Biographical Sketch of Charles H. Kleinschmidt, Jefferson County, MO >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** Charles H. Kleinschmidt, attorney-at-law and public administrator, at Hillsboro, is a native of Dillenburg, Nassau, Germany, born in 1858, and the only child of John L. and Augusta (Geise) Kleinschmidt, natives of Germany. The father was born in 1821, was well educated, was a chemist, mining engineer, etc. He came to the United States in 1849, and went to California during the gold excitement. A few years later he went to St. Louis, where he was for a short time engaged in the drug business, and where he has since made his home, although his business has called him to various parts of the world for a number of years, be- ing employed for a St. Louis tin mining company, as a chemist and min- ing engineer. He made seven trips to his native country where Mrs. Kleinschmidt died in 1858. He has written many valuable articles on mineralogy, and is well known in mining circles, his service in that direction having been of inestimable value. Charles H. was born in Germany, while his parents were visiting in that country, and remained there until fourteen years of age, attending one of the most celebrat- ed boarding schools. He then came to St. Louis, and in 1879 began the study of law, where, at the end of two years, he graduated. In 1882 he came to Hillsboro, where he has already obtained a successful prac- tice in Jefferson County. He was thrown on his own resources at an early age, and worked at whatever employment he could obtain. He has been notary public since 1882, and public administrator since 1884. In 1883 he wedded Teresa, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Volmar, and a native of St. Louis. To this union one child was born. Mr. Klein- schmidt is a member of the Masonic fraternity, a Democrat in politics, casting his first vote for Gen. Hancock. ==================================================================== 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 ====================================================================