City of St. Joseph and Washington Township -
RUDOLPH UHLMAN, photographer, was born Apr. 5, 1829, at Chemnitz, Saxonia, where, after having received his education, he visited the weaving school.  There he had occasion to develop his talent for drawing, which he had shown already when a child, and after having graduated, he accepted an offer as designer in a weaving factory, which position he kept up to Apr. 12, 1853, when he emigrated to America.  He went from New York to New Haven, Connecticut, where he was employed for three years as designer in a suspender factory.  In 1856, he concluded to go West, and on his way he met the Massachusetts Aid Society, who went to Kansas.  He joined them, and under General Jim Lane, took an active part in the skirmishes and battles fought during 1856 and 1857.  Then he went to the mountains, where he kept with success for two years, a general merchandise store.  In 1860, he came to St. Joseph, and opened a photograph gallery, which he has carried on successfully, as he endeavors to execute his work in the most artistic style, and ever took hold immediately of any new improvement or invention in his line of business.  He is an active member of the National Photographic Association of America.  He was married in 1863, to Miss Lisette Doll, a native of Baden, Germany.  They have four children, Willie, born Sept. 30, 1865; Fred., born Apr. 28, 1868; Emma, born May 4, 1870; Louis, born Sept. 17, 1873.
Source:  History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881 - Page 926

City of St. Joseph and Washington Township -
WILLIAM ULLMAN, is a native of Pennsylvania, having been born Nov. 16, 1855.  He received a good education, after which he came to St. Joseph, in 1857.  Mar. 29, 1880, he engaged in his present business, and has been doing a prosperous trade.
Source:  History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881 - Page 926

Bloomington Twp. -
JOHN UNDERWOOD, farmer and stock raiser, section 22, postoffice DeKalb, is a native of New York and was born in Chatham County, Sept. 25, 1813.  When about three years of age his parents moved to Orange County, Indiana.  In 1828 he went to Fountain County, and in the fall of 1832 to Will County, Illinois.  In the spring of 1838 he came to Buchanan County, Missouri.  His father died while in Orange County, Indiana, since which time John principally cared for himself.   Has followed farming from boyhood and came to Buchanan County with a very small amount of means; entered the land on which he now resides and remained on same till the spring of 1853 when he went to California and there remained till the spring of 1856, when he returned to Buchanan County.  He purchased the adjoining farm and in a few years his old farm, and then moved and has since resided at his present location.  His farms contain 230 acres all well watered and improved land.  Miss Betsie A. Dicken became his wife Apr. 12, 1860.  She was born in Green County, Kentucky, Apr. 12, 1832.  They have had four children, three now living: John A., born Mar. 28, 1862; Annetta, born May 6, 1863; Mary E., born Dec. 26, 1864.
Source:  History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881 - Page 1039

Center Twp. -
JOHN H. UTZ, farmer and stock raiser, section 19, postoffice St. Joseph, was born Sept. 30, 1840, in Page County, Virginia, and was there raised, spending his boyhood days on a farm, receiving a common school education.  Came West with his parents in the fall of 1856, and landed at St. Joseph November 7, and has been identified with the interests of this county since.  During the late war he enlisted in the Confederate army in the fall of 1861, and served for twelve months, taking part in the battles of Lexington and Pea Ridge.  He returned home and afterward re-enlisted, and was captured and held as prisoner until the close of the war.  Owns a farm of 57 acres, on which is a good residence.  He has assessed the township three times, and holds the positions of school director and road supervisor.  Mr. Utz was married, Feb. 20, 1863, to Miss Sarah E. Duncan, a native of Alabama.  They have had a family of eight children: William H., Silas B., Robert E. L., John A., Jane K., Amanda M., Anna S. and Sarah D. They are members of the M. E. Church South, in which he holds the position of steward.  Is also a member of the Masonic fraternity.
Source:  History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881 - Page 996