Washington County, Illinois - Hoffmann Family -12-

Washington County, Illinois

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H O F F M A N N S 1662 - 1972
By : Bernice Rheinhardt
Transcibed & Edited by : Dr. David S. Wulfman

JOHANN FREDERICK WILLIAM HOFFMANN II
(Sixth child of Johann F. W. Hoffman)
(great great grandfather of dsw)

2. Johann Frederick William Hoffman - b. Aug. 6, 1816; d. About Nov., 1853;
m. Aug. 1, 1839, Caroline Bocker (Böker) - b. May 1, 1819; d. March 4 1896.
7 children - possibly 10 - 5 lived to grow up --
Marie Elisabeth; Marie Caroline; Chris-tine Caroline; George Joseph;
George Wilhelm Joseph; Christina Louise Sophia; Chris-tian Frederick.

A German Catechism which was published in 1819 and has the name Friederich Hoffmann printed on the fly leaf and is now owned by Adele Ahlers of Kirkwood, Mo., contains informa-tion pertaining to the Hoffman family. Among the names of other children of Frederick and Caroline we find: Sun. eve 11 P.M., Feb. 29, 1848 daughter Christina Wilhelmina died - col-laramorbus - lived 15 mos. A little farther down: Born Jan. 1, 1852 1 A.M. son Christian Friederich Wilhelm Baptized on Sun. May 9,1852 in St. Louis. Another notation - Fred William 10 mos. and a few days old died. Another - Born aft. Feb. 21, 1853 Christian Earl Ludwig. Since the German writing is not too clear on some of this we cannot be sure but believe these also were the Frederick Hofftnans Children.

Johann (BR leaves out the Johann dsw .) Frederick William Hoffman, 6th child of Johann Friederich Wilhelm Hoffman and Anne Marie Hoffman (nee Engel), was born at Rothenuffeln, Germany, on Aug. 6, 1816 and died in Washington Co., Illinois., about 1853. Since he is bur-ied in an unmarked grave in a family burial ground on what was at that time, his farm, and we can find no record of his death, by deduction, in relation to other events, we believe his death to have occurred in Nov. of 1853. At any rate, probate court records show his brother John was appointed administrator of his estate on Dec. 1, 1853. We are not sure when he came to America, but the record of his marriage to Caroline Bocker on Aug. 1, 1839, in Fairfax Co., Ohio (Lancaster) has been found.

{BR has stated that he be-came a naturalized citizen in Ohio which would have required 3 years. In the memoirs of Eliza-beth Hoffmann, his daughter, she states that his father returned to Germany to gather the rest of the family and Caroline who apparently was his espoused. By then Caroline was an orphan and he had to sneak her out of an upper window with the aid of her aunt since her uncle refused her permission to leave. JFWH II 's brother Christian remained with him in Ohio. Since the second emigration apparently arrived at Philadelphia on or just before Christmas, 1838 the naturaliza-tion would have required his arriving no later than 1836 . dsw}

Caroline's full name as it ap-pears on St. John's Lutheran Church Records, New Minden, Illinois., is Friedericke Wilhelmine Caroline Hoffman. Her place and date of birth is listed as Krohenlo (actually Kroppeloh , dsw), by Preusz Minden, Germany, May 1, 1819.
(This means that she was espoused when 13.dsw)
She was married three times. Her second husband, whom she married on Dec. 30, 1856, was Friederich Christian Hesemann, who died on Oct. 31, 1858, at the age of 38 years and 5 months. New Minden Church records note that he was not a member of that congregation and not buried on their cemetery. Two children, a boy and a girl - twins - were born of this union. The girl's name was Martha and she married a man named Myer. The boy's name was Henry and I have not been able to learn anything about him except that he married and moved on a farm near Lockwood, Mo.

Caroline's third marriage was to Wilhelm (Bismarck) Vogt on May 15, 1860. He died Apr. 15, 1904, and is buried in the New Minden Cemetery. Caroline died March 4, 1896, at the age of 76, after an illness of 6 days. She also is buried in the New Minden Cemetery. The History of Washington Co. 1879 notes that the original settlers of Covington Precinct were not German, but that they and their heirs sold their farms to German immigrants from the area of Preusz Minden. This same book, on page 76, says the first German settler in the Covington Precinct was F. W. Hoffman, who came in 1840. Frederick apparently purchased his farm directly from the federal government for $1.25 an acre. We found this record among land grants in our Washington Co. Historical Museum. The date of purchase was Dec. 30, 1839.
(This means that JFWH I had gone on ahead of the rest of the family since they arrived after March 23, 1840. dsw)
Frederick's farm was south of New Minden, presently owned by Walter Nieman. Their first home was a log cabin, which about 1882 was replaced by a new home and the log cabin moved to become a barn.

CHILDREN OF JOHANN FREDERICK WILLIAM HOFFMANN II

Mary Elisabeth Hoffman - b. May 17, 1840; d. July 17, 1942;
m. Oct. 11, 1858, Christoph Heinrich Wulfmann. Born Wimmer, Hannover, Prussia, September 22, 1835
Evangelical Minister who died in 1919.

Marie Caroline Hoffman - b. Nov. 24, 1841; d. Jan. 1, 1929;
m. Apr. 13, 1861, Frederick Harmening.
2nd marriage was to Henry Winte - b. Apr. 10, 1839; d. Jan. 22,1916.

