Peter Bryntesen

     Peter Bryntesen, born 1855 in Sweden, married Christian Olson, born in 1860 and came to America in 1887, coming to Odebolt, Iowa that same year.  He engaged in carpenter work and contracting.  They were parents of Brynte; Olaf; Charles; Jennie (Mrs. M.S. Varley); Paul; Josephine (Mrs. Albin Carlson); Florence (Mrs. Alvin Huldeen); Ted; and Harold.
     Mr. and Mrs. Albin Carlson were parents of Curtis Carlson, married Isabelle Lindsborg; and Betty (Mrs. Robert Thayer).
     Florence under Huldeen history.
     Ted Bryntesen married Vernise Greene.

Sebastian Buehler

(Source: “As Time Goes By”, Odebolt, Iowa 1877-1977, 
printed by The Odebolt Chronicle May, 1977)

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     Sebastian Buehler, son of Jacob and Mary Katherine Buehler, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, March 30, 1845.  He came to America with his parents in 1855 and they settled in Lake County, Indiana.
     In 1861, although only sixteen years old, he proffered his service for the support of his adopted country and enlisted in the twenty-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry on September 28, 1861, being mustered in at Indianapolis, Indiana in 1862 as a private under the leadership of Capt. J.A. Sims.  He served throughout the entire four years of the Civil War.  The exposure to which he was subjected during the struggle left him in such physical condition that he was never in good health again.
     Mr. Buehler returned to his home at the close of the war and on March 17, 1869 he was married to Mary Obrecht, who was born August 8, 1845, in New York State, daughter of Jacob and Louisa Obrecht who were natives of Alsace-Lorraine, Germany and came to America in the early forties.
     In 1871 Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Buehler came to Sac County and bought two hundred acres of land in Richland township (then Clinton) for four dollars an acre.  Mr. Buehler's brother-in-law, O. Rudolph, accompanied him and the two were the first settlers in Richland township.  Mr. Rudolph was later caught in a blizzard in Ida County and some years later died in Indiana, as a result of the terrific exposure to which he was subjected during the storm.
     Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Buehler were parents of nine children, three of whom died early in life.  The others are Henry; Julia (Mrs. Wm. Kuehl); Emma (Mrs. Edward Hix - Mrs. Gil McFarland); Sebastian; Anna (Mrs. Henry Hix); and Louise (Mrs.. Dave Edgar).
     Henry Buehler married Marie Dannenberg and they were parents of Louise; Mildred (Mrs. Weber); Dorothy (Mrs. Thomas Breon); Floyd; *and Virginia (Mrs. Warren Schewel).
     Emma and Anna under Hix history.
     Sebastian Buehler married Cordelia Chandler; they were parents of Mary (Mrs. Harold Hoefling); Ferne (Mrs. Raymond Johnson); and Olive (Mrs. William Bennum).
     

*added at the request of Virginia's daughter Feb. 3, 2004

(transcribed and scanned by B. Horak)

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