From "History of Adair, Sullivan, Putnam, and Schuyler Counties, Missouri"
"Caleb Adlesperger was born in Greene County, Penn., August 16, 1833, and is a son of William and Lydia (Kimball) Adlesperger, natives of Germany and Pennsylvania, respectively. From Pennsylvania the family moved to Virginia, settling at Harper's Ferry, and from there moved to Knox County, Ohio, about 1838. Mr. Adlesperger was a cooper by trade, and worked at that business until his death, in 1867, at the age of ninety-six.
Caleb A. grew to manhood in Morrow County, Ohio, receiving but a limited education, which he afterward improved by self study. He came to Missouri in 1855 when a young man, and located in Clay Township, Sullivan Co., Mo. His time was divided between teaching in the winter and farming in the summer. He taught about eleven terms, during which time he boarded at home. May 16, 1858, he was married in Sullivan County, Mo., to Ellen A. Cochran, daughter of A. J. Cochran, of Vermont, of which State Mrs. Adlesperger is a native.
August 19, 1864, Mr. Adlesperger enlisted in the Fourty-fourth Missouri Volunteer Infantry Company, and was discharged in May, 1865. He served on detached duty, and was the general ward master of the United States Hospital at Rolla, Mo. After his discharge, he returned home, and has since engaged in farming.
He has eighty acres of land in his home place, and lives in a one-and-a-half story house. He also owns forty acres of timber in Section 16. His property is entirely free from debt, and he owes no man anything, although he started in life penniless. Both Mr. and Mrs. Adlesperger are worthy members of the Free United Brethren Church, and to them four children have been born: William J., married, John E. and George O., now living, and Olive A., who died April 3, 1884, in her sixteenth year."
"Caleb Adlesperger was born in Greene County, Penn., August 16, 1833, and is a son of William and Lydia (Kimball) Adlesperger, natives of Germany and Pennsylvania, respectively. From Pennsylvania the family moved to Virginia, settling at Harper's Ferry, and from there moved to Knox County, Ohio, about 1838. Mr. Adlesperger was a cooper by trade, and worked at that business until his death, in 1867, at the age of ninety-six.
Caleb A. grew to manhood in Morrow County, Ohio, receiving but a limited education, which he afterward improved by self study. He came to Missouri in 1855 when a young man, and located in Clay Township, Sullivan Co., Mo. His time was divided between teaching in the winter and farming in the summer. He taught about eleven terms, during which time he boarded at home. May 16, 1858, he was married in Sullivan County, Mo., to Ellen A. Cochran, daughter of A. J. Cochran, of Vermont, of which State Mrs. Adlesperger is a native.
August 19, 1864, Mr. Adlesperger enlisted in the Fourty-fourth Missouri Volunteer Infantry Company, and was discharged in May, 1865. He served on detached duty, and was the general ward master of the United States Hospital at Rolla, Mo. After his discharge, he returned home, and has since engaged in farming.
He has eighty acres of land in his home place, and lives in a one-and-a-half story house. He also owns forty acres of timber in Section 16. His property is entirely free from debt, and he owes no man anything, although he started in life penniless. Both Mr. and Mrs. Adlesperger are worthy members of the Free United Brethren Church, and to them four children have been born: William J., married, John E. and George O., now living, and Olive A., who died April 3, 1884, in her sixteenth year."
From "History of Adair, Sullivan, Putnam, and Schuyler Counties, Missouri"
"Caleb Adlesperger was born in Greene County, Penn., August 16, 1833, and is a son of William and Lydia (Kimball) Adlesperger, natives of Germany and Pennsylvania, respectively. From Pennsylvania the family moved to Virginia, settling at Harper's Ferry, and from there moved to Knox County, Ohio, about 1838. Mr. Adlesperger was a cooper by trade, and worked at that business until his death, in 1867, at the age of ninety-six.
Caleb A. grew to manhood in Morrow County, Ohio, receiving but a limited education, which he afterward improved by self study. He came to Missouri in 1855 when a young man, and located in Clay Township, Sullivan Co., Mo. His time was divided between teaching in the winter and farming in the summer. He taught about eleven terms, during which time he boarded at home. May 16, 1858, he was married in Sullivan County, Mo., to Ellen A. Cochran, daughter of A. J. Cochran, of Vermont, of which State Mrs. Adlesperger is a native.
August 19, 1864, Mr. Adlesperger enlisted in the Fourty-fourth Missouri Volunteer Infantry Company, and was discharged in May, 1865. He served on detached duty, and was the general ward master of the United States Hospital at Rolla, Mo. After his discharge, he returned home, and has since engaged in farming.
He has eighty acres of land in his home place, and lives in a one-and-a-half story house. He also owns forty acres of timber in Section 16. His property is entirely free from debt, and he owes no man anything, although he started in life penniless. Both Mr. and Mrs. Adlesperger are worthy members of the Free United Brethren Church, and to them four children have been born: William J., married, John E. and George O., now living, and Olive A., who died April 3, 1884, in her sixteenth year."
"Caleb Adlesperger was born in Greene County, Penn., August 16, 1833, and is a son of William and Lydia (Kimball) Adlesperger, natives of Germany and Pennsylvania, respectively. From Pennsylvania the family moved to Virginia, settling at Harper's Ferry, and from there moved to Knox County, Ohio, about 1838. Mr. Adlesperger was a cooper by trade, and worked at that business until his death, in 1867, at the age of ninety-six.
Caleb A. grew to manhood in Morrow County, Ohio, receiving but a limited education, which he afterward improved by self study. He came to Missouri in 1855 when a young man, and located in Clay Township, Sullivan Co., Mo. His time was divided between teaching in the winter and farming in the summer. He taught about eleven terms, during which time he boarded at home. May 16, 1858, he was married in Sullivan County, Mo., to Ellen A. Cochran, daughter of A. J. Cochran, of Vermont, of which State Mrs. Adlesperger is a native.
August 19, 1864, Mr. Adlesperger enlisted in the Fourty-fourth Missouri Volunteer Infantry Company, and was discharged in May, 1865. He served on detached duty, and was the general ward master of the United States Hospital at Rolla, Mo. After his discharge, he returned home, and has since engaged in farming.
He has eighty acres of land in his home place, and lives in a one-and-a-half story house. He also owns forty acres of timber in Section 16. His property is entirely free from debt, and he owes no man anything, although he started in life penniless. Both Mr. and Mrs. Adlesperger are worthy members of the Free United Brethren Church, and to them four children have been born: William J., married, John E. and George O., now living, and Olive A., who died April 3, 1884, in her sixteenth year."
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