My Genealogy Hound

Frederick W. Hobein, another successful farmer of Roark Township, is the son of William and Catherine (Schulte) Hobein, both natives of Germany, he born in Prussia and she in Hanover. After marriage they settled in Hanover and here reared a family of five children, three sons and two daughters. The father was a farmer, and died at the age of thirty-six. In 1857 the mother and all the children came to America. The mother died in Gasconade County. The third child, Frederick W., was born in Hanover, in 1836, and came to America just in time to escape being drafted into the regular army. On reaching St. Louis he found employment in piling lumber, and from that he arose to a salesman in the same business, continuing at the same about fifteen years. In 1859 he married Miss Catherine Meier, also a native of Hanover, Germany, born in 1841. She was brought to America when twelve years of age, and by her union to our subject became the mother of six children, two sons and four daughters. In 1873 Mr. and Mrs. Hobein moved from St. Louis to their present home of 311 acres, and have been quite successful at farming. He is a Republican in politics, and he and wife are members of the Evangelical Church. When Mr. Hobein came to America he was in debt for his passage, but by hard work paid off all his debts, and has made what he has.