Washington County, Illinois

      John E. Hoffman on June 24, 1839 married his second wife, Maria Justine Katherina (Cath-erine) Hoffman - b. June 15, 1818; d. Oct. 5, 1874. After the death of John E., Catherine mar-ried a Mr. Wagenhals. John and Catherine were the parents of 10 children Frederick William; Anna Maria; Elisabeth; Caroline; George (1) who died in infancy; Sarah; George (2); Martha, Hannah; Louis.

3. Frederick William Hoffman - b. June 3, 1840; d. Sept. 6, 1917. Fred was a store keeper in Nashville. m. Marie. There is a difference of opinion as to Marie's last name. A grand-daughter believes her name was Meier. She bases this on the fact that she had an uncle named Meier, who she always thought was her mother's brother. I have not been able to find a record of the marriage of Marie Meier to Frederick Hoffman and do find one of Maria Volkmann to F. W. Hoffman in St. Paul's Evangelical Church records Nashville, with dates corresponding to what we believe to be the approximate date of their marriage and other dates seeming to be cor-rect, I am inclined to believe the uncle could have been a brother-in-law or the mother could have been married twice. St. Paul's records show the marriage on Aug. 11, 1865 of F. W. Hoffman to Maria Volkmann. They also show the death of Maria Hoffman (née Volkmann) on Feb. 5, 1870. These records also provide the following in-

formation: Heinrich Friedrich - child of Fr. Wilhelm and Mary Hoffman - died Feb. 17, 1870 (Relatives confirm that there were 2 children born to 'this union one of whom died in infancy). We have the date of the birth of George as Jan. 10, 1867, together with the fact that he was 3 when his mother died and the date of F. W's. second marriage to Caroline Wiese on Apr. 23, 1871. All these dates seem to indicate to me that her maiden name was Volkmann. Frederick and Marie were the parents of two children - one died in infancy George lived to grow up.

      4. George Henry Hoffman - b. Jan. 10, 1867; d. Feb. 24, 1952. George's mother died when he was three and he was cared for by his Aunt Sarah until Fred remarried. When he was 16, he went to St. Louis to work and lived there the rest of his life. m. May 1, 1888 Anna Wilhemina Koenig - b. Oct. 9, 1867; d. July 24, 1952. 10 children - Charlotte W.; Estelle Caroline; George William; Georgia Anna; Daisy Louise; Marie Alma; Anna Frances; Mabel Lucille; Dorothy Ber-nice; Audrey Maurine.

            5. Charlotte W. Hoffman - b. Nov. 14, 1889. Graduate of Harris Teachers College, St. Louis, Mo. Taught school 1912 - 1917. m. May 10, 1917 William Hullihan - b. Sept. 3, 1885. William was in the building material business. No children.

            5. Estelle Caroline Hoffman - B. Aug. 27, 1891; m. Dec. 27, 1916 Louis W. Nord-meyer -b. June 18, 1886; d. Feb. 2, 1937. Louis was a member of the firm of Nordmeyer Tent & Awning Co. No children.

            5. George William Hoffman - b. Jan. 21, 1894; d. Dec. 4, 1968. Worked in construction & brick work. Served in the armed forces in W. W. I from May 1917 until July 1919. M. Feb. 14,1953, Mina Wuilleumier, who died Aug. 31,1959. No children.

            5. Georgia Anna -b. May 27, 1896 ; d. Feb. 1897.

            5.Daisy Louise Hoffman - b. Dec. 13, 1897.

            5. Marie Alma Hoffman - b. Dec. 13, 1901. Marie has a B. A. from Harris Teachers College and did graduate work at Washington University and the U. of Colorado. Early in her career as an elementary school teacher, she taught in Nashville, Illinois. - later she spent 49 years in the St. Louis School System as elementary teacher and principal. She retired in June of 1969.

            5. Anna Frances Hoffman - b. Apr. 23, 1904. Graduate of Harris Teachers College teaches at Clinton Branch School. m. June 15, 1940 Robert Roland Stewart - b. Dec. 19, 1898. Engineer with American Tel. and Tel., St. Louis, Mo.

