Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. Cass County. THEODORE SCHAAR, manufacturer of accordeons, Beardstown; is a native of Prussia; born Dec. 8, 1845. His father was a manufacturer of accordeons, and at the age of sixteen, Theodore began learning the trade with him, and worked with him till he was twenty-two years old. In 1867, he emigrated to the United States and conducted a shop in St. Louis, Mo., two years. In 1869, he returned to Europe, and was married in his native town, to Johanna Kuehn, in January, 1870; and the Franco-Prussian War then breaking out, he was obliged to remain in Prussia till 1871. He then returned to the United States and came to Beardstown, in July, that year, and has since been engaged there in the manufacture of accordeons, and the repairing of all kinds of musical instruments, employing at one time five hands, and at present, two, the mouldings being manufactured in St. Louis, Mo. His instruments find ready sale, both wholesale and retail; he manufactures on an average, forty-five dozen instruments annually. Schaar Kuehn = Prussia MO