Samuel Pfeifer
Samuel Pfeifer, son of Philip and Hermena Pfeifer, was born in Buda-Pesth, Hungary, October 12, 1824, and died February 28, 1899, at Blue Creek, Ohio. In boyhood, he clerked in a dry goods store in his native city, and when the Rebellion of 1847 came on, he enlisted as a soldier in the Army of Freedom. After this he fled to Germany to save his head, and joined the German army. In 1849, he came to the United States and took out naturalization papers in 1856. He enlisted in the service of the United States, October 30, 1861, First Ohio Light Artillery, Sergeant of Battery L, and was honorably discharged October 31, 1864, at Cedar Creek, Va.
He married Laura Jane Freeland. daughter of Edward and Sarah Wales Freeland, January 25, 1859. She was born July 8, 1841, and died March 30, 1887. There were born to this union Edward W., Minnie,
James A., Fannie B., Frank, who died in infancy, and Clara F.
James A. Pfeifer, born September 5, 1865, son of Samuel Pfeifer, is now in the general merchandising business with his brother-in-law, Albert Jones, at Blue Creek. He is an active, thorough going business man, and the firm is doing a thriving business.
Samuel Pfeifer and wife are buried at Moore's Chapel.
From History of Adams County, Ohio from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time - by Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers - West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B. Stivers - 1900