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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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Philipp Apprill, resident and farmer of Roark Township, is the son of Joseph and Barbara (Schmidt) Apprill, both natives of Alsace, France, the former born in 1786, and the latter three years later. The father was a farmer and grain dealer, and lived to be sixty-one years old. The mother died at the age of eighty, and both passed their entire lives in their native country. Eight children were born to their marriage, of whom two sons and three daughters came to America. The youngest member of the family was Philipp, who was born in Alsace, France, in 1834, and received a common education. While growing up he learned the cooper trade, and after coming to America, in 1853, worked at his trade in Buffalo, until 1854, but went from there to Ripley County, Ind., and in 1860 came to Gasconade County, Mo., where, three years later, he married Miss Margaret Vogel, who was born in Switzerland in 1841. By her were born seven children, four sons and three daughters. Mrs. Apprill died in 1880. Both Mr. and Mrs. Apprill were members of the Catholic Church, and he is a Democrat in politics. He has a fine farm of 218 acres, and as a farmer has ever been accustomed to sow wheat.

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This family biography is one of 146 biographies included in The History of Gasconade County, Missouri published in 1888.  For the complete description, click here: Gasconade County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps

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