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Augustus Volner. Among the prominent industries of Washington County, Ark., worthy of mention, is the foundry and machine shop belonging to Mr. Volner, who was born in Oshkosh, Wis., June 14, 1850, and is a son of Charles and Henrietta Volner. The father was born in Berlin, Prussia, and was married in Albany, N. Y., moving at a later period to Wisconsin, where his son Augustus was born and reared. The latter learned the machinist’s trade at La Crosse, Wis., whither the father had moved, and in 1870 went as a journeyman to Springfield, Mo., and worked in the machine department of the iron works of that city during 1875 and 1876. At the latter date he went to Carthage, and was foreman in the Eagle Foundry of that city until 1877, when he returned to Springfield and opened a shop there, which he conducted under the firm name of Volner, Farnsworth & Co. Here he remained until the fall of 1878, and then came to Fayetteville, bringing his machinery with him. This he sold, but afterward leased it, and is now doing a thriving business. He was married in Springfield, Mo., to Miss Florence, a daughter of Capt. H. Davey. She was born in Ohio, and is the mother of three sons and two daughters: Charles, Homer, Lafayette, Edith and Ida. Mr. and Mrs. Volner are members of the Baptist Church, and he belongs to the K. of H., and is a member of the city council for the First Ward.