                  6. Jeanne Marie Reitz - b. June 8, 1930. Jeanne is in Personnel at Monsanto Chemical Co.

            5. Dorothy Bernice Hoffman - b. Jan. 23, 1909. Graduate of Harris Teachers College. m. June 4, 1932 Albert Boaz Padon - b. Dec. 21, 1906. He is Staff Supt. of Operations at A.T.& T. 4 children - Sally; Albert; Thomas; Dorothy.

                  6. Sally Ann Padon - b. Sept. 5, 1933. Sally has a BS from Colorado State College, where she was a Phi Beta Kappa. m. March 3, 1955 Donald Johnson who also graduated from Colorado State. He is an engineer with A.T.& T. 4 children - Steven; David; Lisbeth; Melissa.

                        7. Steven Garrett Johnson - b. Jan. 22, 1957.                         7. David Geoffrey Johnson b. June 18, 1959.                         7. Lisbeth Regina Johnson b. May 1, 1962.                         7. Melissa Leigh Johnson - b. May 31, 1966.

                  6. Albert B. Padon Jr. - b. Dec. 11, 1937. Albert is a graduate of the University of Kansas and works as a salesman for a material co. m. Dec. 27, 1958 Mary Patricia Elsrode. 2 children - Kristine; Joseph.

                        7. Kristine Kay Padon - b. Nov. 22, 1966.                         7. Joseph Patrick Padon - b. Nov. 15, 1969.

                  6. Thomas George Padon - b. Dec. 30, 194@. Graduate of the University of Kansas City - Helicopter Pilot who served in Vietnam. m. June 1, 1963 Mary Catherine Gorman. 2 children - Thomas; Jennifer.

                        7. Thomas Scott Padon - b. Aug. 10, 1968.                         7. Jennifer Rae Padon - b. April 23, 1970.

                  6. Dorothy Jane Padon - b. Nov. 27, 1948.                   B. A. Kansas State University. Not married.

            5. Audrey Maurine Hoffman - b. March 28, 1913.             Works for the American Red Cross.

3. Frederick William Hoffman - m. Apr. 23, 1871 Caroline Wiese of St. Louis who died Jan. 15, 1924. 4 children - Will; Frank; Otto; Paul. They also reared Carrie's niece, Nettie Wi-ese, whose mother died when she was born.

      4. William Hoffman - b. Oct. 17, 1872; d. March 31, 1924.       Foreman National Laundry, St. Louis. m. Carrie Simpson. --       2nd wife - Francis Martha Simpson - b. March 1883 Sister of Carrie.       2 children - Dorothy; Melvin.

            5. Dorothy Hoffman - b. Feb. 22, 1907; m. Sept. 5, 1953 Lyman Tracy - b. Nov. 4, 1902; d. June 7, 1962. No children. Lyman had two children by his first wife, who was Dorothy's cousin Ruth.

            5. Melvin Hoffman - b. March 8,1908. Served in the Army in W. W. II - Pacific Area. m.Clara Bork 1 child-Edward. -- 2nd wife Virginia Hudspeth -b. Dec. 28, 1917.

      4. Frank Hoffman - b. May 7, 1875; d. Nov. 1, 1948; m. Oct. 1901 Frances V. Derler; b. Feb. 24, 1878; d. Apr. 20, 1957. 1 child - Ruth. Frank was President of National Laundry, St. Louis, Mo.

            5. Ruth Hoffman -b. Aug. 4, 1902 ;d. July 3, 1944. Attended Washington University, St. Louis. m. Apr. 19, 1925 Lyman Tracy - b. Nov. 4, 1902; d. June 7, 1962. He attended the Uni-versity of Missouri. 2 children - Frances; William.

                  6. Frances Jo Tracy - b. Feb. 20, 1926. Attended Washington U. and S. W. Mo. State College. m. Aug. 23, 1953 Owen Ramsey - b. Dec. 28, 1928. Owen attended the U. of Missouri. 3 children - Tracy; Barbara; Ruth.

                        7. Tracy Ramsey - b. July 28, 1954.                         7. Barbara Ramsey - b. Jan. 13, 1956.                         7. Ruth Ramsey - b. Jan. 6, 1959.