Christine Caroline Hoffman - b. May 11, 1843; d. July 11, 1932;
m. Apr. 25, 1862, Frederick Moritz Reinhardt - b. Oct. 20, 1840; d. March 5, 1917.

George Joseph Hoffman b. Nov. 29, 1844; d. Jan. 29, 1846, of TB

George Wilhelm Joseph Hoffman - b. and died Apr. 6,1846.

Sophia Hoffman - b. Nov. 3,.1849; d. July 10, 1919;
m. Henry Meinert - b. Dec. 27, 1853; d. Jan. 13, 1905.

Christian Frederick Hoffman - b. Feb. 21, 1854; d. Jan. 14, 1927;
m. 1876 Louise Nieman b. 1857; d. Apr. 1896.

2nd marriage on Apr. 2 ' 1899, was to Emma Gerstkemper Boucher - b. Feb. 16,1872,
who re-cently celebrated her 100th birthday.

Believed also to have been their children:

Christina Wilhelmina - d. Feb. 29, 1848 - age 15 mos. - cause couormarbus.

Frederich William - Died at age 10 mos. and a few days.

Christian Earl Ludwig - b. Feb. 21, 1853. Apparently died at an early age.

MARY ELIZABETH HOFFMAN
(First child of Frederick Hoffman)

3. Mary Elizabeth Hoffman - b. May 17,1840; d. July 17,1942 - age 102.
M. Oct. 11, 1858, Christopher Heinrich Wulfmann {of Plum Hill, IL. He was born at Wimmer, Pfarrbezirk Lintorf September 22, 1835- d. 1919. The son of Johann Friedrich Wulf(mann) and Marie Eleanor Ankesheil. The family changed the name to Wulfmann after arriving at Plum Hill (1848) but before the 1850 Census. The Hoffmans and Wulfs came from the Wiehengebirge and had lived about 40 miles apart. Wimmer and Lintorf lie in Lower Saxony whereas Rothenuffeln is i n North-Rhine Westfalia. The area was known as Osnabrukerland for many years. {It lies between Minden and Osnabruck . dsw}
14 children - Anna; Meta; Martha; Selma; Laura Lawhead ,
Samuel; Daniel & Jacob (twins); Armin;
5 more who died at an early age and whose names are unavailable.

Little is known about this family, however, an obituary provided by a member of the family does reveal some things.

Rev. Wulfmann was an Evangelical Minister, who had charges in Ohio, Carlyle and Breese, Il-linois., Huntingburg and Newburgh, Indiana. Elizabeth, according to her obituary, led an unusually active life, sharing in the "work, joys and sorrows as a faithful pastor's wife" until her husband's retirement in 1902. After her husband's death in 1919, her declining years were spent in Cincinnati, Ohio, with her daughter, Selma, until three months before her death, when Mother and daughter moved to Newburg, Indiana.
great-great-grandchildren

A niece, Mrs. Alma Walker, remembers her cousins Jake, Sam( actually Ben, dsw) and Dan, who visited in their home in St. Louis while they were attending Pharmacy School and Eden Seminary there. Elizabeth's obituary says funeral services were held in Newburgh, Ind., July 10, 1942, with burial in Fairmount Cemetery, Huntingburg, Indiana. It also mentions that there were 33 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren, and 3 great-great-grandchildren .
(and 11 of her children with their spouses; dsw) [dsw no supporting evidence regarding miscarriages in the Bible of Christoph Heinrich Wulfmann (in my possession)] (information added by dsw) (I have essentially rewritten this section dealing with the Wulfmann families, dsw)

Tracing the 14 children was not all that difficult and much additional information was be found in the archives of Eden Seminary since of the 14, four daughters were pastor's wives and two sons were ministers in the Evangelical Church. (dsw)

4. John was born at Plum Hill on 18 December 1859 and died in 1860. The church records list him as Johann Friedrich Wulfmann. He is buried behind St. John's UCC, Plum Hill.

4. Mary Elisabeth Wulfmann was born at Plum Hill, 23 March 1861 and died 5 February 1927. She was the wife of Pastor Johann Thal, Champaign Illinois.

4. Anna Maria Sophia Wulfmann was the wife of Pastor Heinrich Juergens, Cleveland Ohio, born at Plum Hill, born 12 July 1864 and died 3 April 1951.

4. Samuel Henry Wulfmann Sam was born 29 December 1866 while Cristoph Heinrich Wulfmann was pastor at Mansfield Ohio (1866-68). He died in 1949 Vincennes Indiana., They had a son Otto Carl Wulfmann, and two daughters, Cornelia Wulfmann Pope and Jeannette Wulfmann Frick. Joe Carl Wulfman (Grand Junction Colorado) is Otto's son and brother of Betty Wulfman Burdick of Columbia Missouri. Joe said that Sam had graduated from Elmhurst College but decided not to enter the ministry. He started a coal mining busi-ness at Hartwell Indiana. The depression of 1909 wiped him out and he never did much af-ter that except live with his son Otto. Joe says he can recall his funeral as being when he was a teenager. He therefore suspects the date of death in my notes is incorrect. Sam mar-ried Lydia Klein Wulfmann.

4. Meta Christina Wulfmann was the wife of Pastor August Juergens. How they met and courted is probably an interesting story since the paths of the Cristoph Heinrich Wulfmann family and A. A. Juergens do not seem to cross as regarding pastoral assignments. She was born at Dutch Run, Ohio, 9 August 1868 and died 2 March 1957, place and exact date un-known to me. They had two children, Elsie and Walter. I have a picture of Jacob and a Juergens lounging on a step which is probably August seeing the ages are nearer than that of Heinrich J. At the time of the death of Cristoph Heinrich Wulfmann, her address was Cin-cinnati.

