Biographical Sketch of William Schindler, 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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William Schindler, farmer and stock raiser, Section 29, Post office
St. Joseph, was born December 7, 1838, in Holmes County, Ohio, and was
reared there until ten years of age, spending his boyhood days on a
farm and attending school. He emigrated west with his parents in 1848,
and assisted his father in clearing a farm, and has made agricultural
pursuits hi occupation through life. During the late war he served
three months in the enrolled Missouri Militia. He went to California
in 1868, and remained there eight years, engaged in farming, and then
returned to this county and settled where he now resides, where he
owns a farm of 230 acres, well improved. He was married July 3, 1863,
to Miss Elizabeth Lehman, who is a native of Switzerland, and was
brought to this country when about five years of age. They have had
seven children, five of whom are living: Nora R., William T., Henry T.,
John A. and Alice A. Himself and wife are members of the Evangelical
Association.

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