Biographical Sketch of John Henry Kahle, Gasconade County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** John Henry Kahle, son of Conrad and Louise D. (Weimann) Kahle, was born in the house in which he is now living in 1842, was reared on the farm and secured a limited education in the English and German languages. During the war he served a short time in the militia. In 1847 he selected a companion for life in the person of Miss Dor- otha Austermann, a native of Gasconade County, born in 1852. The result of this union was the birth of five children, four now living, one son and three daughters. Both Mr. and Mrs. Kahle are members of the Evangelical Church, and he is a Republican in politics. He owns 360 acres of land, and has lived in Gasconade County all his life. His parents were natives of Hanover, Germany, the father born in 1809 and the mother in 1820. The father followed the occupation of a shepherd boy until he came to the United States, which was in 1840, but had married before coming here. After living in Cincinnati, Ohio two years, they came to this county, and located on the place where our subject now lives. The father was a Republican in politics, and he and wife were members of the Evangelical Church. He died in 1881, but the mother is still living. In their family were five children, three now living, one son and two daughters. ==================================================================== 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: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================