Below is the family biography of Joe Koenig included in The History of Newton 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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Joe Koenig is the eldest of four children of John and Julia A. (Cornue) Koenig, and was born in 1851, and reared in Alton, Ill. The father was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, and came to the United States in 1840, locating at Alton, where he lived about thirty years. He moved to Newton County, Mo., in 1871, and there died in 1881 at the age of sixty years. He was the owner of 150 acres at the time of his death; in religious views he was a Catholic, in politics a Democrat. His children are the subject of this memoir, Victor, Francis and Caroline. Joe, the eldest of these, was reared to manhood in Alton Ill., and there learned the painter’s trade. He came to Missouri with his father, and married Mary Seifert. They have four children: Francis, Julia, Joseph and Clem. Mr. Koenig as always lived on the old homestead, and is a hard-working and law-abiding citizen. He is a Democrat, and a member of the Catholic Church.
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