Biographical Sketch of John Peter Kirschner, St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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John Peter Kirschner was born in Germany, Kingdom of Bavaria, on the
River Rhine, May 8, 1821. He came to this country in 1843, and
settled in Clay County, Missouri, near Parkville, then removed to
Independence, Jackson County, and thence, in 1846 to St. Joseph,
where he started the first bakery established in the city, and con-
tinued to operate it for many years with a good degree of success.
He purchased a farm near the city of 160 acres, and moved on it in
1867. He married Miss Annie E. Groh, in Clay County, Missouri, on
April 18, 1846. They have a family of four children: John, Peter J.,
George E. and Lena. John is married and lives near his father.
Peter J. was educated in the schools of St. Joseph until seventeen
years of age, and then, in 1869, went to Cincinnati and attended a
private school for two years. In 1875, he commenced the study of
medicine with Dr. J. Geiger, as preceptor, and in 1877, he attended
the medical department of the University of Louisville, and in 1878-
1879 he attended Bellevue Hospital College, and was graduated from
that institution. While pursuing his medical studies he taught
school, and paid his way through the entire course by his own exer-
tions. In 1879, he commenced the active practice of his profession.
In 1880, he was appointed City Physician and reappointed in 1881.
He was appointed demonstrator of anatomy in the College of Physicians
and Surgeons, for the session of 1879-80, and professor of physiology
in 1880-81.

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