CIVIL WAR VETERAN - 24 INDIANA INF.

Sebastian was the son of Jacob Buehler and Mary Katherine Sauter. He came to America with his parents in 1855. He married Mary Obrecht on 17 MAR 1869. They were the parents of Jacob (b: 1869 in Indiana), Henry (b: 1 APR 1876 in Iowa), Julia Louise (b: 2 JUL 1878), Sebastian Valentine (b: 9 FEB 1883), Anna (b: ABT 1886), Louise M. (b: ABT 1888), Emma (b: AFT 1888). 3 children died early in life.

BIO - In 1861, although only sixteen years old, he proffered his service for the support of his adopted country and enlisted in the twenty-fourth Regiment Indiana Light Artillery on September 28, 1861, being mustered in at Indianapolis, Indiana in 1862 as a private under the leadership of Capt. J.A. Sims. He served throughout the entire four years of the Civil War. The exposure to which he was subjected during the struggle left him in such physical condition that he was never in good health again.

Mr. Buehler returned to his home at the close of the war and on March 17, 1869 he was married to Mary Obrecht, who was born August 8, 1845, in New York State, daughter of Jacob and Louisa Obrecht who were natives of Alsace-Lorraine, Germany and came to America in the early forties.

In 1871 Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Buehler came to Sac County and bought two hundred acres of land in Richland township (then Clinton) for four dollars an acre. Mr. Buehler's brother-in-law, O. Rudolph, accompanied him and the two were the first settlers in Richland township. Mr. Rudolph was later caught in a blizzard in Ida County and some years later died in Indiana, as a result of the terrific exposure to which he was subjected during the storm.

Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Buehler were parents of nine children, three of whom died early in life. The others are Henry; Julia (Mrs. Wm. Kuehl); Emma (Mrs. Edward Hix - Mrs. Gil McFarland); Sebastian; Anna (Mrs. Henry Hix); and Louise (Mrs.. Dave Edgar).

Henry Buehler married Marie Dannenberg and they were parents of Louise; Mildred (Mrs. Weber); Dorothy (Mrs. Thomas Breon); Floyd; *and Virginia (Mrs. Warren Schewel). Emma and Anna under Hix history.

Sebastian Buehler married Cordelia Chandler; they were parents of Mary (Mrs. Harold Hoefling); Ferne (Mrs. Raymond Johnson); and Olive (Mrs. William Bennum).

Children

Jacob Buehler b: 1869 in Indiana

Henry Buehler b: 1 APR 1876 in Iowa

Julia Louise Buehler b: 2 JUL 1878 in Iowa

Sebastian Valentine Buehler b: 9 FEB 1883 in Richland Township, Sac County, Iowa

Anna Buehler b: ABT 1886 in Iowa

Louise M. Buehler b: ABT 1888 in Iowa

Emma Buehler b: AFT 1888 in Iowa

The Chronicle - Thursday , March 16th, 1899 - Death of Sebastian Buehler - Sebastian Buehler, one of the early settlers of this township, died at his home northeast of Odebolt on Sunday morning last, aged 54 years, 11 months and 12 days. He had been in failing health for some time, and Bright's disease eventually caused his death. He

was in Odebolt for the last time the day after the election last November.

Mr. Buehler was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, March 30, 1845. He came to America with his parents in 1855 and settled in Lake county, Indiana. He enlisted in 1861 in the 24th Indiana Battery and fought his country's battles for three years.

He married Miss Mary Obrecht, March 17, 1869, and in 1871 they came to Sac county, locating on the farm in this township which the deceased owned ever since.

Nine children were born to the couple of whom two sons and four daughters are left to comfort their mother. Mr Buehler held the office of the township trustee years and served the school board, and was one of the directors of the Farmers Creamery company until recently.

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday forenoon in the German M.E. church by Rev. J.A. Lempke, assisted by Revs. W.J. Carr and Wm. Meyer, of this place and Rev. John Spicker of Charles City.