Biographical Sketch of Emil G. Boisselier, Phelps County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, 
Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing
Company, 1889.
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Emil G. Boisselier (deceased) was for many years an extensive hardware
merchant and brass manufacturer of St. Louis, Missouri, the firm being
known as Kupferle & Boisselier.  They established their business pre-
vious to the late Civil War, and continued in the business until about
1874, at which date Mr. Boisselier died, and his widow then succeeded
him in the business, continuing until 1886.  Mr. Boisselier was born in
Bremen, Germany, in 1835, where he received a good business and classi-
cal education.  His father died when he was quite young, and he learned
the trade of brass moulder and finisher, and when about fifteen or six-
teen years of age came to America, and located in St. Louis, Missouri,
where he worked at his trade for some years, with good success, before
he established his own business.  He deserves much credit for the many
difficulties he encountered and overcame in his business career in that
city, for he was thrice burned out, losing nearly all his stock each
time, but returning to his trade he earned money with which to commence
anew.  He met with remarkable success in his endeavors, and so popular 
and influential did the firm become that it was continued under the old
name up to the present time.  During the late war they filled large
contracts in furnishing supplies for the Government, and on the death
of Mr. Boisselier the city lost one of its honored citizens, as well as
one of its most enterprising and successful business men.  He was marr-
ied in St. Louis, in 1861, to Miss Elizabeth, a daughter of Ditmer and
Mary Freudenstein, by whom he became the father of six children: Thomas
H., Wilhelmina (who died in 1864, at the age of two years and three
months), Emil G., Charles W., Harry H. and Katie G., all of whom re-
ceived good educations in St. Louis, and are now residing with their
mother on their valuable farm of 320 acres in Phelps county, on which
they located in 1887.  They have a beautiful and commodious two story
frame residence, and have made valuable improvements on their house and
farm since locating here, and although reared in the city, bid fair to
become successful and wealthy farmers.  Mrs. Boisselier was born in
Germany, and when four years of age was brought to the United States by
her parents, and was reared and educated in Ripley county, Ind., where
the father died in 1879 and the mother still lives.  They were members
of the Lutheran Church.  Mr. Boisselier was a Republican in politics,
but was not an active politician.  His sons are also Republicans.

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