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Collection, 1905. 2 items
Collection contains letter of Mt. Carmel Council No. 42 (St. Louis), August 23, 1905,
notifying a member to present himself for initiation, and an 8-page printed bulletin of the
Knights of Father Mathew, dated 1905. This bulletin includes a roster of councils in Missouri,
Kansas, Illinois, and Iowa, which gives the name, location, and number of members in each
council.
Cite as: Knights of Father Mathew Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2451
Knock, Franklyn A. (1893-1967).
Papers, 1910-1914. 1 folder
Franklyn A. Knock was born in Missouri in 1893, and worked as a carpenter in St. Louis. He
moved to Chicago around 1914, and died there in December 1967.
Papers consist primarily of receipts and correspondence of Franklyn A. Knock and items
relating to St. Louis lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Franklyn A. Knock Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0830
Koch Family.
Papers, 1865-1987. 1 box
Family of Edward Koch (1853-1924) who was born in Germany and emigrated to the United
States. He married Augusta Schenken, and was the father of Adolf Koch.
Collection consists of Edward Koch family papers (photocopies) including correspondence,
genealogical materials, photographs, and printed matter, 1865-1987; Edward Koch's copybook
(in German); Adolf Koch's diary, July 3, 1904-March 7, 1905 (original and photocopy); Charles
B. Herbst family household papers, 6084a Maple Ave. and 6418 West Park Ave., St. Louis,
1947-1954; printed booklet, South St. Louis Gymnastic Society (Turnverein), 1905-1906; a map
of the United States, dated 1853 (in German; filed oversize); and three associated Germanlanguage
books published in St. Louis.
Cite as: Koch Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0831
Kochtitzky, Otto (1855-1935).
Papers, 1850-1935. 21 boxes; 1 oversize folder; 19 volumes
Otto Kochtitzky was born May 4, 1855, near South Bend, Indiana, to Oscar von Kochtitzky
and Caroline Shidler Kochtitzky. His father was a member of an old Silesian or Polish
aristocratic family of some political influence. His family moved to Missouri when Otto
Kochtitzky was a child. Otto Kochtitzky attended public schools at Lebanon and Jefferson City
and at the age of 16 he taught school in Laclede County. In 1875, he was sent by his father, who
at that time was a land commissioner in the state department, to southeast Missouri to investigate
the swamp lands of Pemiscot and New Madrid Counties. In 1881, he was placed in charge of the
survey of the Little River Valley and Arkansas Railroad, built from New Madrid, Missouri, to
Malden, Missouri. This was the first railroad constructed in that district and it became a link of
the Cotton Belt. After this road was sold to the Cotton Belt he was made topographical engineer
on the survey. In 1883, he entered the grain business at Malden, but remained in this only a short
time. On November 11, 1883, h married Miss Isabella Wade. In 1901, he moved to Cape
Girardeau, Missouri, where he carried on a land trading business. In 1907, he was made the chief