4. Gustave Adolph Wulfmann was born 30 March 1870 and died 14 June 1936. I believe it was in Texas. Was in the oil business at Amarillo and was always known as 'Boysie

4. Benjamin Wulfmann was born at Calhoun County Illinois on 16 October 1871 and died 5 November 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio where the funeral service was held at Zions Kirche (Evangelical Synod) and he is buried in Lawrenceburg Indiana (US 50, Ohio line, Ohio River). Obituary in Der Friedensbote. He was a pastor in the Evangelical Church and President of the Ohio Synod at the time of his death.

4. Emil H. Wulfmann was born at Carlyle Illinois on 9 January 1874 and died 11 June 1890 from typhoid fever. He is buried alongside of his parents in Fairmont Cemetery, Huntingburgh Indiana. Graves 1,2,3 of Lot #1, Block 234

4. Daniel Wulfmann and Jacob Wulfmann were born on 17 November 1875 at Carlyle Illinois. Daniel died in July 1951, place and exact date unknown to me. According to note above Dan attended pharmacy college in St.. Louis. A niece Mrs. Alma Walker remem-bered Jake, Ben and Dan from the time they were in St.. Louis at Eden and the Pharmacy College. ( By default Dan becomes the pharmacist since Ben and Jake were at Eden). (Who Alma Walker is/was is a mystery to me) Jacob was a pastor for 50 years starting with a circuit riding assignment near Waco Texas in 1899 and ending at Zion Evangelical and Reform Church, Mt.. Clemens, Michigan. He died 22 June 1957 at Mt. Clemens. He had served as President of the Michi-gan Synod of the Evangelical & Reformed Church. His first wife, Dora Pister was the daughter of Rev. Dr. Jakob Pister, President of the German Evangelical Church in North America from 1901 until his death in 1914. Dora died of pernicious anemia around 1926 at Port Huron Michigan..

4. Martha Elisabeth Wulfmann was born on 25 February 1878 and died 29 May 1963 at Hamburg, New York... She was born at Carlyle Illinois. She was married to Pastor Albert Edward Viehe of Cincinnati. He was the son of Rev. Kaspar Viehe who had been pastor at Breese Illinois at the time of Albert's birth.

4. Selma Elenore Adelaide Wulfmann was born 18 June 1880 at Breese, Illinois and died in 1968 at Hamburg, New York. She never married.

4. Laura Marie Wulfmann was born 22 August 1883 at Breese, Illinois and was married to John Lawhead of Louisville, Kentucky. She died 21 June 1961

4. Armin Edward Wulfmann was born 2 September 1885 at Huntingburgh Indiana and died 4 September 1948.

Where there are discrepancies in the locations for births, I have relied upon the archives of the E&R Church which recorded the pastorates for all ministers with dates. These were kept current and did not rely upon later memories.

(Information on the following generations of Wulfmanns through year 2000 has been gath-ered in "Die Geshicte die Famile Wulfmann" by dsw. "the Hoffmanns" by Bernice Rheinhardt is Appendix 19 in Die Geschicte. All current phone listings for Wulfman in N. America are di-rect descendants of Christoph Heinrich Wulfmann (born Wulf) Including children they run to ~100 at last count. The Wulfmanns are related to a number of families in Washington County Illinois and their descendants. These include in addition to the individuals listed in this work, Schnitker, Brink, Anke(r)sheil, Bergman and we suspect Wulf. Oral history has it that the name change to Wulfmann was the result of there being another Wulf family nearby which had some of the same first names. With the exception of Selma who did not marry and Benjamin who had one, all had two or more children with some having a predominance of male offspring. E.g., Jacob's son had 2 sons who had between them 7 and no female children.

MARIA CAROLINE HOFFMAN
(Second child of Frederick Hoffman) 3. Maria Caroline Hoffman - b. Nov. 24, 1841 -,d. Jan. 1, 1929;
m .Apr. 13, 1861 ,Frederick Harmening.
4 children - Sophie; Elizabeth; August- Marie.
Her 2nd marriage was to Henry Winte - b. Apr. 10, 1838; d. Jan' 22, 1916.
No children.
Henry had two daughters by a previous marriage - Flora & Louise.
Flora married a man named Schmidt. They lived in St. Louis where she died in 1959.

4. Sophie Harmening - (dates unavailable); in. Henry Ahlers of St. Louis. 3 children - Lillie ; Mamie; Harry.

5. Lillie Ahlers - Deceased; in. Rev. Criswell - Methodist Minister. 1 child - Dorothy Lee - Married.

5. Mamie Ahlers - died at age 12.

5. Harry Ahlers - Deceased; in. Maxine - Deceased. 1 adopted son.

4. Elizabeth Harmening - Deceased; in. Henry Krueger of Nashville, Illinois. They moved to St. Louis after their marriage, where he operated a grocery and bakery busi-ness until his death. 2 children - Hubert & Walter.

5. Hubert Krueger - Only information we have is that he was married and both he and his wife are deceased. No children.

5. Walter Krueger - Deceased. Did not marry.

4. August Harmening - b. Aug. 24. 1879; d. June 21, 1924, Farmer. M. Nov. 27, 1902, Louise Winte (his stepsister) - b. Feb. 8, 1882; d. June 29, 1954. 6 children - Harold; Amos; August Jr.; Edwin; Florence; Ray.

