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Below is a family biography included in The History of Osage County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889.  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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William H. Brinkmann (deceased) was a merchant, and one of the most highly esteemed citizens of Boeger’s Store Post-office, fourteen miles northeast of Linn, in Osage County. He was born in Warren County, Mo., July 20, 1861, and his parents were George H. and Charlotte (Sundermeyer) Brinkmann. George H. Brinkmann was a wagon-maker by trade, and was a native of Germany, immigrating to America in 1833. In 1860 he bought a farm near Marthasville, Warren Co., Mo., upon which he located and spent the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 1876; his widow, who came to this country in 1852, died in 1882. William H. Brinkmann was the eldest of a family of six children, and was reared to the pursuit of farming. At the age of seventeen he entered the Central Wesleyan College at Warrenton, which he attended four years, graduating in the class of 1881. Subsequent to his graduation he taught two terms of school, after which he returned to the old homestead and turned his attention to farming the 250 acres of fine land. October 22, 1885, he was united in marriage to Miss E. Boeger, daughter of Simon and Charlotte (Peters) Boeger, natives of Germany, who came to the United States in 1857 and 1854, respectively. Simon Boeger has long been a resident of Bay, Gasconade Co., Mo., and is one of the most successful merchants and enterprising business men of that place. To Mr. and Mrs. Brinkmann was born one child, Laura. William H. Brinkmann continued farming until 1886, when he purchased the store and building of August Boeger. The latter had purchased it of his brother Simon, subsequently, as above stated, selling it to William Brinkmann, who conducted the business very successfully until his death, which occurred April 5, 1887. He was a man of large business capacity, and in his death Osage County lost one of its most promising and enterprising young men. Since his death his estimable wife, with the aid of her sisters-in-law, Emma, Lorena and Anna, has continued the business her deceased husband so well established. They carry one of the largest and best selected stocks of general merchandise in Osage County, and Mrs. Brinkmann certainly deserves high commendation for her success in the management of this large and increasing business. She belongs to the Evangelical Church.

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This family biography is one of 52 biographies included in The History of Osage County, Missouri published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Osage County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps

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