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Below is a family biography included in The History of Franklin County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1888. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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Omar Strehly, a prominent blacksmith of Sullivan, Franklin Co., Mo., was born in Gasconade County, Mo., in 1858, and is the third in the family of six children of Charles P. and Sophia (Schlender) Strehly. He was reared and educated in Hermann, Gasconade County, and began doing for himself in 1878, as an apprentice to the blacksmith’s trade under J. C. Miller, in Osage County. April 28, 1882, he married Martha, daughter of Michael Henneberger, by whom he has two children, one son and one daughter, named Julia and Edward. He moved to and opened a blacksmith shop in Sullivan, November 9, 1884, and has since been doing a good business in his line; he has made some improvements on the two lots he owns, has a nice residence and a shop well stocked with tools. He is a member of the A. O. U. W., a Republican in politics, and an enterprising young mechanic.
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