Biographical Sketch of Conrad Stunkle, Lafayette County, Missouri

>From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled
from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo.
Historical Company, 1881.
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Conrad Stunkle, ex-judge and farmer, postoffice Concordia; was born in
Hanover, Germany, December 11, 1811; was reared and educated there.  In
1837, he came to the United States, over which he spent three years in
traveling.  In 1840, he was married to Mary Gerberdinge, of St. Louis,
formerly of Germany, by whom he had seven children, three of whom are
now living: Lewis, Derinda (Mrs. Frung), and Louisa (Mrs. Bersicker). In
1845 he settled on the farm where he now resides, consisting of 185 
acres of excellent farming land, which joins the city of Concordia on 
the north.  In 1869 he was elected judge of the county court, for a term
of six years.  In 1875, the trouble in regard to the compromising of the
Lexington & St. Louis railroad bonds coming up, he, with his associate
judges, resigned office.  Judge Stunkle favored a compromise, his plan
being to have a committee of the people to wait upon the bondholders and
secure as favorable an adjustment of the difficulty as possible.  The 
judge and family are all members of the Lutheran church and are held in
high estimation by all who know them.

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