WILLIAM BAUMSTARK

"GOODSPEED'S HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI,
Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1888."

William Baumstark, the well known and genial proprietor of the Myers House, at Ste. Genevieve, Mo., was born in Baden, Germany, October 15, 1855, the son of Bonifac and Teresa (Wipfler) Baumstark. William Baumstark came to America in 1879, landed at New York May 27, and at once came to Ste. Genevieve County, where he engaged in sheep raising for some years. In 1883 he came to the city of Ste. Genevieve and found employment in the Cone Mills. One year later he married Mrs. Mary Myers, the widow of Martin Myers, whom she married June 3, 1873, and by whom she had four children. Mr. Myers died in 1880. He was a native of Germany, and came to America when seven years of age, locating in Milwaukee, Wis. In 1882 Mrs. Myers erected the fine brick building known as Myers House, and managed the same until her marriage to Mr. Baumstark. She was born in Ste. Genevieve, September 13, 1854, and is the daughter of Nicholas and Clara (Schneider) Wehner. To this union have been born two children. Mr and Mrs. Baumstark are well known and much esteemed by all who meet them, and both are members of the Catholic Church.

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