                  6. William H. Tracy - b. Oct. 4, 1931.                   Attended U. of Missouri and Miami U.

      4. Otto Hoffman - b. Oct. 24, 1880; d. June 12, 1953; m. Apr. 28, 1909 Bertha Nierherd-ing - b. Jan. 24, 1885. Otto was a foreman at National Laundry - later worked for Swift & Co. meat packing for a number of years. I child - Doris.

            5. Doris Hoffman - b. May 2, 1912; m. Dec. 1, 1945 Cecil Larsen - b. Feb. 10, 1909. 1 child - Robert L. Larsen.

                  6. Robert L. Larsen - b. Feb. 9, 1949. Robert graduated from Drury College, Springfield, Mo., in 1971. Plans to go to the University of Missouri Law School. m. May 6, 1972 Patricia Morgan.

      4. Paul Hoffman - b. Sept. 30, 1890; d. Oct. 1944. Served in the U. S. Army in W.W.II I Railroad mail clerk for many years. m. Evelyn Maschmeier of Cincinnati, Ohio - b. Jan. 12, 1905; d. Nov. 1966.

      4. Emma Kleeman - d. at an early age.

      4. William Frederick Kleeman - b. August 28, 1865; d. Aug. 21, 1933. He was born at Hoyleton, Illinois. - died Stotts City, Mo. He is buried at East View Cemetery near Stotts City. He was a farmer. He married on March 24, 1889 Emma Krueger - b. Oct 1, 1869 ; d. 1954. Emma, too, was born at Hoyleton, ILL. When she was a small child, her parents Christian Henry Krueger and his wife Catherine (nee Fricke) together with other families from the Hoyleton area, moved to Lawrence Co., Mo. One of these families was that of J. August Kleeman, who had married Louise Klein after the death of Anna Marie. William and Emma were married at the home of her parents 2 mi. south of Stotts City, Mo. They then bought a farm 4 mi. NW of Stotts City, where they lived until after William's death. Their first home was a log cabin, until a new home was built. Their children were all born there. In 1940, Emma, with two of her daughters, moved into Stotts City. When the families from Washington Co., Illinois., first went to Mo., they built an Evangelical Church and established a German School. However, when William and Emma were married, their farm was 1/4 mi. from a Methodist Church and 1/2 mi. from the Pleasant Hill Public School. Travel being slow then, all the children were brought up in this church and attended the school nearby. There were 9 children - Mary; Bertha; Hulda; William; Freda; Kathryn; Loeda; Alfred; Charlene.

            5. Mary Wilhemina Kleeman - b. March 4, 1891; m. Aug. 1, 1915 Christian F. Sherman. 3 children - Eunice; Mary Ruth; Uel.

                  6. Eunice Sherman - b. Sept. 10, 1918 - m. Oscar Hovis. 2 sons - David;

                        7. Oscar Jr.                         7. David Hovis - b. Apr. 26, 1957.                         7. Oscar Hovis Jr. - b. July 29, 1959.

                  6. Mary Ruth Sherman - b. Oct. 4. 1920;                   m. James Warrington. 1 daughter - Joan.                         7. Joan Sherman - b. Oct. 16, 1952.                         Student at Oberlin College.                         m. Aug. 7, 1972 James Houghton in Washington, DC

                  6. Uel Kleeman Sherman -b. Feb. 8, 1923 ; d. Jan. 29,1956.

            5. Bertha Kleeman - b. June 6, 1894.

            5. Hulda Kleeman - b. Dec. 30,1896 - teacher. Hulda was in Indian Service 30 years, retiring in 1960. She also was assistant counselor at Stephens College, Columbia, Mo., 2 years. Retired and living in Neosho, Mo.

            5. William C. Kleeman - b. Sept. 29,1899; d. May 11, 1960. Married March 23, 1930 Augusta Faulkner. He was in the oil business and the last 5 years of his life he was employed as dispatcher for badger Pipeline Co., Berwyn, Illinois. He was a member of Berwyn Methodist Church. 1 child - Willa Janiece.

                  6. Willa Janiece Kleeman - b. Nov. 25, 1936. Registered Nurse. m. Oct. 1958 Douglas Jackson. 3 children - Peri Anne; Michael; Paul.                         7. Peri Anne - b. Apr. 9, 1960.                         7. Michael - b. May 22, 1962.                         7. Paul - b. Aug. 29, 1969.

