Biographical Sketch of Philip Gerner, Bloomington Township, Buchanan County, MO >From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri. ********************************************************************** Philip Gerner, miller and farmer, DeKalb, was born January 12, 1821, and is a native of Baden, Germany. He was educated in both agricul- tural and military schools of his native country, and for two years was traveling over different parts of Europe, Italy, Spain, France, Asia Minor, Turkey, Russia, etc. He was for a short time in the Revolutionary War. In September, 1849, he started for America, landing at New York, where he remained eleven months, and after staying a time in Ohio and Kentucky, he came to Missouri and located in Platte County, this being in the spring of 1854. In February, 1864, he moved to Buchanan County, where he has since resided. He has principally followed milling from boyhood, but occasionally has been engaged at various pursuits. His landed interest consists of 140 acres in Buchanan County, and 480 acres in Kansas, besides property in DeKalb. He was married December 21, 1855, to Miss Ann Crutchfield, born in Kentucky, October 6, 1835. She died June 8, 1872. They had seven children: George, born September 12, 1856; Fannie, born August 2, 1858; Ellen, born July 31, 1861; Francis Z., born August 24, 1863; Sheridan, born November 21, 1865; Sherman, born June 21, 1868, and Katie, born March 5, 1871. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================