5. Harold Harmening - b. Apr. 28, 1904; d. Jan. 3, 1962; Farmer. M. Jan. 30, 1931, Helen Jaspering, Addieville, Illinois. - b . May 22,1912. 1 child - Marilyn.

6. Marilyn Harmening - b. Dec. 26, 1933; m. Oct. 25, 1953, Robert Claus - b. July 17, 1932. 3 children - Rebecca; Bruce; Barbara

7. Rebecca Claus - b. Nov. 14, 1954. 7. Bruce Claus - b. May 19, 1957. 7. Barbara Claus - b. Aug. 24, 1959.

5. Amos Harmening -b. Dec. 28, 1906- Farmer; m.May l8, 1935, Edna Schrieber - b. June 7, 1914. 4 children - Carol; Norma; Patricia; Sharon.

6. Caroll Lou Harmening - b. Feb. 13, 1936; m. Aug. 25, 1956, Frederick Bar-telsmeyer - b. July 5, 1936. 3 children - Frederick; James; Karen. Carol attended S.I.U.,Edwardsville, Illinois., on a Scholarship - graduating in June of 1971, with a major in Elementary Education. She is presently teaching in Belleville Illinois. Fred is a graduate of the University of Illinois., School of Engineering. Is now Asst. ;Traffic Engineer, French Village District. They live at Belleville.

7. Frederick Bartelsmeyer - b. Aug. 23, 1957. 7. James Bartelsmeyer b. May 7, 1959. 7. Karen Bartelsmeyer b. Oct. 27, 1960.

6. Norma Ruth Harmening - b. Nov. 30,1941; m. June 4, 1960, Morris Kaufman - b. Mar. 24, 1934. 1 child - Kurt. Morris was a barber until a few years ago. He was employed by National Mine Service. Is presently bookkeeper at Farmers and Merchants National Bank, Nashville, Illinois.

7. Kurt Kaufman - b. Apr. 6, 1964.

6. Patricia Ann Harmening - b. Apr. 4, 1947; m. Sept. 3, 1967, William Brink - b. Sept. 1944. 1 child - Michael Scott - b. Apr. 15, 1970. Pat graduated from the U. of Illinois., where she was honored for excellence in scholarship, her name being on a bronze plaque there. She has a BS in Education and has taught in Carlyle, Illinois. Bill majored in Agronomy at Purdue U. Was Asst. Farm Advisor, Clinton Co., Illinois. Recently accepted a position as Farm Advisor in Montgomery Co., Hillsboro, IL.

6. Sharon Harmening - b. Nov. 17, 1952.

5. August Harmening Jr. - b. June 22, 1909. Auto mechanic. M. Nov. 14, 1943, Dorothy Boester - Jan. 24, 1914. 1 child - Eunice.

6. Eunice Harmening - b. Feb. 5, 1945; m. July 12, 1969, Dallas R. Stiegman - b. Jan. 12, 1937.

5. Edwin F. Harmening -b. June 22, 1911, d. Nov. 7,1972 ; Farmer. m. June l3,1936, Marga-ret S. Karmeier - b. June 15, 1912. 4 children - Donald; Joyce; Jo Ann; Betty Jean.

6. Donald Harmening-b.Sept.22,1937; m. Aug. 27, 1961, Phyllis Crouch - b.July 17, 1939, in Centralia. 2 children -- Rochelle M. - b. Aug. 7, 1962 Trent Don - b. July 1, 1965

6. Joyce Harmening - b. July 13, 1939; m. Oct. 29, 1930, Kenneth Boester - b. July 1, 1937. 3 children -- Kevin Lee - b. June 9, 1961; Lori L. - b. Dec. 10, 1962 Faye Lynne - b. Oct. 3, 1964.

6. Jo Ann Harmening -b. Dec. 8, ; m .Aug. 25, 1962, Allen R. Weihe -b. May4, 1942. 2 children -- Jill Renee - b. Dec. 21, 1963 Jennifer Lynn - b. Jan. 3, 1969.

6. Betty Jean Harmening - b. May 4, 1942; m. Apr. 30, 1966, William Wallace of St. Louis - b. Sept. 23.

5. Florence Harmening - m. March 9, 1937, Elmer L. Weise - b. June 19, 1908. Farmer. 1child - Melba Jean.

6. Melba Jean Weise - b. Oct. 15,1941; m. Nov. 1, 1958, David McIntyre - b. Sept. 27, 1940. 2 children -- Julie - b. Nov. 2, 1960 Susan - b. March 16, 1963. David is Principle Research Engineer, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois. He is director of Illiac IV Project, research in computer science.

5. Raymond Harmening -b. Dec. 19, 1915; d. May 28, 1968. Farmer. m.Oct. 15,1940, Verdell Winte - b. Nov. 22, l921. 2 children - Judith & Glenn.

