This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TJB.2ACI/1658.1 Message Board Post: I was looking in the,"History of Stearns County" book and came across the bio. sketch of Peter Maus. If your'e interested here's what it said: Peter Maus was born in Prussia, Germany, December 24, 1832, and came to America in 1854, being 163 days on the ocean. He lived in Henry county, Ohio, for two years and in 1856 came to Stearns county and located on a farm in St. Augusta township in 1858, since which time he has devoted his life to farming. In the early days he was a school teacher. He served as chairman, supervisor, road overseer and school clerk. In February, 1863, he married Margaret Diedrick, who was born in Prussia, December 6, 1840. Their ten children are: Anna, John, Elizabeth, Susan, Kate, Nicholas, Peter, Mary, Margaret and Henry C.