widowed, son of John H. Eggert and Matilda Bailey, husband of Ida Eggert
d. cert 19370 and obituary indicate birth at Greensburg, Indiana. The 1911 bio indicates birth at Clarksburg, Indiana.
Missouri Death Certificate
STEPHEN L. EGGERT was born October 24, 1869, at Clarksburg, Indiana. He is a son of John and Matilda Eggert. When but a few months old, he came to Adair County, his father having purchased a farm about seven miles northwest of Kirksville. Here he lived with his parents till sixteen years of age, when he went to making railroad ties for eighteen months. He then came to Kirksville and worked at the trade of plasterer for eighteen years. At the end of that time, in 1903, he embarked in the cement business, putting in cement walks, etc. In 1909 he also took up the paving business. He has put in about a mile and a half of paving in Kirksville, giving the best of satisfaction. He also does sewer work and has extensive contracts.
Mr. Eggert also has an interest in the Adair County Brick and Coal Company, and is secretary of the company.
On June 30, 1896, Mr. Eggert married Miss Ida M. Everhart, daughter of Samuel and Mary I. Everhart. They have three children: Carl I., born January 25, 1904; Claude S., born December 23, 1906; and Frances May, born October 3, 1910.
Mr. Eggert and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church. He is an Elk and belongs to the K. of P., Maccabee, and W.M.A. lodges.
History of Adair County, 1911
By Eugene Morrow Violette
Page 516
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S. L. EGGERT DIES FOLLOWING LONG ILLNESS
Contractor, 72, Was Active In Several Business Fields.
Steve L. Eggert, 72, general contractor here, died yesterday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock at his home at 307 South Franklin Street.
He had been in impaired health ten years and bedfast the past nine weeks.
The funeral is to be Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Pyron McMillen, and burial will be made in Forest Cemetery. Masonic rites will be held at the grave. His body is lying in state at the Summers & Flinchpaugh Funeral Home.
Active in his trade since he was a boy eighteen years old, he also developed numerous other business enterprises in real estate, finance, coal, brick and stonecutting. His contracting work was largely in the concrete field.
Mr. Eggert was born Oct. 24, 1868 at Greensburg, Ind., a son of John H. and Matilda J. Eggert. His father was a native of Germany who came to this country before the Civil War and was a soldier in that war. The family came to Adair County in 1869, settling on a farm 6 1-2 miles northwest of Kirksville, where they built a log cabin. When sixteen years of age, young Steve Eggert embarked upon his own livelihood by making railroad ties. After a year and a half at this work he came to Kirsville and started learning the plasterer and concrete worker's trade. Within a few years he was a contractor.
He laid some of the first pavement in Kirksville, that around the public square, and also paved Washington, Harrison and Mulanix Streets. He also constructed many of the sidewalks and sewers here.
Mr. Eggert was a stockholder in the Big Creek Coal Mine and engaged in the retail coal business here a number of years. He was a director of the Kirksville Building & Loan Association and of the National Bank of Kirksville. For several years he was secretary of the Adair County Brick and Coal Company. In another phase of his business career here he operated a stonecutting and monument business.
He was a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Presbyterian Church, Adair Lodge 105, A. F. & A. M., Ely Commandry No. 22 Knights Templar, Caldwell Chapter No. 53 Royal Arch Masons, and Moila Temple of the Shrine.
Mr. Eggert served as deputy sheriff under Sheriff Edward Pauley. He also was once a member of the City Council.
Married June 30, 1896 to Ida Mae Everhart, four children were born. Mrs. Eggert died Aug. 30, 1934.
Surviving him are: One daughter, Frances, wife of Dr. Robert L. McCulley, Newcomerstown, Ohio; three sons, Carl Eggert, Kirksville; Claude Eggert, Centerville, Ia., and Myers Eggert, Kirksville; one granddaughter, Sandra Dee Eggert, Centerville; two brothers, Al Eggert, Kirksville, and John Eggert, Los Angeles, Calif.; and two sisters, Mrs. Nannie Ferguson and Miss Della Eggert, Kirksville. Two brothers, Frank and Edward, preceded him in death.
