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Below is a family biography included in The History of Gasconade County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1888. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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Christopher Horstmann, another old settler of Gasconade County, was born in Prussia in 1808, and is the son of Adolph Horstmann. The parents of Christopher were born, reared and married in Prussia, and during the occupancy of Prussia by the French soldiery, both parents and a sister were taken away by a contagious disease, leaving two children, a daughter twelve years of age and the subject of this sketch. The latter was reared by his guardian, and after reaching the age of manhood took charge of his father’s farm. In 1830 he married Elizabeth Schonemeyer, also a native of Prussia, and of the five children born to their marriage, three were born in Germany, one on the way, and one more was born in America. They arrived here in 1837, landed at Newport, Franklin County, and the following spring came to Gasconade County, where they settled on their present farm, consisting of 160 acres. In 1872 his wife died. She was a worthy member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, of which her husband is also a member. Mr. Horstmann is conservative in politics, and has been a resident of this county for fifty years. He is an honest, worthy citizen.
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