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Below is a family biography included in The History of Franklin 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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Julius H. Schweer, a prominent merchant of Shotwell, was born in Franklin County, Mo., in 1862, and is the sixth of ten children born to John H. and Catherine E. (Hortsmann) Schweer, natives of Germany., The father came to the United States in 1838, and settled in Franklin County, Mo., where he married and reared his family. Julius H. Schweer graduated from Bryant & Stratum’s Commercial College, in St. Louis, in 1882, and in the fall of the same year embarked in the mercantile business on his own account at Shotwell, with a stock of goods valued at about $4,000; his business has increased at least fifty per cent since the first year, and he now has a splendid trade; is a rising young merchant of good business ability, and enjoys the respect and confidence of all who know him. He was appointed postmaster of Shotwell October 31, 1887. September29, 188, he married Miss Dora, daughter of John F. Roedder, of Beau fort, this county. Mr. Schweer is a stanch Republican in politics.
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