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GEORGE H. BYRAM (Farmer, Post-office, Black Walnut).
Mr. Byram was born in Vermillion county, Ill., November 15, 1840, and was the fifth in a family of eleven children, six of whom are living, of Adam C. and Sarah (Hand) Byram of that county ; but the father was formerly of Virginia, a farmer by occupation, and the mother a native of Ohio. She died in 1866 and he in 1867, being at the time residents of Hancock county, Ill., to which they removed in 1849. Both were members of the M. E. Church, and the father served in the Union army. George H. was reared on the farm in Hancock county and received a fair common-school education. In
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1862 he enlisted in Co. I, Thirtieth Iowa volunteer infantry, and served until the close of the war. He participated in some twenty engagements, including those of Lookout Mountain, Vicksburg and Atlanta. Returning to Illinois after the war, he resumed farming, and in 1868 was married to Miss Ellen Gallon, a daughter of John Gallon, of St. Louis. He came to St. Charles county in 1869, where he has ever since resided. Mr. Byram is a farmer of energy and is well respected in the community.
DAVID M. DAVIS
(Farmer, Post-office, Black Walnut).
Mr. Davis was born in Washington county, Maryland, February 11, 1837, and was a son of James and Mary (Eckleberger ) Davis, the former of whom died in 1847, but the latter is still living, a resident of Indiana. . They had eleven children, of whom eight lived to be grown and six are still living. David H. was reared with farming experience and ordinary school advantages, and in 1859 he came to Missouri and located in St. Charles county. In 1866 he was married to Miss Amanda F. Best, a sister to Stephen W. Best, whose sketch appears elsewhere. After his marriage he located in Portage town- ship, where he still resides, engaged in farming. He has been on the
Mr. and Mrs. Davis have five same place for the last fifteen years. children : Laura E., Nettie I., Blanche E., Elonete E. and David M. . They lost two in infancy. He and wife are members of the M. E. Church South, and he is a member of the Knights of Honor, the A. O. U. W. and the Chosen Friends. Mrs. Davis is a lady of superior mental culture, having been educated at Fairview College under Prof. Pitman.
DIEDERICH GERDTS
(Farmer, Post-office, St. Charles).
Mr. Gerdts bought the farm where he now resides in 1882. It is a handsome place of 165 acres, and has an excellent, commodious and neatly built brick house. He has risen to his present comfortable situation by his own energy and industry in the last 12 or 14 years. A native of Hanover, Germany, born in Varstadt county, February 28, 1844, he came to this country at the age of 24, in 1868, and a year later came to Ohio. When he located in Ohio he had but five cents in the world and not much of anything else to speak of, except his good name and good sense, and his ability and determination to work. Three months later he came to St. Charles county and worked on a farm here for a time and then engaged in farming for himself. In 1872 he went to St. Louis and worked there for four years, returning to St. Charles county in 1876. Here he resumed farming, and in 1882 bought his present place. May 9, 1877, Mr. Gerdts was married to Mrs. Anna M., the relict of Ernest Nolle, her maiden name having been Becker. She had five children by her first hus-
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band : Herbert, Herman, Minnie, Ernest and John. She has two by Mr. Gerdts: August G. and Ida. Mr. and Mrs. G. are members of the Lutheran Church.
LOMAN H. HAIGLER
(Postmaster, Dealer in General Merchandise, and Farmer, Post-office, Black Walnut).
Among the leading citizens of Portage township the subject of the present sketch occupies a prominent and enviable position. He is a son of Jesse Haigler, mentioned elsewhere, and was born in Hut- tonville, W. Va., January 19, 1836. Reared on his father's farm, he received a good common-school education as he grew up, and when about 21 years of age, in 1857, went to California, where he remained, principally engaged in mining, for some 10 years. Return- ing in 1866, he located in St. Charles county and the following year was married to Miss Margaret Costello, a daughter of John Costello, formerly of Ireland. After his marriage Mr. Haigler continued farm- ing in Portage township, in which he had previously engaged, until 1877, when he came to Black Walnut post-office. A post-office hav- ing been established at this place in 1875 through his efforts, Mr. Haigler was appointed postmaster to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of William Kleasner. Mr. H. has continued to hold the office ever since. He also established a general store at this place, which he conducts, and in which he has built up a good trade. He also owns 100 acres of improved land, where he carries on farming with success. He has taken a great interest in the prosperity and growth of Black Walnut and has done a great deal for the place. It is rapidly becoming a local trading point of considerable importance. He has also warmly interested himself in the cause of education and was largely instrumental in building up the excellent school with which Black Walnut is now favored. He has been a school officer for the last 14 years, including the offices of treasurer, director, dis- trict clerk, etc. Mr. Haigler was one of the pioneers in the Grange movement in St. Charles county. He helped to organize the second Farmer's club ever organized in the county, which was in 1872. In 1873 he was elected master of the first Grange in this township, a position he held until 1880. Three times he represented the county Grange in the State Grange as delegate, and was master of the county Grange for four years. In 1875 he was appointed lecturer of the Grange by authority of the State Grange, and lectured through St. Charles, Warren, Lincoln, Pike, Ralls, Monroe, Audrain and Randolph counties. Mr. and Mrs. H. have six children : Mary V., Loman H., Jr., Ida C., Jesse J., William F. and George M. He is a member in good standing of the A. F. and A. M., Knights of Honor, A. O. U. W. and American Legion of Honor. He was one of a number who have organized a protective association for the prevention of crime, and the arrest and punishment of horse thieves and criminals generally.