6. Judith Harmening - b. June 23, 1943; m. Apr. 8, 1967, Donald Spitzmiller b. Oct. 18, 1939.

6. Glenn Harmening - b. Sept. 15,1949. Farmer. M. May 30, 1969, Judith Snead - b. July 16, 1951.

CAROLINE HOFFMAN
(Third child of Frederick Hoffman)

3. Caroline Hoffman - b. May 11, 1843; d. July 11, 1932;
m. Apr. 25, 1862, Frederick Moritz Reinhardt - b. Oct. 20, 1840; d. March 5, 1917.
13 children - 7 died in infancy or as young children -
the 6 who lived to grow up are:
Freder-ick; Charles; Christian; Caroline; Phillip; Mary.
Frederick came to the U. S. from the Preusz-Minden area of Germany in 1851.
He is said by older members of the family to have been a stowaway on a ship.
The family settled on a farm near Covington. where they lived until 1889, when
he purchased the store in New Minden. He owned and operated this store until
1903, when he sold it and retired from business.
He and his wife moved to Nashville, Illinois., in 1907.
He was in very poor health for 8 mos. before his death and was for a time a
patient in Deaconess Hospital, St. Louis, but died at his home in Nashville.

4. Frederick Reinhardt - b. Feb. 14, 1863; d. June 9, 1949. Farmer. M. Feb. 10, 1887, Lena Harre - b. Dec. 21, 1863; d. Dec. 31, 1897, of TB 5 children - Bertha; Lillie; Fred; Theodore; Adolph. 2nd marriage was in St. Luke's Church, Covington, Illinois., on Oct. 6, 1898, to Anna Caro-line Louise Schnitker - b. Feb. 11, 1873; d. May 22, 1941. 6 children - Albert; Raymond; Pauline; Hubert; William; Edgar.

5. Bertha C. Reinhardt - b. May 31, 1888; d. Sept. 29, 1962; m Sept. 8, 1907, Henry F. Holzhauer - b. Sept. 6,1885; d. Oct. 13,1951. 7 children - Melvin; Leroy; Gilbert; Vir-gil- Milton; Lorraine; Melroy. Henry and Bertha lived in St. Louis for two years after their mar-riage, 1907-1909. At this time he worked as a street car motorman. His other occupations in-cluded farming, milk hauling and trucking for 27 years. He lost his right hand in a feed cutter in 1920. After moving to Nashville, he was street commissioner, auctioneer, Republican com-mitteeman and supervisor of Washington Co. He had been seriously Illinois with a heart ail-ment and other complications for several months before he died. Bertha died after a lingering illness.

6. Melvin Holzhauer -b. Dec. .14 1911 - Farmer - m .Jan .16 ,1932, Bertha Niehaus - b. Sept. 18, 1910. 3 children - Genette ; Marilyn; Ida Jean.

7. Genette Holzhauer -b .Sept .9, 1932; m .May 27,1 950, Clarence Seabaugh -b. May 7, 1929. Clarence is salesman for B&H Janitor Supply, St. Louis. 3 children - Ronald & Donald (twins); Michael.

8. Ronald Seabaugh b. July 10, 1951.

8. Donald Seabaugh b. July 10, 1951. Ronald and Donald attend College at Cape Girardeau, Mo.

8. Michael Seabaugh - b. Dec. 28, 1963.

7. Marilyn Holzhauer - b. Feb. 23, 1936; m. Sept. 5, 1953, Wallace Boe-hne - b. May 30, 1933. 1 child - Sharon Lynn - b. Oct. 12, 1954. Wallace served in the armed forces. Now operates Wally's Repair Service, Nashville, Illinois. Marilyn is employed as a teller at Farmers & Merchants National Bank, Nashville, Illinois.

7. Ida Jean Holzhauer - b. July 7, 1941; m. July 31, 1968, Paul Brown - b. Dec. 30, 1936. 1 child - Denise - b. Feb. 28, 1969. Paul is shop foreman for American Air Filter Co., St. Louis. Ida Jean is a legal secretary - employed by Meyer, Traeger & Fletcher.

6. Leroy Holzhauer - b. about 1913 - died in infancy.

6. Gilbert T. Holzhauer - b. Nov. 14, 1915; d. Aug. 28, 1943; m. March 18, 1937, at Osceota, Ark., Alma Lee Richardson. No children. Gilbert was accidentally killed while riding a motor cycle in the Carmi, Illinois., area, where he lived. He was em-ployed as excavator with Skelly Oil Co.

6. Virgil Holzhauer - b. Nov. 15, 1917; m. Feb. 1, 1940, Mildred Roethemeyer - b. Feb. 27, 1919. 2 children - Raymond & Sandra. Virgil farmed until 1963 when they moved to Nashville. He is now employed as a truck driver. Mildred is a cashier at Lee's Dime Store.

7. Raymond Holzhauer -b. March 14,1941; m. June l, 1961, Jo Ann Dal-man -b. Apr. 13, 1943. 4 children - Douglas; Melissa; Amy; Tracy. Raymond is employed at McDonnell Air Craft Co.,, St. Louis. Member of the National Guard. They live in Nashville, ILL.

8. Douglas Wayne Holzhauer - b. Dec. 29, 1961. 8. Melissa Ann Holzhauer - b. July 29, 1965. 8. Amy Marie Holzhauer b. Oct. 1, 1968. 8. Tracy Lynn Holzhauer b. June 27, 1970.

7. Sandra Holzhauer - b. May 27, 1945; m. Nov. 9, 1963, Ray Kolweier - b. Oct. 13, 1944. 2 children - Annette Marie - b. Feb. 11, 1969. Denice Lynn - b. Dec. 16, 1972. Sandra worked in the office of Nashville Floor Covering, before marriage. Ray is employed by Washington Co. Farm Service Co., Nashville, Illinois. Has served in the armed services.