            5. Freda Rosena Kleeman - b. Feb. 2, 1902; d. Dec. 15, 1966. Registered Nurse graduate of City Hospital School of Nursing, St. Louis, Mo. Supervisor of nurses at Medical Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.

            5. Kathryn Caroline Kleeman -b .Nov. 23, 1904 ; d .Oct. 12,1941.

            5.Loeda Clara Kleeman - b. Apr. 29, 1907. m. June 4, 1942 Wiley Emsley Sims. Leoda was a teacher before marriage - taught in Neosho, Mo. 2 sons - John Revis & William Wiley.

                  6. John Revis Sims - b. March 13,1944. Lawyer. Graduate of Missouri Law School Presently is prosecuting attorney of Newton Co., Mo. m. Nov. 1, 1969 Margaret Ander-son of Morganfield, Kentucky. 1 daughter - Elizabeth Clare; I son - John Wiley.

                        7. Elizabeth Clare Sims - b. Sept. 25, 1970.

                        7. John Wiley Sims - b. July 11, 1972.

                  6. William Wiley Sims - b. Dec. 17, 1947. Graduate of Drury College, Spring-field, Mo., with a degree in Business. He is Assistant Cashier at the lst National Bank of Neosho, Mo.

            5. Alfred Ludwig Kleeman - b. Feb. 3, 1910. Employed by Carnation Milk Co., Mt. Vernon, Mo. Lives on a farm near Miller, Mo. m. Aug. 30, 1935 Evelyn Nivens. 4 sons Ronald; Donald (twins); Frank; Dale.

                  6. Donald Dee Kleeman -b. Jan. 28, 1939- d. at 9 weeks of age.

                  6. Ronald Lee Kleeman - b. Jan. 28, 1939. Works in Springfield, Mo.                   M. Apr. 5, 1965 Beverly Stockton.                   2 daughters - Shirley Jean Kleeman - b. Nov. 4, 1967;                   Vonda Lee Kleeman - b. Feb. 14, 1970.

                  6. Frank Kleeman - b. Nov. 10, 1948.                   Graduate of Southwest Mo. State College, Springfield, Mo.                   Employed by Frisco R. R. m. Aug. 29,1968 Jean Gwinnup.

                  6. Dale Harlen Kleeman - b. Aug. 19, 1951.                   Attends S.W. Mo. State College, Springfield, Mo.

            5. Charlene Christine Kleeman -b. May 27, 1913. Graduate of University of Missouri. Teacher of children with learning disabilities in Springfield Public Schools, Springfield, Mo. John Frederick August Kleeman's 2nd wife was Louise Klein - b. 1851; d. 1934. 4 children born of this marriage are - Henry; Lewis; Mary; Fred (William Kleeman's half brothers and sisters).

      4. Henry Kleeman - b. 1871; d. 1942;       m. Amelia Tiesel. 4 children . Herman; Oscar; William; Laura.

            5. Herman Kleeman - b. 1895;             m. Amelia Roethemeier - b. 1899; d. 1935. 2 children Eunice; Nelda.             Herman's 2nd wife was Gertrude Weise.

            5. Oscar Kleeman - m. Lydia Meyer. 2 children - Margaret; Eldred.

            5. William Kleeman - b. Apr. 16, 1899;             m. Bertha Rahmoeller - b. 1906; d. 1935.             2 children - Dorothy; Donald.

            5. Laura Kleeman - m. John Rahmoeller.             1 child - Norman Rahmoeller - Minister.

      4. Lewis Kleeman - b. Feb. 14,1876; d. Apr. 9,1960;       m. Mary Rahmoeller - b. Oct. 19, 1876; d. Sept. 1957.       3 children - Dan; Theodore; Arthur.

            5. Dan Kleeman - b. 1900; d. Jan. 11, 1963;             m. Alma Roethemeier. 4 sons - Max; Raymond; Rueben; Warren (Bill).

                  6. Max Kleeman - b. 1921; d. Sept. 23, 1971 - age 50.                   m. Arlene Meyer. Live in Mt.Vernon, Mo.                   2 children - Jerry; Debra Ann.

