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William Henry Buttemiller is the son of John F. and Anna M. Buttemiller. The father’s name before marriage was Drevel, but, marrying a lady of landed estate, took her name, and their five children were born in Germany. The father was a blacksmith by trade. In 1839 they set sail for America, and in the spring of the following year settled on the farm upon which William is now residing. Having borrowed enough money to buy eighty acres of wild land, they were obliged to work very hard and use great economy in order to keep their home. From exposure, the father died soon after coming here, but the mother lived to a good old age. Both were members of the Lutheran Church. William was born in Prussia, Germany, and while growing up learned the trade of his father, but did not follow it long after coming to America. In 1853 he married Miss Mary W. Vemmers, who was also born in Germany, about 1832, and who bore him ten children: Mary E., Anna M., Franz F., Mary F., Herman W., Frederick W., Franz A., John F., Margaret L. and William L. For forty-seven years our subject has lived in Franklin County, and is a good farmer and citizen. He owns 150 acres, all of which he has made by his own efforts. He served in the militia during the late war; is not a strict partisan, but votes for the best man. He and wife are members of the Lutheran Church.