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Theodore Fred Busch, a
locomotive engineer on the Wabash Railroad,
has been in the employ of
this company since 1897, and is one of its
trusted employees and a
well known representative citizen of Moberly
and Randolph County.
Mr. Busch was born in St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 27,
1873, and is a son of
Ferdinand and Elizabeth Busch, both natives of
Germany.. The father was
born in Calendhart and came to the United
States in early life, settling
in St. Louis, Mo. He was a foundryman and
was employed with one
company in St. Louis for 18 years. He died in
city in 1894, His wife
came to this country when a young woman and
they were married in St.
Louis. She died in St. Louis, March 10, 1915.
They were the parents of
the following children: Mrs. Clara Roenmeyer,
of St. Louis, Mo.;
Theodore Fred, the subject of this sketch; and Joseph
and Fred, both of whom
are now living in St. Louis.
Theodore Fred Busch was
reared in the city of St. Louis and at-
tended the parochial
schools. When he was 15 years of age, he began
work as press-boy in his
uncle's factory in St. Louis and was employed
there for a period of three
years. He then entered the employ of the
Felber Machine Company
and was with that concern for three years,
when he returned to the
employ of his uncle, where he was engaged in
making chemical engines
for a time. He then went to work for the
Meyrose Lamp
Manufacturing Company, where he was employed until
1897, when he began his
railroading career. He entered the employ
of the Wabash Railroad
Company as fireman with headquarters at Mo-
berly. In 1903, he was
promoted to freight engineer and has been en-
gaged in that capacity on
the Wabash railroad to the present time and
during these years his
home has been in Moberly.
Mr. Busch was married
Oct. 10, 1900, at St. Charles, Mo., to Miss
Julia Etling, a daughter of
Henry and Barbara (Kemp) Etling. Henry
Etling was born in St.
Charles County, Mo., and belonged to a pioneer
family of that section. He
was a cabinet maker and spent his life
in his native county, where
he died in 1919, at the advanced age of 80
years. His wife was a
native of Germany and came to this country
when 13 years old. She
died in St. Charles, Mo., June 30, 1909. Mrs.
Busch is one of the
following children born to her parents: John A.
Ferguson, Mo.; Daniel E.,
Lima, Ohio; Mrs. Sophie Boschert, St. Charles,
Mo.; Joseph H., St.
Charles, Mo.; Mrs. Anna Schone, St. Charles, Mo.;
Mrs. Theodore F. Busch,
of this review; Josephine, St. Charles; Clara,
St. Charles; and
Lawrence, St. Charles. To Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Fred
Busch have been born one
son, Marvin H., who was born in St. Charles,
Mo., Jan. 14, 1903, and is
now a student in the Moberly High School.
Mr Busch is a member of
the Brotherhood of the Locomotive Engi-
neers an(l the Knights of
Columbus. The Busch family worship at the
Catholic church. Mrs.
Busch is a member of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the
Brotherhood of the
Locomotive Engineers and the Busch family is well
and favorably known in
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