Biographical Sketch of Frederick Will, Washington County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** Frederick Will, county surveyor and public administrator of Washington County, was born in Rhine, Bavaria, Germany, March 1, 1833, and is a son of Frederick and Margaret (Eisenbiegler) Will, natives of the same place, who died when Frederick was young. He was reared and educated in his native country, graduating at the School of Engineering, Munich, Bavaria, in 1856. He immigrated to America the same year, landing at New York, whence he went to Buffalo, where he remained but a short time. He next went to Washington County, Mo., and accepted a position as eng- ineer on the Iron Mountain Railroad, working in that capacity until 1858. He married Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, nee Evens, a daughter of John and Charlotte Evens, early settlers of this county. Mrs. Will died in 1868, leaving one daughter, Lottie. Mr. Will has held the office of surveyor since 1872, and that of public administrator since 1884. ==================================================================== 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 ====================================================================