My Genealogy Hound

Frederick Rusche, brick and stone mason and sub-contractor of Washington, Mo., is a native of Hanover, Germany, born in 1843, the son of Henry Rusche,’ who was born in 1813, and who was a stone-mason by trade, In 1881 he came to the United States and to Washington, Mo., where he now lives. He has been married three times, and has two children living by the first marriage, Frederick being the eldest, He was educated in Germany, and at the age of eighteen commenced learning his trade, working four years as an apprentice. In 1865 he immigrated to America and worked the first summer in Chicago. In 1866 he came to Washington, Mo., and resumed working at his trade. Here he has resided ever since, with the exception of one year (1868), when he worked in St. Louis and Chicago. Mr. Rusche is a first-class workman, and has assisted in erecting a large number of the buildings now standing in Washington. He has been sub-contractor in brick and stone work for many of the buildings, and his work gives general satisfaction. November 13, 1870, he married Miss Annie Langenberg, who was born in Washington, Mo., in 1853, and who is the daughter of Henry Langenberg. Three children were born to this union: Lydia, Arthur and Oswald. In 1881 Mr. Rusche and Christ Schmidt bought two acres of land in the southern portion of the city, and began the manufacture of brick, making 500,000. Owing to much business in building the following year, they leased the yard for five years to F. Forester and Joseph Barber, who have since been in the business. Their time has expired, and the same parties have leased it again for five years more. Our subject is very conservative in politics, voting for principle and not for party, and he and wife are members of the Lutheran Church.