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Jacob Auer occupies an important place among the farmers and stock raiser of Point Precinct, Calhound County. He was born in teh canton of Scaffhausen, Switzerland, on the 8th of January 1833. His father, Melchoir Auer, was a native of the same canton and was a son of Jacob Auer who was also born there and came of an old Austrian family. he was a school teacher and also a soldier and founght under Napolean. He taught thirty eight years and died at a ripe old age.
Melchoir Auer was a soldier in the Swiss army in 1830 and fought in the French Revolution. he was a miller by trade and carried on that callin in connection iwth farming an wine making. In 1848, accompanied by his wife an eight children,he came to America. Te family set sail from Havre in the American vessel "Hargrave" October 18 The vessel was wind bound in teh harbor of that city three weeks but finally set sail and arrived t New Orleans the following January after a long voyage. Mr. Auer went direst to St Louis and resded in and near that city until 1851, when he came t Calhoun County and bought a tract of land where our subject now resides in Point Precinct. Tere was a garden patch near and that with a small shanty constituted all the improvements.
Th father of our subject immediately entered upon the poneer task of developing a farm from the wilderness and was a resident there until death closedhis useful career in December, 1874. he was twice married; his first wife, the mothher of our subject, was Elizabeth Neukum, a native of the sme canton as himself. There sh pent her entire life, dying in 1844. His secnd wife as Nanna Haas who died in 1860. Four of the first family of children were reared namely; Jacob of whom we write; John gubo who lives at Bunker Hill, Macoupin County, Ill; conrad of whom a sketch apears elsewhere,and Melchoir, a preacher of the Methodist Episcopal persuasion and a member of the Illinois Conference. Our subject was well educated in his native land as he attended school quite steadily during his boyhod. When not in school he assisted his father on the farm and inthe vineyard and gained a good insight into agriculture. He was fifteen years old when the famil came to America so he has a still vivid recollection of the beautiful scenes of his old home. Soon after the removal to St Louis e commenced to larn the trade of a cabinet maker and followed that and the trade of a house carpenter until after his marriage, since which event he has devoted his time to farmig. He bought the interest of the other heirs in the old homestead which comprised one hundred acres of choice land and he has besides two hundred acres elsewhere. His farm is finly tilled and its improvements are of a substantial orer, including good buildings and everything ncessary to carry farming to a successful issue. Aiew of his residnce and a portion of his fine farm wll be noticed on another page. Mr auer has had the cheerful co-operation of a capabl wife in the establishment of hi comfortable home. Mrs Auer's maiden name was Julia Marshall and her life was united to that of our subject September 9, 1858. She is a native of this county and a daughter of John and Christiaa (Wezard) Marshall., for whose history see sketch of Francis Marshall. Mr and Mrs Auer have four children living - Grant, Ella Emma dn Ida. Ella is the wife of John Dixon, of golden eagle; Emma married Dan Osborne, of Point Precinct, the children have received excellent educational advantages and the son, Grat, is at presnet engaged in teaching.
Our subject is numbered among he most progressive and intelligent citizens fo the county and ranks amongthe skillful farmers of the precinct. Upon all subjects of general and local interst he keeps informed and converses well upon topics of importance and interst. In his domestic relations he is a considerate father and devoted husband while his neighbors always find him obliging and helpful.
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