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Christ Wehmeyer, an enterprising stock-dealer of Morrison, Mo., was born in Prismende, Germany, August 23, 1843, and is the son of Frederick and Catherine Wehmeyer, themselves natives of the same country, who immigrated to the United States, and located in Warren County, Mo., when Christ was quite a young boy. While in Germany the father was a tailor, but after coming to this country his attention was turned to farming, his home continuing to be in Warren County until his death in 1861, at the age of fifty-eight; she was of the same age at the time of her death, four years later. Christ and a brother, John C., at present a resident of Gasconade County, are the only children living of the original family of six. In 1863 he removed from Warren to Franklin County, and thence to Osage County in 1866, where he lived until 1882 with the exception of the years 1872 and 1873, when he was engaged in stock-dealing in Washington, Franklin County. Since the date mentioned he has made his home in Morrison, and from a small start has come to be a prominent stock-man of the county, shipping annually from $20,000 to $25,000. During the late war he served eight months in Company H, Twenty-third Missouri (United States service), but owing to ill health was discharged. March 11, 1865, Mr. Wehmeyer was married to Miss Mary Rusch, a native of Switzerland, daughter of Jacob Rusch. This union has been blessed with five children, two of whom survive: Bertha and Martha. Anna, Henry and an infant are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Wehmeyer are members of the Methodist Church, and the former is much interested in Sunday-school work, having served as superintendent several years. Politically, he is a Republican.