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ausgewandert am 10.08.1836 von Billings nach Amerika
John Philip Bauer, the father, was a soldier under Napoleon, suffered capture and as he was put in the ranks to fight against his own people and country, took advantage of the first opportunity to desert and made good his escape. John Philip Bauer, father of Peter Bauer, was born in Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany, and in his native section learned the cabinetmaker's trade. He married in his neighborhood and he and wife remained there until after the birth of all but their youngest child. Inorder to secure better opportunities for these children, Sir and Mrs. Bauer decided to undertake the long journey to the United States, which, at that time, when only sailing vessels ventured on the ocean, was a formidable enterprise and very different from the comparatively easy conditions under which people of other lands now reach America. After 72 days of buffeting on the water, the Bauer family was safely landed at Baltimore, Md. Their objective point was Crawford county and manymiles had to be covered before it was reached. The small capital that the family possessed was pretty well exhausted by the time the city of Pittsburg was attained and from there, to Leesville, O., the distance was covered on foot. They pausedlong enough here for the mother to recuperate from the birth of their youngest son, Peter, and then moved to the 40-acre wild land which Mr. Bauer secured in Vernon township. By this time they were so accustomed to hardships and deprivations that they patiently awaited the building of their first log cabin shelter, the gradual clearing of their land and its subsequent cultivation. A comfortable hewn-log house supplanted the first one, more land was acquired and through German industryand thrift, they prospered and saw many years of ease in their old age. [The History of Crawford County and Representative Citizens, published in 1912]
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