                        7. Jerry Kleeman -                         attended Arkansas State College, Jonesboro, Ark.

                        7. Debra Ann Kleeman.

                  6. Raymond Kleeman - m. Helen Gibbons.                   They live in Shreveport, La. 1 daughter Marsha.

                  6. Rueben Kleeman - m. Frances Weihe.                   They live in Stotts City, Mo. No chil-dren.

                  6. Warren (Bill) Kleeman - m. Wanda Brooks.                   Live in Sarcoxie, Mo. 2 children Rena; Dan.

            5. Theodore Kleeman - b. May 25, 1907; d. May 28, 1968;             m. Oct. 25, 1918 Esther Kramme. No children.

            5. Arthur Kleeman -b. Feb. 2, 1910 ;d.1960 ;             m .Garry-2 children -James Randolph- b.Sept. 5, 1944; Kenny.

      4. Mary KIeeman -b.Feb.27,1878;d.March14,1939;       m.FredTiesel-b.1873;d.1954.4 children - Bertha; Walter; Lydia; Eleanor.

            5. Bertha Tiesel - m. Louis Roethemeier.             Live in Mt. Vernon, Mo. 3 children - Evelyn; Hoyt; Beverly.

                  6. Evelyn Roethemeier -m. Max Smith.             They live in Mt.Vemon, Mo .             Evelyn is a registered nurse. 1 child.

                  6. Hoyt Roethemeier.

                  6. Beverly Roethemeier - m. Raymond Moenkhoff -                   4 children - Gary; Jerry; Terry; Diana.

            5. Walter Tiesel who is married and the father of 3 children             (names unavailable) is a min-ister and has been a             missionary to the West Indies.

            5. Lydia Tiesel - m. Walter Jerger. Live in St. Louis.             1 daughter - Marion, who is married and the mother of twins.

            5. Eleanor Tiesel - m. O'Neal. They live in Republic, Mo.

      4. Fred Kleeman - b. 1882;       m. Tillie Heyman - b. Oct. 31, 1887; d. March 31, 1967.       3 chil-dren - Lawrence; Esther; Lydia.

                  6. Willard Kleeman - m. and                   father of 2 children - Lois & Dell.

                  6. David Kleeman - m. and has 1 child - Dale.

            5. Esther Kleeman - m. Raymond Whaley - No children.

            5. Lydia Kleeman - m. William Roethemeier - I child - Harlan.

                  6. Harlan Roethemeier - m. Arlene Bowman.                   3 children - Douglas; Diana & Dennis (twins).

3. Elisabeth Sophie Hoffman - b. Aug. 26,1844; d. Jan. 13, 1888; m. May 1, 1864 Herman Heinrich Karl Buhrman - b. Jan. 27,1845; d. May 1928. 6 children - Emma; Henry; Oscar; Walter; Paul; Albert. Herman, son of Johann Ernst Heinrich Buhrman, known as Henry Buhrman Sr., was born in UnterIubbe, Kries Minden, Westfalen, Konigreich Preuszen, Germany. The family left Ger-many in 1852, coming to Nashville via New Orleans and St. Louis. The trip took 9 weeks and 4 days and was made by steamboat, railroad and horse-drawn wagon. The family brought with it a melodeon which was made in Stuttgart, Germany by the Philip Trayser Co. and is still in its original condition. It now graces the Washington County Historical Museum, together with other items from the Buhrman household - a gift of Bert Buhrman Jr., his great grandson, and other members of the family. Early in life Herman entered the mercantile business and in later years was appointed postmaster of Nashville, during Pres. McKinley's administration. His father was one of the founders of St. Paul's Evangelical Church in Nashville, where he also was a member and served as an officer.

      4. Emma Maria Buhrman - b. Sept. 17,1865; d. 1955; m. Thomas S. Krughoff, who died in 1954. Tom's first marriage was to Ellen Smith, who died of typhoid fever in Anna, Illinois., where Tom worked as an electrician at the mental hospital. She was 29 years old and left two small children - a son Caroll and daughter - Ruth. Emma's mother died at an early age, and Emma, with the help of her mother's sister, Sarah, devoted her early life to caring for her father and five younger brothers and two orphaned double cousins - Ernst and Otto Buhrman.

