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This is the Shanholtzer home. The original Shanholtzer place was just east of Bronaugh (now across from the school.) We do not have identifications of the people in this photo but is is clearly marked Shanholtzer. Dr. Julie Combs is sure that this is not the Shanholtzer place across from the school. Her family later owned it and she lived there. So we need to know where this house was. However, there is proof that this one was at Bronaugh. |
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This is an undated photo that shows Vernon County residents who had all lived in the county for fifty years or more. The lady in the white dress holding the umbrella is believed to be Mrs. Shanholtzer (same lady in top photo). The only other identified folks in this scan are Dr. Albert Badger, back row right with beard and Mrs. Emily Hurley, old lady in white seated center. |
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There are three early Shanholtzer burials in Moundville Cemetery. These burials occurred before the town of Bronaugh was founded:
Ross, son o f J. L. and M. - May 20, 1856 - September 1, 1881. |
From History of Vernon County, Missouri. 1887, p.
806. (Farmer and Stock-raiser, Section 20, Post-office,
Bronaugh). The subject of this sketch furnishes a good illustration
of what can be done by any one in Vernon County who starts
out to succeed, and with a determination to overcome the
many obstacles that are sure to beset his pathway through
life. Mr. Shanholtzer was born in Hampshire county, W. Va.,
October 3, 1847, and is the son of Peter Shanholtzer, also a
Virginian by birth, and at the present time a resident of
this county, and a farmer by calling and occupation; his
wife, formerly Miss Mary J. Williams, of the same State as
himself, bore a large family of children, four of whom are
now living. Phil. was the second child and eldest son. His
life up to 1869 was spent mostly in Tazewell, Knox and Macon
counties, Ill., to which locality he had removed from the
Old Dominion, and during this time his attention was devoted
almost exclusively to agricultural pursuits. In 1869 he came
to Vernon County, Mo., and purchased 6 acres of
land—the foundation of what was destined to be a large
and valuable farm. Setting out an orchard on this small
tract he went to work with a will, but soon disposed of this
first purchase and bought 40 acres, to which additions have
from time to time been made until at the present time he is
the owner of 5811/2 acres, 240 acres of which adjoin the
town limits of Bronaugh. No man since coming to Vernon
County has achieved a more enviable record for
thorough-going, energetic business principles in farming
operations than he, and neither has any one been more
successful. As a cattle feeder and raiser he has become well
known, and while there may be some equally as prominent in
this direction there are none who will excel him. Indeed, in
the present day we are apt to consider such success as has
followed Mr. Shanholtzer almost phenomenal, and yet in this
instance we find that these results have been brought about
largely by a straightforward, practical and industrious
course, and in a way that commands the approval of all.
Personally he is held in high esteem, as is also his wife,
Miss Sarah Cohenour, whom he
married in 1870. She was born in Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. S.
have three children: David M., Edward P. and Jesse. Mr.
Shanholtzer is a member of the A. F. and A. M. From the February 27, 1929 Bronaugh Journal.: Here are some miscellaneous Shanholtzer notes from
Joane. The grave marker to the left is for Mary J. Shanholtzer,
wife of Peter Shanholtzer, who died in 1899. Welborn
Cemetery, Moundville. Grave marker to the right is for Horatio A. Shanholtzer
who died in 1884 at the age of 21. There is a William Shanholtzer (1852 - 1935) in Worsley
Cemetery with wife, Margaret.
