Adam Ohnemueller, a retired merchant of Osage City, Cole County, was born in Bavaria, Germany, July 17, 1817. He is a son of George Ohnemueller, also of Germany, who was the father of four children, two sons and two daughters, of whom one daughter is deceased, and the others reside in Germany, our subject being the only one of the family in America. He lived with his parents on the farm in Germany until 1839, when he immigrated to the United States, landing in Baltimore, Md., September 15 of that year; he immediately went to Cole County, Mo., the journey across the country occupying a full month. He entered forty acres of land near Taos, Cole County, where he engaged in farming for eight years; at the expiration of that time he went to New Orleans, and one winter worked there in the St. Charles Hotel. Returning to Taos, be sold his farm and bought eighty acres on the creek, to which he removed and which he cultivated from 1849 until 1870, in the latter year establishing a general merchandise store in Osage City, which he closed about 1883. During the late war he served a term of enlistment in the Home Guards, his present political views and principles being those of the Republican party, which he actively supports. He owns considerable property, having eight lots in the town of Osage City, his residence, and another fine brick building. July 14, 1841, Mr. Ohnemueller married Barbara Rice. They are the parents of six children, viz.: Thomas, who died in 1844 ; Konegunta, wife of Lawrence Schirmer; Katrinie, who married Louis Goff, and after his death Adam Koehler, also deceased; Margaret, who was the first wife of Adam Koehler, and died in 1881; Lawrence, born January 5, 1854, died July 29, 1855 ; George, born July 22, 1856, and died May 20, 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Ohnemueller are members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Ohnemueller remembers much of the early history of the town, and relates many incidents of interest to the rising generations. The family is well known in the community, and highly respected by all.

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History of Cole, Moniteau, Morgan, Benton, Miller, Maries, and Osage Counties, Missouri, Goodspeed Publishing Company (1889).