MUELLER, John G. (b.1837 d.1904), Sibley Co., MN

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Arlington Enterprise
Thursday 28 July 1904

JOHN G. MUELLER, AN OLD PIONEER PASSES AWAY.
	On Friday morning, July 22nd, occurred the death of one of Sibley 
County’s oldest settlers, John G. Mueller who passed away at this home 
in Gaylord after a lingering illness of nearly a year.  He always enjoyed 
fairly good health even in his later years, but last fall his health began 
to fail him and he was never again able to regain it.
	The deceased was born August 8th, 1837, in Noedenich, Herzogthum, 
Sachsen, Altenburg, Germany and at the age of nineteen years in 1856, he 
came to this country, first settling in Perry Co., Mo.  Then in 1861, he 
came to Jordan and was interested in a saw mill at that place for about 
two years when he went back to Missouri and a few years later got his 
brothers and a number of friends interested to come north with him, and 
in 1864 they came to Minnesota and all settled in Arlington township.
	He was married to Dorotha Gruenhagen, in 1865 and a year later 
went at farming near New Rome where in the next 27 years he acquired 
one of the finest farms in the country. He moved to Gaylord in 1902 to 
make that his final home in which to spend his remaining days and had 
made plans for extensive improvements on his dwelling place there during 
the coming fall.
	He leaves behind him a widow, one brother, two sisters, and eleven
children.  His brother is August Mueller, living near this place.  One
sister lives in Germany while the other resides at Lincoln, Neb.  The
children are Erhard, Henry, John, William, Paul, Ernest and George, Mrs. 
F. J. Hecht, Mrs. Henry Prahl, Mrs. George Weihe and Miss Martha.
	In the early days he started a small store where this village is 
now located.  The goods and produce in those day had to be hauled by team  
to and from St. Paul.  Those pioneer times were strenous [sic.] but he 
was a sturdy and ambitious man and braved many hardships during his time.   
As a citizen he was an upright and honest man, whom all revered because 
of his sterling qualities.  His was a long and well spent life and he 
leaves a host of friends to mourn his departure.
	The funeral was held Sunday afternoon and the body was interred 
in the Arlington township cemetery, Rev. E. Roberts of the Ev. Lutheran 
church of this township officiating at the last sad rites.  The following 
from abroad, relatives of the deceased, attended the funeral which was very
large:  Fred Roepke and wife of Pleasant Dale, Neb., Mrs. Henry Hauschild
of Lincoln, Neb., Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stockman, Henry Gruegenhagen and Mrs.
Hahrms of Germantown, Ia.
	The pall bearers were as follows:  George Kuehner, W. G. Comnick, 
Jacob Eisele, J. R. Beatty, G. P. Utendorfer and Diedrich Thoele, all of 
Gaylord, the late residence of Mr. Mueller.
	We join the many friends of the deceased in extending sympathy 
to the bereaved relatives.
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