Biographical Sketch of Christ Wehmeyer, Gasconade County, Missouri

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

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Christ Wehmeyer, an enterprising stock dealer of Morrison, Mo., was
born in Prismende, Germany, August 23, 1843, and is the son of Fred-
erick and Catherine Wehmeyer, themselves natives of the same country,
who immigrated to the United States, and located in Warren County, Mo.,
when Christ was quite a young boy.  While in Germany, the father was a
tailor, but after coming to this country his attention was turned to
farming, his home continuing to be in Warren County until his death in
1861, at the age of fifty-eight; she was of the same age at the time of
her death, four years later.  Christ and a brother, John C., at present 
a resident of Gasconade County, are the only children living of the 
original family of six.  In 1863 he removed from Warren to Franklin
County, and thence to Osage County in 1866, where he lived until 1882
with the exception of the years 1872 and 1873, when he was engaged in
stock dealing in Washington, Franklin County.  Since the date mentioned
he has made his home in Morrison, and from a small start has come to be
a prominent stock man of the county, shipping annually from $20,000 to
$25,000.  During the late war he served eight months in Company H,
Twenty-third Missouri (United States service), but owing to ill health
was discharged.  March 11, 1865, Mr. Wehmeyer was married to Miss Mary
Rusch, a native of Switzerland, daughter of Jacob Rusch.  This union 
has been blessed with five children, two of whom survive: Bertha and
Martha.  Anna, Henry and an infant are deceased.  Mr. and Mrs. Wehmeyer
are members of the Methodist Church, and the former is much interested
in Sunday School work, having served as superintendent several years.
Politically, he is a Republican.

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