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Alma Grove

Female 1910 - 1936  (25 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Alma Grove was born on 28 Jan 1910 in St. Joseph County, IN (daughter of Frank James Grove and Pauline C. Schlemmer); died on 7 Jan 1936.

    Notes:

    Birth date taken from St. Joseph County Record Book H-8, p. 41

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Arlene Pauline Grove

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Frank James Grove was born on 17 Oct 1887 in Elkhart County, IN (son of David Cortland Grove and Lydia Catherine Pletcher); died on 20 Mar 1959 in Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN; was buried on 22 Mar 1959 in Bremen Cemetary, Bremen, Marshall County, IN.

    Notes:

    Death record Elkhart County Record Book G59-102, cause of
    death-influenza. died at 112 S. Washington St. Wakarusa at age 71
    yrs.

    World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
    about Frank Grove
    Name: Frank Grove
    County: St Joseph
    State: Indiana
    Birthplace: Indiana;United States of America
    Birth Date: 18 Oct 1886
    Race: Caucasian (White)
    FHL Roll Number: 1653193

    U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
    about Frank James Grove
    Name: Frank James Grove
    Birth Date: 8 Oct 1886
    Birth Place: Wakarusa
    Residence: Olive, Indiana
    Race: White
    Roll: WW2_2281511

    1930 United States Federal Census
    about Frank Grove
    Name: Frank Grove
    Home in 1930: Madison, St Joseph, Indiana
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    Age: 42
    Estimated birth year: abt 1888
    Birthplace: Indiana
    Relation to Head of House: Head
    Spouse's name: Pauline
    Race: White
    Occupation: Gen. Farmer
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Frank Grove 42
    Pauline Grove 38
    Homer Grove 21
    Alma Grove 19
    Donald Grove 17
    Howard Grove 13

    1920 United States Federal Census
    about Howard Groves
    Name: Howard Groves
    Home in 1920: Madison, St Joseph, Indiana
    Age: 3
    [3 3/12]
    Estimated birth year: abt 1917
    [abt 1916]
    Birthplace: Indiana
    Relation to Head of House: Son
    Father's Name: Frank Groves
    Father's Birth Place: Indiana
    Mother's Name: Pauline Groves
    Mother's Birth Place: Indiana
    Marital Status: Single
    Race: White
    Sex: Male
    Able to read: Yes
    Able to Write: Yes
    Neighbors: View others on page
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Frank Groves 32
    Pauline Groves 30
    Homer Groves 13
    Alma Groves 9
    Donald Groves 7
    Howard Groves 3
    [3 3/12]

    1910 United States Federal Census
    about Frank Grove
    Name: Frank Grove
    Age in 1910: 23
    Estimated birth year: abt 1887
    Birthplace: Indiana
    Relation to Head of House: Head
    Spouse's name: Paulina
    Home in 1910: Madison, St Joseph, Indiana
    Marital Status: Married
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
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    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Frank Grove 23
    Paulina Grove 20
    Homer Grove 3
    Alma Grove 3/12

    Frank married Pauline C. Schlemmer. Pauline (daughter of Jacob Schlemmer and Caroline Pauline Kelm) was born on 15 Mar 1890 in St. Joseph County, IN; died on 9 Feb 1968 in Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN; was buried on 12 Feb 1968 in Bremen Cemetary, Bremen, Marshall County, IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Pauline C. Schlemmer was born on 15 Mar 1890 in St. Joseph County, IN (daughter of Jacob Schlemmer and Caroline Pauline Kelm); died on 9 Feb 1968 in Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN; was buried on 12 Feb 1968 in Bremen Cemetary, Bremen, Marshall County, IN.

    Notes:

    Death record Elkhart County Bk. G 68, p. 57. List cause of death as
    cerbral vascular accident. Arterosclerosis. Residense 111 S.
    Washington, housewife, 317-26-0282
    Obituary Notice Wakarusa Tribune Feb 14, 1968 " Mrs. Pauline Groves,
    78, 111 S. Washington St. Wakarusa, died of complications Friday, Feb.
    9, at her home. She had been ill about a year. Mrs. Groves was born
    in St. Joseph County on Mar. 15 1890. She was married to Frank Groves in
    1905. He preceded her in death in 1959. Survivors are three sons,
    Homer Groves, Elm Road, Bremen; Donald, North Liberty; and Howard of
    Wakarusa Route 1. Also surviving are nine grandchildren, three
    great-grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Lydia Bollman of South Bend.
    Funeral services were held Monday at the Lienhart Funeral Home at 2
    p.m. with Dr. Ben Strohbehn of the First Christian Church, where she
    was a member, officiating. Burial was in the Bremen Cemetery."

    Children:
    1. Homer Jacob Grove was born on 21 May 1906 in St. Joseph County, IN.
    2. Glendora Grove was born on 23 Dec 1907.
    3. Grove was born on 24 Jan 1909.
    4. 1. Alma Grove was born on 28 Jan 1910 in St. Joseph County, IN; died on 7 Jan 1936.
    5. Donald David Grove was born on 3 Sep 1912 in St. Joseph County, IN; died on 3 Dec 1984 in St. Joseph County, IN; was buried on 6 Dec 1984 in Bremen Cemetary, Bremen, Marshall County, IN.
    6. Howard Frank Grove was born on 3 Oct 1916 in St. Joseph County, IN; died on 14 Jun 2011 in Nappanee, IN.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  David Cortland Grove was born on 28 May 1853 in Putnam County, OH (son of Levi B. Grove, Jr. and Nancy Murphy); died on 12 Feb 1939 in Elkhart County, IN; was buried in North Union Cem., Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN.

    Notes:

    Death Record Elkhart County Book 18, p. 34, died of cardio-vascular
    Description by youngest daughter Mildred (Grove) Myers: He was a
    fireman, worked at the sawmill, feedmill, and greenhouse, they were
    run by steam. He was a nice old guy, played fiddle at square dances,
    and the organ at church.
    1880 Census, Elkhart County, Wakarusa, Olive Twp., age 26, born in OH.
    1900 Census, Elkhart County, Wakarusa, Olive Twp., age 47, born in OH.
    1910 Census, Elkhart County, Wakarusa, Olive Twp.,age 56, born in OH,
    father and mother born in OH, fireman at lumbermill.


    1910 United States Federal Census
    about David C Grove
    Name: David C Grove
    Age in 1910: 56
    Estimated birth year: abt 1854
    Birthplace: Ohio
    Relation to Head of House: Head
    Father's Birth Place: Ohio
    Mother's Birth Place: Ohio
    Spouse's name: Lydia C
    Home in 1910: Olive, Elkhart, Indiana
    Marital Status: Married
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
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    Household Members:
    Name Age
    David C Grove 56
    Lydia C Grove 52
    Ray O Grove 10
    Clyde E Grove 15
    Martha E Grove 11
    Mildred H Grove 5


    1900 United States Federal Census
    about David Grove
    Name: David Grove
    Home in 1900: Olive, Elkhart, Indiana
    Age: 47
    Birth Date: May 1853
    Birthplace: Ohio
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Relationship to Head of House: Head
    Father's Birthplace: Ohio
    Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
    Spouse's name: Lydia
    Marriage Year: 1877
    Marital Status: Married
    Years Married: 23
    Residence : Wakarusa Town, Elkhart, Indiana
    Occupation: View on Image
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    Household Members:
    Name Age
    David Grove 47
    Lydia Grove 41
    Frank Grove 13
    Ray Grove 11
    Clyde Grove 5
    Martha Grove 1
    Myrtle Lefvre 21
    Beulah Lefvre 1


    1880 United States Federal Census
    about David Grove
    Name: David Grove
    Home in 1880: Olive, Elkhart, Indiana
    Age: 26
    Estimated birth year: abt 1854
    Birthplace: Ohio
    Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
    Spouse's name: Lydia C.
    Father's birthplace: Ohio
    Mother's birthplace: Ohio
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    Occupation: Carpenter
    Marital Status: Married
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Cannot read/write:
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    David Grove 26
    Lydia C. Grove 22
    Myrtle L. B. Grove 1

    1870 United States Federal Census
    about David Groves
    Name: David Groves
    Birth Year: abt 1853
    Age in 1870: 17
    Birthplace: Ohio
    Home in 1870: Union, Elkhart, Indiana
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Value of real estate: View image
    Post Office: New Paris
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    David Miller 53
    Rachel Miller 53
    Julia A Miller 17
    Rachel Miller 15
    Louisa Miller 13
    Melinda Miller 11
    David Groves 17

    David married Lydia Catherine Pletcher on 31 May 1877 in Elkhart County, IN. Lydia (daughter of Jacob Pletcher, Jr. and Cyrene Dormeyer) was born on 16 Oct 1857 in Elkhart County, IN; died on 5 Sep 1939. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Lydia Catherine Pletcher was born on 16 Oct 1857 in Elkhart County, IN (daughter of Jacob Pletcher, Jr. and Cyrene Dormeyer); died on 5 Sep 1939.

