Husband of Catharine Hoffman Bauer. A great grandson who owned the original property talked about renting a mobile home on the farm to a wayward man, who stole all the family heirlooms, antiques, off the Bauer farm, including a large black cherry, handmade wardrobe, handmade by Phillip, Bauer, likely in the 1850s or 1860s. This wayward tenant who is renting, then took all of the heirloom antiques from the farm and sold them to local antique dealers, so all that was dispersed throughout southern Indiana and probably beyond. This man even stole 1850s portraits of Phillip, and Catherine Bauer and sold them to an antique dealer. For the immediate cash. Then, some approximately 10 years later this wayward, homeless man, requested to live back on the Bauer farm in the mobile home, but the owner told him no. And this man reportedly said well don't be surprised if your old farmhouse burns down in the middle the night. And Sure enough within several months the old Bauer farmhouse was arsoned. ~~~ Linda told of how during the Civil War the confederate soldiers came close, crossing the river, and Philip tied blankets onto the hubs of his horses and let them back far into the wooded area of his property, which was in about 80 acres. He was hiding his horses from the potential Confederates who would steal them. ~~~ his older brother, Adam, came to the Evansville Indiana area in circa 1840, then after three years he went back to his home in Germany, then his father died 1844, Adam probably stayed some years and then returned to the Evansville Indiana area with his younger brother Philip Bauer circa 1845/46. Then apparently the two brothers won a lottery ticket (Evansville?) to travel to California to dig for gold. This likely would've been circa 1849. They came back to the EVANSVILLE, Indiana area circa 1852 through New Orleans. As they were traveling up the Ohio river by riverboat boat, Phillip met the Hoffman Family via New Orleans entry from Germany. They all probably went up to Cincinnati with the Hoffman family. Adam finally settled permanently in Evansville Indiana. Phillip married the Hoffman's daughter, Catherine Hoffman, probably with their first marriage (being protestant) in the Cincinnati area circa 1852/53 and under the guise of the Hoffmans, then they settled in Greenville Indiana, north of New Albany Indiana, Spring of 1853, but then marrying secondly with a Catholic wedding at Saint Boniface Church in Louisville in 1856. First child born 1854.