HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

Biographical Appendix

FREDERICK SCHULTE

Frederick Schulte, farmer of St. Michael Township, and son of Frederick and Hellena (Schumer) Schulte, was born in Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia, Germany, in 1841. The parents were natives of the same place as that of their son, Frederick, Sr., was a school teacher by profession, and was highly educated, being a graduate of a university in the German Empire. He died in 1844, at the age of thirty-five, while yet in the prime of life. His wife was born in 1809, and came to the United States in 1847 with her son and her brother, Anton Schumer. She came at once to Mine La Motte, Mo., and in 1848 married Edocus Spickerman, who is also deceased. Mrs. Spickerman died in November, 1886. She was the mother of two children, one by each husband: Frederick Schulte and John Spickerman. The former was only six years old when she came to Madison County. He grew to manhood at Mine La Motte, and commenced teaming at the age of eleven. He followed this occupation until seventeen years of age, when he commenced mining. In 1866 he Miss Louisa Sunderman, who was born in St. Louis County, Mo., in 1849, and who, by her marriage, became the mother of three children: Frank, Katie and John. Mrs. Schulte died in 1877, and in 1880 Mr. Schulte married Miss Annie Priggel, a native of Mine La Motte, Mo., born in 1859, and the daughter of Eberhart Priggel. Four children were born to this union: Hellena, Frederick, Joseph and Herman. In May, 1885, Mr. Schulte bought 280 acres of land one and a half miles east of Fredericktown, and in the spring of 1887, he located there and since that time has been a tiller of the soil. Mr. Schulte began life a poor boy, but by industry and hard work he has now a good home. He is making many improvements in his place, and will soon have one of the best farms in Madison County. He is a Republican in politics, and he and family are members of the Catholic Church.