    Notes:

    Obituary Notice--Wakarusa Tribune, Sep. 9 1937 "Mrs. Lydia Grove, 79, wife of David C. Grove, died Sunday at her home in Wakarusa. Ill for three years, she was bedfast a week. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Wakarusah nhurch, where she had been a member since 1873. The Rev. Gordon Kemble officiated. Burial in North Union Cemetery. Mrs. Grove was born at Wakarusa, Oct 16, 1857, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Pletcher. She was married to Mr. Grove Ma y 30, 1877. They had lived in Wakarusa all their married life.
    Surviving are Mr. Grove; six children, Mrs. Daniel (Myrtle) Myers, Ray Grove, and Mrs. Melvin (Mildred) Myers of Wakarusa, Frank Grove of North Liberty, Clyde Grove of Syracuse, and Mrs. Elgie (Martha) Truex of Warsaw; 23 grandchildren; nine gdchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Martha E. Baker of Elkhart. A daughter, Lillie, died in infancy." Death date--1939 from tombstone. Date from Howard Pletcher, Goshen, IN 1910 Census lists her occupation as a carpet weaver.

    Children:
    1. Myrtle Elberta Grove was born in 1878 in Elkhart County, IN; died in 1969 in St. Joseph County, IN.
    2. 2. Frank James Grove was born on 17 Oct 1887 in Elkhart County, IN; died on 20 Mar 1959 in Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN; was buried on 22 Mar 1959 in Bremen Cemetary, Bremen, Marshall County, IN.
    3. Ray Orville "Coxy" Grove was born on 31 May 1889 in Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN; died on 7 Jun 1966 in Elkhart County, IN; was buried in Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN.
    4. Clyde "Jack" Grove was born in Apr 1895 in Elkhart County, IN; died in 1951.
    5. Martha Ellen Grove was born on 21 Jul 1898 in Elkhart County, IN; died on 15 Jun 1987 in Kosciusko County, IN.
    6. Mildred Lydia Grove was born on 23 Jun 1904 in Elkhart County, IN; died on 16 Jun 1986 in South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN; was buried in Olive Cem., Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN.

  3. 6.  Jacob SchlemmerJacob Schlemmer was born on 16 Nov 1847 in St. Joseph County, IN (son of Pierre (Peter) Schlemmer and Catherine Elisabetha Reinhardt); died on 20 Sep 1921 in Bremen, Marshall County, IN; was buried in Bremen Cemetary, Bremen, Marshall County, IN.

    Notes:

    1880 United States Federal Census about Jacob Mitchell
    Name: Jacob Mitchell
    [Jacob Schlemmer]
    Age: 32
    Birth Year: abt 1848
    Birthplace: Indiana
    Home in 1880: Madison, St Joseph, Indiana
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Relation to Head of House: Son
    Marital Status: Single
    Father's Birthplace: France
    Mother's name: Cathrine Mitchell
    Mother's Birthplace: France
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    Occupation: Farmer
    Cannot read/write:

    Blind:

    Deaf and Dumb:

    Otherwise disabled:

    Idiotic or insane:

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    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Cathrine Mitchell 60
    George Mitchell 23
    Jacob Mitchell 32

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    Marriage Record--St. Joseph County Death Record--Marshall County
    Bk.Bremen 20, P. 56, farmer, died of typhoid fever.
    Bremen Enquirer Newspaper, Sep. 22, 1921: "ELDERLY RESIDENT DIES;
    FUNERAL THIS AFTERNOON-- Jacob Schlemmer died at his residence in
    Bremen Monday night at the age of almost 75 years of typhoid fever.
    Funeral services were held at the residence this afternoon, conducted
    by Henry Weishaar. Mr. Schlemmer moved to Bremen recently from his
    farm northeast of town, where he has long resided. He had been
    something of an invalid for some time. Mrs. Schlemmer, his wife, is
    bedfast with typhoid, contracted while waiting on her husband."


    1920 United States Federal Census
    about Jacob Schlemmer
    Name: Jacob Schlemmer
    Home in 1920: Madison, St Joseph, Indiana
    Age: 73 years
    Estimated birth year: abt 1847
    Birthplace: Indiana
    Relation to Head of House: Head
    Spouse's name: Caroline
    Father's Birth Place: Germany
    Mother's Birth Place: Germany
    Marital Status: Married
    Race: White
    Sex: Male
    Home owned: Own
    Able to read: Yes
    Able to Write: Yes
    Image: 63
    Neighbors: View others on page
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Jacob Schlemmer 73
    Caroline Schlemmer 54

    1910 United States Federal Census
    about Jacob Schlemmer
    Name: Jacob Schlemmer
    Age in 1910: 62
    Estimated birth year: abt 1848
    Birthplace: Indiana
    Relation to Head of House: Head
    Father's Birth Place: Germany
    Mother's Birth Place: Germany
    Spouse's name: Caroline
    Home in 1910: Madison, St Joseph, Indiana
    Marital Status: Married
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Neighbors: View others on page
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Jacob Schlemmer 62
    Caroline Schlemmer 44
    Emma Schlemmer 16
    Hilbert Schlemmer 14
    Aleda Schlemmer 10

    1900 United States Federal Census
    about Jacob Schlemmer
    Name: Jacob Schlemmer
    Home in 1900: Madison, St Joseph, Indiana
    Age: 52
    Birth Date: Nov 1847
    Birthplace: Indiana
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Relationship to Head of House: Head
    Father's Birthplace: Germany
    Mother's Birthplace: Germany
    Spouse's name: Caroline
    Marriage Year: 1888
    Marital Status: Married
    Years Married: 12
    Residence : Madison Township, St. Joseph, Indiana
    Occupation: View on Image
    Neighbors: View others on page
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Jacob Schlemmer 52
    Caroline Schlemmer 34
    Susie S Schlemmer 11
    Polly C Schlemmer 10
    Emma C Schlemmer 6
    Helbert M Schlemmer 4
    Allata M Schlemmer 3/12
    Ida C Schlemmer 3/12


    Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941
    about Jacob Schlemmer
    Name: Jacob Schlemmer
    Spouse Name: Caroline Kahn
    Marriage Date: 6 Sep 1888
    Marriage County: St. Joseph
    Source Title 1: St. Joseph County, Indiana
    Source Title 2: Index to Marriage Records South Bend City Marriage
    Source Title 3: W. P. A. Book Numbers Indicates Location of Record
    Book: 11
    OS Page: 203


    U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
    about Jacob Schlemmer
    Name: Jacob Schlemmer
    Gender: male
    Spouse Name: Caroline Pauli Schlemmer
    Spouse
    Birth Place: PR
    Spouse Birth Year: 1865
    Marriage
    Year: 1888
    Marriage State: IN
    Number Page


    1860 United States Federal Census
    about Jacob Mitchel
    Name: Jacob Mitchel
    Age in 1860: 56
    Birth Year: abt 1804
    Birthplace: W?aeurttemberg / Wurttemberg
    Home in 1860: Madison, St Joseph, Indiana
    Gender: Male
    Post Office: Woodland
    Value of real estate: View image
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Jacob Mitchel 56
    Catherine Mitchel 39
    Christina Mitchel 6
    George Mitchel 4
    Sophia Mitchel 2
    John Tlemer 18
    Jacob Tlemer 13 --------
    William Tlemer 4
    Benjamin Mitchel 11

    Jacob married Caroline Pauline Kelm on 6 Sep 1888 in Bremen, St. Joseph County, IN. Caroline was born on 5 Jul 1865 in Posen, Germany; died on 1 Mar 1944 in Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN; was buried on 3 Mar 1944 in Bremen Cemetary, Bremen, Marshall County, IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Caroline Pauline KelmCaroline Pauline Kelm was born on 5 Jul 1865 in Posen, Germany; died on 1 Mar 1944 in Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN; was buried on 3 Mar 1944 in Bremen Cemetary, Bremen, Marshall County, IN.

    Notes:

    1910 United States Federal Census about Caroline Schlemmer
    Name: Caroline Schlemmer
    Age in 1910: 44
    Birth Year: abt 1866
    Birthplace: Germany
    Home in 1910: Madison, Saint Joseph, Indiana
    Race: White
    Gender: Female
    Immigration Year: 1887
    Relation to Head of House: Wife
    Marital Status: Married
    Spouse's Name: Jacob Schlemmer
    Father's Birthplace: Germany
    Mother's Birthplace: Germany
    Neighbors: View others on page
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Jacob Schlemmer 62
    Caroline Schlemmer 44
    Emma Schlemmer 16
    Hilbert Schlemmer 14
    Aleda Schlemmer 10

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    1900 United States Federal Census about Caroline Schlemmer
    Name: Caroline Schlemmer
    Age: 34
    Birth Date: Jul 1865
    Birthplace: Germany
    Home in 1900: Madison, St Joseph, Indiana
    Race: White
    Gender: Female
    Immigration Year: 1885
    Relation to Head of House: Wife
    Marital Status: Married
    Spouse's Name: Jacob Schlemmer
    Marriage Year: 1888
    Years Married: 12
    Father's Birthplace: Germany
    Mother's Birthplace: Germany
    Mother: number of living children: 6
    Mother: How many children: 6
    Occupation: View on Image


    1920 United States Federal Census about Caroline Schlemmer
    Name: Caroline Schlemmer
    Age: 54
    Birth Year: abt 1866
    Birthplace: Germany
    Home in 1920: Madison, St Joseph, Indiana
    Race: White
    Gender: Female
    Immigration Year: 1888
    Relation to Head of House: Wife
    Marital Status: Married
    Spouse's Name: Jacob Schlemmer
    Father's Birthplace: Germany
    Mother's Birthplace: Germany
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    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Jacob Schlemmer 73
    Caroline Schlemmer 54

