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John Schiller, the subject of this sketch, was born in Bavaria, Germany, May 20, 1833, and is the son of John H. and Elizabeth (Stahlmann) Schiller, both natives of Bavaria. They immigrated to America in August, 1839, and in the spring of 1840 reached St. Louis, Mo. They removed the same spring to Franklin County, and located on the farm where our subject now resides, two miles west of Union, in Township 43, Range 1 west. The father was a farmer by occupation, and died in 1880. The mother died in 1869. To them were born five children, of whom John was the youngest. He grew to manhood on the farm, and secured but a limited education in attending the private and subscription schools, his attendance being only after he was fifteen years of age. He has followed farming as his life work, and now owns and cultivates a farm of 291 acres. During the late war he served as a home guard for a short time, and next was a member of the militia, and as such served throughout the war. He was elected justice of the peace of Union Township in 1880, and served until 1886. Mr. Schiller was married in 1855 to Dina Kriege, a native of Prussia, born December 18, 1834, and the daughter of Ernst and Elizabeth (Wehr) Griege, who were also natives of Prussia, and who immigrated to America in 1839. They located in Franklin County, Mo., where the father died in 1870, and the mother about five years later. To Mr. Schiller and wife ten children have been born, seven of whom are living.