Peggy Smith-Hake's
"Window to the Past"
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John V. & Marie (Artz) Kallenbach
John Valentine Kallenbach​
​​(Printed in THE MILLER COUNTY AUTOGRAM-SENTINEL in, 'WINDOW TO THE PAST', March 29, 2012)
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​John V. Kallenbach was born in Saxony, Germany on the 10th day of December, 1844. He immigrated to America in his early youth in May 1860 on the ship "Louisana" with his father (Johann Valentine Kallenbach) and 2 brothers (George and Henry) and in a short time became a naturalized citizen of our country. His mother was Anna Catherine Scharfenberg who was deceased before the Kallenbach family came to the United States. John's stepmother was Maria Magadlena (Recknagel) and she came to America with her husband and stepsons. Not long after his arrival, John enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War and served his adopted country through that long struggle as a Private in Company G, 10th Regiment of the Missouri Volunteers Cavalry.
​John was married in Miller County to Marie Christina Artz on November 12, 1876 and they became the parents of four children:
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1--Roland Osborn Kallenbach [1888-1963] m. Minnie Mae Smith
2--Oliver Richard Kallenbach [1883-1966] m. Carrie Bell
3--Oscar Evans Kallenbach. [1885-1963] m. Agnes Bell
4--Bertha Kallenbach [1890-1894]
After the death of his first wife in 1892, he remarried and his second wife was Minnie Antoinetta Nixdorf, a daughter of Dr. Anton P. Nixdorf, one of the pioneer physicians of Miller County. He and Minnie had nine children who included:
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5--Stella Pauline Kallenbach [1897-1983] (never married)
6--John Frederick Kallenbach [1899-1983] m. Eula Marie Dorl
7--Edison Charles Kallenbach [1900-1988] m. Wilma Ruth Connell
8--Raymond Antone Kallenbach [1902-1977] m. Laurella Claudine Jackson
9--Ruth O. Kallenbach [1905-1992] (never married)
10--Nella Mae/Nettie Kallenbach [1907-1964] m. Almon John Jarrett
11--William Henry Kallenbach [1908-1985] m. Broox Alva Buster
12--Mildred Ruby Kallenbach [1910-1978] m. James Lee Blackburn,
13--Hazel Dean Kallenbach [1911-1992] m. John Elender Curty.
Soon after the Civil War, John established a home in Tuscumbia and engaged in the blacksmith and wagon making business. The last few years of his life he was retired and spent the time farming his land a few miles north of Tuscumbia. John Kallenbach died at his home on the Saline Creek, the 28th day of December, 1918 at the age of 74 years.
The Kallenbach family history has been traced in Germany to the mid 1600s and onward to the present generations who still live in the Central Missouri region.