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 652 HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI Michaels Catholic church, at Prederiektown, this mission having been established at a very early day. It did not become a regular pastorate until 1830, however. At the pres- ent time the church has a membership of one hundred and fifty Catholic families and in addition to a fine church it also has two good school buildings, a pastor's residence and a home for the Sisters, who conduct the school. The present pastor is Rev. Father McCartney. Louis Stein", actively identified with mill- ing interests in Southeastern Missouri, makes his home at Cape Girardeau, where he is general manager of the Cape City Mills. He is deeply interested in community affairs and his efforts have al.so been a potent ele- ment in the business progress of this section of the state. He has with ready recognition of opportunity directed his labors into va- rious fields wherein he has achieved .success. and at the same time has promoted a busi- ness enterprise that has proved of more than local value. In 1911 he was given proof of the high regard of his fellow citizens in that he wa.s then elected city treasurer of Cape Girardeau, an office he is filling with the utmost credit to himself and his con.stituents. Louis Stein is a native of Cape Girardeau, where his birth occurred on the 12th of Au- gust, 1864, and he is a son of Christian and Margaret (Mertz) Stein, both of whom were liorn and reared in Germany, where was cele- brated their marriage and whence they im- migrated to the United States in the year 1859. Settlement was first made at New Orleans, where the family home was main- tained for one year, at the expiration of which removal was made to a more northern section on account of Yellow fever epidemic. Coming to ]Iissouri, the father settled at ('Ommerce. where lie entered the employ of James Whitelaw, a prominent miller in that place. Three years later, in 1863, the fam- ily located at Cape Girardeau, where Mr. Stein began to work for 6. C. Thelineus. in the flour-mill business. His cherished and devoted wife passed away in 1892, but Mr. Stein is still living. 1911. They were the parents of seven chihlren. six boys and one girl, of whom Louis was the fifth in order of birth. In the German school at Cape Girardeau Louis Stein received his early educational training and this discipline was later sup- plemented by a course of study in the normal school. When eighteen years of age he en- tered the employ of the F. Fiedemann Com- pany, at Jackson, Jlissouri, as miller. Four years later he was proffered and accepted a position as expert miller for the Barnard & Leas Manufacturing Company, at Moline, Illinois. In 1887 he assumed charge of all the mills of the Cape County ^Milling Com- pany and three years later he came to Cape Girardeau, where he has since resided and where, in 1897, he organized the Cape City Mills, of which he is now in charge. He is a business man of splendid ability and his success in his chosen line of work has been on a parity with his own well directed en- deavors. In his political affiliations he is a stanch advocate of the cause of the Democratic party, in the local councils of which he is a most active factor. In 1905 he was elected a member of the city council and he served in that capacity for a period of two years dur- ing Mayor Whitelaw 's administration. In 1911 he made the race for and was elected city treasurer, meeting with practically no opposi- tion. He is showing himself a capable ad- ministrator of the fiscal affairs of the city and in this connection is giving the utmost satis- faction to his constituents. Mr. Stein is a charter member of the Commercial Club of Cape Girardeau and he is also a valued and appreciative member of the organization known as the Sons of Veterans, being eligible for representation therein by reason of his father's seiwice in the Civil war. In a fra- ternal way he is connected with the Modern Woodmen of Amei'ica, the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Knights and Ladies of Security. His religious faith is in harmony with the tenets of the Presbyterian church, in which he is president of the board of deacons. In the year 1886 was solemnized the mar- riage of Mr. Stein to iMiss Marguerite Bar- rett, who was reared and educated at Cairo, Illinois. To this union have been born three children, whose names are here entered in re- spective order of birtli. — Harve.v. Carroll and ilarguerite, — all of whom remain at the pa- rental hom.e. The Stein family are well known and popular in the best social circles of Cape Girardeau and here they are accorded the tmalloyed confidence and esteem of their fellow citizens. Baebeau Andrew Roy is one of the strong, practical men who have had a helpful expe-