Born in Niederhochstadt Nassau Germany to Philip Mathaus Gundlach Sr. 1791-1862 and Susanne Schitz 1794-1879. He married Eleanora Boehning on 17 May 1855 in Belleville and they had eight children.
Susanna Poirot 1856-1926
Eleanora Gundlach 1861-1877
Juliana Gundlach 1863-1877
John P Gundlach 1865-1929
Philip A Gundlach 1867-1922
Aloys Gundlach 1870-1946
Eugenia E Gundlach 1875-1880
Joseph Emil Gundlach 1880-1942
From A history of Belleville
Philip M. Gundlach has perhaps done more to lighten the task of the tillers of the soil than any other man in this community. His grain drills, the most perfect on the market at the time, were universally used. Philip Gundlach was born in Germany on July 13, 1831, and eleven years later, in 1842, his parents brought him to the United States. The family landed in New York from where they proceeded to Pittsburgh, remaining there for two months, and then going to Cincinnati. Shortly thereafter on October 12, 1842, they arrived in St. Louis and from there moved to Belleville. Here his father bought a farm near the present city hall but later allowed the payments to lapse when he found a farm much more to his liking one mile east of Belleville. Here he made his permanent home. His son, Philip, remained with his parents until he was twenty~four years old. When he married he moved back to Belleville, where he specialized in selling cider made from the apples on his father's farm.
He was of a creative turn of mind, and in his earlier years invented a binder and a thresher, which were manufactured by Cox and Roberts, the forerunners of the Harrison
Machine Works. His research did not cease with the threshing machine, for he next devoted his efforts to grain drills. He soon invented one and in 1858 began the manufacture of them in a shop in West Belleville. In 1863 he changed his location to Main and First streets. During the Civil War, when the other firms were being ruined, he continued to prosper, his grain drills contributing much towards the winning of the war. By 1880 his business had
increased to such an extent that larger quarters were necessary, so he built a shop north of town. His business continued to flourish, and with Mr. Severin Poirot as his selling agent, his sales jumped from 250 machines in 1875 to 1500 in 1877. Most of these machines were sold
in Kansas, which was then developing into the wheat center of America.
The Gundlach grain drill ranks with the threshing machine and the McCormick Reaper as an important factor in the rapid agricultural development of the Middle West. Here was a vast area of rich agricultural lands, able to produce bountiful crops if only they could be harvested. With too few farmhands to do the work on the thousands and thousands of acres of rich farm land, the cultivating of a farm by one man became a problem. These three inventions were the answer and the old fashioned methods of cultivation and harvesting were now discarded.
Susanna Poirot 1856-1926
Eleanora Gundlach 1861-1877
Juliana Gundlach 1863-1877
John P Gundlach 1865-1929
Philip A Gundlach 1867-1922
Aloys Gundlach 1870-1946
Eugenia E Gundlach 1875-1880
Joseph Emil Gundlach 1880-1942
From A history of Belleville
Philip M. Gundlach has perhaps done more to lighten the task of the tillers of the soil than any other man in this community. His grain drills, the most perfect on the market at the time, were universally used. Philip Gundlach was born in Germany on July 13, 1831, and eleven years later, in 1842, his parents brought him to the United States. The family landed in New York from where they proceeded to Pittsburgh, remaining there for two months, and then going to Cincinnati. Shortly thereafter on October 12, 1842, they arrived in St. Louis and from there moved to Belleville. Here his father bought a farm near the present city hall but later allowed the payments to lapse when he found a farm much more to his liking one mile east of Belleville. Here he made his permanent home. His son, Philip, remained with his parents until he was twenty~four years old. When he married he moved back to Belleville, where he specialized in selling cider made from the apples on his father's farm.
He was of a creative turn of mind, and in his earlier years invented a binder and a thresher, which were manufactured by Cox and Roberts, the forerunners of the Harrison
Machine Works. His research did not cease with the threshing machine, for he next devoted his efforts to grain drills. He soon invented one and in 1858 began the manufacture of them in a shop in West Belleville. In 1863 he changed his location to Main and First streets. During the Civil War, when the other firms were being ruined, he continued to prosper, his grain drills contributing much towards the winning of the war. By 1880 his business had
increased to such an extent that larger quarters were necessary, so he built a shop north of town. His business continued to flourish, and with Mr. Severin Poirot as his selling agent, his sales jumped from 250 machines in 1875 to 1500 in 1877. Most of these machines were sold
in Kansas, which was then developing into the wheat center of America.
The Gundlach grain drill ranks with the threshing machine and the McCormick Reaper as an important factor in the rapid agricultural development of the Middle West. Here was a vast area of rich agricultural lands, able to produce bountiful crops if only they could be harvested. With too few farmhands to do the work on the thousands and thousands of acres of rich farm land, the cultivating of a farm by one man became a problem. These three inventions were the answer and the old fashioned methods of cultivation and harvesting were now discarded.
