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Christian Henrich “Christ” Wehmeyer

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Christian Henrich “Christ” Wehmeyer

Birth
Germany
Death
11 Oct 1921 (aged 78)
Richland Township, Gasconade County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Chamois, Osage County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Germany Births and Baptism, 1558-1898 (Ancestry)
Name: Christian Heinrich Wehmeier
Gender: Male; Baptism Age: 0
Birth Date 23 Aug 1843
Baptism Date: 04 Sept 1843
Baptism Place: Sankt Stephani Evangelisch, Vloto, Westfalen, Prussia
Residence Place: Vloth, Westfalen, Preussen
Father: Johann Friedrich Wehmeier
Mother: Anne Catharine Elisabeth Brandt
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Goodspeed's History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties of Missouri, 1888, page. 1129

Christ Wehmeyer, an enterprising stock-dealer of Morrison, Mo., was born in Prismende, Germany, August 23, 1843, and is the son of Frederick and Catherine Wehmeyer, themselves natives of the same country, who immigrated to the United States, and located in Warren County, Mo., when Christ was quite a young boy. While in Germany the father was a tailor, but after coming to this country his attention was turned to farming, his home continuing to be in Warren County until his death in 1861, at the age of fifty-eight; she was of the same age at the time of her death, four years later. Christ and a brother, John C., at present a resident of Gasconade County, are the only children living of the original family of six. In 1863 he removed from Warren to Franklin County, and thence to Osage County in 1866, where he lived until 1882 with the exception of the years 1872 and 1873, when he was engaged in stock-dealing in Washington, Franklin County. Since the date mentioned he has made his home in Morrison, and from a small start has come to be a prominent stock-man of the country, shipping annually from $20,000-$25,000. During the late war he served in Company H. Twenty-third Missouri (United States Service), but owing to ill health was discharged. March 11, 1865, Mr. Wehmeyer was married to Mary Rusch, a native of Switzerland, daughter of Jacob Rusch. This union has been blessed with five children, two of who survive: Bertha and Martha. Anna, Henry, and an infant are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Wehmeyer are members of the Methodist Church, and the former is much interested in Sunday-school work, having served as superintendent several years. Politically, he is a Republican.
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Gasconade County, Missouri, Vol 1, 1979, pg. 272

Christian H. Wehmeyer was a stockman. He and his wife were active in the German Methodist Episcopal Church. A resident of Morrison, he platted and added to the city a large part of the Morrison "hill area" as Wehmeyer's Additions. Christian H. Wehmeyer died in 1921.
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Gasconade County Republican (Owensville, MO), Friday, Mar 27, 1898
Christ Wehmeyer took Virgil Redeker to his home in Pinckney, Mo., and brought back with him, Erret Thomas of Rhineland to spend the summer with him. Mr. Wehmeyer is a grandfather who loves to have his grandchildren about him.
Germany Births and Baptism, 1558-1898 (Ancestry)
Name: Christian Heinrich Wehmeier
Gender: Male; Baptism Age: 0
Birth Date 23 Aug 1843
Baptism Date: 04 Sept 1843
Baptism Place: Sankt Stephani Evangelisch, Vloto, Westfalen, Prussia
Residence Place: Vloth, Westfalen, Preussen
Father: Johann Friedrich Wehmeier
Mother: Anne Catharine Elisabeth Brandt
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Goodspeed's History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties of Missouri, 1888, page. 1129

Christ Wehmeyer, an enterprising stock-dealer of Morrison, Mo., was born in Prismende, Germany, August 23, 1843, and is the son of Frederick and Catherine Wehmeyer, themselves natives of the same country, who immigrated to the United States, and located in Warren County, Mo., when Christ was quite a young boy. While in Germany the father was a tailor, but after coming to this country his attention was turned to farming, his home continuing to be in Warren County until his death in 1861, at the age of fifty-eight; she was of the same age at the time of her death, four years later. Christ and a brother, John C., at present a resident of Gasconade County, are the only children living of the original family of six. In 1863 he removed from Warren to Franklin County, and thence to Osage County in 1866, where he lived until 1882 with the exception of the years 1872 and 1873, when he was engaged in stock-dealing in Washington, Franklin County. Since the date mentioned he has made his home in Morrison, and from a small start has come to be a prominent stock-man of the country, shipping annually from $20,000-$25,000. During the late war he served in Company H. Twenty-third Missouri (United States Service), but owing to ill health was discharged. March 11, 1865, Mr. Wehmeyer was married to Mary Rusch, a native of Switzerland, daughter of Jacob Rusch. This union has been blessed with five children, two of who survive: Bertha and Martha. Anna, Henry, and an infant are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Wehmeyer are members of the Methodist Church, and the former is much interested in Sunday-school work, having served as superintendent several years. Politically, he is a Republican.
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Gasconade County, Missouri, Vol 1, 1979, pg. 272

Christian H. Wehmeyer was a stockman. He and his wife were active in the German Methodist Episcopal Church. A resident of Morrison, he platted and added to the city a large part of the Morrison "hill area" as Wehmeyer's Additions. Christian H. Wehmeyer died in 1921.
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Gasconade County Republican (Owensville, MO), Friday, Mar 27, 1898
Christ Wehmeyer took Virgil Redeker to his home in Pinckney, Mo., and brought back with him, Erret Thomas of Rhineland to spend the summer with him. Mr. Wehmeyer is a grandfather who loves to have his grandchildren about him.


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