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of his birth. MrThudium first saw the light of day in Wurtenberg, Germany,April 12, 1823. Was the son of Daniel and Christiana Blessinj-Thudium, natives of the sanw* province. In 1847 he decided to come to the United States, and took passage on a sailing vessel, which was fifty-six days making the voyage across the stormy Atlantic. Mr. Thudium still relates many interesting accounts of that voyage and told the writer he spent his twenty-forth birthday in Havre, France, seventy-one years ago, on his way out here, where he felt very lonelyas he was all alone and among strangers. He landed in New York going at oliee to Philadelphia where he remained six years. The first work he did there was making shoes for American soldiers, who were enlist-^ Vt . ' I* ; * L, Rj T -ATing for the Mexican war. I(e left Philadelphia ill 1852 for Milwaukee, Wis.,where he lived four years on a farm, near that city. In 1856 he came to Missouri, lo-eating on the farm where he still resides, a period of sizty-twoyears. The farm of 160 acres, his first purchase, . was raw, unimproved land. He and his family began life here in a log cabin, and by the thrift, economy a/Jgood management of himself and his faithful wife they soon converted this into a beautiful farm home. Buying more land from time to time, he became the possessor of about 2000 acres.
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Browning Leader Record
Browning, Missouri, US
Thu, May 09, 1918
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