U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
Name: Peter Reuther
Residence: Wisconsin
Occupation: Carpenter
Age at enlistment: 28
Enlistment Date: 8 Oct 1864
Rank at enlistment: 1st Sergeant
State Served: Wisconsin
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Drafted to Company B, Wisconsin 45th Infantry Regiment on 08 Oct 1864.Mustered out on 17 Jul 1865 at Nashville, TN.
Description: height: 5 ft. 5 in., brown eyes, brown hair.
Birth Date: abt 1836
PETER REUTHER, of Brillion, Calumet Co., Wis., and a member of G. A. R. Post No. 222, was born in Laubach, Rhine Province, Prussia, Feb. 8, 1836. George and Anna Margaretha (Mickel) Ruether, his parents were born respectively in Laubach and Neuerkirch in the Rhine province. The former was a soldier, according to law, in the war of 1820 in his .own country and his son Jacob was a soldier in the 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry. He came to America with his wife, three daughters and two sons in 1854, landing at the port of New York in May, and came directly thence to Sheboygan, Wis. The names and ages at this writing (1888) of the children belonging to the household are, Anna M., 58, Anna K., 56, Marcia, 54, and Jacob, aged 45. Mr. Reuther of this sketch is next to the youngest. He worked at Sheboygan for a time at his trade of carpenter and then went to Centerville where he operated in the same line until he enlisted in Company B, 45th Wisconsin Infantry at Centerville, Manitowoc Co., Wis., for one year, enrolling Oct. 8, 1864. November 15th was promoted to Orderly Sergeant and was mustered out- as such at Nashville, Tenn., July 27, 1865, by General Order. The companies of the regiment were dispatched to the front as fast as they were filled and arrived at Nashville in the latter part of 1864 and, in the first months of the year following, the soldiers participated in the fighting and skirmishes in • the vicinity of the city, on December 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th, and in the work of defense afterwards. Mr. Reuther returned to Centerville where he remained until the fall of 1873 when he removed to Two Rivers and resided there three years. For three years subsequent he worked at his trade at Centerville and in 1879 located at Brillion. He is engaged in selling liquors at wholesale and retail and is the present Commander . of Post Hiram Gibbs, (1888) and is serving his second term. •
In Manitowoc county he held the position of Town Clerk for seven years and, for the same length of time, acted in the capacity of Justice of the Peace. In 1872 he represented Manitowoc county in the Assembly of Wisconsin.
Mr. Reuther was married -Oct. 28, 1861, to Augusta Rossbery and their seven children are named Louis, George C.,. Hattie, Lizzie, . Otto, Sarah and Emil. The oldest son was married March 10, 1887, to Lizzie Bruss
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Peter Reuther Brillion News August 11, 1905
Peter Reuther died last Sunday evening. Though his large circle of friends and acquaintances had for some time been prepared for the death, his sudden end came as a shock for them.
Peter Reuther was born Feb 8, 1832 at Laubach, Rhine, Province Prussia, and died at the age of sixty-nine years, six months and six days. He came with his parents to America in 1854, landing at New York, and going directly to Centerville, Manitowoc Co., where he lived until 1873, going thence to Two Rivers, living there until 1877, when he returned to Centerville but one year later removed to Brillion and purchased the Brillion House, of which he had charge for three years. In October 1871 he took to wife Miss Augusta Rossberg of Centerville. Seven surviving children bless the union. They are Louis, local representative of the Standard Oil Co., George Register of Deeds of Manitowoc Co., Mrs. R. I. Schlichting of Deadwood, S. D., Mrs. Dale Andrews of this city, Otto of Manitowoc, Sarah at home and Ernst of Milwaukee.
In 1861 decedent enlisted in Co. B., 45th Wis. Inf., rising to the rank of orderly sergeant and taking part in the campaign around Nashville, Tenn.
After disposing of the Brillion House in 1882, he engaged in the lumbering business for a time, and later accepted a position as a commercial traveler for the Victor Schulz Co., of Milwaukee in which capacity he served for eight years. For a few years he owned a saloon on the present site of the First National Bank.
