Biographical Sketch of John H. Ruediger, Gasconade County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** John H. Ruediger, a leading armer of Roark Township, Gasconade Co., Mo., is the son of Louis and Catherine E. (Siebert) Ruediger, both natives of Hesse Cassel, Germany, the father born in 1771. After marriage they spent the balance of their days in their native country, the father en- gaging in agricultural pursuits. The latter lived to be sixty-four years of age. Out of the family of thirteen born to this marriage, two came to the United States, John H. and a brother named Jacob, who died leaving two sons. John was born in Hesse Cassel, Germany, in 1821, was reared as a farmer boy, and, after reaching manhood (in 1847), took for his companion through life Miss Anna C. Armbruester, also a native of Hesse Cassel, born in 1826. After marriage they came direct to Gascon- ade County, and after living two years in Hermann, settled on their present farm, which consists of 120 acres. The fruits of this marriage were fourteen children, six sons and eight daughters. Mr. Ruediger has given to his sons 120 acres, besides what he now has. He is a Repub- lican in politics, and he and wife are members of the Evangelical Church. While in Germany he was one of the body guards of the Grand Duke of Hesse Cassel, and after coming to this country was in the militia. His father was in the war against France from 1813 to 1815. ==================================================================== 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 ====================================================================