De Soto Weekly facts De Soto, Jefferson, Missouri THURSDAY, 26 JANUARY 1899 CHARLES BEISBARTH - Charles BEISBARTH, born at Stuttgart, Germany, April 3, 1841, died at Se Soto, Mo., January 18, 1899. Mr. BEISBARTH came to the United States about 1861 and after living in New York a short time enlisted in the Union Army, 11th Connecticut regiment, and continued in the army during the war. At the close of the war he engaged in cotton raising in the south, but an overflow and smallpox among the pickers broke him up in that business and he came to St. Louis about the spring of 1868. In the fall of 1868 he came to De Soto, being employed by the farm of KNORPP & BLANK as salesman. In 1868 he married Miss A.A. BASTIN, at Oakland, Mississippi, she coming north to meet him, after he had located in De Soto. Of this marriage there are seven children living: Emma (Mrs. J.M. LAUGHLIN), Edward, Elease, Albert, Maggie, Paul and Ceclie. From KNORPP & BLANK Mr. BEISBARTH engaged with HOHENTHAL & MANHEIMER, about and about 1872 started in the business or himself, later taking in Frank C. SMITH as a partner. In 1879 he opened business at the present BEISBARTH stand and since that time has carried on a large grocery trade, until a few months ago, when on account of failing health he transferred his business to his son, Edward. He was one of the original stockholders of the People's bank and at the death of Col. RANKIN, succeeded to the presidency of the institution. During all the years of business life in De Soto Mr. BEISBARTH's name has been a synonym for honesty, integrity and high business capacity. He was a member of the German Lutheran church, also holding membership in the Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Blue Lodge, Chapter and Knights Templar Masons. He held a commission as Major in the Uniform Rank of the Knights of Pythias, being one of De Soto's most conspicuous members in that organization. Sent in by Charlotte M. Maness Desoto Joe/The Record Man