"...Richard Meschede, who was a native of Paderborn, Prussia, born April 20, 1821. ...received a public school education and as a young man worked for a transportation company in German, filling the position of teamster. In his native land he married Fredericka Pittman, whose name was originally Puttmann and who was born in Arnsberg, Prussia, March 13, 1830. With his wife and three children, Richard Meschede came to America in 1858 on a sailing vessel which was eleven weeks in making the voyage across the Atlantic. Landing at New Orleans, they proceeded to St. Louis, where the father obtained employment and remained in the city until 1868. He then removed with his family to Saline County and purchased eighty acres of land, devoting the balance of his life to its development and improvement. He was a stalwart democrat but never aspired to political office. His death occurred March 15, 1902, and his wife passed away eleven years later, on March 15, 1913." (Source: "Missouri Democracy - A History")
"...Richard Meschede, who was a native of Paderborn, Prussia, born April 20, 1821. ...received a public school education and as a young man worked for a transportation company in German, filling the position of teamster. In his native land he married Fredericka Pittman, whose name was originally Puttmann and who was born in Arnsberg, Prussia, March 13, 1830. With his wife and three children, Richard Meschede came to America in 1858 on a sailing vessel which was eleven weeks in making the voyage across the Atlantic. Landing at New Orleans, they proceeded to St. Louis, where the father obtained employment and remained in the city until 1868. He then removed with his family to Saline County and purchased eighty acres of land, devoting the balance of his life to its development and improvement. He was a stalwart democrat but never aspired to political office. His death occurred March 15, 1902, and his wife passed away eleven years later, on March 15, 1913." (Source: "Missouri Democracy - A History")
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