When Francis Henry William Schulte was born on 6 March 1860, in Taos, Cole, Missouri, United States, his father, Johan Bernard Schulte, was 54 and his mother, Anna Maria Catherine Hagener Scherpen "Scheppener", was 32. He married Sophia Bernskoetter on 23 May 1895, in Cole, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Liberty Township, Cole, Missouri, United States for about 50 years. He died on 20 September 1912, in Missouri, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Taos, Cole, Missouri, United States.
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