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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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George William Klenk, of the firm of Klenk & Bensing, contractors and builders, of Hermann, was born in that city in 1849, and is the son of Matthew and Augusta (Stockr) Klenk, natives of Wurtemberg, Germany, and Prussia, respectively. When young both came to Hermann, where they were married about 1845, and where the mother still resides. The father died March 21, 1862. He was a carpenter by occupation, learning the trade in the old country, and was a soldier in the Mexican War. George W. was educated in the public schools, and, at the age of sixteen, began learning his trade in St. Louis, where he worked for six or seven years. He spent a year and a half in Kansas City, after which he returned to Hermann, where he has since resided. He was married in 1875 to Miss Julia Noe, a native of Hermann, and to this union were born six children: William, Louisa, Rosy, Hanna, George and Emma. Mr. Klenk is a Republican in politics, casting his first vote for U. S. Grant, in 1872. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., of the A. O. U. W., and a member of the Lutheran Church, and is also one of the county’s best citizens.

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This family biography is one of 146 biographies included in The History of Gasconade County, Missouri published in 1888.  For the complete description, click here: Gasconade County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps

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