Biographical Sketch of George William Klenk, Gasconade County, Missouri

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

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George William Klenk, of the firm of Klenk & Bensing, contractors and
builders, of Hermann, was born in that city in 1849, and is the son of
Matthew and Augusta (Stockr) Klenk, natives of Wurtemberg, Germany, and
Prussia, respectively.  When young both came to Hermann, where they 
were married about 1845, and where the mother still resides. The father
died March 21, 1862.  He was a carpenter by occupation, learning the
trade in the old country, and was a soldier in the Mexican War.  George
W. was educated in the public schools, and, at the age of sixteen, be-
gan learning his trade in St. Louis, where he worked for six or seven
years.  He spent a year and a half in Kansas City, after which he re-
turned to Hermann, where he has since resided.  He was married in 1875
to Miss Julia Noe, a native of Hermann, and to this union were born six
children: William, Louisa, Rosy, Hanna, George and Emma.  Mr. Klenk is
a Republican in politics, casting his first vote for U. S. Grant, in
1872.  He is a member of the I. O. O. F., the A. O. U. W., and a member
of the Lutheran Church, and is also one of the county's best citizens.

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