Yesterday’s story about a Poehner/Stuebinger couple centered around the small village of Crosstown. It turns out that you are going to read another story that takes place in that vicinity today. Once upon a time, a baby girl was born by the name of Laura Burns. Laura Ann Burns was born on September 24, 1862, … More Crosstown’s Laura Burns-Cashion-Horn-Smith
Friedrich Carl Best is today’s birthday boy. He was born on February 13, 1880, the son of Charles and Annette Caroline (Wilke) Best. His father, Charles Best, was once a member of the Lutheran Church that existed in Arnsberg. I found this record of his father’s membership in that congregation which also includes information about his birth and … More The Best & the Beautiful
Today’s story has several holes in it, but there are enough interesting characteristics that make me want to tell it. On July 19, 1892, John Henry Mohr married Missouri Pervilla Smith. Upon first consideration, those names do not sound like ones which frequented Perry County. First, we must go back two generations. Missouri’s grandparents were … More Missouri Ends Up in Canada