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    Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 about Caroline Kahn
    Name: Caroline Kahn
    Spouse Name: Jacob Schlemmer
    Marriage Date: 6 Sep 1888
    Marriage County: St. Joseph

    Death record Elkhart County Bk. 18, p. 78. age 78, 7 mon. 26 da.
    cause of death-nephritis.
    Obituary notice from the March 2, 1944 Wakarusa Tribune: "Mrs.
    Caroline Pauline Schlemmer, 78 passed away at 8:20 a.m. Wednesday
    morning in the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
    Grove of this place. She had been in ill health for the past ten
    years, and bedfast since November. She was born July 5, 1865 in
    Posen, Germany, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kelm. She came to South
    Bend from Germany when she was 22 years old to the home of her uncle,
    Henry Schultz. She married Jacob Schlemmer Sept. 5 1888 near Bremen,
    where she lived until his death in Sept. 1921. Surviving are five
    children, Mrs.Frank (Pauline) Grove, Mrs. Upton (Susie) Ringle of
    Mishawaka, Mrs. Irvin (Lydia) Bollman of South Bend, Mrs. Sam (Emma)
    Weaver of Bremen, Hilbert M. Schlemmer of near Nappanee, fourteen
    grand-children and 22 great grand-children."

    FREDERICK JOHANN SCHULTZ (1927?)
    Frederick Johann Schultz, eighty-one years old, one of the old and well known
    residents of this community, died at the family home Tuesday evening after an
    illness of a week of complications. He was born June 19, 1846, at
    Regierungs, Berzirg Posen, Germany and was a son of Mathias and Juliana Schultz.
    On January 16, 1872, he was united in marriage with Wilhelmina Arndt in Germany.
    On April 25, 1882 Mr. and Mrs. Schultz and their four children came to America,
    settling in South Bend, where they lived for two and one half years.
    In 1886 they moved to their farm two and one half miles northeast of Bremen
    where they lived until October, 1910. Since that time they have lived in Bremen.
    Mr. Schultz was the father of ten children, seven of who survive with their mother.
    They are Mrs. Julianna Scheminske of South Bend, Martin Schultz of Niles, Michigan,
    Otto Schultz of Waterloo, Iowa, William Schultz and Mrs. Theresa Roth of Bremen
    and Mrs. Bertha Fields and Mrs. Edith Sargent of Elkhart. He is survived also by three
    brothers, Gottlieb and Henry Schultz of South Bend and Stephen Schultz of Hastings,
    Nebraska; twenty-five grandchildren; one niece, Mrs. Caroline Schlemmer,
    of Bremen, and a number of less near relatives and friends.
    Funeral services will be held at the residence Friday afternoon at two
    o'clock and at St. Paul's Lutheran church at 2:30 oclock. Rev. W.T.
    Vogel, pastor of the church, will officiate in the services. Burial will be
    in the Bremen cemetery.


    1900 United States Federal Census
    about Caroline Schlemmer
    Name: Caroline Schlemmer
    Home in 1900: Madison, St Joseph, Indiana
    Age: 34
    Birth Date: Jul 1865
    Birthplace: Germany
    Race: White
    Gender: Female
    Immigration Year: 1885
    Relationship to Head of House: Wife
    Father's Birthplace: Germany
    Mother's Birthplace: Germany
    Mother: number of living children: 6
    Mother: How many children: 6
    Spouse's name: Jacob
    Marriage Year: 1888
    Marital Status: Married
    Years Married: 12
    Residence : Madison Township, St. Joseph, Indiana
    Occupation: View on Image
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    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Jacob Schlemmer 52
    Caroline Schlemmer 34
    Susie S Schlemmer 11
    Polly C Schlemmer 10
    Emma C Schlemmer 6
    Helbert M Schlemmer 4
    Allata M Schlemmer 3/12
    Ida C Schlemmer 3/12


    1920 United States Federal Census
    about Caroline Schlemmer
    Name: Caroline Schlemmer
    Home in 1920: Madison, St Joseph, Indiana
    Age: 54 years
    Estimated birth year: abt 1866
    Birthplace: Germany
    Relation to Head of House: Wife
    Spouse's name: Jacob
    Father's Birth Place: Germany
    Mother's Birth Place: Germany
    Marital Status: Married
    Race: White
    Sex: Female
    Year of Immigration: 1888
    Able to read: Yes
    Able to Write: Yes
    Image: 63
    Neighbors: View others on page
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Jacob Schlemmer 73
    Caroline Schlemmer 54


    U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
    about Caroline Pauli Schlemmer
    Name: Caroline Pauli Schlemmer
    Gender: female
    Birth Place: PR


    Birth Year: 1865
    Spouse Name: Jacob Schlemmer
    Marriage
    Year: 1888
    Marriage State: IN
    Number Pages: 1

    Name:
    Caroline Pauline Kelm

    Birth:
    5 Jul 1865 in P?aeosen, Saale-Holzland-Kreis, Thueringen, Germany

    Death:
    1 Mar 1944 in Wakarusa, Elkhart, Indiana, United States

    Children:
    1. Jacob Schlemmer died in 1902.
    2. Carl Schlemmer died in 1903.
    3. Susie Schlemmer was born on 15 Mar 1887; died on 28 Sep 1950; was buried in St. Joseph County, IN.
    4. 3. Pauline C. Schlemmer was born on 15 Mar 1890 in St. Joseph County, IN; died on 9 Feb 1968 in Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN; was buried on 12 Feb 1968 in Bremen Cemetary, Bremen, Marshall County, IN.
    5. Emma Schlemmer was born on 2 Feb 1893; died on 18 Dec 1962.
    6. Hilbert Martin Schlemmer was born on 19 Jan 1896 in St. Joseph County, IN; died on 2 Nov 1953.
    7. Lydia Schlemmer was born on 21 Feb 1900; died on 26 Sep 1974 in St. Joseph County, IN.
    8. Edith Schlemmer was born on 21 Feb 1900; died on 8 Feb 1901.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Levi B. Grove, Jr. was born on 19 May 1829 in Columbiana County, OH (son of Levi Grove and Mary Rohrer); died on 7 Apr 1903 in Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN; was buried on 10 Apr 1903 in North Union Cem., Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN.

    Notes:

    30th Indiana Infantry Regiment

    The 30th Indiana Infantry was organized at Fort Wayne, Indiana and mustered in for a three year enlistment on September 24, 1861 under the command of Colonel Sion S. Bass.
    The regiment was attached to Wood's 2nd Brigade, McCook's Command, at Nolin, Kentucky, to November 1861. 5th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to December 1861. 5th Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Ohio, to September 1862.

    Ordered to Camp Nevin, Ky., and reported to General Rousseau October 9. Camp at Nolin River, Ky., until February 1862. March to Bowling Green, Ky., thence to Nashville, Tenn., February 14-March 3. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 16-April 6. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6? 7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 6.

    UNION INDIANA VOLUNTEERS
    129th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

    Overview:
    Organized at Kendallsville and Michigan City, Ind., December 16, 1863, to March 1, 1864. Mustered in March 1, 1864. Duty at Michigan City till March 30. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., March 30-April 7. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1864. 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Carolina to August, 1865.

    Service:
    March to Charleston, Tenn., April 7-24, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Dalton, Ga., May 8-13. Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Movements on Dallas May 18-25. Cartersville May 24. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Ruff's Mills July 3-4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Nashville Campaign November-December. In front of Columbia November 24-27. Columbia Ford November 29. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. At Clifton, Tenn., till January 15, 1865. Movement to Washington, D. C.; thence to Morehead City, N. C., January 15-February 24. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro March 1-21. Battle of Wise's Fork March 8-10. Kinston March 14. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Provost duty at Charlotte, N. C., May 9 to August 29. Mustered out at Charlotte, N. C., August 29, 1865.

    Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 19 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 166 Enlisted men by disease. Total 189.

