia, and
during the occupancy of Prussia by the French soldiery, both parents
and a sister were taken away by a contagious disease, leaving two
children, a daughter twelve years of age and the subject of this
sketch.  The latter was reared by his guardian, and after reaching
the age of manhood took charge of his father's farm.  In 1830 he
married Elizabeth Schonemeyer, also a native of Prussia, and of the
five children born to their marriage, three were born in Germany, 
one on the way, and one more was born in America.  They arrived here 
in 1837, landed at Newport, Franklin County, and the following spring
came to Gasconade County, where they settled on their present farm,
consisting of 160 acres.  In 1872 his wife died.  She was a worthy
member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, of which her husband is
also a member.  Mr. Horstmann is conservative in politics, and has
been a resident of this county for fifty years.  He is an honest,
worthy citizen.

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