George Mundwiler

Birth May 27, 1838
Knox County, Ohio
Father Christopher
Mother Mary Louisa Kepple
Marriage Savilla Jane King, 1866
Mary W. Burns, 1883
Death March 7, 1913, Alma Center, WI
Summit Prarie Cemetery, Salem, IL
Children
Lenora Esther
Minnie M.
Van Cleveland

Biography of George Mundwiler
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Owing to the honorable and very active career of the subject of this sketch and also because of his standing in the community in which he lives in Alma township, Marion county, it is believed that the publication of this sketch regarding his life's work will be greatly appreciated by his many acquaintances and friends.

George Mundwiler was born in Knox county, Ohio, May 27, 1838, the son of Christopher and Polly A. (Kepple) Mundwiler, he being the fifth of a family of eleven children, The father of the subject was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and the subject's mother was born in Knox county, Ohio. The parents of the subject moved to Marion county, Illinois, in 1864, and bought a farm of two hundred and sixty acres of improved land on which they made a comfortable living for many years. Christopher Mundwiler died in this county at the age of seventy-eight years.

George Mundwiler moved with his parents from Knox county to Seneca county, Ohio, when one year of age. He received his education in Ohio near Tiffin, in the district schools. He was thirty-six years old when he accompanied his parents to Marion county, Illinois.

Believing that it was the duty of every loyal citizen of the Union to shoulder arms in defense of the flag during the troublous days of the sixties, having enlisted in 1862 at the age of thirty-four years in Company C. Twenty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and he served with much gallantry as a private. However, he did not have very hard service. Colonel Churchill was in command of this regiment. Our subject was never wounded or sick during his term of enlistment. After the war he returned to his farm.

Mr. Mundwiler was united in marriage in 1866 to Savilla J. King, and one child has been born to this union, Nora E. who is now Mrs. Spitler, who is the mother of three children. two boys and one girl.

 The second marriage of our subject was to Mary W. Burns, April 11, 1883, and two children have been born to this union, namely: Minnie M. and Van Cleveland. The former married Edgar Stevenson, and they have three children, all boys.

Politically our subject is a Democrat, and while he is deeply interested in political matters, especially as they affect his own community, he does not take a very great interest in conventions or elections, preferring to merely cast the honest ballot in a quiet way.

The parents of our subject were Lutherans but he is not a member of any orthodox body, but he is a man who believes in the principles of good citizenship. good government and strict attention to his own affairs. and as a result of his honesty. integrity, industry and sociable nature he has won his way into the confidence and esteem of all who know him, being regarded as one of the substantial and worthy citizens of Alma township.