    Birth date calculated from death record information 73 y, 10 mo, 19 da. Elkhart County Death Record Bk. H-14, p. 27. Cause of death Valv. disof heart and locomator ataxia. Occupation Barber. PENSION RECORD FOR CIVIL WAR: Civil War Veteran. wesion for service as a private in Co. K 30th Regiment and County E 129th Regt. Indiana Vol. Infantry. (Certificate no. 336,978) Died Jan 31 1916, cause of death apoplexy (cerebral hemorage), had been nursed by relatives. Total bill for fune ral $110, $50 to be paid by county.
    5/25 Casket $27.50 rough box 2.50 embalming 5.00 undertaking ser. 10.00 hearse 5.00
    Total 50.00 Cerificate of disability states he enlisted at Fort Wayne, IN on the 24th day of Sep. 1861, to serve 3 years, he was born in Columbiana County Oh. He is 32 years of age, five feet, nine and one half inches high, dark com yrown? hair, occupation farmer. Discharged 19th June 1862 at Louisville, Ky, on account of "his having chronic Bronchitis and Lumbago, and has done no duty for 8 months." He was a member of Lieut. McGuire's Company. Re-enlisted County E , 129th Regt. Ind. Inf. Jan. 1 1864, at Kendallville, IN and was discharged at Charlotte, North Carolina, Aug. 29, 1865. County E. 129th Regt. Indiana Inf. enrolled Jan 1, 1864 to Aug 29, 1865. Age 35 years, 5 ft. 10 inches, dark complexion, haz el eyes, dark hair, born Columbiana County Oh, farmer. Held the rank of Pvt, Sgt. and Pvt. Rolls show present: Aug. 31, 1864, in Hospital Marietta, GA Oct. 31, 1864, In hospital at Jefferson County IN Dec. 31, 1864 in hospital
    Aug. 17, 1864 to ? Diarrhoea
    Aug 30 to Oct 1, 1864 Quotid int. fever, furloughed
    Oct 1, 1864, ret'd Dec. 1 , 1864 Dec 1 to 5, 1864, spinal disease Dec. 6, 1864 to Jan 21, 1865 Lumgabo, ret'd to duty. 1850 census listed with father Levi, Sr.--age 21, Farmer, born in OH No 1860 census found 1870 Elkhart, Orpenter--40, born in OH 1880 Elkhart County, Olive twp., Wakarusa, Barber--age 53, Born in OH, father born inPA, mother born in PA















































































































































































    30th Regiment Infantry History

    Organized at Fort Wayne, Ind., and mustered in September 24, 1861. Ordered to Camp Nevin, Ky., and reported to General Rousseau October 9. Attached to Wood's 2nd Brigade, McCook's Command, at Nolin, Ky., to November, 1861. 5th Brigade, Army of t he Ohio, to December, 1861. 5th Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 5th Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Right Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland , to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to August, 186 5. Dept. of Texas to November, 1865.

    SERVICE.--Camp at Nolin River, Ky., until February, 1862. March to Bowling Green, Ky., thence to Nashville, Tenn., February 14-March 3. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 16-April 6. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corin th, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 6. Buell's Campaign in Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg, August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky Octo ber 1-22. Near Clay Village October 4. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8 (Reserve). March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 7, and duty there until December 26. Reconnaissance toward Lavergne November 19. Reconnaissance to Lavergne Nov ember 26-27. Lavergne, Scrougesville November 27. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7 . Liberty Gap June 24-27. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Duty at Whiteside, Ty ner's Station and Blue Springs, Tenn., until April, 1864. Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27, 1864. Near Dalton February 23. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-Septembe r 3. Tunnel Hill May 6-7. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8-13. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Kingston May 18-19. Near Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May 22-25. Operations on line of Pumpki n Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's S tation, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochee River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2- 6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 20-November 3. Consolidated to a battalion of 7 companies October 3. Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Battle of Franklin Novembe r 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., and duty there until March, 1865. Operations in East Tennessee March 15-April 22. Duty at Nashville until June. Moved t o New Orleans, La., June 16, thence to Texas July, and duty at various points until November. Mustered out November 25, 1865.

    Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 133 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 274 Enlisted men by disease. Total 412.





























































































































    129th Regiment Infantry

    Organized at Kendallsville and Michigan City, Ind., December 16, 1863, to March 1, 1864. Mustered in March 1, 1864. Duty at Michigan City until March 30. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., March 30-April 7. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Ar my Corps, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1864. 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 186 5, and Dept. of North Carolina to August, 1865.

    SERVICE.--March to Charleston, Tenn., April 7-24, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstrations on Dalton, Ga., May 8-13. Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Movements on Dallas May 18-25. Cartersville Ma y 24. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noy es Creek June 19. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Ruff's Mills July 3-4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Lovejoy Station Se ptember 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Nashville Campaign November-December. In front of Columbia November 24-27. Columbia Ford November 29. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nash ville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. At Clifton, Tenn., until January 15, 1865. Movement to Washington, D.C.; thence to Morehead City, N. C., January 15-February 24. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-Apri l 26. Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro March 1-21. Battle of Wise's Forks March 8-10. Kinston March 14. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of John ston and his army. Provost duty at Charlotte, N. C., May 9 to August 29. Mustered out at Charlotte, N. C., August 29, 1865.

    Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 19 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 166 Enlisted men by disease. Total 189.


    Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 about Levi B. Groves Name: Levi B. Groves Date: 7 Apr 1903 Location: Wakarusa Age: 73 yr Gender: Male Race: White Source Location: County Health Office, County Health Office Goshen Source Notes: The source of this recor d is the book H-20 on page 3 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration.


    Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 about Levi B. Grove Name: Levi B. Grove Spouse Name: Permelia J. Swartz Marriage Date: 20 May 1866 Marriage County: Elkhart Source Title 1: Elkhart County, Indiana Source Title 2: Index to Marriage Record 1 850 - 1920 Inclusive Vol Source Title 3: Original Record Located: County Clerk's Office Gos Book: 2 OS Page: 472


    1900 United States Federal Census about Levi B Grove Name: Levi B Grove [Lewis B Grove] Home in 1900: Olive, Elkhart, Indiana Age: 71 Birth Date: May 1829 Birthplace: Ohio Race: White Gender: Male Relationship to Head of House: Head Father's Bir thplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Spouse's name: Permelia J Marriage Year: 1866 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 34 Residence : Wakarusa Town, Elkhart, Indiana Occupation: View on Image Neighbors: View others on pag e Household Members: Name Age Levi B Grove 71 Permelia J Grove 63 John Swartz 43 Vera Fields 10


    1880 United States Federal Census about Levi B. Grove Name: Levi B. Grove Home in 1880: Olive, Elkhart, Indiana Age: 53 Estimated birth year: abt 1827 Birthplace: Ohio Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's name: Permilla Father's b irthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania Neighbors: View others on page Occupation: Barber Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Cannot read/write:

    Blind:

    Deaf and dumb:

    Otherwise disabled:

    Idiotic or insane: View image Household Members: Name Age Levi B. Grove 53 Permilla Grove 43 Albert Swartz 24 Charity D. Grove 13 Hattie B. Grove 10 Charles B. Grove 8 Tete Leroy Grove 6


    Ohio Obituary Index, 1830s-2009, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center about Levi Grove Name: Levi Grove Death Place: Ohio Spouse: Nancy Murphy Marriage Date: 10 Jun 1852 Newspaper: Kalida Venture, Kalida, Ohio Newspaper Date: 18 Jun 1852 News paper Page: p. 3, col. 2 Newspaper Repository: Putnam County District Library; Putnam County District Library Notes: 1852 Entry - Marriage Announcement Library Link: 726848


    American Civil War Soldiers about Levi Grove Name: Levi Grove Residence: Elkhart County, Indiana Enlistment Date: 24 Sep 1861 Side Served: Union State Served: Indiana Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 24 September 1861. Enlisted in Compan y K, 30th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 24 Sep 1861. Discharged from Company K, 30th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 19 Jun 1862. Sources: 76


    American Civil War Soldiers about Levi Grove Name: Levi Grove Residence: Wakarusa, Indiana Enlistment Date: 16 Jan 1864 Side Served: Union State Served: Indiana Service Record: Enlisted as a Sergeant on 16 January 1864. Enlisted in Company E, 12 9th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 16 Jan 1864. Mustered Out Company E, 129th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 29 Aug 1865 at Charlotte, NC. Sources: 76


    1850 United States Federal Census about Levi Groves Name: Levi Groves Age: 21 Estimated birth year: abt 1829 Birth Place: Ohio Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Greensburg, Putnam, Ohio Family Number: 59 Household Members: Name Ag e Levi Groves 53 Mary Groves 47 Levi Groves 21 Nancy Groves 19 Mary Groves 15 Stephen Groves 12 Elija Groves 5

    From Wakarusa Tribune
    Wednesday, May 18, 2005
    Early Wakarusa Barber's Photo Found
    Descendants of Levi Grove came across these photos recently and shared them with the Tribune. The photo below shows Levi Grove sitting in a chair in front of his barbershop in Wakarusa.
    The shop was located on the East side of North Elkhart Street. North of the Bank. While there is no sign, a striped Barber's Pole call be seen out in front of the shop.-
    The family picture at left shows Levi & his wife Permilla in the front row, and in the back row their children (1-r) Leroy ("Tete"), Della, Hattie, and Charlie ("Charl'') Grove. The Picture is presumably taken at the side of the Barbershop tto have served as the family home.
    Levi Grove was a Veteran of the Civil War, and first set up shop as a "Barber & Hairstylist" in Wakarusa in 1873. He passed away in 1902.
    Thanks to Larry De Langhe for sharing these photos. He can be reached via e-mail at "ledel@kconline.com" for anyone who would like to have further information. or has information they would like to share concerning his ancestors.

    Levi married Nancy Murphy on 10 Jun 1852 in Greensburg Twp., Putnam County, OH. Nancy (daughter of David Murphey and Susan Wing) was born on 13 Oct 1832 in Putnam County, OH; died on 20 Dec 1865 in Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN; was buried in Pletcher Cem., Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Nancy Murphy was born on 13 Oct 1832 in Putnam County, OH (daughter of David Murphey and Susan Wing); died on 20 Dec 1865 in Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN; was buried in Pletcher Cem., Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN.

    Notes:

    Birth calculated from tombstone record--Nancy Grove, died Dec. 20,
    1865, 33 yrs., 2 mo., 27 das. (Meth.)