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FRANCIS KEEN
(Farmer and Stock-raiser, Post-office, St. Charles.)
A Virginian by nativity, having been born in Wood county, of the Old Dominion, June 20, 1825, Mr. Keen was reared, however, in Kentucky, where his family removed in 1832. His father was Ely Keen and his mother'smaiden name Sarah Keen. She died in Ken- tucky in 1848, and the same year the father removed to Missouri with his family of children, where he died in 1850. Francis Keen did not come to this county until a year after his father. He has resided here ยท ever since, and been engaged in farming. He has a good farm of 300 acres, and is comfortably situated.
JOHN AND FRANK KING (Steamboat Pilots, Post-office, Portage).
John King, the father of Frank King, was a son of John King, Sr., and wife, who was Cecilia Tesson, the father a native of Ireland, but the mother born and reared in St. Louis county. The father came to St. Charles county in a very early day. He was a brick mason by trade and built the first brick house ever erected in St. Charles. He died here October 20, 1838, but his wife survived for many years, or until 1882. John King, Jr., was born at Portage, February 7, 1826, and was the second of a family of eight children. At the age of 13 he went on a boat as cabin boy, and has been on the river continuously ever since, for a period of forty-five years. He gradually worked his way up to the position of pilot, and has been a pilot on the Mississippi ever since. He is perhaps the oldest pilot, in point of continuous service on the river. The current of the Upper Mississippi and all the points and peculiarities of the river are as familiar to him and even more so than the route of a school boy to his school. There is prob- ably not a safer, more competent pilot in the country than the senior subject of the present sketch. Though giving all his time and atten- tion to his river work, Mr. King is to a considerable extent interested in farming, and has two good farms of fine river bottom land. His homestead contains 160 acres and is well improved. He has another good place of 120 acres. Mr. King was married, January 31, 1853, to Miss Louisa Novall, a daughter of Frank Novall, of this county. Mr. and Mrs. King have six children : Francis, John, Louisa, Celia, Irene and Mary. They have lost three, one of whom, James, was 13 years of age at his death. Mr. and Mrs. K. are members of the Catholic Church.
FRANK KING, the eldest of his father's family of children, was born July 27, 1858, in St. Charles county. When he was eight years of age his father removed the family to Portage, where Frank grew up and attended the schools in Portage. At the age of 19 he began to learn piloting under his father and went with him on the river for that purpose. As soon as he became qualified to run a boat he ob-
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tained a situation on one of the Northern line steamboats and has been engaged in piloting ever since. In 1879 he was married to Miss Maggie R. Delille, of this county. Her mother is still living, but her father died in 1869. Mr. and Mrs. K. have three children : Mary Celia, Mike Kelley and Francis Noel. Mr. and Mrs. K. are mem- bers of the Catholic Church. Mr. King, like his father, is also in- terested in farming, and has a farm of 200 acres well improved. He is now piloting on the Diamond Jo Line, between St. Louis and St. Paul.
WILLIAM A. KLESENER
(Farmer and Stock-raiser, Post-office, Black Walnut).
