Biographical Sketch of William Vetter, Phelps County, Missouri >From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1889. ********************************************************************** William Vetter, dealer in wines and fancy liquors at St. James, Mo., is a native of Prussia, born in 1838, and is a son of Clarl and Fred- erica Vetter, who were born and always resided in Prussia. William attended school until fourteen years of age, and then learned the trade of baker, working at that five years. He was a soldier in the Prussian War, and participated in the War with Austria. In 1867 he came to the United States, and worked in Columbus, Ohio, until 1871, at which time he came to Missouri, and spent some time working in the iron mines near St. James. While engaged in this employment he was buried in the mines, but was finally rescued, but received injuries which nearly caused his death and which have left him a cripple for life, he being unable to stand for six months. He afterward found employment in the Meramec Iron Works, in Phelps county, near St. James, but was compelled to work for a long time in a sitting posture before he was able to stand and do his work, and even at the present time it is impossible for him to perform manual labor. In 1876 he established his present business, which he has conducted with success and in addition to this work he has been quite extensively engaged in dealing in live stock, and is a thorough going, enterprising, and consequently successful business man. He started in life with no capital, but by good management and industry has become the owner of 325 acres of land near St. James and 80 acres in Crawford county. In 1877 he was married to Miss Margaret Sigler, who is of German birth, and by her is the father of five children, three boys and two girls. Mr. Vetter is a Republican in his political views. He owns good property in the town of St. James. ==================================================================== 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 (Eisenbarger) Harrell ====================================================================