    Children:
    1. 4. David Cortland Grove was born on 28 May 1853 in Putnam County, OH; died on 12 Feb 1939 in Elkhart County, IN; was buried in North Union Cem., Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN.
    2. Mary E. Grove was born on 17 Jun 1855.
    3. Tiltha Laura Grove was born in Mar 1858.
    4. George Albert "Al" Grove was born on 14 Jun 1860 in Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN; died on 7 Aug 1926 in Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN; was buried on 10 Aug 1926 in North Union Cem., Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN.
    5. Ida F. Grove was born on 26 Nov 1862 in Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN; died on 6 Mar 1908 in Nappanee, Elkhart County, IN; was buried in North Union Cem., Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN.
    6. Nancy Leander "Lilly" Grove was born on 12 Jul 1865 in Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN; died on 16 Feb 1948 in WI.

  3. 10.  Jacob Pletcher, Jr. was born on 9 Jun 1823 in OH (son of Jacob Pletcher, Sr. and Barbara Nestlerode); died on 11 Nov 1863 in Memphis, TN.

    Notes:

    Jacob Pletcher joined the Civil War on Aug. 22, 1862, in Co. D in 100th Reg. Indiana Volunteers. Being of the Mennonite faith, his family were against his going. He was in the process of building a barn, and had to leave half way thru, accordi ng to family stories. This left Cyrene to finish the job. Jacob served for 15 months. He became ill in Sept. 1863 with typhoid fever at Black River, 18 miles from Vicksburg, and was sent to Memphis, Tenn. where he died on Nov. 11, 1863. Artic le by Devon Rose tells this story of Pletcher's: "Approximately 100 years ago, a man with the last name of Pletcher lived at the same location where Rose does now. It is documented that in 1863 Pletcher was summoned to fight in the Civil War . Because his wife was pregnant, he did not want to leave her and he paid someone to go in his place. Later that same year, Pletcher began building a large barn on his farmland. After his wife had their child, Pletcher did fight in the Civi l War. Why Pletcher never returned has not been documented. Mrs. Pletcher finished the barn. From that barn made of walnut came the expensive elegant wood that Rose now uses to make each custom piece of doll furniture on display in the gift s hop area ---Birds Eye View, Wakarusa" "ENLISTMENT RECORD" Jacob Pletcher, enrolled as a Private of Company D, 100th Regiment of Indiana Volunteers at Fort Wayne, IN on 22nd day of Aug. 1862 by Capt. Johnson, and he was mustered into the militar y at Indianapolis, IN on the 10th day of Sept. 1862, for the term of three years by Capt. Miller. Age: 38, Eyes: Hazel, Hair: Brown, Height: 5 ft., 9 1/2 inches, Complexion: Light, Nativity: Ohio, Occupation: Farmer, Died at Memphis, Tenn. on N ov. 11, 1863.


    A transcription of a letter found on http://www.geocities.com/bevs-family/story.html


    A Civil War Letter From: algrames@stlnet.com (Art & Linda Grames)

    Jacob Pletcher was attached to Company D of the 100th Regiment Indiana Volunteers during the Civil War. I don't know what date he enlisted, or the year of the letter (probably 1863). I only know he died of malaria while still in the service. Following is a transcribed copy of the letter (I have retained spelling, lack of punctuation and capitalization exactly as written. Often, but not always, he would capitalize words at the beginning of a line, whether it was the beginning of a sentence or not):

    Direct your letters To Grand Junction Tenessee

    from Jacob Pletcher

    To Sirena Pletcher

    Grand Junction Tenessee Jan 21st

    Dear Wife

    I take my pen in hand to inform you that i am well at present and hope this may find you all the same concerning that Doremire matter i want to know wether He has done anything about it yet or not And if he hasent i want you to let me know imeadiatly and i will see what i can do here for it and if Miltenberger wont wait Till we can fix it here let Sam give him his note till i can arange matters here - let Sam take deed from George W. Doremire And give him his notes i want you to Answer this as soon as you get this and let me know all the partickulars i lent [not readable - looks like "dady Ike"] a little money 50 cts he told me he had a black Walnut tree he would sell me i want you to get it if you can and let dave draw it to the will if you can get it and have it sawed in to anny kind of lumber that will Sell best pay ike the ballance for the tree I lent Mils davis $5 dollars and there is four dollars due me get that and use it let Me know wether you will get your county Bounty and if you do use it to pay the tax You can find out by going and seeing Ellis in goshen when you go there we havent got our pay yet and dont know when we will get it we have pretty severe weather for Some time here raining and snowing the Snow was from 3 to 5 inches deep i think some of having dave come down in my place in the Spring i want to know what you think of it let me know [not readable - might be "how Sams"] Family gets along and all the folks around if i dont get home in time i want you to get the clover seed sowed in time i want you to have two of the best of them Black Walnut trees cut on the other place and hauled to the mill and two of the best poplar trees cut and hauled Make them 12 and 14 ft long cut one small tree to breack the road cut the logs 2 of them 12 ft long And the other two 16 ft long poplar Get them all sawed right away get two of the 12 ft logs of the big tree sawed into 6 in stuff 1 inch thick and saw the Ballance of the 12 ft stuff 8 and 14 in wide 1 inch thick and the 16 ft logs into boards 8 inches wide 1 in thick the 14 ft logs half of them have sawed 8 in wide 1 in thick And the other half into inch boards and have it stuck up right away that skif of Bees that is up to blys if is good fetch it down and have a place fixed for it [unreadable word - might be "next"] them that are at home and set them down and lean a board against the front So that they wont get smothered let me know wether you found all the sheep or not and how the stock gets along no more at present Give My Best Respects to you and all the rest


















































































































































    100th Regiment Infantry "Persimmon Regiment"

    Organized at Fort Wayne, Ind., and mustered in September 10, 1862. Left State for Memphis, Tenn., November 11. Attached to 2nd Brigade, District of Memphis, Tenn., 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st D ivision, District of Memphis, 13th Army Corps, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to August, 186 4. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

    SERVICE.--Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign. Operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad November 26, 1862, to January 10, 1863. Duty at Colliersville, Tenn., and along the Memphis & Charleston Railroad until June 7. Ordered to Vicksburg , Miss., June 7. Siege of Vicksburg June 14-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Camp at Big Black until September 28. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., thence march to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 23-November 20. O perations on the Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Tunnel Hill November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 28-December 8. Moved to S cottsboro, Ala., and duty there December 17, 1863, to May, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Demonstration on Resaca May 8-13. Near Resaca May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Movement on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of P umpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Brushy Mountain June 15. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5 . Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Ezra Chapel, Hood's second sortie, July 28. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station Sept ember 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Griswoldsville November 22. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 18 65. Reconnaissance to Salkehatchie River, S.C., January 25, 1865. Congaree Creek, S.C., February 15. Columbia February 16-17. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21. Mill Creek March 22. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh Ap ril 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out July 8, 1865. Recruits transferred to 48t h Indiana Infantry.

    Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 56 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 173 Enlisted men by disease. Total 234.

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    1860 United States Federal Census about Serena Pletcher Name: Serena Pletcher Age in 1860: 32 Birth Year: abt 1828 Birthplace: Ohio Home in 1860: Olive, Elkhart, Indiana Gender: Female Post Office: Goshen Value of real estate: View image Househo ld Members: Name Age Jacob Pletcher 37 Serena Pletcher 32 David Pletcher 14 Hanah Pletcher 9 Barbara Pletcher 7 Julian Pletcher 5 Lydia C Pletcher 2 Marthy E Pletcher 1/12 Catharine Dulmage 68 ---------------------------------------------- Civi l War Letter from Jacob to Sirena abt 1863

    A transcription of a letter found on http://www.geocities.com/bevs-family/story.html

    A Civil War Letter From: algrames@stlnet.com (Art & Linda Grames)

    Jacob Pletcher was attached to Company D of the 100th Regiment Indiana Volunteers during the Civil War. I don't know what date he enlisted, or the year of the letter (probably 1863). I only know he died of malaria while still in the service. Fol lowing is a transcribed copy of the letter (I have retained spelling, lack of punctuation and capitalization exactly as written. Often, but not always, he would capitalize words at the beginning of a line, whether it was the beginning of a sente nce or not):

