Portrait and biographical album of Pike and Calhoun counties, Illinois .. . ^^i E.^s^ m TACOB AUER occupies an important placeamong the farmers and stock-raisers of *Point Precinct, Calhoun County. He was \born iu the canton of Schaffhausen, Switz-erland, on the 8lh of .January, 1833. His fa-ther. Melchoir Auer, was a native of the samecanton and was a son of Jacob Auer who wasalso born there and came of an old Austrianfamily-. He was a school teacher and also a soldierand fought under Napoleon. He taught thirty-eight years and died at a ripe old age. Melchoir Auer was a soldier iu the Swiss a
Portrait and biographical album of Pike and Calhoun counties, Illinois .. . ^^i E.^s^ m TACOB AUER occupies an important placeamong the farmers and stock-raisers of *Point Precinct, Calhoun County. He was \born iu the canton of Schaffhausen, Switz-erland, on the 8lh of .January, 1833. His fa-ther. Melchoir Auer, was a native of the samecanton and was a son of Jacob Auer who wasalso born there and came of an old Austrianfamily-. He was a school teacher and also a soldierand fought under Napoleon. He taught thirty-eight years and died at a ripe old age. Melchoir Auer was a soldier iu the Swiss armyin 1830 and fought in the l-rcncli Revolution. Hewas a miller l)^ trade and carried on that calling inconnection with farming and wine-making. In. RESIDENCE OF W. H. SMITH,, RICHW00D5 PRECT, CALHOUN CO. I LL.
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