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Benjamin Schatz, a native of Baden, Germany, was born March 20, 1845, and is the youngest of the four living children of Mathew and Elizabeth (Klatt) Schatz, who immigrated to America when our subject was but eight years of age, in 1853, settling in Missouri. The country was broken and unsettled, and schools and churches were very scarce, hence the educational advantages of Benjamin Schatz were limited. As a farmer he ranks as one of the best in his neighborhood; he started with eighty acres of land, only twenty of which were cultivated, and to-day he owns about 500 acres, with 200 in cultivation and good improvements, a comfortable residence, large barns, plenty of outbuildings, etc. He is an enterprising man and is quite largely engaged in stock raising. He took no part in the late war with the exception of a short service in the State Militia. He married Louisa, daughter of Florian Hulmich, and they are the parents of eleven children, five sons and six daughters, all living; Joseph M., Benjamin F., William H., Robert P., Charles, Francis C. E., Mary K., Bertha, Anna M., Emma C. and Louisa. Mr. Schatz has served as justice of the peace, assesor and collector, and has always held the esteem of the people of his township. He and wife are members of the Holy Catholic Church. Mr. Schatz is a stanch Democrat.