    Direct your letters To Grand Junction Tenessee

    from Jacob Pletcher

    To Sirena Pletcher

    Grand Junction Tenessee Jan 21st

    Dear Wife

    I take my pen in hand to inform you that i am well at present and hope this may find you all the same concerning that Doremire matter i want to know wether He has done anything about it yet or not And if he hasent i want you to let me know imead iatly and i will see what i can do here for it and if Miltenberger wont wait Till we can fix it here let Sam give him his note till i can arange matters here - let Sam take deed from George W. Doremire And give him his notes i want you to Answe r this as soon as you get this and let me know all the partickulars i lent [not readable - looks like "dady Ike"] a little money 50 cts he told me he had a black Walnut tree he would sell me i want you to get it if you can and let dave draw it t o the will if you can get it and have it sawed in to anny kind of lumber that will Sell best pay ike the ballance for the tree I lent Mils davis $5 dollars and there is four dollars due me get that and use it let Me know wether you will get you r county Bounty and if you do use it to pay the tax You can find out by going and seeing Ellis in goshen when you go there we havent got our pay yet and dont know when we will get it we have pretty severe weather for Some time here raining and s nowing the Snow was from 3 to 5 inches deep i think some of having dave come down in my place in the Spring i want to know what you think of it let me know [not readable - might be "how Sams"] Family gets along and all the folks around if i don t get home in time i want you to get the clover seed sowed in time i want you to have two of the best of them Black Walnut trees cut on the other place and hauled to the mill and two of the best poplar trees cut and hauled Make them 12 and 14 f t long cut one small tree to breack the road cut the logs 2 of them 12 ft long And the other two 16 ft long poplar Get them all sawed right away get two of the 12 ft logs of the big tree sawed into 6 in stuff 1 inch thick and saw the Ballance o f the 12 ft stuff 8 and 14 in wide 1 inch thick and the 16 ft logs into boards 8 inches wide 1 in thick the 14 ft logs half of them have sawed 8 in wide 1 in thick And the other half into inch boards and have it stuck up right away that skif o f Bees that is up to blys if is good fetch it down and have a place fixed for it [unreadable word - might be "next"] them that are at home and set them down and lean a board against the front So that they wont get smothered let me know wether yo u found all the sheep or not and how the stock gets along no more at present Give My Best Respects to you and all the rest

    Emily Ann Doremire added this on 25 Feb 2009

    Jacob married Cyrene Dormeyer on 27 Aug 1845 in Crawford County, OH. Cyrene (daughter of Daniel Dormeyer\Dunmire and Catherine) was born on 15 Apr 1828 in OH; died on 28 May 1898 in Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN; was buried on 30 May 1898. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Cyrene Dormeyer was born on 15 Apr 1828 in OH (daughter of Daniel Dormeyer\Dunmire and Catherine); died on 28 May 1898 in Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN; was buried on 30 May 1898.

    Notes:

    Cyrene applied for and received pension for her husband's service in
    the Civil war. She received $ 8.00 per month, under the rolls of Fort
    Wayne, IN (No. 77, 241)

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    1880 United States Federal Census
    about Serene Pletcher
    Name: Serene Pletcher
    Home in 1880: Olive, Elkhart, Indiana
    Age: 52
    Estimated birth year: abt 1828
    Birthplace: Ohio
    Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
    Father's birthplace: Pennsylvania
    Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania
    Neighbors: View others on page
    Occupation: Keeping House
    Marital Status: Widowed
    Race: White
    Gender: Female
    Cannot read/write:

    Blind:

    Deaf and dumb:

    Otherwise disabled:

    Idiotic or insane:

    View image
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Serene Pletcher 52
    Frank Pletcher 17

    1870 United States Federal Census
    about Serena Pletcher
    Name: Serena Pletcher
    Birth Year: abt 1828
    Age in 1870: 42
    Birthplace: Ohio
    Home in 1870: Olive, Elkhart, Indiana
    Race: White
    Gender: Female
    Value of real estate: View image
    Post Office: Wakarusa
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Serena Pletcher 42
    Hannah Pletcher 18
    Barbara Pletcher 16
    Julia Pletcher 14
    Lydia Pletcher 12
    Martha Pletcher 10
    Jacob Pletcher 1

    1860 United States Federal Census
    about Serena Pletcher
    Name: Serena Pletcher
    Age in 1860: 32
    Birth Year: abt 1828
    Birthplace: Ohio
    Home in 1860: Olive, Elkhart, Indiana
    Gender: Female
    Post Office: Goshen
    Value of real estate: View image
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Jacob Pletcher 37
    Serena Pletcher 32
    David Pletcher 14
    Hanah Pletcher 9
    Barbara Pletcher 7
    Julian Pletcher 5
    Lydia C Pletcher 2
    Marthy E Pletcher 1/12
    Catharine Dulmage 68


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    John Dormire
    Birth 21 Dec 1793 in Greensburg, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States
    Death 17 Aug 1844 in Morrow, Ohio, United States


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    Birth
    1793 21 Dec
    Greensburg, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States

    Marriage to Katherine Eyman
    1813 Age: 20
    Pennsylvania

    Death
    1844 17 Aug Age: 50
    Morrow, Ohio, United States

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    Johann Georg Dormeyer
    1743 ? 1820

    Anna Catharina Rischel
    1750 ? 1820

    Cathryn Eyman
    1792 ? 1840

    Cyrene Dormire (Dormeyer)
    1828 ? 1898

    Katherine Eyman
    1791 ?

    Barbara Doremire
    1814 ?

    Catherine Doremire
    1815 ? 1917

    Frances Fanny A Doremire
    1816 ? 1832

    John Doremire
    1820 ? 1881

    Susannah B Doremire
    1822 ? 1905

    Martha Doremire
    1824 ? 1891

    Cyrene Dormire (Dormeyer)
    1828 ? 1898

    Hannah Doremire
    1830 ? 1910

    George Doremire
    1834 ?

    Children:
    1. David Pletcher was born on 8 Feb 1846 in Crawford County, OH; died on 17 May 1917 in Olive Twp., Elkhart County, IN.
    2. Daniel Pletcher was born on 25 Mar 1849; was buried in Pletcher Cem., Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN.
    3. Samuel Pletcher was born on 25 Mar 1849; was buried in Pletcher Cem., Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN.
    4. Hannah Pletcher was born on 13 Nov 1851 in Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN; died on 1 Mar 1935 in Baugo Twp., Elkhart County, IN; was buried in Olive Cem., Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN.
    5. Barbara Pletcher was born on 27 Aug 1853 in Crawford County, OH; died on 24 Dec 1926 in Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN; was buried in N. Union Cem., Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN.
    6. Julia Ann Pletcher was born on 20 Aug 1855; died in 1927; was buried in Olive Cem., Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN.
    7. 5. Lydia Catherine Pletcher was born on 16 Oct 1857 in Elkhart County, IN; died on 5 Sep 1939.
    8. Martha "Elizabeth" Pletcher was born on 16 Apr 1860; died on 13 Mar 1941.
    9. Jacob Franklin Pletcher was born on 1 Oct 1862; died in Elkhart County, IN; was buried on 11 Aug 1905 in North Union Cem., Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN.

  5. 12.  Pierre (Peter) Schlemmer was born on 6 Oct 1815 in Erckartswiller, Alsace-Lorraine, France (son of Jean Pierre Schlemmer and Catharina Sali); died in 1850 in Madison twp. St. Joseph Co. Indiana.

    Notes:

    Death
    1850 Age: 35
    Madison, Saint Joseph, Indiana
    He died in a Scarlet Fever epidemic that killed two of his sons in May 1850 or in a Yellow Fever epidemic that also hit after the Scarlet Fever epidemic. He was still alive in the 1850 census on 12 Oct. His widow remarried 27 Jan 1852.



    Peter Schlemmer was born in Munich, Germany, according to
    information from Wayne Schlemmer--descendant of George Washington
    Schlemmer, brother of Jacob.

    1850 Census St. Joseph County Indiana
    Peter Slimer 35 M Farmer Germany
    Catherine Slimer 30 F "
    John 9 Indiana
    Jacob 3 Indiana
    George W. 3/12 Indiana

    Obit from Peter's brother
    REFN: kidolly Witnesses at his birth in Erckartsweiler were Uncle George Schlemmer, 35, and Major Melchior, 45. Major had a beautiful signature.

    Married twice. First wife died abt 1853, second wife Catherine Scaer, m. 1853.

    Obituary from The Weekly Breeze, Monroeville, Allen County, IN, Thursday, August 25, 1898: The Oldest Settler of Monroe Township Passes Away. Philip Schlemmer died Saturday morning last, August 20th, 1898, at his residence two miles south- ,onths of affliction, in the presence of his companion and several of his children. His passing was not unexpected owing to his ailment and advanced age, therefore those who have been near and dear to him who were not present, were not i n the least surprised when his death was announced.
    Mr Schlemmer was considered to be the oldest settler in Monroe township. He was born in Germany in September 1820 and came to this country with his parents when but a child having first settled in Carroll County, Ohio, where they remained unti l he arrived at the age of fifteen years. In 1835 his parents sought to seek fortunes in the west and came to Indiana and settled upon the tract of land now owned and upon the same spot where now stands the residence of Ex-trustee Christian Hoff man. Here he toiled with his parents until manhood when he took unto himself a companion andd settled down upon the tract of land where he departed this life. He was twice married, his first wife having died in 1854 and his second survives him , together with four sons and four daughters namely: George Schlemmer, of New Bremen, Ind., Philip H., Henry and Charles Schlemmer and Mrs. Christena Ehling, of Monroe township, Mrs. Catherine Siegel, of Madison township, Mrs. Lizzie M. Erhardt , of Jackson township and Marthe Garthan. It is not necessary for us to state that at the time of settling in this section with his parents thaere was no farm, fine dwellings and settlement of people such as at the present time, but on the contr ary dense forests, wild beasts and log cabins were such as the settlers of those days were compelled to contend with. But not withstanding all this, the Schlemmer family of which the deceased was one, battled on contending with their chosen lot . Miles between neighbors and miles to travel through forests and not gravel roads as today, to get to mill or a trading point. In this lonely manner they moved on until finally the country began to become more densely settled, the forests disap peared and cultivated farms instead. Prosperity and happiness beamed before them, but one by one, like the forests there become a broken link in the family and this continues from time to time until the last link of the first chain had passed ov er the river to that world from which none ever return.
    During life, especially in his days, Philip Schlemmer was ever found in readiness to assist his neighbor no matter in what manner he was called upon. Especially was this the case in time of sickness or distress. He with the assistance of Henri, who s till lives, hewed from a walnut log the first coffin, dug the first grave and laid to rest the first person that died in this section of country.
    Thus in conclusing the BREEZE can only say that the one who has just ended his labors of 78 years has left behind him a record that will be recalled many times by the present, and following generations. The funeral was held Sunday morning lae house and later services were conducted by his pastor and spiritual advisor, at the German Lutheran church near the home of the deceased. The remains were interred in the grave yard near the church and upon a spot of ground which he and hi s father cleared and laid out as a family burial ground many years ago.

