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     Christian F. Oelschlaeger, farmer and wine grower, is the son of Daniel and Christina P. (Oelschlaeger) Oelschlaeger, both of whom were born in Wurtemberg, Germany, though not related. Here they were married, and reared three children. The father was a tailor by trade, and in 1833 they crossed the ocean to America, and located at Philadelphia, Penn. Becoming a member of the German Settlement Society, they came to Hermann in 1837, and soon after moved to the place where our subject now lives. The father lived to see his eighty-seventh year, and the mother
to see her sixty-fifth year. Both were members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. The father served four years under Napoleon. Christian F. was born in the same place as his parents, in the year 1827, and was the youngest child born to their union. He came to this country when only six years of age, and his education was limited to a few months' attendance at Philadelphia. At the age of nineteen he enlisted in the Mexican War, but was discharged, with others, on account of hav
ing no arms. In 1851 he married Mariah Krattli, a native of Switzerland. She died in 1886. To them were born eight children, four sons and four daughters. Mr. Oelschlaeger is conservative in his political views, voting for the man more than for the party, and he is a member of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church, as was also his wife. He has for forty years lived on the tract of land he now owns, which consists of 225 acres, and has lived for fifty-one years in the county. When his parents reached this country, ten cents was all the money they had. They
immediately went to work, and, by laboring almost day and night, succeeded in accumulating considerable property. The father was one of the successful and enterprising farmers of Gasconade County, as is also his son, the subject of this sketch. Christian Friedrich Oelschlaeger immigrated in 1833. In July 1863 at Civil War Draft Registration, Missouri, Name: Christian Oelschlager
Residence: Missouri
Class: 2
Congressional District: 2nd
Age on 1 July 1863: 35
Race: White
Place of Birth: Wurtemberg, Germany.

     Maria Kraettly had 8 children; 4 sons and 4 daughters children.

     Curt William Kummer obtained US Social Security Card at Wisconsin; last residence Mondovi, Buffalo, Wisconsin. On 5 June 1917 at World War I Draft Registration, Pepin, Wisconsin.

     Joan Marceda Brimmer obtained US Social Security Card at Wisconsin; last residence not specified. She graduated in 1948 at Reedsburg High School, Reedsburg, Sauk, Wisconsin.

     John Koranda was naturalized at Bon Homme, South Dakota, listed as born in 1852 in Bohemia and coming to the US via port in Baltimore. He immigrated in 1876.

     Mary (?) immigrated in 1876. She had 9 with 9 living in 1900 children.

     Alvin Koranda obtained US Social Security Card at Minnesota; last residence Bluffton, Otter Tail, Minnesota.