Kirksville Daily Express
Kirksville, Missouri
May 28, 1941
d. cert 19370 and obituary indicate birth at Greensburg, Indiana. The 1911 bio indicates birth at Clarksburg, Indiana.
Missouri Death Certificate
STEPHEN L. EGGERT was born October 24, 1869, at Clarksburg, Indiana. He is a son of John and Matilda Eggert. When but a few months old, he came to Adair County, his father having purchased a farm about seven miles northwest of Kirksville. Here he lived with his parents till sixteen years of age, when he went to making railroad ties for eighteen months. He then came to Kirksville and worked at the trade of plasterer for eighteen years. At the end of that time, in 1903, he embarked in the cement business, putting in cement walks, etc. In 1909 he also took up the paving business. He has put in about a mile and a half of paving in Kirksville, giving the best of satisfaction. He also does sewer work and has extensive contracts.
Mr. Eggert also has an interest in the Adair County Brick and Coal Company, and is secretary of the company.
On June 30, 1896, Mr. Eggert married Miss Ida M. Everhart, daughter of Samuel and Mary I. Everhart. They have three children: Carl I., born January 25, 1904; Claude S., born December 23, 1906; and Frances May, born October 3, 1910.
Mr. Eggert and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church. He is an Elk and belongs to the K. of P., Maccabee, and W.M.A. lodges.
History of Adair County, 1911
By Eugene Morrow Violette
Page 516
------------
S. L. EGGERT DIES FOLLOWING LONG ILLNESS
Contractor, 72, Was Active In Several Business Fields.
Steve L. Eggert, 72, general contractor here, died yesterday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock at his home at 307 South Franklin Street.
He had been in impaired health ten years and bedfast the past nine weeks.
The funeral is to be Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Pyron McMillen, and burial will be made in Forest Cemetery. Masonic rites will be held at the grave. His body is lying in state at the Summers & Flinchpaugh Funeral Home.
Active in his trade since he was a boy eighteen years old, he also developed numerous other business enterprises in real estate, finance, coal, brick and stonecutting. His contracting work was largely in the concrete field.
Mr. Eggert was born Oct. 24, 1868 at Greensburg, Ind., a son of John H. and Matilda J. Eggert. His father was a native of Germany who came to this country before the Civil War and was a soldier in that war. The family came to Adair County in 1869, settling on a farm 6 1-2 miles northwest of Kirksville, where they built a log cabin. When sixteen years of age, young Steve Eggert embarked upon his own livelihood by making railroad ties. After a year and a half at this work he came to Kirsville and started learning the plasterer and concrete worker's trade. Within a few years he was a contractor.
He laid some of the first pavement in Kirksville, that around the public square, and also paved Washington, Harrison and Mulanix Streets. He also constructed many of the sidewalks and sewers here.
Mr. Eggert was a stockholder in the Big Creek Coal Mine and engaged in the retail coal business here a number of years. He was a director of the Kirksville Building & Loan Association and of the National Bank of Kirksville. For several years he was secretary of the Adair County Brick and Coal Company. In another phase of his business career here he operated a stonecutting and monument business.
He was a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Presbyterian Church, Adair Lodge 105, A. F. & A. M., Ely Commandry No. 22 Knights Templar, Caldwell Chapter No. 53 Royal Arch Masons, and Moila Temple of the Shrine.
Mr. Eggert served as deputy sheriff under Sheriff Edward Pauley. He also was once a member of the City Council.
Married June 30, 1896 to Ida Mae Everhart, four children were born. Mrs. Eggert died Aug. 30, 1934.
Surviving him are: One daughter, Frances, wife of Dr. Robert L. McCulley, Newcomerstown, Ohio; three sons, Carl Eggert, Kirksville; Claude Eggert, Centerville, Ia., and Myers Eggert, Kirksville; one granddaughter, Sandra Dee Eggert, Centerville; two brothers, Al Eggert, Kirksville, and John Eggert, Los Angeles, Calif.; and two sisters, Mrs. Nannie Ferguson and Miss Della Eggert, Kirksville. Two brothers, Frank and Edward, preceded him in death.
