John Buehlhorn was born September 25, 1829. He came to New York September 1, 1853, and the next day was married to Barbara Ullman, born July 21, 1832, in Thonberg, Bavaria. She is the mother of ten children: Mrs. Katie Pohl, Mrs. Sophia Reck, Sebastian (deceased), Maggie, Henry, Thomas, Mrs. Louisa Ellenborne, Mary, Frederick and Lewis Buehlhorn.
Source: History of Bureau County, Illinois, H. C. Bradsby, Editor. World Publishing Company Chicago 1885