Spouse:
Anna Dorothea "Dora" Mueller (married in the spring of 1864; she died on April 10, 1890)
Children:
Eleven children: Mary, Lenora, Lora, and Carolina (daughters); Fritz, Alvin, Fred, John Jr., George W., Eddie, and Fred (sons)
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
Bartow, Germany is also listed as his birth place.
He arrived in New York on May 8, 1860. He lived in Boston, Massachusetts. He came to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1861. He went to Howard Lake, Minnesota in spring 1865. He moved to McLeod County, Minnesota in 1871. He moved to Buffalo Lake, Minnesota in 1880 or 1881.
"His politics are Republican, but they ignored him in the convention, so his friends trotted him out independent; then the other Repubs. backed down and came over from Macedonia and helped him." (Buffalo Lake News, 1879?)
He founded Buffalo Lake, Renville County, Minnesota.
He died of suspected heart failure in Ocean Park, California. He was buried in the cemetery in Glencoe, Minnesota.
His other government service, middle name, and family data were provided by his great great granddaughter.
He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Buffalo Lake, Minnesota.
Religion provided by his great great granddaughter.