Biographical Sketch of Joseph Roth, Gasconade County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** Joseph Roth, farmer, is the son of Matthew and Margaret (Bovarie) Roth, both natives of Bavaria, where they spent all their lives on a farm, he being burgomaster. In their family were nine children, eight sons and one daughter. The father was born in 1785, and died in 1854. The moth- er was born in 1796, and died in 1854. Of the children four of the sons came to the United States, the first in 1845 and the last in 1854. Joseph was born in Bavaria, in 1830, and followed the occupation of a butcher in the old country. In 1853 he came to America, and worked in the rolling mill at Wheeling, Va. Two years later he came to this county, and settled where he now lives, owning 240 acres of choice land. In 1857 he went to Wheeling, and chose his wife in the person of Miss Jane Oberg, who was born in Brunswick, Germany, in 1833. When Mr. Roth came to America he had little or nothing with which to make a start, and all he has was made by his own efforts. He is a Republican in his political views. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================