My Genealogy Hound

Herman A. Ulrich, one of the prominent farmers and beekeepers of the county, was born in Prussia in 1842. When two years old he was brought to this country by his parents, who settled in “Buncombe Bottoms,” St. Louis Co., Mo., whence they removed to Jefferson County, where Herman A. attended the common schools, completing his education at Oakfield Academy. Inheriting but a small amount of property from his father, he has added thereto until he is now the owner of a well-cultivated farm of 160 acres. In 1871 he married Miss Anna Springmeyer, of Jefferson County, Mo., who was born February 22, 1852, and who died in 1873, the mother of two children: Ferdinand E. and Christianna E. In 1880 Mr. Ulrich married Miss Louisa M. Smeltz, a native of Collinsville, Ill. Four children have been born to them, viz.: Christian A., Christian J., Mary L. and Franz F. In political preference Mr. Ulrich is a Republican; he served one year as justice of the peace, and is at present township clerk of the district school where he resides. He was the youngest of the six children of Gottlieb and Christianna B. (Guenther) Ulrich, also natives of Prussia. Gottlieb Ulrich served three years in the German regular army; he was a butcher by trade, but engaged in farming after coming to this country. His parents were Andrew and Mary L. Ulrich, the former also a butcher. Mrs. Christianna B. Ulrich was a daughter of John M. and Christianna Guenther. Mr. Guenther was a teamster by occupation before there were railroads in Germany, and owned some of the finest draught horses in the country.