Mr. Reuther had been prominent in politics and held many offices of public trust, all of which he filled with honesty and ability. (difficult to read)
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Name: Peter Reuther
Residence: Wisconsin
Occupation: Carpenter
Age at enlistment: 28
Enlistment Date: 8 Oct 1864
Rank at enlistment: 1st Sergeant
State Served: Wisconsin
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Drafted to Company B, Wisconsin 45th Infantry Regiment on 08 Oct 1864.Mustered out on 17 Jul 1865 at Nashville, TN.
Description: height: 5 ft. 5 in., brown eyes, brown hair.
Birth Date: abt 1836
PETER REUTHER, of Brillion, Calumet Co., Wis., and a member of G. A. R. Post No. 222, was born in Laubach, Rhine Province, Prussia, Feb. 8, 1836. George and Anna Margaretha (Mickel) Ruether, his parents were born respectively in Laubach and Neuerkirch in the Rhine province. The former was a soldier, according to law, in the war of 1820 in his .own country and his son Jacob was a soldier in the 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry. He came to America with his wife, three daughters and two sons in 1854, landing at the port of New York in May, and came directly thence to Sheboygan, Wis. The names and ages at this writing (1888) of the children belonging to the household are, Anna M., 58, Anna K., 56, Marcia, 54, and Jacob, aged 45. Mr. Reuther of this sketch is next to the youngest. He worked at Sheboygan for a time at his trade of carpenter and then went to Centerville where he operated in the same line until he enlisted in Company B, 45th Wisconsin Infantry at Centerville, Manitowoc Co., Wis., for one year, enrolling Oct. 8, 1864. November 15th was promoted to Orderly Sergeant and was mustered out- as such at Nashville, Tenn., July 27, 1865, by General Order. The companies of the regiment were dispatched to the front as fast as they were filled and arrived at Nashville in the latter part of 1864 and, in the first months of the year following, the soldiers participated in the fighting and skirmishes in • the vicinity of the city, on December 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th, and in the work of defense afterwards. Mr. Reuther returned to Centerville where he remained until the fall of 1873 when he removed to Two Rivers and resided there three years. For three years subsequent he worked at his trade at Centerville and in 1879 located at Brillion. He is engaged in selling liquors at wholesale and retail and is the present Commander . of Post Hiram Gibbs, (1888) and is serving his second term. •
In Manitowoc county he held the position of Town Clerk for seven years and, for the same length of time, acted in the capacity of Justice of the Peace. In 1872 he represented Manitowoc county in the Assembly of Wisconsin.
Mr. Reuther was married -Oct. 28, 1861, to Augusta Rossbery and their seven children are named Louis, George C.,. Hattie, Lizzie, . Otto, Sarah and Emil. The oldest son was married March 10, 1887, to Lizzie Bruss
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Peter Reuther Brillion News August 11, 1905
Peter Reuther died last Sunday evening. Though his large circle of friends and acquaintances had for some time been prepared for the death, his sudden end came as a shock for them.
Peter Reuther was born Feb 8, 1832 at Laubach, Rhine, Province Prussia, and died at the age of sixty-nine years, six months and six days. He came with his parents to America in 1854, landing at New York, and going directly to Centerville, Manitowoc Co., where he lived until 1873, going thence to Two Rivers, living there until 1877, when he returned to Centerville but one year later removed to Brillion and purchased the Brillion House, of which he had charge for three years. In October 1871 he took to wife Miss Augusta Rossberg of Centerville. Seven surviving children bless the union. They are Louis, local representative of the Standard Oil Co., George Register of Deeds of Manitowoc Co., Mrs. R. I. Schlichting of Deadwood, S. D., Mrs. Dale Andrews of this city, Otto of Manitowoc, Sarah at home and Ernst of Milwaukee.
In 1861 decedent enlisted in Co. B., 45th Wis. Inf., rising to the rank of orderly sergeant and taking part in the campaign around Nashville, Tenn.
After disposing of the Brillion House in 1882, he engaged in the lumbering business for a time, and later accepted a position as a commercial traveler for the Victor Schulz Co., of Milwaukee in which capacity he served for eight years. For a few years he owned a saloon on the present site of the First National Bank.