Mr. Klesener is one of the substantial, self-made and highly re- spected farmers of the county. He commenced a poor young man and worked for several years as a farm laborer, and then in the mines of California to get a start. As soon as he was able he bought land of his own in this county, which he improved, and afterwards bought other lands from time to time until he became one of the large land owners in the county. He owned at one time over 700 acres. Hav- ing given off some to his children, he still has about 400 acres, and a handsome homestead where he resides. Mr. Klesener was born in West- phalia, Prussia, November 15, 1824, and he was the third in a family of 13 children. His parents were Ferdinand and Elizabeth (Meyer ) Klesener, both of whom are now deceased. The father died in 1847 and the mother in 1880. William A. came to America in 1846 and located in St. Charles county, where he obtained employment as a farm hand. In 1850 he went to California and for two years was engaged in mining. Returning to St. Charles county, he then bought a tract of unimproved land and made a farm. In 1854 he was married to Miss Minnie Windmeuller. Her parents came from Germany in 1851. They have four children : Ferdinand H., William R., Herman H. and Minnie C. They lost three in childhood. Mr. Klesener was postmaster for two years at Walnut Grove, and has repeatedly held the office of school director. He and family are members of the Ger- man Lutheran Church.
FREDERICK LINENAN
(Farmer, Post-office, Portage).
Among the substantial and energetic young farmers of Portage township the subject of the present sketch occupies a justly worthy and enviable position. A young man just past 26 years of age, he has an excellent start in life, and is carrying on his farming operations with an energy and intelligence that can hardly fail of placing him at no distant day among the more substantial and leading farmers of the county. He was born in this county in March, 1858, and is the older of two living children of the family of seven of Barney and Alice ( Vennor) Linenan, both originally from Germany. The father died of cholera in this county in 1872, when two of his sons, Anton and Frank, died
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the same year of that dread disease. The mother died in 1883. Elizabeth, who is now the wife of Frederick Paling, a mercantile clerk of St. Louis, is the only other of the family living. Frederick Linenan was reared on the farm in the county, where he still resides, and on which he is actively engaged in farming. The farm was be- queathed to him by his father, and contains 240 acres, an excellent, well improved place.
PETER MEHRING, M. D. (Physician and Surgeon, Portage).
Dr. Mehring, who is a regularly educated and qualified physician, as well as a skillful and experienced practitioner, is at the same time a man of advanced general culture, and probably one of the most ac- complished linguists in the State. After completing his education in Europe, he was regularly employed for eight years at Paris, France, as an interpreter of the French, Italian and German languages by personages of the highest consideration from abroad. He also studied medicine while in Paris, and had the benefit of instruction of one of the best medical institutions of that city. From Paris he came to America in 1876, and proceeded directly to St. Louis. It being his purpose to engage in the practice of medicine in this country, he took a course in the St. Louis Medical College, in order to familiarize him- self with the theories and methods in vogue in this country. He graduated at St. Louis in 1878. In the meantime, he had fixed upon Portage as his location for the practice, and ever since his graduation has been actively engaged in the practice at this place. Dr. Mehring has not only been very successful in the treatment of cases and in building up a large practice, but has accumulated some property, con- sidering the time he has been here. He has a comfortable residence property at Portage and 80 acres of good improved land in the vicinity. In 1876 he was married to Miss Mary Mehring, a daughter of John and Magdaline Mehring, of Echternach, Luxenburg, the place of his own nativity, and relatives of his. The Doctor and Mrs. Meh- ring have two children : Henry and Mary E. They have lost two, Peter and Mary, both at tender ages. He and wife are members of the Catholic Church, and he is a member of the Catholic Knights of America. Dr. Mehring was the youngest of a family of five children, his parents both being of old and respected Luxenburg families ; his father was an intelligent and successful farmer. Dr. Mehring was born in Echternach, Luxenburg, in Holland, April 10, 1842. He and his brother, Rev. Father Henry Mehring, are the only ones of the family who are residents of the United States.
JAMES S. MITTELBERGER
(Farmer, Post-office, Black Walnut).
Mr. Mittelberger is of German antecedents, though the family has long been settled in this country. The founder of the family in America
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first settled in Pennsylvania, from which State branches have spread out into other States. Mr. Mittelberger's father was John C. Mittel- berger, who settled in Virginia from Pennsylvania, and finally came to St. Charles county, where he resided until his death. The mother was a Miss Maria Longe, who died when James S. was in infancy, having been the mother of four children. The father subsequently married Miss Catherine Reonar, by whom he had six children. The family all belonged to the Presbyterian Church. James S. was born in Loudoun county, Va., April 4, 1826, and was about 10 years of age when the family settled in St. Charles county. He was reared here, but had no school advantages to speak of. He managed to secure, however, a thorough common-school education. Remaining at home until he was about 24 years of age, he then rented land and engaged in farming for himself. Finally he was able to buy a tract of land which he improved, about 112 acres, and he received some 66 acres from his father's estate. In 1865 he was married to Miss Mar- garet Stake, formerly of Maryland. She was taken from him by death in 1869, leaving him one child, Elizabeth. In 1875 he was married to Mrs. Charlotte Schumann, widow of Fredrick Schumann, deceased, and a daughter of William Ballner, formerly of Hanover. She had two children by her first husband : Julia and William. There is one child by her present marriage, James S. Mr. and Mrs. M. are members of the M. E. Church. His farm now consists of 82 acres, having sold off a part of his land heretofore.
