John was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1865. He married Augusta Mahlmann
     February 15, 1887. She was born 1866. John and August moved to Barber
     County in 1907 buying a farm five miles south of Isabel and three miles
     east. This farm is still owned by Mrs. Henry Wehling.
       John and August had nine children: JOhn, Anna Laverentz, Henry, Laura
     Mease, Van Roesller, Arthur, Fredrick, Julia Morisse, and Herbert. Most
     of the children and their spouses owned farms in Barber County. The others
     owned farms in Pratt and Kingman Counties.
       John bought stock in a glass casket company out of Texas. With the stock
     he received his own casket free, in which he is buried at Isabel. The
     casket which is to be seald forever with a vacuum was very heavy and
     required eight or ten pallbearers instead of the usual six. John only
     weighed about 100 pounds at the time of his death in 1929. August died
     in 1941.
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas, pg. 477 
     Submitted by: Debra Meairs