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    Father: Jean Pierre SCHLEMMER b: 14 Jan 1795 in Erckartswiller, Alsace Lorraine, Germany
    Mother: Catharina SALI b: 22 Nov 1795 in Melsheim, Germany

    Marriage 1 UNNAMED UNKNOWN

    * Married: 20 Dec 1849 in Allen Co, IN


    Marriage 2 Catherine SCAER b: 4 Mar 1834 in Alsace Lorraine, Germany

    * Married: 1853 in Monroe Twp, Allen County, IN

    Children

    1. Has Children George Washington SCHLEMMER b: 9 Apr 1854 in Monroe Twp., Allen Co, IN
    2. Has Children Philip H. SCHLEMMER b: 9 Nov 1856 in Monroe Twp., Allen Co, IN
    3. Has No Children Christina SCHLEMMER b: 1857 in IN
    4. Has No Children Katherine SCHLEMMER b: 28 Apr 1863 in Monroe Twp., Allen Co, IN
    5. Has No Children Martha L. SCHLEMMER b: 1866
    6. Has Children Henry SCHLEMMER b: 9 Feb 1866 in Monroe Twp., Allen Co, IN
    7. Has Children Elizabeth (Lizzie) SCHLEMMER b: 1869
    8. Has Children Charles John SCHLEMMER b: 3 Oct 1872 in Monroe Twp., Allen Co, IN
    9. Has No Children Walter H. SCHLEMMER b: Sep 1887


    Name:
    Pierre Peter Schlemmer

    Birth:
    6 Oct 1815 in M?aeunchen, Stadt Munchen, Bayern, Germany

    Death:
    1860

    Pierre married Catherine Elisabetha Reinhardt on 22 Feb 1839 in Carroll Co. OH. Catherine (daughter of George Reinhardt and Christine Marguereth Munsch) was born on 13 Oct 1810; died on 5 Jun 1897 in St. Joseph County, IN; was buried in Bremen Cemetary, Bremen, Marshall County, IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Catherine Elisabetha Reinhardt was born on 13 Oct 1810 (daughter of George Reinhardt and Christine Marguereth Munsch); died on 5 Jun 1897 in St. Joseph County, IN; was buried in Bremen Cemetary, Bremen, Marshall County, IN.

    Notes:

    1880 United States Federal Census about Jacob Mitchell
    Name: Jacob Mitchell
    [Jacob Schlemmer]
    Age: 32
    Birth Year: abt 1848
    Birthplace: Indiana
    Home in 1880: Madison, St Joseph, Indiana
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Relation to Head of House: Son
    Marital Status: Single
    Father's Birthplace: France
    Mother's name: Cathrine Mitchell
    Mother's Birthplace: France
    Neighbors: View others on page
    Occupation: Farmer
    Cannot read/write:

    Blind:

    Deaf and Dumb:

    Otherwise disabled:

    Idiotic or insane:

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    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Cathrine Mitchell 60
    George Mitchell 23
    Jacob Mitchell 32

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    1860 United States Federal Census about Catherine Mitchel
    Name: Catherine Mitchel
    Age in 1860: 39
    Birth Year: abt 1821
    Birthplace: France
    Home in 1860: Madison, St Joseph, Indiana
    Gender: Female
    Post Office: Woodland
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    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Jacob Mitchel 56
    Catherine Mitchel 39
    Christina Mitchel 6
    George Mitchel 4
    Sophia Mitchel 2
    John Tlemer 18
    Jacob Tlemer 13
    William Tlemer 4
    Benjamin Mitchel 11

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    August Rinehart, Mesa, Ariz. and his Aunt Eunice Frideger whose
    gen. research material is in his possession. Auston Dobie,
    Auglaize Co., who had the family bible printed in 1850. The
    writing was done with a goose quill and too faded to be copied.
    Michael and Magdalena REINHART came to this continent in the
    1830's and probably landed at a port in the south, perhaps New
    Orleans, as they had come from Alsace, France. They evidently
    had a destination in mind for they took a steamboat up the
    Mississippi River, probably the boat that sank off of Vicksburg.
    They lost two daughters, all of their possessions, including
    gold and silver. As a general rule when the Captain took
    passengers from an European port for America the passengers
    could only bring what they could carry as the more passengers he
    could get on board the more money he would make. They probably
    sailed from Europe leaving many of their belongings on the dock
    to be picked through by those who gathered for this purpose.
    Among their possessions was a musket loader which was in the
    possession of Austin Dobie of Auglaize Co., Ohio. Upon his
    death it was sold at auction. Soon the family was on its way
    again, up the Mississippi to Marietta, Ohio, from there to Stark
    Co., where they stayed for a few years. They finally moved on
    down to Auglaize and Shelby Counties. ! LDS Anc. File Apr., 1994
    TRBW-JX !From: Dona Van Voorst May 2000

    From the records of the Old Court House Museum, Vicksburg, MS
    GRAND LAKE CUTOFF Mile 511.0 AHP. Map 28 The exact date of the
    natural cutoff at Grand lake has never been determined, but the
    river had already abandoned its meander loop in that area when
    Zadok Cramer first saw it in 1801. Cramer said that he could
    trace the old bend way by the size of the willows, which were
    still smaller in the old chanel than they were on either side of
    it. Some years after the cutoff occurred, a small community
    called Princeton grew up on the Mississippi side of the river
    opposite Grand Lake. There was a steamboat landing at
    Princeton, and the steamer Oronoko had stopped in front of it on
    April 21, 1838, at a very early hour of the morning. A yawl was
    put in the water to go to the landing to pick up a few
    passengers. As the steamer waited for the yawl to return, a flue
    collapsed and scalding steam swept down the length of the
    Oronoko. Cargo, crew, and many of the deck passengers were blown
    into the water. It was later estimated that 100 to 150
    immigrants had been on the deck of the Oronoko. They had
    recently arrived in New Orleans from Europe, and taken passage
    on the boat to seek employment in Louisville, Pittsburgh, and
    Cincinnati. Only a few had signed the boat's register, so their
    names and the exact number were never acertained. The commotion
    and loud cries in front of the landing had aroused most of the
    citizens of Princeton. When they saw what had happened,they
    helped wrestle the Oronoko to the bank, and carried many of the
    injured to their homes. The disabled steamer was then towed
    down to Vicksburg, Mississippi, with about 30 of the most
    severely injured victims still on board. At Vicksburg, the
    people of the town opened their homes to the victims and doctors
    did what the could to ease the terrible suffering, but 16 of the
    unlucky passengers died the next day. On Sunday, April 21,
    1838, there was a mass funeral. The strangers, whose names
    still were not known, were followed to the cemetery by a
    procession many blocks long. The untimely deaths of so many
    immigrants who had started up the river with high hopes for the
    future had shaken the citizens of Vicksburg considerably, and
    they were even more shocked when they learned that another
    explosion on the Ohio River the same week had taken another 150
    lives. A wave of concern and indignation swept the country, and
    Congress passed the first legislation requiring steamboat
    owners and operators to take measures to protect the lives of
    their passengers. The Steamboat Act of 1838, however, proved to
    be weak, controversial, and more talked aboutthan enforced.
    Explosions, fires, snaggings, and collisions continued to mangle
    or kill hundreds of human beings. Just above Princeton, at
    Maryland Landing, there was another spectacular steamboat
    accident in 1870. The steamer Nick Wall, which had been built
    the previous year, was caught in a high wind, and blown onto a
    snag. The boat sank rapidly and about 40 people drowned. It was
    said that most of the dead had been deck passengers en route for
    Texas, where they had hoped to find new homes and more
    prosperity than they had enjoyed on the Upper Mississippi and
    Missouri Rivers.
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    Explosion on the Oronoko

    . . . a small community

    called Princeton grew up on the Mississippi side of the river

    opposite Grand Lake. There was a steamboat landing at

    Princeton, and the steamer Oronoko had stopped in front of it on

    April 21, 1838, at a very early hour of the morning. A yawl was

    put in the water to go to the landing to pick up a few

    passengers. As the steamer waited for the yawl to return, a flue

    collapsed and scalding steam swept down the length of the

    Oronoko. Cargo, crew, and many of the deck passengers were blown

    into the water. It was later estimated that 100 to 150

    immigrants had been on the deck of the Oronoko. They had

    recently arrived in New Orleans from Europe, and taken passage

    on the boat to seek employment in Louisville, Pittsburgh, and

    Cincinnati. Only a few had signed the boat's register, so their

    names and the exact number were never acertained. The commotion

    and loud cries in front of the landing had aroused most of the

    citizens of Princeton. When they saw what had happened,they

    helped wrestle the Oronoko to the bank, and carried many of the

    injured to their homes. The disabled steamer was then towed

    down to Vicksburg, Mississippi, with about 30 of the most

    severely injured victims still on board. At Vicksburg, the

    people of the town opened their homes to the victims and doctors

    did what the could to ease the terrible suffering,but 16 of the

    unlucky passengers died the next day. On Sunday, April 21,

    1838, there was a mass funeral. The strangers, whose names

    still were not known, were followed to the cemetery by a

    procession many blocks long. The untimely deaths of so many

    immigrants who had started up the river with high hopes for the

    future had shaken the citizens of Vicksburg considerably, and

    they were even more shocked when they learned that another

    explosion on the Ohio River the same week had taken another 150

    lives. A wave of concern and indignation swept the country, and

    Congress passed the first legislation requiring steamboat

    owners and operators to take measures to protect the lives of

    their passengers. The Steamboat Act of 1838, however, proved to

    be weak, controversial, and more talked aboutthan enforced.

