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Frederick August Loehnig, a prominent wine grower of Roark Township, Gasconade Co., Mo., is the son of Godfred and Sophia (Hamper) Loehnig, both natives of Saxony, where they grew up, were married, and where they passed the remainder of their lives as respected citizens. The father was also a wine grower by occupation, and made a success of the same. Their family consisted of seven children, only two of whom (sons) came to this country. Frederick was born in Saxony in 1828. In 1855 he married Theressa Tilemann, also a native of Saxony. In 1859 they left the land of their birth, crossed the ocean and landed in New York, where they remained two years. They then removed to Gasconade County, Mo., and have made that county their home ever since. Mr. Loehnig owns 120 acres, of which eight acres are in grapes. To their marriage were born seven children, one son and six daughters, of whom the three eldest were born in Saxony. In 1871 Mr. Loehnig had the misfortune to lose his wife. Both he and wife were of the Lutheran faith, and he is a Republican in politics. He began life with little or no means, and has made a comfortable home by his own exertions. He served in the militia during the war.