CHARLES G. MOSLANDER (Farmer, Post-office, Black Walnut).
Mr. Moslander was principally reared in St. Louis county, and was brought up on a farm. He had little or no school advantages, but to a certain extent made up for this by private study. When he was about 14 years of age he had the misfortune to have his left leg broken, which resulted in making him a cripple for life. A man of energy and intelligence, however, he has overcome this disadvantage so far as success in life is concerned, and has become one of the substantial . men, in a property point of view, of his community, and a citizen of consideration and influence. Mr. Moslander has a handsome farm of nearly 200 acres adjacent to Black Walnut, one of the choice farms of the vicinity, well set off by a commodious, tastily built, two-story frame residence. He has taken much interest in education toward building up good schools, and seeing that his children and others of the neighborhood are favored with good school advantages. Mr. Mos- lander was born in New Jersey, January 3, 1830, and was a son of William Moslander, a miller by trade, but a sailor in early life. From New Jersey the family removed to Virginia, and from there, in 1839, they removed to Missouri. The father died, however, on the way, in 1839, and the mother with her children came on and settled in St. Louis county. She died in 1844. In young manhood Mr. Moslander followed teaming for several years. In 1856 he was married to Miss
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Martha Hill, of St. Louis county, and two years later he came to St. Charles county, where he has ever since resided. Here he has followed farming, and has achieved good success. His first wife died in 1875, leaving him four children : Lydia, James A., Charles B. and Caroline G. To his present wife Mr. Moslander was married in 1878. She was formerly Mrs. Mary J. Best, widow of the late Stephen Best, and mother of Stephen W. Best, whose sketch appears on a former page of this work. By her first husband she has five children : Ann, the wife of James B. Ferguson ; Stephen, Udora, wife of William M. Gray ; Lucy and Edna. There are no childreu by her last marriage. Mr. Moslander is a member of the Knights of Honor.
. HENRY T. PEYTON. (Farmer, Post-office, St. Charles).
Mr. Peyton is a grandson of Judge Thomas H. Barwise, whose sketch appears on a former page of this volume. Henry T., born in this county August 15, 1854, was reared on his father's homestead. He was the eldest of the three children of his parents, mentioned in the sketch of his grandfather, Judge Barwise. The other two are Edward and William. The father died May 18, 1876. He was from Virginia, and came here in 1850. He left a good farm of 160 acres, the fruit of his own industry and good management, for he com- menced for himself a poor man and without a dollar. Henry T. grew up in this county and received a common school education in the neighborhood schools. Subsequently he took a course at college at Carlinville, Ill. In 1881 young Mr. Peyton was married to Miss Marinda Dougherty, a daughter of James P. and Carrie Dougherty, of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Peyton have two children, Alfred and James. Mr. Peyton lives on his father's homestead where he is suc- cessfully engaged in farming. He is a young man of industry and intelligence, and has excellent promise of a successful career as a farmer.
HENRY PUJAL
(Farmer and Stock-raiser, Post-office, Portage).
