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FREDERICK KRAMER, Merchant of Tell City, was born in Hanover, Germany, September 28, 1822. He is the only surviving member of a family of six children, born to the marriage of Ernest Kramer and Clara Brinkmann, both of whom passed their lives in Germany. Frederick, after obtaining a fair education, worked as a waiter in a university until 1857, when he came to the United States. He located at Cincinnati, where he worked in a lead factory for two years. He then, in company with a brother-in-law, conducted a bakery until 1858, when he came to Tell City, and engaged in the general merchandise business. He has a large and well selected stock of goods, and does a good business. September 7, 1851, Sophia Wiebking, a native of Hanover, became his wife. In politics he is a Democrat, and is a member of the I. O. O. F. Both he and wife have lived in the Protestant faith, and are highly respected by the community in which they live.