      4. Henry C. Buhrman - b. July 1, 1868; d. Feb. 1919; m. Dec. 28, 1892 Carrie Lane - b. July 6,1868; d. Jan. 29,1966. 3 children. Elaine; William; Katherine. Henry learned the merchandising business from his father's store. He bought 1/2 interest in the Schmitt Store - soon purchasing the entire business and was in business in Nashville 34 years. Although he grew up in the Evangelical Church and was confirmed there, he joined the Pres-byterian Church as a young man and was a member of that church for 37 years - 32 of which he served as elder. He also was clerk of the session and S. S. Supt. After graduating from High School in Nashville, Carrie studied music at the Epstein Conser-vatory in St. Louis and taught in the Nashville Grade School for 4 years. In later life she was associated with her husband in the operation of the Buhrman Dry Goods Store. She lived to be 97 - having undergone major surgery at 91.

            5. Elaine Louise Buhrman - b. Jan. 1, 1895; d. Sept. 1936; m. June 24, 1924 Eugene Dyke Ivy of Davenport, Washington. 2 children - Sarah & Patricia. Elaine attended MacMurray Col-lege, Jacksonville, Illinois. (at that time called Illinois Woman's College) - 2 years. She gradu-ated from the U. of Illinois., June 1918. She taught school in the state of Washington, where she met and married Gene. Gene is a lawyer and they lived in Yakima, Washington.

                  6. Sarah Gene Ivy (Sallie) - b. Jan. 28, 1927;                   m. Sept. 1, 1948 Stuart Crockett Brown.                   3 children - Christine; Carolyn; Katherine.                   Sallie attended Scripps College, Pomona, Cal. 1 year.                   Graduate of University of Washington, Seattle.                   Stuart is an aeronautical engineer in research at Ames                   Laboratory Moffett Field, California.

                        7. Christine Brown - b. Aug. 28, 1952 at Palo Alto, Cal.                         Attends University of California at Davis.                         7. Carolyn Brown - b. Oct. 28, 1954.                         7. Katherine Stuart Brown - b. July 6, 1960.

                  6. Patricia Jane Ivy (Pattie) - b. Feb. 19, 1930;                   m. Sept. 30, 1951 James Wendell                   Parker. 3 children - Jeffrey; David; Susan Kay.                   Pattie attended MacMurray College, Jacksonville, Illinois., 2 years.                   Graduate of the University of Washington, Seattle.                   James is owner and manager of a glass co. store in Wenatchee, Washington.

                        7. Jeffrey Parker - b. Apr. 16, 1954.                         7. David Parker - b. Aug. 31, 1955.                         7. Susan Kay Parker - b. Feb. 10, 1958.

            5. William Lane Buhrman - b. April 22,1897; d. June 1936; m. 1922 Nina Fitman of Bloomington, Illinois., a registered nurse. No children. William graduated from the University of Illinois. Medical School in 1922. He was a Pediatrician in Chicago. Died suddenly.

            5. Katherine Elizabeth Buhrman - b. 1907; m. Jan. 15, 1940 Earle Wentworth of Ansonia, Conn. No children. Katherine attended MacMurray College years - 1924-26. Graduate of University of Illinois. 1928 - Library Science degree 1929. Worked for In. Historical Library 3 years. Earle was Accountant and Assistant Treasurer, Landers Corp., Toledo, Ohio. Now re-tired and living at Laguna Hills, California.

      4. Oscar Herman Buhrman - b. 1871; d. Dec. 1917; m. 1896 Mary Rebecca Green - b. 1869; d. Apr. 1936. 1 child - Hugh. Oscar was a printer and worked as a compositor on the Nashville Journal for eight years. At the time of his death, he was working in the Forecast Di-vision of the US Weather Bureau, Washington DC Died suddenly of a stroke.