6. Milton Albert Holzhauer - b. Oct. 2, 1920; m. Aug. 25, 1943, in Port Orchard Washington, Betty Lou Fry of Tacoma, Washington - b. Oct. 21, 1925. 1 child - Allen Gilbert. Milton served in the army during W.W.II from Nov. 14, 1942, till Dec. 11, 1945. He was a member of the 66th Infantry and spent 1 year in the European Theatre in Germany. He is owner of Holzhauer Motor Co., Nashville, Illinois. Is active in civic affairs - having served as president of the Lions Club and the American Legion.

7. Allen Gilbert Holzhauer - b. May 20, 1945, in Tacoma, Wash.; m. 1965 Betty Lou Michael - b. Jan. 15, 1947. 2 children - Bradley Allen - b. July 12, 1966; An-gela Dawn - b. July 10, 1971. Allen is associated with his father at Holzhauer Motor Co. Was in the Air

National Guard from 1965 - 1970. Betty has worked for the Red Cross Blood Center , St. Louis, and in the office of Kirchhoefer Motor Co. & Holzhauer Motor Co.

6. Lorraine Holzhauer - b. May 13, 1923; m. May 7, 1942, Edmund F. Nagel - b. Dec. 15, 1915; d. Jan. 8, 1971. 2 adopted daughters - (sisters) Donna & Billie. Eddie was a partner of Melvin Roethemeyer in the R. & N. Implement Co., local dealers for Case Farm Equipment. He spent 4 years in military service in W.W.II (Jan. 1941 - June 1945). He was with the 99th Infantry Division of the lst army. He was in the European Theatre from Sept. 1944 until he was wounded in the Battle of the Bulge. After spending some time in hospitals in England and the U. S. he was discharged June 5, 1945, having attained the rank of T-Sergeant. He was awarded the Purple Heart.

7. Donna Kay Nagel - b. Nov. 17, 1952; m. 1971 David Hoelscher. 1 son - Nigel Brandt - b. July 23, 1972.

7. Billie Jean Nagel - b. Oct. 19, 1954; m. 1970, Eugene Geppert - b. 1949. 1 child Stacy Lynn - b. June 17, 1971. Gene is employed by Holzhauer Motor Co.

6. Melroy Raymond Holzhauer - b. Apr. 16,1925; m. Aug. 12,1950, Severine Kurwicki - b. Jan. 27, 1929. 6 children - Janet; Gerald; Kathleen; Randy; Roger; Kevin. Melroy has for the past 20 years been an employee of Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, Illi-nois., where he is Unit Adjuster. He served in the Army in the Pacific Theatre - Dec. 1944 - Nov. 1946. They live in Washington, Illinois.

7. Janet Kaye Holzhauer - b. Aug. 16,1951. Attends Loyola U., Chicago - majoring in nursing. 7. Gerald (Jerry) Holzhauer b. July 18, 1954. 7. Kathleen Sue Holzhauer b. June 20, 1958. 7. Randy Steven Holzhauer b. Apr. 23, 1961. 7. Roger Lee Holzhauer - b. March 23, 1965. 7. Kevin Mark Holzhauer - b. Dec. 13, 1967.

5. Lillie Reinhardt - b. Aug. 19, 1890; d. 1892.

5. Frederick Reinhardt -b. May 8, 1892. Farmer. m. Aug. 22, 1915, Emma Kraus - b. Apr. 23, 1897. 5 children - Verdell; Vera; Alvin; Harold; Arvie. Fred and Emma are retired and live in Okawville, Illinois.

6. Verdell Reinhardt - b. 1916; m. Oct. 10, 1934, Henry Harre - b. 1910. farmer. 6 children - Kenneth; Lois; Donald; Duane; Betty; Connie.

7. Kenneth Harre - b. Jan. 19, 1938; m. June 24, 1961, Edith Gale - b. Sept. 13, 1940. 4 children - Julia & Jane (twins); Bryan; Debra. Kenneth is a Certified Public Accountant with Arthur Anderson Co., 8. Julia and Jane Harre - b. Dec. 3, 1963. 8. Bryan Harre b. Jan. 10, 1967. 8. Debra Harre b. May 24, 1969.

7. Lois Harre - b. Dec. 2, 1940; m. May 6, 1961, Leonard Obermeier - b. March 25, 1940. 3 children - Jeffrey; Pamela; Jason. Leonard is in the trucking business in Okawville, Illinois., where they live.

8. Jeffrey Obermeier - b. July 19, 1964. 8. Pamela Obermeier - b. May 19, 1967. 8. Jason Obermeier - b. Oct. 27, 1971.

7. Donald Harre - b. Sept. 24, 1943; m. Aug. 21, 1965, Geraldine Osten-dorf - b. Nov. 7, 1948. 2 children - Scott & Stacy. Donald is in the trucking business with Leon-ard Obermeier - also helps on his father's farm.

8. Scott Harre - b. Jan. 23, 1968. 8. Stacy Lynn Harre - b. Jan. 26, 1971.

7. Duane Harre - b. Sept. 22, 1945. Farms with his father. M. Aug. 12, 1972, Ruth Auld.

7. Betty Harre - b. Jan. 23, 1949; m. May 15, 1971, Norbert R. Hasheider. Farmer. Betty graduated from S.I.U., Carbondale, June 1970. She was employed by Roberts Record Distributing Co., St. Louis, and as an accountant at Sealtest Foods.