Mr. Pujal is a descendant, on his father's side, of one of the early Spanish families of the old Upper Louisiana country. On his mother's side he is of French lineage and the representative of an early French family, the Veliers. Both came to the upper trans-Mississippi region more than a generation before there were any English settlements in this part of the country, and long before the flag of meteor stripes and gleaming stars had been given to the breeze in the great valley of the Mississippi. Mr. Pujal's father was Louis Pujal, who, through- out the principal part of his life, was a successful farmer of this county. The mother was a Miss Cecile Veliers. They reared their family in St. Charles county. The father died at Montrose while on a river voyage, in 1853, and the mother survived two years after-
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wards. They had a family of twelve children, only two of whom, however, are living. Henry, the youngest of the family, was born in this county, November 13, 1839, and was reared on his father's farm. He attended the ordinary schools of the county, and then attended school at St. Louis for about a year and a half. After quitting school he engaged in farming, but two years later went to Columbus, Ky., where he obtained a situation as clerk in a store. He subse- quently clerked at Carondelet and St. Louis. He then came to Portage and engaged in merchandising on his own account, forming a partner- ship in business with Peter St. Cin. Two years later this partner- ship was dissolved and Mr. Pujal retired from business. He then engaged in farming in the vicinity of Portage, which he carried on with success until 1869, when he became a commission merchant in the grain business at Portage. This was continued until 1883. He then sold out to good advantage to John Steiner, and retired to his farm, near Portage, Mr. Pujal has a place of 350 acres, an excellent farm and a comfortable homestead, where he is carrying on farming and stock raising with energy and success. In 1868 Mr. Pujal was mar- ried to Miss Corinne Lefaivre, a daughter of Charles and Priscilla (Lepage) Lefaivre. Both her parents were of French origin. Her father died in about 1862, but her mother is living, at the age of seventy-six, and resides with her children. Mr. and Mrs. Pujal have four children : Lee, Charles, Paul and Mary. Four others died at tender ages. He and wife are members of the Catholic Church, and he is a member of the Catholic Knights of America. Mr. P.'s sister, Adele, is the wife of August Ano, a farmer of the vicinity of Portage.
JACOB SCHAEFFER
(Farmer, Post-office, Portage des Sioux).
Mr. Schaeffer is a native of France, born in January, 1831. He was the youngest of four children of Jacob and Florents ( Morgantahler ) Schaeffer, and was reared in his native country. His mother died in 1853, and his father died about four years ago. In 1857 Mr. Schaeffer came to America, landing at New Orleans, and shortly engaged in raft- ing on the river, which he followed for nearly a year. He then came to St. Charles county and commenced farming here with tJudge Bar- wise. In 1861 he was married to Miss Kate Sale, a daugher of Anton and Johanna Sale, formerly from France. Mrs. Schaeffer's father died in 1880, but her mother is still living in St. Charles with her son, Louis Sale. After his marriage Mr. Schaeffer continued farming and he has ever since continued it up to the present time. He is now the owner of 791/2 acres of excellent land, which he has finely im- proved. He has a good two-story house on his place. Mr. and Mrs. Schaeffer have had twelve children, six of whom are living; Floren- tine, who is now the wife of Heinrich Leisse, a carpenter of St. Charles ; Katrina, Marie, Sophie, Louis and Anna. Mr. and Mrs. S. are members of the Holy Catholic Church. Mr. S. has held the office of road overseer, and deserves great credit for the excellent manner
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in which he had the roads worked during his administration of that office.
PETER ST. CIN
(Business-man and Hotel-keeper, Portage).
The St. Cin family, a French-Canadian family, was one of the early families of St. Louis county. Mr. St. Cin's grandfather, A. St. Cin, came to that county when 20 years of age. He was married there and made his home within its borders until his death. Frank St. Cin, his son, was born and reared in St. Louis county and became a farmer and veterinary surgeon. Subsequently he removed to St. Charles county and lived there until his death, which occurred in 1873. He had been a member of the Masonic order for over 20 years, and was also a member of the Catholic Church. He was married twice. Of his first union, nine children were born, of whom Peter St. Cin was the second. His second wife was a Miss Mary Crealey, a daughter of Frank Crealey, formerly of Canada. She is still living on the farm in this county. Peter St. Cin was born in St. Louis county November 13, 1833, and was principally reared on a farm. At the age of 13 he went to work at farm labor, beginning at $8 a month, but his wages were afterwards raised to $15 a month. He then engaged in the fruit and vegetable business and in 1850 went to Montana. The following year he returned and engaged with his father in the stock business, driving to New Orleans. In 1853 he was married to Miss Mary Brad- shaw, of St. Charles county. After this he engaged in farming in St. Louis county, which he followed for four years. While cradling in the field, he broke a blood vessel and on that account had to quit farm- ing. He then set up in the saloon business at Portage, and later along added a stock of groceries and dry goods. He is now engaged in run- ning a threshing machine and corn sheller, and also a portable saw and grist mill. He also has a butcher shop at Portage, which he is carry- ing on with success. Mr. St. Cin keeps a boarding-house at Portage in connection with his saloon, and also has about 80 acres of good im- proved land in this vicinity besides his town property. In 1859 he had the misfortune to lose his first wife, who died, leaving him one child, Charles D. January 7, 1862, he was married to Miss Marga- ret D. Saucier, a daughter of John D. Saucier, of this county. Mr. and Mrs. St. Cin are members of the Catholic Church. They have two children, Mora and Wilson.
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