Wilhelm Schüller [Schueller], 1899 Biography

SCHUELLER, BAUMHOVER

Posted By: David Reineke (email)
Date: 2/28/2006 at 23:54:43

I translated the following biography from Der Carroll Demokrat, a German-language newspaper published in Carroll, Iowa, between about 1874 and 1920. It was originally published in a special 25th Anniversary Edition of the paper on Friday, 20 September 1899. Information in brackets and notes at the end are my own explanations. It reads as follows:

Wilhelm Schüller [Schueller]

People familiar with the residents of Mt. Carmel will certainly also be acquainted with the esteemed Mr. Wilhelm Schueller, who operates a successful blacksmith and wagon-making shop there, and is respected and popular with all his acquaintances due to his open and honest character. This biography is accompanied by a picture of the man, which is certainly an accurate likeness.

He was born on 22 November 1851 near Cologne on the Rhine River. His parents immigrated to America in 1852 and landed in New Orleans, where his father found gainful employment for a time. The family then moved to Peru, Illinois, then to Troy Grove, and then to Lee County, Illinois, where our Wilhelm completed his early education. He then worked with his father, who ran a blacksmith shop, and in his free time assisted in working on his father’s farm until he was 24 years old. In 1869, the Schüller family moved to Boone County, Iowa, and in 1874 they moved to Grant Township, Carroll County, Iowa, where the subject of our description again assisted his father on the farm. On 24 October 1882, Mr. Wilhelm Schüller married Miss Eleonora Baumhover, a respected young lady, and then the young couple moved to Dubuque, where Mr. Schüller found employment in a farm implement factory. On 17 March 1884, Mr. Schüller moved back to Mt. Carmel, where he opened a blacksmith and wagon-making shop, which he has operated successfully up to the present day. This happy marriage has produced 6 [sic] children, of whom the oldest, a twin, is deceased. The names of the children are: Antonius, Heinrich, Wilhelm, Maria, Wilhelm [sic], Cäcilia, Eleonora, and Leo.