 Perl P. Archer, born in October,
1879, and Mary Ann Weber, were married in St. Columban's Church on
November 8, 1905. To this union, 13 children were born. One of their children, Esther,
married Fred McVey on June 21, 1938. Their daughter, Mary Ellen, married Rex Marshall on
June 10, 1963. Rex and Mary Ellen are the parents of 8 children, making the sixth
generation that are active members of the parish. Perl P. and Mary Ann (Weber) Archer
celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on November 8, 1955.Marze W. Blair of Greenwich, New York, and Elizabeth
McManus of Godrich, Ontario, Canada, were the parents of 10 children. Daughter,
Jennie, married O.L. (Brick) McCoy, whose son, Bill, and his family, are all members of
St. Columban's.
Joseph Flavian Bonderer was born in St.
Gallen Canton, Switzerland, and arrived in America in 1855. He was the 4th of 15 children. In 1860, he re-established a lime kiln and
brick yard at Utica, Missouri. In December, 1860, he was married to Catherine
Seitter, and they were the parents of 14 children, six of whom lived to
adulthood: Mary, Caroline, Bertha, Theresa, Joseph, and Lawrence F. Altogether, at one
time, there were 59 ancestors of Flavian and Catherine Bonderer, 30 of whom are Bonderers
still attending St. Columban's parish.
In 1880, the Carr-Curran wedding was the first wedding
ceremony in St. Columban's Church. Cornelius Morgan Carr married Mary
Curran. Fr. Francis Moenning officiated. They were the parents of five children.
Michael Conway and his wife came to
Chillicothe in the early 1860's from New Jersey. Mr. Conway was a brick mason and
continued this trade here. He died in 1907 and was buried in St. Columban Cemetery with
his wife, who had died in 1889. They had one son, Michael.
Abraham Culling and Melina Miles
were married at Pudymore, England, in 1845. To this union were born nine children. One
son, Albert, made his home on a farm SW of Utica after marrying Emma Murphy in 1894. They
were the parents of 7 children and 30 grandchildren. Albert J. Culling
and Emma Murphy Culling celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in
1944.
Peter Damm and Ellen Tyrell Damm
moved their family from Pawnee Rock, Kansas, to Chillicothe in 1901. They were the parents
of six children. One daughter, Lizetta, married George Pfaff,
and they had four children: Bessie, Florence, Esther, and Paul.
Michael Donoho was born in Tipperary,
Ireland, in 1822. He came to America and married Ellen Slattery, who was
born in Ohio in 1856. They came to Missouri and settled in Livingston County on a farm NW
of town where their children, four daughters and five sons, were born. Mary (Molly Ott)
was the oldest and was a devout Catholic.
 Edward
Dorney was also born in Tipperary, Ireland, in 1830. He came to the United States
in 1850 and married Ellen Toomey in Ohio. In 1864, the family moved to
Missouri and located on a farm six miles south of Chillicothe where five more children
were born. One son, William, married Margaret Slattery,
and they had three children. Another son, Maurice, moved to the town of
Chillicothe and became Chief of Police in 1900 and remained in office until he died in
1948. In 1915, he married Wilhemina Schneider, and they were the parents
of six children. One of these, Mary (Mrs. C.R.) Gatson, left eight
children. Helen (Mrs. R.B.) Hecker and husband Bob also had eight
children. Elizabeth (Mrs. B.J.) Venable had five children. Gertrude
(Mrs. E.W. Timmons) was raised in the parish and now lives in Wheeling. Mr. and
Mrs. Timmons are the parents of 12 children. Several children in the Gatson family and all
of the Hecker family attend St. Columban's parish.
Sebastian Englert and Catherine
(Deninger) Englert became members of St. Columban's Church around 1881. Sebastian
was from Guttensburg, Germany, and Catherine was from Alsace-Larraine, France. They had
six children. Catherine passed away as an infant and was buried in the
first Catholic cemetary in Chillicothe. The others attended the local Catholic school. One
son, Frank, married Mary Frances Fitzpatrick, and they
had six children. George and his wife, Rose Buckley, had
seven children. Leo married Genevieve Doonan, and they
had three children. There was no additional history on the other daughters, Madge
and Mary.
Henry Fischer and his wife, Mary,
and their children, William, Charles, George, Mary, Catherine, Anna, and infant daughter,
Caroline, came to Chillicothe from Bernberg, Germany, in 1871. Of this union, two
children, William and Catherine, remained life long members of St. Columban's parish. Catherine
married Joseph Weber in St. Columban's Church in 1880. They were the
parents of 11 children. All were baptized and confirmed in the church, but only one, Mary
Ann, remained in the parish (see Perl P. Archer and Mary Ann Weber above).
John Gier was born near Cologne in
Aixla-Chapella, a German locality that furnished the best artists in woodwork. His father, Christian, was a skilled woodworker
and, upon his death in 1871, his widow, Gertrude, moved John and his five
brothers to the United States. The sons built an altar factory in Chillicothe located at
9th and Trenton Streets and specialized in the manufacture of church altars and church
furniture. Some of their work can be seen at St. Columban's Church. The altars on either
side of the main altar are believed to have been made in the Gier factory, and the
inscription on the north altar says in German, "Gerschere der Familie Gier" - donation
of the Gier family. When the price of hand carving became prohibitive, the Giers
closed their factory and moved to other parts of the country. One of John Gier's sons, Christian,
remained in Chillicothe and became a jeweler, watchmaker, and optometrist. He married Clara
Gladieux and had one son and three daughters. Two of their daughters are members
of St. Columban's - Ms. Jeanette Gier and Mrs. Donald (Mildred) Saale. The son, Victor,
was killed in a hunting accident in 1944.
