A baptism record in the books of Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna presents us with a bit of a puzzle. This record shows a boy by the name of Leo Herbert Wagner being born on October 3, 1897. He was the son of Samuel and Margarethe (Sommer) Wagner. I will display that record here. The … More When Was Herbert Born?
Today would have been the 125th anniversary of the marriage involving a Lutheran and a Baptist. The Lutheran groom was a man by the name of William Schroeder, and the Baptist bride was a girl by the name of Elizabeth Emma Cashion. The marriage license for this couple is shown below. The above marriage license … More A Lutheran/Baptist Couple
I have previously written stories that have told the tale of Lutherans marrying Catholics in Perry County. Today’s story will be another similar story, but it goes one step farther. I think every story in the past has been about a German Lutheran marrying a German Catholic. Today, you will hear the story of a … More The Bugler’s Daughter
Some folks live in one place all their lives, and others do not. One of today’s characters is one of the latter. In every census and even some other documents, I found him living in a different location. Today’s story starts with his wedding which took place on August 14, 1902. The bride was Magdalena … More Never Wun(derlich) to Settle in One Place
I really debated whether to tell today’s story. There indeed are some events that I decide not to include in posts. Suicides are a type of occurrence that I choose on occasion to leave out of stories. There are no suicides in today’s story, but it does include circumstances that must have been hard for … More Escape to Eden
Many of the stories I write are about people who came to America in the 1800’s. Many are about people of German descent. Many are about people who lived their lives in Perry County, Missouri. Today’s story is about none of those, although, as always, it does have Perry County connections. Sylvester Albano was born … More Italian Glass
The Wagner Hotel has already been the starting point for several posts on this blog. Today, will be yet another one. The Wagner family is just full of fascinating, if not notorious, stories. One of the two daughters in the Wagner family was Rosalie Wagner. Since there were only two girls in the family, it … More Funeral Follows Funeral
We have already written several posts about the Wagner Hotel and the Wagner family. Just What Went on at the Wagner Hotel? More Hotel History A Lonesome Tombstone Today, the saga continues. And there is likely to be another post after today. Today’s story starts by looking at the death certificate of Martin Louis Wagner, … More From Hotel to Hospital
We don’t have much of a blog today. The reason. Gerard Fiehler and I got sidetracked. We started by looking at some more Wagner info that we got thanks to our friend, Kathy Berkbigler, then found a Dr. Schulz, which led us to a Busch, and we ended looking at the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Corporation, including … More Sidetracked
Yesterday, Gerard Fiehler and I solved a mystery. Last week in a blog post, it was said that we did not know where two Wagner men were buried. Now we at least know where one of those two ended up. We were at the museum yesterday talking to one of our more seasoned docents, Caroline … More A Lonesome Tombstone
