SCHILLING BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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SCHILLING, Carl - b: 1853 Werl Kingdom, Prussia
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 619
residence: Deepwater Twp

Carl Schilling, M.D., A.M. Among the leading physicians and surgeons of Henry 
County, is the subject of this sketch, who was born on the third day of July, 
1853, in Werl Kingdom, of Prussia, his father being Inspector Carl Schilling, and 
his mother Joana Schilling, nee Baumgartner, from the city of Wesel, a strong 
fortress on the river Rhine. When young Carl was about three years old, his 
parents moved to Dortmund, Westphalia, a city of about 75,000 inhabitants, 
where he received his school education. From his fifth to his tenth year he 
visited the public school, after which he entered the gymnasium, a state school, 
to be educated in the literary and primary branches of science. In the year 1872, 
after nine years continuous study he graduated in the German, French, Latin, 
Greek and English languages, chemistry, natural history, mathematics, modern 
and ancient history. Then, after having served one year as a private in the army, 
he matriculated in the University of Berlin, where he studied until shortly before 
he came to this country, in the fall of 1877, thereby realizing the long felt desire 
to emigrate to the new world. He embarked in Antwerp on the stupendous 
steamer, Fatherland, and landed safely in New York. From there going west, he 
stopped first in Minnesota, but on account of the severity of the winter climate 
went south, and arrived in Clinton, Henry County, Missouri, on Christmas evening. 
There he entered the office of his esteemed friend, Dr. John H. Britts, a surgeon 
of great reputation, then graduated in the Missouri Medical College, with the 
highest honors, receiving the prize for general excellency, only one before 
obtained during the thirty-two years of existence of the college, aside of several 
prizes in different special departments, and returned to Clinton, where he 
remained until the spring of 1882. Then by solicitation of his many friends he 
went to Montrose, where he is engaged in a good practice, bearing the name of a 
successful physician and a skillful surgeon. The doctor is a christian, and a 
member of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, Knight of the Oriental Order of the 
Shell and Palm Tree, and member of the lodge of Ancient Order of United 
Workmen and Mutual Protection. While studying in Europe he made the 
acquaintance of Miss Joana Marzeller, daughter of Franz and Ferdinande 
Marzeller, of Wiedenbruck, Germany, a highly educated and very accomplished 
young lady. This acquaintance, however, not being sanctioned by her stern parent, 
they lost sight of each other, and were not even enabled to carry on 
correspondence. Shortly after the doctor had left his native country she found his 
farewell letter directed to her paternal home. Newly inspired by, and 
unconsolable about this unexpected news, she directed a letter to his parents, 
from whom she learned his whereabouts in this country. An active 
correspondence followed, and she told her parents of the definite resolution to 
follow him wherever he might be, saying that she could and would sacrifice 
everything, only to be with him. At last, her parents, seeing that she was in 
earnest, and noticing her physical health to suffer, her natural gayety and love of 
company giving place to melancholy and solitude, consented, and in the beginning 
of the month of May, 1880, accompanied by the doctor's sister Joana, they 
embarked at Hamburg, and safely landed at New York after a twelve days' voyage. 
On the 23d day of May, they met at Sedalia, Missouri, and were united in wedlock. 
The doctor then brought his wife and sister to Clinton. On the 21st day of May, 
1881, their family increased through the arrival of a young daughter, who 
received the name of her mother, and is the idol of father and mother. Two days 
later the doctor's brother John, arrived from Europe, where he had graduated in 
the gymnasium. He studies medicine under his brother's care, and is now 
attending lectures in St. Louis.

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