Mr. Reuther had been prominent in politics and held many offices of public trust, all of which he filled with honesty and ability. (difficult to read)
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U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
Name: Peter Reuther
Residence: Wisconsin
Occupation: Carpenter
Age at enlistment: 28
Enlistment Date: 8 Oct 1864
Rank at enlistment: 1st Sergeant
State Served: Wisconsin
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Drafted to Company B, Wisconsin 45th Infantry Regiment on 08 Oct 1864.Mustered out on 17 Jul 1865 at Nashville, TN.
Description: height: 5 ft. 5 in., brown eyes, brown hair.
Birth Date: abt 1836
PETER REUTHER, of Brillion, Calumet Co., Wis., and a member of G. A. R. Post No. 222, was born in Laubach, Rhine Province, Prussia, Feb. 8, 1836. George and Anna Margaretha (Mickel) Ruether, his parents were born respectively in Laubach and Neuerkirch in the Rhine province. The former was a soldier, according to law, in the war of 1820 in his .own country and his son Jacob was a soldier in the 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry. He came to America with his wife, three daughters and two sons in 1854, landing at the port of New York in May, and came directly thence to Sheboygan, Wis. The names and ages at this writing (1888) of the children belonging to the household are, Anna M., 58, Anna K., 56, Marcia, 54, and Jacob, aged 45. Mr. Reuther of this sketch is next to the youngest. He worked at Sheboygan for a time at his trade of carpenter and then went to Centerville where he operated in the same line until he enlisted in Company B, 45th Wisconsin Infantry at Centerville, Manitowoc Co., Wis., for one year, enrolling Oct. 8, 1864. November 15th was promoted to Orderly Sergeant and was mustered out- as such at Nashville, Tenn., July 27, 1865, by General Order. The companies of the regiment were dispatched to the front as fast as they were filled and arrived at Nashville in the latter part of 1864 and, in the first months of the year following, the soldiers participated in the fighting and skirmishes in • the vicinity of the city, on December 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th, and in the work of defense afterwards. Mr. Reuther returned to Centerville where he remained until the fall of 1873 when he removed to Two Rivers and resided there three years. For three years subsequent he worked at his trade at Centerville and in 1879 located at Brillion. He is engaged in selling liquors at wholesale and retail and is the present Commander . of Post Hiram Gibbs, (1888) and is serving his second term. •
In Manitowoc county he held the position of Town Clerk for seven years and, for the same length of time, acted in the capacity of Justice of the Peace. In 1872 he represented Manitowoc county in the Assembly of Wisconsin.
Mr. Reuther was married -Oct. 28, 1861, to Augusta Rossbery and their seven children are named Louis, George C.,. Hattie, Lizzie, . Otto, Sarah and Emil. The oldest son was married March 10, 1887, to Lizzie Bruss
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Peter Reuther Brillion News August 11, 1905
Peter Reuther died last Sunday evening. Though his large circle of friends and acquaintances had for some time been prepared for the death, his sudden end came as a shock for them.
Peter Reuther was born Feb 8, 1832 at Laubach, Rhine, Province Prussia, and died at the age of sixty-nine years, six months and six days. He came with his parents to America in 1854, landing at New York, and going directly to Centerville, Manitowoc Co., where he lived until 1873, going thence to Two Rivers, living there until 1877, when he returned to Centerville but one year later removed to Brillion and purchased the Brillion House, of which he had charge for three years. In October 1871 he took to wife Miss Augusta Rossberg of Centerville. Seven surviving children bless the union. They are Louis, local representative of the Standard Oil Co., George Register of Deeds of Manitowoc Co., Mrs. R. I. Schlichting of Deadwood, S. D., Mrs. Dale Andrews of this city, Otto of Manitowoc, Sarah at home and Ernst of Milwaukee.
In 1861 decedent enlisted in Co. B., 45th Wis. Inf., rising to the rank of orderly sergeant and taking part in the campaign around Nashville, Tenn.
After disposing of the Brillion House in 1882, he engaged in the lumbering business for a time, and later accepted a position as a commercial traveler for the Victor Schulz Co., of Milwaukee in which capacity he served for eight years. For a few years he owned a saloon on the present site of the First National Bank.
