HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

Biographical Appendix

ANTON P. BUDENHOLZER

Anton P. Budenholzer, farmer and miner, who resides in St. Michael Township, is a native of Madison County, Mo., born at Mine La Motte, in 1847.  He is a son of Peter and Mary(Legemann) Budenholzer.  The father was bon in Germany in 1815, and when a young man immigrated to the United States, settling in Mine La Motte, Madison County, and here worked in the mines.  He died n 1850.  His wife was also a native of Germany, and died in 1880.  She was the mother of three children: Anton P., John and Elizabeth (wife of Madison (Baine).  Anton P. was reared at Mine La Motte, and in 1874 he married Miss Treea E. Pingel, a native of Perry County, Mo., born in 1851, and the daughter of Anton Pingel.  To this marriage were born six children: John, Frank, Katie, Mary, Tracy and Joseph.  Mr. Budenholzer worked in the mines until 1877, when he bought forty acres one mile and a quarter both of Fredericktown, where he settled, and where he now resides.  He has worked in the mines and has also looked after the interest of his landed estate since he settled on his farm, and is now engaged in mining.  He is an industrious, hardworking man and is much respected by all who know him.  He is a Republican in politics, and has been school director for the past year.  He and wife are members of the Roman Catholic Church.