The parents of Mr. Klostermeyer were born and reared in Bremen, Germany, where they subsequently married. After the birth of two of their children, they decided to emigrate to America and in 1865 set out on a sailing vessel which subsequently landed them at Castle Garden, New York. Their objective point was Marietta, Ohio, and there Henry J. Klostermeyer followed his trade, that of carpenter, and also his profession as architect. There are yet many substantial and stately buildings standing at Marietta which are testimonials of his skill and ability. His death occurred in 1907 when he was eighty years of age. He cast his vote with the Democratic party. His widow died March 2, 1911, being in her seventy-seventh year, and had continued to make her home in Marietta. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, as was her husband. They had eight children, namely: Mary, who is the wife of Prof. George Lennon, a well known musician in Philadelphia, Boston, and London, England; Anne, who is the wife of A.E. Price, an attorney at law at Athens, Ohio; Louise, who is the wife of E.C. Hunsinger, who is in the wholesale cigar business at Chicago; Augusta, who is the wife of W.D. Bedillion, who is the manager of a glass plant at Marietta, Ohio; Henry D., who resides in Ohio, and married Isabella Sylvester; Frederick G., the direct subject of this sketch; Wilhelmina, who is the wife of Howard Paul Taylor, of Indianapolis, Ind.; and one son who was accidentally drowned in the Muskingum River.

Frederick G. Klostermeyer was educated in the public schools of Washington County, Ohio, and when he had made his choice of profession, entered the Northern Ohio University at Ada, where he graduated in pharmacy in the class of 1895. In 1896 he came to Charleston and for four years served as a drug clerk and then purchased the interest of George Ort and has continued to conduct a first class drug store ever since, and enjoys the full confidence of the public in every way.

On February 14, 1900, Mr. Klostermeyer was married to Miss Carrie L. Wooton, who was born in 1876, in Kentucky and educated in Hungtington, Cabell County, W.Va. They have one son, Howard R., who was born January 29, 1904. Mrs. Klostermeyer is a member of the First Presbyterian Church. In politics Mr. Klostermeyer is a Republican. He is a Mason of advanced standing, belonging to the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery at Charleston, and to Beni-Keedem Temple, Mystic Shrine.