Kirksville Daily Express
Kirksville, Missouri
May 28, 1941
widowed, son of John H. Eggert and Matilda Bailey, husband of Ida Eggert
d. cert 19370 and obituary indicate birth at Greensburg, Indiana. The 1911 bio indicates birth at Clarksburg, Indiana.
Missouri Death Certificate
STEPHEN L. EGGERT was born October 24, 1869, at Clarksburg, Indiana. He is a son of John and Matilda Eggert. When but a few months old, he came to Adair County, his father having purchased a farm about seven miles northwest of Kirksville. Here he lived with his parents till sixteen years of age, when he went to making railroad ties for eighteen months. He then came to Kirksville and worked at the trade of plasterer for eighteen years. At the end of that time, in 1903, he embarked in the cement business, putting in cement walks, etc. In 1909 he also took up the paving business. He has put in about a mile and a half of paving in Kirksville, giving the best of satisfaction. He also does sewer work and has extensive contracts.
Mr. Eggert also has an interest in the Adair County Brick and Coal Company, and is secretary of the company.
On June 30, 1896, Mr. Eggert married Miss Ida M. Everhart, daughter of Samuel and Mary I. Everhart. They have three children: Carl I., born January 25, 1904; Claude S., born December 23, 1906; and Frances May, born October 3, 1910.
Mr. Eggert and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church. He is an Elk and belongs to the K. of P., Maccabee, and W.M.A. lodges.
History of Adair County, 1911
By Eugene Morrow Violette
Page 516
------------
S. L. EGGERT DIES FOLLOWING LONG ILLNESS
Contractor, 72, Was Active In Several Business Fields.
Steve L. Eggert, 72, general contractor here, died yesterday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock at his home at 307 South Franklin Street.
He had been in impaired health ten years and bedfast the past nine weeks.
The funeral is to be Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Pyron McMillen, and burial will be made in Forest Cemetery. Masonic rites will be held at the grave. His body is lying in state at the Summers & Flinchpaugh Funeral Home.
Active in his trade since he was a boy eighteen years old, he also developed numerous other business enterprises in real estate, finance, coal, brick and stonecutting. His contracting work was largely in the concrete field.
Mr. Eggert was born Oct. 24, 1868 at Greensburg, Ind., a son of John H. and Matilda J. Eggert. His father was a native of Germany who came to this country before the Civil War and was a soldier in that war. The family came to Adair County in 1869, settling on a farm 6 1-2 miles northwest of Kirksville, where they built a log cabin. When sixteen years of age, young Steve Eggert embarked upon his own livelihood by making railroad ties. After a year and a half at this work he came to Kirsville and started learning the plasterer and concrete worker's trade. Within a few years he was a contractor.
He laid some of the first pavement in Kirksville, that around the public square, and also paved Washington, Harrison and Mulanix Streets. He also constructed many of the sidewalks and sewers here.
Mr. Eggert was a stockholder in the Big Creek Coal Mine and engaged in the retail coal business here a number of years. He was a director of the Kirksville Building & Loan Association and of the National Bank of Kirksville. For several years he was secretary of the Adair County Brick and Coal Company. In another phase of his business career here he operated a stonecutting and monument business.
He was a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Presbyterian Church, Adair Lodge 105, A. F. & A. M., Ely Commandry No. 22 Knights Templar, Caldwell Chapter No. 53 Royal Arch Masons, and Moila Temple of the Shrine.
Mr. Eggert served as deputy sheriff under Sheriff Edward Pauley. He also was once a member of the City Council.
Married June 30, 1896 to Ida Mae Everhart, four children were born. Mrs. Eggert died Aug. 30, 1934.
Surviving him are: One daughter, Frances, wife of Dr. Robert L. McCulley, Newcomerstown, Ohio; three sons, Carl Eggert, Kirksville; Claude Eggert, Centerville, Ia., and Myers Eggert, Kirksville; one granddaughter, Sandra Dee Eggert, Centerville; two brothers, Al Eggert, Kirksville, and John Eggert, Los Angeles, Calif.; and two sisters, Mrs. Nannie Ferguson and Miss Della Eggert, Kirksville. Two brothers, Frank and Edward, preceded him in death.