7. Connie Harre - b. Oct. 26, 1951. Has an Associate Degree in Business from Vocational Training Institute of S.I.U., Carbondale and is presently employed as a legal secretary by Cooney-Stenn law firm in Chicago.

6. Vera Reinhardt - b. April 26, 1918; m. Aug. 19, 1939, Raymond Dinkelman- b. July 24, 1913. 6 children - Barbara; Lloyd; Darleen; Larry; Gene; Terry. Ray farmed most of his life - also was assessor for Washington Co. Presently is employed by Washington Co. Farm Service Co., Nashville, Illinois., where they now live.

7. Barbara Dinkelman - b. Jan. 1, 1941; m. Jan. 1, 1958, Jerry Frieman - Barber. 6 children -Barbara; Brenda; Bradley; Bryan; Brent; Britt.

8. Barbara Frieman b. Aug. 16, 1958. 8. Brenda Frieman b. Aug. 18, 1960. 8. Bradley Frieman b. Oct. 20, 1963. 8. Bryan Frieman b. May 11, 1966. 8. Brent Frieman b. March 4, 1969. 8. Britt Angela Frieman - b. Jan. 1, 1972.

7. Lloyd Dinkelman - b. Oct. 16, 1943; m. Oct. 23, 1965, Marleen Andrews of Ashley, Illinois. 2 children -- 8. Stephen Dinkelman - b. May 8, 1967. 8. Shawn Garrison Dinkelman - b. Jan. 18, 1971. Lloyd works for the Dept. of Internal Revenue, E. St. Louis. They live in O'Fallon, Illinois.

7. Darleen Dinkelman -b. Oct. 4, 1943; m. Jan .23, 1967, Neil Diedrich - Owner of The Shoe Mart, Nashville. 2 children -- Clinton Diedrich - b. May 24, 1970. Lanny Diedrich - b. Oct. 23, 1972.

7. Larry Dinkelman -b. Aug. 16, 1945 ;d. Sept. .20,1969. Larry died in a traffic accident one mile east of Breese, III-. He had attended S.I.U., Carbondale, Illinois., and was a member of the Air National Guard, having enlisted in Nov. of 1964. At the time of his death, he was employed as an electrician at National Mine Service, Nashville, Illinois. Buried Lutheran Cemetery, Nashville, Illinois.

7. Gene Dinkelman - b. Nov. 1, 1947. Graduate of United Electronic Institute of Louisville, Ky., and General Electric Electronics Training School in St. Louis. He is employed by Weeke Electric Co., Nashville, Il-linois. m. June 23, 1972, Claire Mueller.

7. Terry Dinkelman - b. May 7, 1954.

6. Alvin Fred Reinhardt - b. July 19,1920; m. July 12,1947, Geraldine Mayer - b. Nov. 1, 1925. 3 children - Jo Ann; Frederic ; Donna. Alvin served his country from June 1944 till Apr. 1946 during W.W.II He was in the European Theatre of operations with the 107th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron for seven months. He participated in three major campaigns. Served in Northern France,

Rhineland and Central Europe. His rank at the time of discharge was Technician 5th grade. He has been employed at east Side Buick since 1939 ex-cept for time in the service. It is now Mixon Buick. Geraldine's mother's maiden name was Anna Reinhardt, whose father was John Reinhardt. This family came from Switzerland and is no relation. Gerry, after graduation from H. S., worked for the FBI in Washington DC - first as a clerk. typist, then as fingerprint classifier and later as fingerprint searcher. In 1945 she returned to Nashville, Illinois, where she was sec-retary to John L. Clarkson at Clarkson Manufacturing Co.

7. Jo Ann Reinhardt - b. July 26,1948; in. Jan. 30, 1971, at St. John's Lu-theran Church., Mattoon, Illinois., Lee Rankin. Jo Ann graduated from the U. of Illinois., June 1970, majoring in Ac-counting. Now works in Champaign, ILL. , where Lee is studying Marketing at the U.- of ILL. Lee has been in the service and has served in Vietnam.

7. Frederic Charles Reinhardt - b . April 2, 1951. In 1969, after graduating from H. S., Frederic began an apprenticeship at Mixon Buick, East St. Louis, Illinois.

7. Donna Jean Reinhardt - b. Aug. 27, 1958.

6. Harold Reinhardt - b. Dec. 51 1922; in. April 17, 1948, Erna Tempelmeier of Venedy - b. Nov. 17, 1924. 2 children - Gary & Diane. Harold served with the 15th Air Force during W.W.II as an engineer gunner on a B24 Liberator. He served in the European Theatre from Aug. 1964 till Apr. 1967, during which time he flew 35 missions - over Austria, Germany, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Turkey and Greece. He was awarded the Air Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters, the Distinguished Flying Cross and the European Theatre Ribbon with 5 battle stars. At the time of discharge he had attained the rank of Technical Sergeant. He is employed as Service Advisor for Mixon Buick Co., E. St. Louis.

7. Gary Reinhardt b. Jan. 1, 1953. 7. Diane Reinhardt b. March 3, 1963.

6. Arvie Reinhardt - b. June 27, 1929. Farmer. M. Jan. 31, 1964, Elsie Sheaffer of DuQuoin, ILL. - b. July 22, 1927. Arvie served in the armed forces and was stationed in Ger-many for almost 2 years. Elsie attended S.I.U., Carbondale, Illinois. Worked for Mallinck-rodt Chemical Co., St. Louis, for 12 years.

