Biographical Sketch of Phillip Koeller, Gasconade County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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Philip Koeller (deceased) was born in Germany in 1800, grew to manhood
there, and married Miss Dorathea Voght, also a native of Germany, born
in 1807.  While in the old country Mr. Koeller followed the occupation
of a butcher and baker.  In 1833 he and family came to the United 
States, settled in Philadelphia, Penn., but later moved to Hermann, 
where Mr. Koeller followed butchering for some time, and then moved on
the farm.  He lived to be fifty-five and she eighty years of age, and 
both were members of the Evangelical Church.  Of the fourteen children
born to their marriage, two were born in the old country, and the rest
in the United States.  August, the next to the youngest child, was born
in 1844, on the place where he now lives.  He received his education in
Hermann, where he attended school until fourteen years of age.  In 1861
he went out as Home Guard, then in the Gasconade Reserve Corps, which
finally was consolidated into the Fourth Missouri Volunteers, he being
in Company E.  In 1864 his brother was drafted, but our subject went in
his stead, in Company I, Eleventh Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and ser-
ved in all about thirty-three months, being discharged at Memphis, Tenn.
He participated in the battles of Fish River and Spanish Fort.  After
the war he returned to farming, and in 1867 married Miss Joanna Meyer,
a native of this county, born in 1849, who bore him nine children, 
three sons and six daughters.  He is a member of the G. A. R., a Repub-
lican in politics, and he and wife are members of the Evangelical 
Church.  Mr. Koeller is a thrifty farmer, and has a fine farm of 200
acres.  He has been road overseer for some time.

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