Bernard A. Barthle was born 27 Jan 1830 in Waldstetten, Jagstkreis, Wuerttemberg, Germany to Andrew and Ann (Maier) Barthle.
Bernard, Andrew's older half-brother, came to Florida from Minnesota and arrived by train in Wildwood on June 17, 1883. With him were his wife, Agnes, and their family of eight children. They then came by oxen and wagon to St. Joseph.
They established the first permanent home of the St. Joseph community. The forty acre site where they settled is located on what is now County Road 578, just west of Scharber Road.
Bernard was the first school teacher at St. Joseph and also the postmaster. Bernard's youngest son, John B. Barthle, inherited his father's land when he died in 1900. John maintained the original Barthle homestead until his death in 1964.
Bernard, Andrew's older half-brother, came to Florida from Minnesota and arrived by train in Wildwood on June 17, 1883. With him were his wife, Agnes, and their family of eight children. They then came by oxen and wagon to St. Joseph.
They established the first permanent home of the St. Joseph community. The forty acre site where they settled is located on what is now County Road 578, just west of Scharber Road.
Bernard was the first school teacher at St. Joseph and also the postmaster. Bernard's youngest son, John B. Barthle, inherited his father's land when he died in 1900. John maintained the original Barthle homestead until his death in 1964.
Bernard A. Barthle was born 27 Jan 1830 in Waldstetten, Jagstkreis, Wuerttemberg, Germany to Andrew and Ann (Maier) Barthle.
Bernard, Andrew's older half-brother, came to Florida from Minnesota and arrived by train in Wildwood on June 17, 1883. With him were his wife, Agnes, and their family of eight children. They then came by oxen and wagon to St. Joseph.
They established the first permanent home of the St. Joseph community. The forty acre site where they settled is located on what is now County Road 578, just west of Scharber Road.
Bernard was the first school teacher at St. Joseph and also the postmaster. Bernard's youngest son, John B. Barthle, inherited his father's land when he died in 1900. John maintained the original Barthle homestead until his death in 1964.
Bernard, Andrew's older half-brother, came to Florida from Minnesota and arrived by train in Wildwood on June 17, 1883. With him were his wife, Agnes, and their family of eight children. They then came by oxen and wagon to St. Joseph.
They established the first permanent home of the St. Joseph community. The forty acre site where they settled is located on what is now County Road 578, just west of Scharber Road.
Bernard was the first school teacher at St. Joseph and also the postmaster. Bernard's youngest son, John B. Barthle, inherited his father's land when he died in 1900. John maintained the original Barthle homestead until his death in 1964.
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