John Gorman married Margaret
Kelly, and they were the parents of seven daughters and four sons. They resided
on a farm SE of Chillicothe. Several members of their family moved to other dioceses.
Frank married Leona Hunter, and they were the parents of three daughters and three sons.
 Joseph
Gladieux was an ice dealer in the Chillicothe area for a quarter of a century.
When he was 26 years of age, he went into the ice business having moved from Ohio and
married Josephine Pierson. To this union, nine children were born. Joseph
and his wife were active members of St. Columban's Church. Joseph died in 1937, and
Josephine died in 1943.
James Hogan was born in 1846 in Canada.
He married Mary Feeney in Ohio. From Ohio, they came to Leopolis. They
were the parents of four children.
Michael Inderwiesen and Balbina
Feger, both from Germany, were married in Illinois in 1874. They moved to
Livingston County in 1880. They were the
parents of five children.
John Kappus was born in Frankfurt,
Germany, in 1804. His wife, Mary, was also born in Germany. After they
moved to Missouri, they settled on a farm east of Sturges. They had nine children. Mr.
Kappus was a musician; he wrote music and played several instruments. One of their
children, Anna Kappus, married Louis Pfaff, and several
of the Kappus' descendents still attend St. Columban's. John Kappus passed away in 1878
and was the first one to be buried by the Franciscans in our present Catholic cemetery.
His wife, Mary, passed away in 1906.
Lawrence Kinsella was born in 1820 in
County Wexford, Ireland, and immigrated to America around 1850. He married Bridgett
Dooley, also born in Ireland. In 1861, Lawrence and Bridgett purchased 40 acres
of land four miles north of Wheeling in what was then known as Hogan's Settlement. Six
children were born to the union. Father John J. Hogan said Mass at the Kinsella household
before the original church was erected.
John Klein and his wife, Eva,
came to Chillicothe with their children on September 20, 1880, from Buidigin, Germany, and
purchased a farm four miles east of Chillicothe.
 William
Koehl moved from Mendon, Missouri, with his children (his wife, Mary Ann, was
deceased) and located in Chillicothe around 1905. There were seven children. Two of these,
Isabel and Magdalene, stayed at the St. Joseph's Academy at the time it
was a boarding school. In later years, some of the children moved to other areas, but George,
Wilhemina, and Margaret (Mrs. Arthur) Dodd, and her son,
Kenneth, remained in this parish. George Koehl married Catherine
Ludwig in 1911, and they had four children.
Joseph Martin and Ellen
Pendergast were married in 1868. They lived on a farm in Rich Hill Township and
were the parents of one son, James Joseph. He married Agnes C.
Murphy in 1901. They were the parents of five daughters. Emily Ellen married
Joseph Anderson of Dawn, and they were the parents of five children.
Maurice Martin and Kathryn
Slattery, both natives of Tipperary, Ireland, were marred in Ohio and migrated to
Missouri in 1881, settling on a farm near Leopolis. To this union were born six children. Johanna
Martin (Franklin) and her family were lifetime members of the Leopolis Parish. Robert
made his home on the farm near Leopolis. John Martin and Kora
Hogan were united in marriage in 1890. They had one son, Maurice Patrick,
and he married Margaret Mary O'Connor of Chula in 1918.
John Miller and his sons, John and Louis,
were among the men who helped build St. Columban's Church. They came from Germany and
settled in St. Charles about 1850. From there, they moved to a farm east of Chillicothe.
They were the parents of four children: John, Louis, Caroline,
and Wentley. John married Anne Venneman, and they raised
three children: Joseph, Tony, and Mary.
Joe married Emellen Martin in 1940. They had eight children. Of these, Larry
Joe, Mike, Tom, and Mrs. Ray (Mary
Beth) Burnett became members of St. Columban's.
Moses McBride and wife, Anna,
were born in Ireland and came to Missouri in pioneer days. They were the parents of five
boys and one girl. John married Sadie Ulmer, and they
were the parents of one boy and one girl. John was the owner of a bookstore in
Chillicothe. Matthew was a lawyer here. Garrett married Mary
Manning, and they were the parents of two girls and three boys. Garrett was the
owner of a grocery store for many years.
Anthone Muck and his wife, Josephine
(Schmidt) Muck were born in Alsage, France, and came to Chillicothe in 1888. To them were born six children. Joseph
Koehly and Theresa Peters were married in 1860 in Alsacien,
France. They came to the United States in 1860, settling in a log cabin four miles east
and two miles south of Chillicothe. To this union were born 8 children. Joseph Koehly
fought with the French Army against the German Army over the Fertial Valley, Alsacien, now
Strasbourge, Germany. They were lifetime members of St. Columban's. August Koehly,
son of Joseph, and Mary Theresa Muck, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Anthony
Muck, were united in marriage in 1909 at St. Columban's. To this union were born 8
children.
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