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Judge Henry Ernstmeyer, judge of the Osage County Court, was born in Prussia in 1843, and is a son of William Ernstmeyer, also a native of Prussia, who immigrated to the United States in 1856, first locating at St. Louis, Mo., but subsequently removing to Warrenton, Mo., where he died in 1873. He was a farmer by occupation. The mother of our subject was burned to death when he was quite small, and the father afterward married a second time. Henry Ernstmeyer attended the common schools in his native country until thirteen years of age, and after coming to the United States attended the Central Wesleyan College of Warrenton, Mo., a short time. He subsequently clerked one year in a store at Cooper’s Hill, Osage County, Mo., and while so employed, in 1868, he married Nancy Youngblood, who died in 1874, leaving three children, two of whom are now living. In 1876 Mr. Ernstmeyer married Albertina Koester, who came to the United States with her parents during the war. To this union have been born seven children. In 1868 Mr. Ernstmeyer removed to Chamois, where he was engaged in teaming about ten years, and afterward entered the furniture business at the same place. He served six or eight years as mayor of Chamois, and in 1886 was elected county judge, which office he has filled with much credit. He has taken an active part in the building up of the town and the general welfare of the country, and has accumulated considerable property. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the A. F. & A. M. and A. O. U. W.