Johann Bauschmann was born Jan. 4, 1847, in an area of northern Switzerland known as Swabia. This region also encompassed parts of eastern France and southwestern Germany, serving as home to a people possessing a unique history, culture and German-based dialect.
Adolph Brandenberger was born in 1861 in St. Louis, and in 1880, he moved to Mexico, Missouri. He worked for and lived with Rudolph Scharlach, a druggist, and learned the trade he would practice for the rest of his life.
The major league baseball season of 1927 will always be remembered for the New York Yankees of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and its "Murder's Row" of hitters.
Mary Louisa Dunnica was born in 1829 in Jefferson City as the daughter of John F. B. Dunnica and Elizabeth J. "Betsy" Ferguson. John and Betsy were married in 1822 in Callaway County.