Kirksville Daily Express
Kirksville, Missouri
May 28, 1941
d. cert 19370 and obituary indicate birth at Greensburg, Indiana. The 1911 bio indicates birth at Clarksburg, Indiana.
Missouri Death Certificate
STEPHEN L. EGGERT was born October 24, 1869, at Clarksburg, Indiana. He is a son of John and Matilda Eggert. When but a few months old, he came to Adair County, his father having purchased a farm about seven miles northwest of Kirksville. Here he lived with his parents till sixteen years of age, when he went to making railroad ties for eighteen months. He then came to Kirksville and worked at the trade of plasterer for eighteen years. At the end of that time, in 1903, he embarked in the cement business, putting in cement walks, etc. In 1909 he also took up the paving business. He has put in about a mile and a half of paving in Kirksville, giving the best of satisfaction. He also does sewer work and has extensive contracts.
Mr. Eggert also has an interest in the Adair County Brick and Coal Company, and is secretary of the company.
On June 30, 1896, Mr. Eggert married Miss Ida M. Everhart, daughter of Samuel and Mary I. Everhart. They have three children: Carl I., born January 25, 1904; Claude S., born December 23, 1906; and Frances May, born October 3, 1910.
Mr. Eggert and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church. He is an Elk and belongs to the K. of P., Maccabee, and W.M.A. lodges.
History of Adair County, 1911
By Eugene Morrow Violette
Page 516
------------
S. L. EGGERT DIES FOLLOWING LONG ILLNESS
Contractor, 72, Was Active In Several Business Fields.
Steve L. Eggert, 72, general contractor here, died yesterday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock at his home at 307 South Franklin Street.
He had been in impaired health ten years and bedfast the past nine weeks.
The funeral is to be Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Pyron McMillen, and burial will be made in Forest Cemetery. Masonic rites will be held at the grave. His body is lying in state at the Summers & Flinchpaugh Funeral Home.
Active in his trade since he was a boy eighteen years old, he also developed numerous other business enterprises in real estate, finance, coal, brick and stonecutting. His contracting work was largely in the concrete field.
Mr. Eggert was born Oct. 24, 1868 at Greensburg, Ind., a son of John H. and Matilda J. Eggert. His father was a native of Germany who came to this country before the Civil War and was a soldier in that war. The family came to Adair County in 1869, settling on a farm 6 1-2 miles northwest of Kirksville, where they built a log cabin. When sixteen years of age, young Steve Eggert embarked upon his own livelihood by making railroad ties. After a year and a half at this work he came to Kirsville and started learning the plasterer and concrete worker's trade. Within a few years he was a contractor.
He laid some of the first pavement in Kirksville, that around the public square, and also paved Washington, Harrison and Mulanix Streets. He also constructed many of the sidewalks and sewers here.
Mr. Eggert was a stockholder in the Big Creek Coal Mine and engaged in the retail coal business here a number of years. He was a director of the Kirksville Building & Loan Association and of the National Bank of Kirksville. For several years he was secretary of the Adair County Brick and Coal Company. In another phase of his business career here he operated a stonecutting and monument business.
He was a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Presbyterian Church, Adair Lodge 105, A. F. & A. M., Ely Commandry No. 22 Knights Templar, Caldwell Chapter No. 53 Royal Arch Masons, and Moila Temple of the Shrine.
Mr. Eggert served as deputy sheriff under Sheriff Edward Pauley. He also was once a member of the City Council.
Married June 30, 1896 to Ida Mae Everhart, four children were born. Mrs. Eggert died Aug. 30, 1934.
Surviving him are: One daughter, Frances, wife of Dr. Robert L. McCulley, Newcomerstown, Ohio; three sons, Carl Eggert, Kirksville; Claude Eggert, Centerville, Ia., and Myers Eggert, Kirksville; one granddaughter, Sandra Dee Eggert, Centerville; two brothers, Al Eggert, Kirksville, and John Eggert, Los Angeles, Calif.; and two sisters, Mrs. Nannie Ferguson and Miss Della Eggert, Kirksville. Two brothers, Frank and Edward, preceded him in death.
Kirksville Daily Express
Kirksville, Missouri
May 28, 1941
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