Christian Bauer

Married 1855 Elizabeth Ramer Bauer, daughter of Jacob Ramer & his wife Catherine Reed Ramer

Children
1 Sarah Bauer Pletcher b 1857
2 Catherine Bauer Wise b 1858
3 Samuel Bauer b 1860
4 Julia A Bauer Witmer b 1862
5 Jacob Bauer b 1864
6 Michael Bauer 1866
7 David Bauer 1868
8 Abraham Bauer b 1870
9 Peter Bauer b 1873
10 Dora Bauer Myers b 1876
11 Infant Son Bauer b 1876
12 Elmer Bauer b 1877
13 John Bauer b 1879

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1870 Olive Twp, Elkhart Co,IN - Bowers, head Christian 41 Bavaria, Elisabeth 31 OH, Sarah 13 IN, Catharin 11 IN, Samuel 9 IN, Julia 7 IN, Jacob 6 IN, Michael 5 IN, David 3 IN & Abraham 3/12 IN

1880 Olive Twp, Elkhart Co,IN - Bauer, head Christian 51 Germany (both parents b Germany), wife Elisabeth 40 OH (both parents b PA), daughter Catharine 21 IN (parents b Germany,OH), son Samuel 19 IN (parents b Germany,OH), daughter Julia 17 IN (parents b Germany,OH), son Jacob 16 IN (parents b Germany,OH), son David 12 IN (parents b Germany,OH), son Abram 10 IN (parents b Germany,OH), son Peter 7 IN (parents b Germany,OH), son Elmer 3 IN (parents b Germany,OH) & son John 1 IN (parents b Germany,OH)

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*** from his son Abraham Bauer bio ...

Christian Bauer, was born in Germany, and when a young man crossed the ocean on a sailing vessel and finally became an early settler in Elkhart County. He bought a tract of land in Section Fourteen of Olive Township, it being the south half of the northwest quarter. The land was covered with a dense growth of timber, and it was necessary to cut away a number of trees in order to make a clearing for the log cabin. He had a large fund of energy and industry, and soon had the clearing and cultivation of his land well under way. Among other improvements he set out an orchard. Later a road was constructed on the section line between Sections 14 and 15. His own house had been erected near the center of the section, and after the building of the road he put up another set of buildings close by the highway. Year after year improvements were added, including a frame barn, and in 1883 the erection of a substantial brick house. In that old home he continued to reside until his death in December, 1892.

Christian Bauer had the genius of the trader, and his son undoubtedly inherited some of those qualities. Christian Bauer in the early days, before the advent of railroads, bought cattle and hogs in Indiana, and a number of times he drove his cattle and swine across the mountains to the eastern markets. He also collected a number of domestic turkeys and one fall drove the entire lot to Philadelphia.

Christian Bauer married Elizabeth Ramer, who represented one of the very old and prominent families of Elkhart County. She was born in Ohio, a daughter of Jacob and Catherine (Reed) Ramer. Jacob Ramer came to Elkhart County in pioneer times and entered the southeast quarter of Section 19, in Harrison Township. His first work was the building of a log cabin, after which he undertook the clearing of the land. That was at a time when a large part of Harrison County was still under government ownership and he bought at a dollar and a quarter per acre. Game was abundant, and the Ramer family supplied its table with the meat of deer, turkeys and other animals. Mr Ramer subsequently sold his first land and bought the northeast quarter of section 24, in Olive Township, which he improved with a substantial set of log buildings, and put most of his land in cultivation. His log house was subsequently improved by the addition of a frame structure, and he also erected a frame barn. His last years were spent among his children, and his death came at the age of seventy-two. His widow survived him and died when ninety-one years of age.

There were seven children in the Ramer family: Samuel, David, Elizabeth, Nancy, John, Barbara and Noah. David and Noah went to the front during the Civil war, and Noah lost his life while in the Union army.

Mrs Christian Bauer died in 1902. She reared eleven children : Sarah, Catherine, Samuel, Julia, Jacob, Michael, David, Abraham, Peter, Elmer and Dora.

A Standard History of Elkhart County, Indiana:
An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modem Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development
Vol 1
Abraham E Weaver
1916

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Bauer - On the 24th of Dec 1891, in Elkhart Co, Ind, of paralysis, Bro Christian Bauer, aged 62 years, 10 months and 9 days.

He was married to Elizabeth Ramer, April 10, 1855.

He was the father of 13 children, and now leaves a sorrowing widow, 11 children and 15 grandchildren to mourn his death.

He was buried on the 26th at the Olive church, where services were conducted by D Brundage, A Mumaw and J F Funk, from Matt 25:31-34, 40, 41.

He was a faithful member of the church for many years. May God bless the bereaved household, and comfort their hearts with that divine grace which we all need unto his faithful service.

Herald of Truth
Vol XXIX, No 2
15 January 1892