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Below is a family biography included in The History of Gasconade 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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Albert Pfotenhauer, farmer, is the son of Andrew and Margaret (Phillipp) Pfotenhauer, who were born in Saxony in 1826, and Switzerland in 1830, respectively. The father came to the United States some years before the mother, who came in 1844. They were married in Gasconade County, and here the father followed agricultural pursuits, at which he was very successful. He was in the militia for some time during the war. He died in 1862 and she in 1871. Both were members of the Evangelical Church. In their family were six children, four sons and two daughters, Albert being the second child. He was born on the farm he now owns in 1854; was educated in the district schools. In 1874 he married Miss Matilda Schultz, sister of August Schultz. She was born in Wurtemberg in 1855, and by her marriage became the mother of six children, five now living, two sons and three daughters. Mr. Pfotenhauer has been a farmer all his life, and has a good farm of 120 acres. He is a Republican in politics.
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