AUGUSTE PETHE farmer, P. O. Adrian, was born December 28, 1836, in Belgium, where his parents, John B. and Barbara Pethe, were also born and where they married and died. Our subject immigrated to America and settled in Big Spring Township, this county, in 1859. November 13, 1860, he married Apoline Guillaum of same nativity, born June 3, 1831, daughter of Frank and Theresa Guillaum, also natives of Belgium, where they were married; thence they came to America, and in 1853, located in Big Spring Township, this county, where they have since resided. Our subject and wife have had a family of seven children, six now living: Mary, wife of John Schira; Philomena, Victoria, Frank, Joseph and William; Leopold is deceased. Mr. Pethe, who was reared on a farm, has followed agricultural pursuits all his life. He owns fifty-eight and a half acres improved land where be resides. He and his family are members of the Catholic Church at St. Nicholas.


Trancribed by Bonnie Walsh.
WARNER, BEERS & CO., 1886
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part IV, p.727
BIG SPRING TOWNSHIP