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SCHAFER, FREDRICK, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 23, P.O. Carrollton. The above named gentleman, who ranks among the more successful farmers of Greene County, is a native of Bavaria, Germany, born in 1823. At an early age he received a liberal education; at fourteen accompanying his parents across the broad waters of the Atlantic for the new world, landing in New Orleans; they took passage up the Mississippi to St. Louis, where they remained but a short time, when a permanent settlement was made in Calhoun County, where the subject of our notice passed his earlier years and grew to a vigorous manhood that paved the way for future success. At the early age of twenty-three, in 1846, Mr. Schafer was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Byrd, a native of Missouri, by whom he had three children: Roswell, Perry, and Jane. Mrs. Schafer died in 1855; during the Winter of the year mentioned Mr. S. united his fortunes to Miss Jane Byrd, by whom he has four children: Steven, Amos, Charles, and Minnie. In 1872 occurred the death of Mr. Schafer’s second wife, who found a last resting place in the beautiful cemetery of Carrollton. In 1876, Mr. S. again launched upon the sea of matrimony, the lady in question being Mrs. Egelhoff, of Jerseyville. From a small beginning, Mr. Schafer has worked his way rapidly forward to a proud position in life, a leading agriculturist in Greene, the owner of over 500 acres of valuable farming land in the counties of Greene and Calhoun; in the latter Mr. S. officiated in the capacity of sheriff two terms, for four years holding the position of county treasurer, and for a period of eight years justice of the peace.