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 HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 679 of the Mine LaMotte. For a number of years he worked for that compan.y on the ten per cent royalty basis but later he turned his at- tention to farming. In 1861 his health be- came impaired and he lived retired from that year until his death, in 1867. His cherished and devoted wife passed away in 1866. They were devout communicants of the Catholic church and to the rigid principles of that denomination reared their children. Only two of their children are living at the pres- ent time, namely, — Frank, of this notice ; and Anton, a farmer near Fredericktown. Joseph Sehulte died in 1899, his active career having been devoted to mining and farming ; he was also associated with his brothers Frank and John in the general merchandise business at Fredericktown for a number of years and in 1850 he made the overland trip to California, where he mined for a time. John Sehulte was a merchant and miner in Madison county dur- ing his life time and he died in February, 1883. Elizabeth Sehulte, who married John A. AVeber, a merchant at Farmington, ]Iis- souri, died in 1880; and Gertrude was the wife of Jacob Lohrey, a merchant at Middle- brook, this state. She died in 1897. Frank Sehulte was reared to adult age in Madison county, where he attended the public schools up to the age of sixteen years. For a year and a half thereafter he worked at the carpenter's trade and later he spent several years as a blacksmith. In 1864 he enlLsted as a soldier in Company F, Fiftieth Missouri Regiment, serving for twelve months under Captain Robert Lindsay in the Union army. He was mustered out of sei'vice in the spring of 1865 and immediately returned to Madison county, where he has since resided. For a time he was identified with mining ventures and later he engaged in the general mercan- tile business, continuing therein until 1880. In the latter year he again became interested in mining and prospecting, along which lines he has achieved marvelous success. He devel- oped the Buckeye and the Madison (now the Phoenix) mines, both of which are located in Madison county, and he has prospected ex- tensively in this county for lead. In all his ventures he has met with unqualified success and the same is due, not merely to good for- tune, but to energy and perseverance. Since 1906 he has been vice-president of the Bank of Fredericktown, in which substantial mone- tary institution he has invested a great deal of money. In Madison county, in 1895, Mr. Sehulte was united in marriage to Miss Amanda Mil- ler, who was born in Iron county, this state, and who is a daughter of Henry and Mar- garet ililler, both natives of Germany. Mrs. Sehulte 's father died in 1885 and her mother resided in the Sehulte home until her death, July 1, 1911, at eighty-one years of age. Mr. and jMrs. Sehulte have no children. Mrs. Sehulte is a consistent member of the Luth- eran church. In a fraternal way Mr. Sehulte is afSliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In politics he is a stalwart sup- porter of the cause of the Republican party but has never manifested aught of desire for political preferment of any description, pre- ferring to devote his undivided attention to his extensive business affairs. He is held in high esteem by his fellow men, who honor him for his exemplary life and his sterling integ- rity and worth. Dr. George W. WaJjKee, physician and surgeon at Cape Girardeau, has practiced his profession in this city for nearly six years and has gained high favor among a large and representative patronage. He is a practi- tioner of equipment equal to that of the best, and he has been a devoted student of his pro- fession for the past decade. His broad knowl- edge of his science and sympathetic manner have given him rank among the most skillful and popular physicians and surgeons in this city. A native of the state of Illinois. Dr. Walker was born near Jonesboro, that state, on the 26th of January, 1876. and he is a son of Wil- liam W. and Sarah I. (Williford) Walker, both of whom were likewise born in Illinois, the former on the 3d of April, 1849, and the latter on the 1st of February, 1850. The father was a farmer during the major portion of his active career but in December, 1901, he came to Cape Girardeau, where he is now liv- ing virtually retired, en.joying to the full the fruits of his former years of earnest toil and endeavor. Mr. and Mrs. William W. Walker were the parents of eleven children, of whom the Doctor was the third in order of birth and the ninth of whom are living, in 1911. The rudimentary educational discipline of Dr. Walker was obtained in the country schools of Union county, Illinois, and subse- quentl.y he pursued a course of study in the Indiana State Normal School, at Danville. For five .years thereafter he was engaged in teaching school in his native county and at the expiration of that period he entered the