Hickory County, Missouri Biographies--Frank Mieler History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, Missouri, 1889. Published by Goodspeed. Pages 600, 601 Frank Mieler is one of the numerous successful farmers and stockmen of Cross Timbers Township, Hickory County, Mo., and was born in Alsace, France in 1842; He was there reared and educated, and was by trade a contractor and builder, at which he worked after coming to the United States in 1871. He landed at Castle Garden of the 5th of February of that year, and, after remaining in the city of New York for three years, went to Woodland, of the same State, where he resided two years, then to Westchester, remaining two years, then returned to New York City, where he was engaged in contracting and building for seven years, his services being employed on some of the largest buildings in the city. He emigrated West to Missouri, and followed the same occupation at West Pilot and around Kansas City, Mo., for four years, and has been very successful in his work, and has deeds for 300 acres of good land in Hickory County, which land he will sell for $35 per acre, some of good river bottom land, and the rest in on the ridges. He is a stanch Republican in his political views, and he and wife, whom he married while residing in New York City, are members of the Catholic Church. Her maiden name was Miss Minnie Rebecky and she was born in Alsace, France, in 1850. ==================================================================== 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: K. Snow ====================================================================