Source: Barbara Riegelsberger; and Ancestry.com—U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865; Web: St. Louis, Missouri, Burial Index, Archdiocese of St. Louis, 1700-2010; and All Important Men of 1913 (page 372); and www.findagrave.com.
He immigrated in 1846 and became a naturalized citizen in 1854.
In 1860 he and his wife and two sons lived in St. Louis (city), Missouri. In 1870 he lived in St. Louis (city) with his wife and five children and his father. In 1880 he and his family lived in St. Louis (city). They included Peter, his wife Catherine, sons Peter and John, daughters Josephine, Mary and Kate, and his mother-in-law Catherine Hahn. In 1900 he lived in St. Louis (city) with his wife, daughter Catherine, daughter Mary and her husband and three children, his son-in-law’s sister Elizabeth Pohrer, a nephew, coachman, servant and cook. Margaret Pauly, a widow, lived next door. In 1910 he and his family lived in St. Louis (city). They included his wife, his daughter Mary, her husband and three children, Elizabeth Pohrer and three servants.
According to a letter provided by Barbara Riegelsberger, Peter Joseph and his brother John were steamboat blacksmiths as “P. J. Pauly & Bro.” Peter Joseph founded the Pauly Jail Building Company in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1910 he was chosen to be president of the Lafayette Bank by the stockholders.
The Pauly Jail company was later run by his Pohrer descendants. He also served as a volunteer fireman—a member of the St. Louis Fire Company No. 4. He served in the Missouri State House of Representatives in 1871-1872.

Source: Albert Emmerich of Cremlingen, Germany; Ancestry.com—Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002; and www.findagrave.com.
She had six children of whom four were living in 1900. Three of the children were living in 1910.