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Below is a family biography included in The History of Cole County, Missouri 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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Henry J. Dulle, collector of Cole County, and a native of that county, was born at Jefferson City June 4, 1848, and is the son of Girard and Anna Maria (Haake) Dulle, both natives of Hanover, Germany, but who were married in America. The subject of this sketch grew to manhood in Cole County, and in his early life carried on the farming business. He still continues this occupation, and is unusually successful. His father was a miller, and in 1868 Henry J. Dulle and his half-brother, J. W. Schulte, began milling, and the former has been identified with the milling interests of the county ever since. He was married in Jefferson City to Miss Theresa Peschel, a native of Austria, and the daughter of Wenzel and Mary Peschel. Mr. and Mrs. Dulle are the parents of three sons and four daughters living: Eddie, a student at Sedalia Commercial College; Theodore William, Mary Clara, Emma, Ida, Annie and Henry J. Jr. They buried Victor, their fourth child. Mr. and Mrs. Dulle are regular communicants of St. Peter’s congregation of the Roman Catholic Church, and Mr. Dulle has served as treasurer of the church committee for six years. He has always identified himself with the Republican party, and was elected by that party to his fourth consecutive term as collector of Cole County. He is a stockholder in the First National Bank of Jefferson City, is a member of St. John’s Orphan Society, and also belongs to the Catholic Knights of America.

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This family biography is one of 127 biographies included in The History of Cole County, Missouri published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Cole County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps

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