My Genealogy Hound

HENRY A. KATTERJOHN, of Selvin, was born in Dubois County, Ind., December 31, 1846, the third in a family of eight children born to William H. and Christina (Bierbaum) Katterjohn, natives of Prussia in Germany. These parents were married in America and settled in Dubois County, Ind., in 1844, and are the parents of the following named children: Sophia, John F., Henry A., Mary A., William H., Benjamin A., L. H. (deceased) and Emma R. (deceased). Henry A. was raised and educated by his parents and at the age of twenty commenced doing for himself, and one year later began the miller’s business, which he has since followed. He and Benjamin A. are operating a steam flouring-mill which has a capacity of fifty barrels per day. Our subject was married June 10, 1880, to Mrs. Mary E. (Ketzel) Reiners, daughter of Godfrey and Elizabeth E. (Haman) Ketzel, of Spencer County, Ind., and to them has been born one child— Elmer J. Mrs. Katterjohn is the mother of two children by her first husband, named Charley and William. Mr. Katterjohn is a Republican in politics, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Benjamin A. Katterjohn, brother of Henry A., was born February 9, 1853, and was raised and educated by his parents. At the age of sixteen he began teaching school, which he followed six years, when he entered into partnership with his brother in the mill which they operate in Selvin. July 31, 1875, he married Miss Sophia Rauscher, and to them have been born three children: Jennie M., Eli E. and Bertha. Like Henry A., he is a Republican, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.