Born in Niederhochstadt Nassau Germany to Philip Mathaus Gundlach Sr. 1791-1862 and Susanne Schitz 1794-1879. He married Eleanora Boehning on 17 May 1855 in Belleville and they had eight children.
Susanna Poirot 1856-1926
Eleanora Gundlach 1861-1877
Juliana Gundlach 1863-1877
John P Gundlach 1865-1929
Philip A Gundlach 1867-1922
Aloys Gundlach 1870-1946
Eugenia E Gundlach 1875-1880
Joseph Emil Gundlach 1880-1942
From A history of Belleville
Philip M. Gundlach has perhaps done more to lighten the task of the tillers of the soil than any other man in this community. His grain drills, the most perfect on the market at the time, were universally used. Philip Gundlach was born in Germany on July 13, 1831, and eleven years later, in 1842, his parents brought him to the United States. The family landed in New York from where they proceeded to Pittsburgh, remaining there for two months, and then going to Cincinnati. Shortly thereafter on October 12, 1842, they arrived in St. Louis and from there moved to Belleville. Here his father bought a farm near the present city hall but later allowed the payments to lapse when he found a farm much more to his liking one mile east of Belleville. Here he made his permanent home. His son, Philip, remained with his parents until he was twenty~four years old. When he married he moved back to Belleville, where he specialized in selling cider made from the apples on his father's farm.
He was of a creative turn of mind, and in his earlier years invented a binder and a thresher, which were manufactured by Cox and Roberts, the forerunners of the Harrison
Machine Works. His research did not cease with the threshing machine, for he next devoted his efforts to grain drills. He soon invented one and in 1858 began the manufacture of them in a shop in West Belleville. In 1863 he changed his location to Main and First streets. During the Civil War, when the other firms were being ruined, he continued to prosper, his grain drills contributing much towards the winning of the war. By 1880 his business had
increased to such an extent that larger quarters were necessary, so he built a shop north of town. His business continued to flourish, and with Mr. Severin Poirot as his selling agent, his sales jumped from 250 machines in 1875 to 1500 in 1877. Most of these machines were sold
in Kansas, which was then developing into the wheat center of America.
The Gundlach grain drill ranks with the threshing machine and the McCormick Reaper as an important factor in the rapid agricultural development of the Middle West. Here was a vast area of rich agricultural lands, able to produce bountiful crops if only they could be harvested. With too few farmhands to do the work on the thousands and thousands of acres of rich farm land, the cultivating of a farm by one man became a problem. These three inventions were the answer and the old fashioned methods of cultivation and harvesting were now discarded.
Susanna Poirot 1856-1926
Eleanora Gundlach 1861-1877
Juliana Gundlach 1863-1877
John P Gundlach 1865-1929
Philip A Gundlach 1867-1922
Aloys Gundlach 1870-1946
Eugenia E Gundlach 1875-1880
Joseph Emil Gundlach 1880-1942
From A history of Belleville
Philip M. Gundlach has perhaps done more to lighten the task of the tillers of the soil than any other man in this community. His grain drills, the most perfect on the market at the time, were universally used. Philip Gundlach was born in Germany on July 13, 1831, and eleven years later, in 1842, his parents brought him to the United States. The family landed in New York from where they proceeded to Pittsburgh, remaining there for two months, and then going to Cincinnati. Shortly thereafter on October 12, 1842, they arrived in St. Louis and from there moved to Belleville. Here his father bought a farm near the present city hall but later allowed the payments to lapse when he found a farm much more to his liking one mile east of Belleville. Here he made his permanent home. His son, Philip, remained with his parents until he was twenty~four years old. When he married he moved back to Belleville, where he specialized in selling cider made from the apples on his father's farm.
He was of a creative turn of mind, and in his earlier years invented a binder and a thresher, which were manufactured by Cox and Roberts, the forerunners of the Harrison
Machine Works. His research did not cease with the threshing machine, for he next devoted his efforts to grain drills. He soon invented one and in 1858 began the manufacture of them in a shop in West Belleville. In 1863 he changed his location to Main and First streets. During the Civil War, when the other firms were being ruined, he continued to prosper, his grain drills contributing much towards the winning of the war. By 1880 his business had
increased to such an extent that larger quarters were necessary, so he built a shop north of town. His business continued to flourish, and with Mr. Severin Poirot as his selling agent, his sales jumped from 250 machines in 1875 to 1500 in 1877. Most of these machines were sold
in Kansas, which was then developing into the wheat center of America.
The Gundlach grain drill ranks with the threshing machine and the McCormick Reaper as an important factor in the rapid agricultural development of the Middle West. Here was a vast area of rich agricultural lands, able to produce bountiful crops if only they could be harvested. With too few farmhands to do the work on the thousands and thousands of acres of rich farm land, the cultivating of a farm by one man became a problem. These three inventions were the answer and the old fashioned methods of cultivation and harvesting were now discarded.
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