Biographical Sketch of William Kramer, Jefferson County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** William Kramer, retired tailor of De Soto, was born in Germany, in 1831 and is the second in the family of ten children born to Peter and Mag- delena Kramer. He was educated in his native country, and at the age of seventeen commenced to learn the tailor's trade, serving an appren- ticeship of two years. He immigrated to the United States in 1851, and first located in New Orleans, where he worked at his trade until 1864; he then moved to St. Louis, where he resided until 1878, when he locat- ed in De Soto, where he has lived a quiet and retired life. In 1858 he married Miss Mary Knab, who was born in Alsace, France, now Germany, in 1831, and came to America in 1855, locating in New Orleans. Mrs. Kram- er is a practitioner of the obstetric art by profession, receiving her education in her native country, and attending medical school six months; she has been constantly engaged in practice for the past ten years, and has been very successful in her chosen profession. In poli- tics, Mr. Kramer is conservative, voting for principle and not for the party. He is a member of the Evangelical Church, while Mrs. Kramer is a member of the Roman Catholic Church. ==================================================================== 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 ====================================================================