Biographical Sketch of Louis Poeschel, Gasconade County, Missouri

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

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Louis Poeschel, another successful farmer of Roark Township, is the son 
of Melchior and Sophia (Stedzner) Poeschel.  The father was born in 
Saxony in 1813, and the mother in Prussia in 1819.  While in the old
country the father followed the occupation of a stone mason, and since
coming to this country has followed agricultural pursuits and wine 
growing.  They made the trip to America in 1854, and located in Gascon-
ade County, where, the same year, the mother died, leaving nine child-
ren.  The father has married twice since then, and by his second wife
had three children.  The father is still living, and is a member of the
Evangelical Church, of which his first wife was also a member.  Louis
was born in Saxony, Germany, in 1839, and reared on a farm, and in the
spring of 1854 he and his brother came to America about two months be-
fore their parents.  During the war he served in the Home Guards, the
Third Missouri Reserve Corps, and was transferred to the Fourth Miss-
ouri Volunteer Infantry.  He then served seventeen months on a gunboat
on the Mississippi River, in all he served about three years.  After 
the cessation of hostilities he returned to Gasconade County, where he
has farmed ever since.  In 1864 he married Miss Mary Streker, a native
of Gasconade County, and the result of this union was the birth of
twelve children, six sons and six daughters.  Two of the sons are de-
ceased.  Mr. Poeschel has 160 acres of good land, besides some town
property, and has made this county his home for thirty-four years.  He
is a Republican in his political views, and he and wife are members of
the Evangelical Church, to which they contribute liberally.  They are
highly esteemed in the community, and are recognized as substantial
citizens of the county.

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