Mr. Reuther had been prominent in politics and held many offices of public trust, all of which he filled with honesty and ability. (difficult to read)
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Name: Peter Reuther
Residence: Wisconsin
Occupation: Carpenter
Age at enlistment: 28
Enlistment Date: 8 Oct 1864
Rank at enlistment: 1st Sergeant
State Served: Wisconsin
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Drafted to Company B, Wisconsin 45th Infantry Regiment on 08 Oct 1864.Mustered out on 17 Jul 1865 at Nashville, TN.
Description: height: 5 ft. 5 in., brown eyes, brown hair.
Birth Date: abt 1836
PETER REUTHER, of Brillion, Calumet Co., Wis., and a member of G. A. R. Post No. 222, was born in Laubach, Rhine Province, Prussia, Feb. 8, 1836. George and Anna Margaretha (Mickel) Ruether, his parents were born respectively in Laubach and Neuerkirch in the Rhine province. The former was a soldier, according to law, in the war of 1820 in his .own country and his son Jacob was a soldier in the 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry. He came to America with his wife, three daughters and two sons in 1854, landing at the port of New York in May, and came directly thence to Sheboygan, Wis. The names and ages at this writing (1888) of the children belonging to the household are, Anna M., 58, Anna K., 56, Marcia, 54, and Jacob, aged 45. Mr. Reuther of this sketch is next to the youngest. He worked at Sheboygan for a time at his trade of carpenter and then went to Centerville where he operated in the same line until he enlisted in Company B, 45th Wisconsin Infantry at Centerville, Manitowoc Co., Wis., for one year, enrolling Oct. 8, 1864. November 15th was promoted to Orderly Sergeant and was mustered out- as such at Nashville, Tenn., July 27, 1865, by General Order. The companies of the regiment were dispatched to the front as fast as they were filled and arrived at Nashville in the latter part of 1864 and, in the first months of the year following, the soldiers participated in the fighting and skirmishes in • the vicinity of the city, on December 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th, and in the work of defense afterwards. Mr. Reuther returned to Centerville where he remained until the fall of 1873 when he removed to Two Rivers and resided there three years. For three years subsequent he worked at his trade at Centerville and in 1879 located at Brillion. He is engaged in selling liquors at wholesale and retail and is the present Commander . of Post Hiram Gibbs, (1888) and is serving his second term. •
In Manitowoc county he held the position of Town Clerk for seven years and, for the same length of time, acted in the capacity of Justice of the Peace. In 1872 he represented Manitowoc county in the Assembly of Wisconsin.
Mr. Reuther was married -Oct. 28, 1861, to Augusta Rossbery and their seven children are named Louis, George C.,. Hattie, Lizzie, . Otto, Sarah and Emil. The oldest son was married March 10, 1887, to Lizzie Bruss
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Peter Reuther Brillion News August 11, 1905
Peter Reuther died last Sunday evening. Though his large circle of friends and acquaintances had for some time been prepared for the death, his sudden end came as a shock for them.
Peter Reuther was born Feb 8, 1832 at Laubach, Rhine, Province Prussia, and died at the age of sixty-nine years, six months and six days. He came with his parents to America in 1854, landing at New York, and going directly to Centerville, Manitowoc Co., where he lived until 1873, going thence to Two Rivers, living there until 1877, when he returned to Centerville but one year later removed to Brillion and purchased the Brillion House, of which he had charge for three years. In October 1871 he took to wife Miss Augusta Rossberg of Centerville. Seven surviving children bless the union. They are Louis, local representative of the Standard Oil Co., George Register of Deeds of Manitowoc Co., Mrs. R. I. Schlichting of Deadwood, S. D., Mrs. Dale Andrews of this city, Otto of Manitowoc, Sarah at home and Ernst of Milwaukee.
In 1861 decedent enlisted in Co. B., 45th Wis. Inf., rising to the rank of orderly sergeant and taking part in the campaign around Nashville, Tenn.
After disposing of the Brillion House in 1882, he engaged in the lumbering business for a time, and later accepted a position as a commercial traveler for the Victor Schulz Co., of Milwaukee in which capacity he served for eight years. For a few years he owned a saloon on the present site of the First National Bank.
Mr. Reuther had been prominent in politics and held many offices of public trust, all of which he filled with honesty and ability. (difficult to read)
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