Biographical Sketch of Fritz Cronhardt, Johnson County, Missouri
Jefferson Township
>From "The History of Johnson County, Missouri," 
Kansas City Historical Co. 1881

FRITZ CRONHARDT,

farmer, Jefferson township.  Was born in Germany, in 1831.  He lived in
his native country until about fifteen years of age, most of which time
he spent going to school.  He came to the United States in 1846,
crossing in an American vessel, and landed in Baltimore, Maryland, where
he remained until 1852, and learned the shoemaker's trade.  In 1852 he
went to Richmond, Virginia, where he run a boot and shoe store for one
year.  In 1853 he moved to Missouri and settled in Calhoun, Henry
county, where he opened a small store.  He afterward moved to
Warrensburg, where he was engaged in the boot and shoe trade for about
three years, after which he moved to Knobnoster, and went to farming, at
the same time he worked at his trade.  He continued this until his
health began to fail, when he devoted his attention altogether to
farming.  He remained on his farm near Knobnoster for twenty-five years,
and then in 1881 he moved onto his present farm, containing 500 acres of
choice land, most of which is in cultivation, with a good residence.
When Mr. C. came to Missouri he had only $300, and lost that, and had to
go to the shoe bench.  In 1863 he was burned out, and lost heavily.  He
was married in Warrensburg in 1854, to Miss Catherine Endrich.  By this
union the have had eight children, five of whom are living: Charles J.,
Anna K., Andrew J., Lewis F. and Alice M.

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