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Below is a family biography included in The History of Dent County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Peter Guthoerl, another enterprising farmer of Spring Creek Township, was born in the Kingdom of Prussia, Germany, in 1843. His parents, Jacob and Catherine (Krame) Guthoerl, were natives of Prussia, born in 1807 and 1809, respectively. John Jacob Guthoerl was a farmer by occupation, and died in 1845. In 1854 his widow and two children came to America, and located in Athens County, Ohio. In 1856 she married Jacob Bruhlman, who was a native of Switzerland, and in 1866 they moved to Crawford County, Mo., where he died in March, 1874. Mrs. Bruhlman is yet living, and resides with her son Peter. Her other child, John Jacob Guthoerl, was wounded at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, July 22, 1864, and died the 28th of the same month, at the age of twenty-six. Peter Guthoerl came to the United States with his mother when eleven years of age, and attained his growth on a farm. September 5, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as private, and was in the fights at Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Nashville and many severe skirmishes. He was in service until November, 1865, being discharged at Camp Chase, Ohio, but was mustered out at Augusta, Ga. April 17, 1865, he was made sergeant of Company A, Eighteenth Regiment Ohio Infantry, and in May, 1865, he was appointed and commissioned, by John Brough, of Ohio, as second lieutenant of Company I, Eighteenth Regiment. These promotions were for bravery, patriotism and fidelity to the Union cause. After the war he returned to Athens County, Ohio, and in 1869 came to Crawford County, Mo., and in 1870 bought 220 acres of land in Dent County, Spring Creek Township, where he now resides. Since then, or from 1870 to 1874, he made several trips to Texas and the Indian Territory. December 24, 1876, he married Miss Missouri Jane Earney, a daughter of Judge Martin and Lydia (Deal) Earney, of Crawford County, Mo., who were among the first settlers in Crawford County. Judge Earney died in October, 1881, at the age of seventy years, but his widow is yet living. She was not outside the county for fifty years, until the winter of 1888-89, when she made her son-in-law, Peter Guthoerl, a visit. She is seventy-nine years of age. Mrs. Guthoerl was born January 10, 1853, in Crawford County, Mo., and to this union were born five children: Lydia C., Laura, Ingersoll, Firnim and William A. Mr. Guthoerl now owns 415 acres of good land, and is a well-to-do citizen. He is a stanch Republican in his political views, casting his first presidential vote for Lincoln in 1864. He is agnostic in his belief.

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This family biography is one of 82 biographies included in The History of Dent County, Missouri published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Dent County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps

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