My Genealogy Hound

John W. Schaberg, station agent and telegraph operator at Porter, was born in Missouri in 1858, and is a son of John W. and Lizette (Dreameyer) Schaberg, who are now engaged in farming in Jackson County, Mo. The father was born in Femme Osage, Mo., and the mother in Warren County, Mo. Of their eleven children nine yet live, our subject being the oldest. The remaining ten are: Mrs. Mary Stock, of Jackson County, Mo.; Laura; Mrs. Lizzie Shroer, of Napoleon, Mo.; Hermann, George, Walter, Paulin, Carrke, William (deceased) and Garrett (deceased). William Dreameyer and wife, the maternal grandparents, were born in Germany, and died in 1872 and 1867, respectively. They came to America and settled in Missouri when that country was a vast wilderness, and Mr. Dreameyer served in the War of the Rebellion. John W. Schaberg made his home in Warren County, Mo., until twenty-two years of age, and until he was fifteen attended such common schools as the country afforded. He then attended the Central Western College, at Warrenton, Mo., for three years, and about 1867 graduated from the classical course of that institution. He subsequently, in 1880, took a course of book-keeping and telegraphy at the Bryant & Stratton Business College at St. Louis, Mo., after which he clerked a short time in Sullivan, Mo., and then for two years worked there as night operator. He then passed eight months in St. Clair, Mo., and for nine months was employed by the Iron Mountain Railway as relief agent. In 1885 he went to Van Buren, Ark., and in 1886 permanently located in Porter Township, where he has taken his place among the enterprising and prosperous citizens. In September, 1883, he married Miss Linda Rowland, who was born in Sullivan, Mo., in 1865, and is a daughter of Burl and Sarah (Riddle) Rowland. Mr. Rowland was born in Pulaski County, Mo., in 1844, on September 18, and Mrs. Rowland was born May 30, 1843. The following eight of their family of eleven children are now living: Mrs. Linda C. Rowland, J. W. Rowland, Pete Wiley, of St. Louis; Allie W., of Sullivan, Mo.; Minne Lee, Lilbern C., Charles B. and Ruth Alberta. Those deceased are Lorena Belle, Cynthia and Orie Nettie. To Mr. and Mrs. Schaberg two children have been born: Jessie Jewell, and L. Charles (deceased). Mrs. Schaberg belongs to the Missionary Baptist Church, and Mr. S. is a Mason. He belongs to the United Labor party, but in 1880 voted for James A. Garfield.