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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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Theodore Seifert, dealer in general merchandise at Pacific, was born in Wiirtemberg, Germany, in 1835, and is the eldest of twelve children of John and Josephine (Nille) Seifert, natives of Germany, where the former died. When seventeen years of age, Theodore Seifert came to the United States with his mother and three sisters, settling first in St. Louis, where he worked two years as a harness-maker. He then came to Pacific, but remained only a short time, when he returned to St. Louis and engaged in trunk manufacturing for about two years. He returned to Pacific where he clerked in his brother-in-law’s saloon until the latter’s death when Mr. Seifert assumed charge of the Franklin Hotel two years. He subsequently embarked in general merchandising, east of his present location, and five years later erected his present business house, where he has since been located. He was married July 20, 1863, to Julia Pohlig, a native of Franklin County, and they have ten children, viz.: Einil, Theodore, Herman, Augusta, Julius, Caroline, Clara, Charles, Eugene and Oscar. Mr. and Mrs. Seifert are members of the Catholic and Presbyterian Churches, respectively. He has served as alderman and mayor of the city, and also as treasurer.

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