MISCHLER, PHILIP, was born Feb. 16, 1820, in Heppenheim, Hesse Darmstadt, Germany. His father's family came to America, landing in New York city, Sept. 17, 1839, and moved at once to Randolph, Portage county, Ohio. Philip started with Adam Kessler, in the spring of 1840, to Wellsville, thence by the Ohio river, to Cincinnati, and from there to Louisville, Ky., where his money was stolen. They managed to reach St. Louis, where they spent the summer at work. They went up the Mississippi and Illinois rivers to Beardstown, and walked from there to Springfield, without anything to eat on the road, arriving Sept. 7, 1840. His father, Martin Mischler, with his wife and three daughters, came the next spring. The daughters--Mary married George Spath. See his name. Margaret married Andrew Lump. Catharine married Henry Ramstetter.

Philip Mischler married in Springfield, Aug. 20, 1847, to Elizabeth Hoechster, who was born Feb. 14, 1822, at Hemsbach, Baden, Germany, and came, in 1845, to Springfield. They had two children in Springfield.

PHILIP, Jun., born Jan. 9, 1848, is a clerk in Bressmer's store.

HENRY, born June 11, 1860, lives with his parents.

Philip Mischler and his wife live at the corner of Eighth and Edwards streets, Springfield, Illinois.

He learned the business of coopering, in Springfield, and carried it on quite extensively from 1844 to 1868.