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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Pulaski County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. 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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Fred Kramer, Jr., member of the firm of Raible & Kramer, wholesale candy manufacturers at Little Rock, was born in that city, and is a son of Mr. Fred Kramer, a prominent German citizen of Arkansas. The latter served as mayor of Little Rock for eight years, and inaugurated most of the improvements that are now being put in operation in that place. His wife, who was a Miss Adeline Richards before marriage, was also a native of Germany. They were the parents of five living children; of these, Fred, Jr., was reared in the city of his birth, there receiving a good education in the public schools. Fred is assistant foreman of one of the companies of the Little Rock fire department (No. 4), and also belongs to the order of American Firemen of Arkansas. He is a young man of fine business ability, and has charge of the office work and also the foreign order department of his firm. In religious belief he is a member of Christ Episcopal Church.
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