5. Theodore Reinhardt - b. Oct. 19, 1894 m. Sept. 12, 1921, Clara Wemeke - b. Feb. 20,1901. 6 children - Laverna; Anita; Alta; Rocella and Marcella (twins); Melvern. Ted served in the Army during W.W.II - stationed at Ft. Sheridan, Illinois. He was a farmer - now retired.

6. Laverna Reinhardt - b. Au . 1, 1921; in. June 28, 1941, Leroy Middendorf - b.Nov. 14, 1919. 3 children - Wayland, Lloyd and Lila. Leroy served in the Army during .WW II. Was in the Pacific Theatre - antiaircraft division, being stationed in New Guinea the Philippines. At time of dis-charge he had attained the rank of Corporal. He is presently employed as field man for the Washington Co. Assessor's Office.

7. Wayland William Middendorf - b. Dec. 24, 1942; in. Sept. 18, 1965, Janet Feldman of Aviston, IL. - b. Jan. 9, 1944. 2 children - Wayland Jr. & Stewart. Wayland served in the marines on Okinawa. At the time of discharge was a Corporal. He is employed as service man for Illinois Telephone Co. They live in Hoyleton, Illinois.

8. Wayland William Middendorf jr. -b. July 27,1966. 8. Stewart Theodore Middendorf - b. Aug. 27, 1970.

7. Lloyd Middendorf - b. April 2, 1947; in. Aug. 28, 1971, Donna Warden of Altus, Oklahoma.

Lloyd attended S.I.U., Carbondale and Kaskaskia Jr. College before en-listing in the Air Force. He spent one year in Vietnam, after which he was stationed at Altus Air Base, Altus, Oklahoma. He was a mechanic. Attained the rank of Staff Sgt. They live in Altus.

7. Lila Middendorf - b. Aug. 20, 1957.

6. Anita Reinhardt - b. Dec. 13, 1923; m. March 16, 1944, LeRoy Reu - b. Sept. 16, 1922. 3 children - Robert; Lowell Dean; Ruth Ann. LeRoy served in the Armed Forces during W.W.II II and when discharged had attained the rank of Corporal. He works for R.E.A. and in 1950, he came in contact with a high voltage wire while working as a lineman near Ashley, Illinois. This accident resulted in the loss of his arm. Anita is a graduate of Mt. Vernon School of Beauty Culture and owns and operates a beauty shop in Mt. Vernon, Illinois., where the family lives.

7. Robert Reu - b. Sept. 20, 1944; m. July 10, 1968, Sharon McClure - b. Jan. 22, 1949. Robert attended Mt. Vernon Jr. College and is now parts manager at Jefferson Tyler Motors, Mt. Vernon. Sharon worked at International Shoe Co. 1 child - Aaron - b. Dec. 4, 1971.

7. Lowell Dean Reu - b. Jan. 16, 1946; m. Jan. 12, 1968, Kathy Flota - b. Sept. 9, 1951. Lowell attended Mt. Vernon Jr. College and spent 6 months at Ft. Dix, N. J. in 1967 as a member of the Reserves. Works for Illinois. Light & Power Co., Mt. Vernon. 3 children - Robyn Marie Reu - b. Jan. 21, 1969; Annette Lee Reu & Jeanette Lynn Reu (twins) - b. Nov. 23, 1971.

?. Ruth Ann Reu - b. Oct. 14, 1947; m. Nov. 10, 1969, James Franklin Rice - b. Aug. 1, 1946. Ruth is a beautician - graduate of Mt. Vernon School of Beauty Culture and works with her mother. Jim attended Rend Lake College and in 1967 served in the Army Re-serve at Ft. Lewis, Washington. Now employed by Uncle Charlie's Sausage Co., Mt. Vernon. 1 child - Jennifer Ann Rice - b. Dec. 19,1970.

6. Alta Reinhardt - b. Oct. 18, 1925; m. Sept. 23, 1944, Dr. Frank Chiapponne - b. Jan. 23, 1918; d. Dec. 31, 1970. Frank was a native of Watertown, N. Y., and a graduate of Syra-cuse U. and St. Louis U. School of Dentistry. He served in the Armed Forces from 1955-1957 ' attaining the rank of major. They live in Syracuse, N. Y., where at the time of his death, he had practiced dentistry for 25 years and was active in civic and church affairs as long as his health permitted. 4 children - Frank; Linda; Donald; Alan.

7. Frank D. Chiappone - b. Oct. 11, 1947; m. July 5, 1969, Mary Louise West - b. Oct. 19, 1947. Frank graduated from Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, N. Y., with Associate in Applied Science Degree and Major in Electronic Technology. Was self employed for one year doing business as Spectrum Electronics. On March 1, 1971, he and Robert K. Radigan formed a corporation in the field of Commercial and Industrial Electronics which they named Inispec Corporation. Mary L. has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Medical Technology from the U. of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio. She has been employed as Medical Technologist at Crouse-Irving Me-morial Hospital. 1 child - Cynthia Chiappone - b. Dec. 3, 1971.

7. Linda Ann Chiappone - b. Dec. 16, 1949. Registered nurse - graduate of St. Joseph's Hos-pital School of Nursing, Syracuse. Worked at St. Vincent's Hospital, Harrison, N. Y., in Psychiatric Nursing. M. June 10, 1972, Patrick Fullen.

7. Donald Theodore Chiappone - b. Nov. 18, 1951. Attends Onondaga College.

7. Alan Mark Chiappone - b. Apr. 25,1955. Attends High School.

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