            5. Hugh Green Buhrman - b. 1897; d. July 11, 1967; m. May 15, 1919, Gertrude Schladt. No children. Hugh enlisted in the Air Force in 1917 but after three months training at Princeton University, he was honorably discharged due to a lack of higher mathematics. In Dec. of 1917 his father died and he returned to Washington to be with his mother. He worked for the District Government. He graduated in law from the National University in Washington DC in 1919. In 1918, Hugh was appointed head of the contract dept. of the Emergency Fleet Corp. Shipping Board. Fifty people worked under him. By 1925, there was no more of this type of work. He then went into Real Estate and in later years worked for the Red Cross and in Public Relations in New York City. In 1953, Hugh wrote a book "The Four Regional Research Institutes". He had been sent with scientists from these institutes to study industrial problems in Germany in 1950 and in Italy, France and England in 1952. He was in poor health the last years of his life and died in Newton Baker Veterans Center, Martinsburg, W. Va. Gertrude took a sec-retarial course at Notre Dame Academy, Washington DC She was employed by the patent at-torney's office and for 5 years by the Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, DC She now makes her home with her brother on his farm in Bluemont, Va.

      4. Walter Buhrman - b. April 1874; d. Dec. 4, 1939 in Chicago. He was in the jewelry busi-ness. Is buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Evansville, Ind. His wife's name was Clara. No children. (No other information available).

      4. Paul Buhrman - b. 1881; d. 1935. Buried Evangelical Cemetery, Nashville, Illinois. Paul was a dept. head in the employ of Mo. Pacific RR Married Eugenia (Genie) Roberts. No children.

      4. Albert Buhrman - b. Feb. 5, 1885; d. Nov. 18, 1966. Pharmacist in Springfield,

Mo. and Kansas City. Married Jessie Gott - b. July 14, 1885; d. March 22, 1965. Buried Mt. Memorial Cemetery, Kansas City. 2 children - Marthell; Albert Jr.

            5. Marthell Buhrman - b. Nov. 8. 1908; d. Dec. 30, 1959: m. Charles A. J. Smith. 2 chil-dren - Charles A. J. Smith Jr.; Marthell. Marthell is buried in Catholic Cemetery, Ft. Worth, Texas.

            5. Albert Buhrman Jr. - b. Apr. 19, 1915 in Springfield, Mo.; m. Aug. 5, 1958 in Christ Church. Turnham Green, Chiswick, London, England, Denise Gorringe, who was born in Carshalton, Surrey, England. Bert is a very talented musician who, for 21 years was staff or-ganist for Columbia Broadcasting System in New York. During this time, he free lanced on other networks and recorded for top labels. He made his debut as an organist at the age of 10, when he began playing the pipe organ at St. John's Episcopal Church in Springfield. Later he played the organ at the old Electric Theatre in Springfield and the Newman and Main Street Theatres in Kansas City. He graduated from the University of Kansas, receiving an AB degree with a major in music. While he was a student there, he played over Station WREN in Lawrence. He also at one time during his career served as music director for Sta-tion KCMO and played over Station WOQ in Kansas City. Bert's army service extended from 1943-1945, during which time he was assigned to Special Services. Among other things, his job was to help record background music for training films. In 1963, Bert planned to retire and return to Missouri. The return to southern Missouri became a reality but not the retirement. He was offered a position as organist in residence and radio and television con-sultant at the School of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, Mo. He felt he would enjoy this type of work and has become deeply involved in it. The School of the Ozarks is a self help institu-tion which operates without seeking any financial aid from city, state or federal government. and has grown from a one room school to a fully accredited four year liberal arts college. In-stead of money, students provide labor for tuition, room and board. Bert recently was over-seer for the installation of a Wurlitzer organ, which had, in 1928 been installed in RKO-Kieth's Theatre, Flushing, NY, at a cost of $65,000. This was a gift to the college from RKO - Stanley Warner Theatres of NY City. Funds for shipping and installation were provided by Mrs. W. Alton Jones, a member of the board of trustees. The Dedicatory Program featured Bert Buhrman at the Mighty Wurlitzer, on Apr. 18, 1971. The program was designed to show all the possibilities of the organ. Bert played the musical score to the showing of a si-lent motion picture film "Teddy at the -Throttle", featuring Gloria Swanson and Wallace Berry and a series of the sing along slides popular in theatres in the 1920's. In 1968, Bert's folk opera, "The Bald Knobbers" was produced and received with acclaim throughout the Midwest. Bert played the entire organ score for the production.

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