    Explosions , fires, snaggings, and collisions continued to mangle

    or kill hundreds of human beings. Just above Princeton, at

    Maryland Landing, there was another spectacular steamboat

    accident in 1870. The steamer Nick Wall, which had been built

    the previous year, was caught in a high wind, and blown onto a

    snag. The boat sank rapidly and about 40 people drowned. It was

    said that most of the dead had been deck passengers en route for

    Texas, where they had hoped to find new homes and more

    prosperity than they had enjoyed on the Upper Mississippi and

    Missouri Rivers.
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    Explosion on the Oronoko

    . . . a small community

    called Princeton grew up on the Mississippi side of the river

    opposite Grand Lake. There was a steamboat landing at

    Princeton, and the steamer Oronoko had stopped in front of it on

    April 21, 1838, at a very early hour of the morning. A yawl was

    put in the water to go to the landing to pick up a few

    passengers. As the steamer waited for the yawl to return, a flue

    collapsed and scalding steam swept down the length of the

    Oronoko. Cargo, crew, and many of the deck passengers were blown

    into the water. It was later estimated that 100 to 150

    immigrants had been on the deck of the Oronoko. They had

    recently arrived in New Orleans from Europe, and taken passage

    on the boat to seek employment in Louisville, Pittsburgh, and

    Cincinnati. Only a few had signed the boat's register, so their

    names and the exact number were never acertained. The commotion

    and loud cries in front of the landing had aroused most of the

    citizens of Princeton. When they saw what had happened,they

    helped wrestle the Oronoko to the bank, and carried many of the

    injured to their homes. The disabled steamer was then towed

    down to Vicksburg, Mississippi, with about 30 of the most

    severely injured victims still on board. At Vicksburg, the

    people of the town opened their homes to the victims and doctors

    did what the could to ease the terrible suffering,but 16 of the

    unlucky passengers died the next day. On Sunday, April 21,

    1838, there was a mass funeral. The strangers, whose names

    still were not known, were followed to the cemetery by a

    procession many blocks long. The untimely deaths of so many

    immigrants who had started up the river with high hopes for the

    future had shaken the citizens of Vicksburg considerably, and

    they were even more shocked when they learned that another

    explosion on the Ohio River the same week had taken another 150

    lives. A wave of concern and indignation swept the country, and

    Congress passed the first legislation requiring steamboat

    owners and operators to take measures to protect the lives of

    their passengers. The Steamboat Act of 1838, however, proved to

    be weak, controversial, and more talked aboutthan enforced.

    Explosions , fires, snaggings, and collisions continued to mangle

    or kill hundreds of human beings. Just above Princeton, at

    Maryland Landing, there was another spectacular steamboat

    accident in 1870. The steamer Nick Wall, which had been built

    the previous year, was caught in a high wind, and blown onto a

    snag. The boat sank rapidly and about 40 people drowned. It was

    said that most of the dead had been deck passengers en route for

    Texas, where they had hoped to find new homes and more

    prosperity than they had enjoyed on the Upper Mississippi and

    Missouri Rivers.
    pilaukikuchi

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    Explosion on the Oronoko

    . . . a small community

    called Princeton grew up on the Mississippi side of the river

    opposite Grand Lake. There was a steamboat landing at

    Princeton, and the steamer Oronoko had stopped in front of it on

    April 21, 1838, at a very early hour of the morning. A yawl was

    put in the water to go to the landing to pick up a few

    passengers. As the steamer waited for the yawl to return, a flue

    collapsed and scalding steam swept down the length of the

    Oronoko. Cargo, crew, and many of the deck passengers were blown

    into the water. It was later estimated that 100 to 150

    immigrants had been on the deck of the Oronoko. They had

    recently arrived in New Orleans from Europe, and taken passage

    on the boat to seek employment in Louisville, Pittsburgh, and

    Cincinnati. Only a few had signed the boat's register, so their

    names and the exact number were never acertained. The commotion

    and loud cries in front of the landing had aroused most of the

    citizens of Princeton. When they saw what had happened,they

    helped wrestle the Oronoko to the bank, and carried many of the

    injured to their homes. The disabled steamer was then towed

    down to Vicksburg, Mississippi, with about 30 of the most

    severely injured victims still on board. At Vicksburg, the

    people of the town opened their homes to the victims and doctors

    did what the could to ease the terrible suffering,but 16 of the

    unlucky passengers died the next day. On Sunday, April 21,

    1838, there was a mass funeral. The strangers, whose names

    still were not known, were followed to the cemetery by a

    procession many blocks long. The untimely deaths of so many

    immigrants who had started up the river with high hopes for the

    future had shaken the citizens of Vicksburg considerably, and

    they were even more shocked when they learned that another

    explosion on the Ohio River the same week had taken another 150

    lives. A wave of concern and indignation swept the country, and

    Congress passed the first legislation requiring steamboat

    owners and operators to take measures to protect the lives of

    their passengers. The Steamboat Act of 1838, however, proved to

    be weak, controversial, and more talked aboutthan enforced.

    Explosions , fires, snaggings, and collisions continued to mangle

    or kill hundreds of human beings. Just above Princeton, at

    Maryland Landing, there was another spectacular steamboat

    accident in 1870. The steamer Nick Wall, which had been built

    the previous year, was caught in a high wind, and blown onto a

    snag. The boat sank rapidly and about 40 people drowned. It was

    said that most of the dead had been deck passengers en route for

    Texas, where they had hoped to find new homes and more

    prosperity than they had enjoyed on the Upper Mississippi and

    Missouri Rivers.
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    I had a very difficult time identifying and tracking Peter Schlemmer. I had started my work before the Alsace records were available on the Internet, and I could not find records for the years of the French Republic. Not knowing French, I finally figured out who the family was using information, going backwards, from later-written records. There are no immigration records for this family, according to sources in France. In the United States Pierre went by the name Peter.
    Peter Schlemmer was born on October 6, 1815, in the village of Erckartswiller, Elsa? Lothringen, Frankreich/Deutschland, the oldest son of Jean Pierre Schlemmer and Catharina Barbara nee Saling. He had 9 siblings, two of whom were twins namedoline and Cretien. Caroline died at birth in 1825 and in Cretien, in 1826.
    Peter came to America with his family in early 1835. His youngest sibling, my great-grandmother Katharina Maria Schlemmer, was the only one of the 10 children to be born in the US. Katharina was born, on April 3, 1835, in Stark, Ohio, where family stayed for 4 years. On February 28, 1839, Peter married Catharine Elisabetha Reinhardt who had arrived in Ohio in 1838, also from Erckartswiller. Soon Peter and Elisabeth moved with the rest of the Schlemmer family to Southeast of Monroeville, Indiana.
    The house they lived in still stands at the corner of Hoagland and Lortie Roads. Peter and Catharine lived there in 1840, after which they the first of the family to move to northwest Indiana. The first of their five sons was born on their fan Madison Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, in 1841. This was John David, who was born on October 26, 1841. Following him were George in 1843, Andrew in 1846, and Jacob in 1847. In 1850 the area was struck by a scarlet fever epidemic. Tragically, in May of 1850, George and Andrew both died of the fever. This must have been especially difficult for Catharine, in particular, who was pregnant at the time. Only 2 months later, in July 1850, she gave birth to a healthy baby boy whom the couple named George William.
    It was extremely difficult for me to find Peter and his family in 1850. I searched through the Madison and Marshall censuses line by line until I finally found him. I read the Schlemmer name as Slimer. This made it hard for me to find whenching for him again, as the name is spelled Tlimer in the Search Index. At any rate, Peter was still alive when the census was taken on October 12, 1850. Given his early death at age 35 to 37, it is a fair assumption that he, too, died of scarlet fever sometime between October 12, 1850, and January 27, 1852, when his widow married Jacob Mitchel.

    Special thanks to Nancy Riffle for her help in finding the information about Peter?s sons George and Andrew and the scarlet fever epidemic.



    Marriage to Catharine Elisabetha Reinhardt
    1839 22 Feb Age: 23
    Carroll Co., OH



    Birth calculated from death record--June 5, 1897, aged 76 y, 7 mo.,
    23 days


    1870 United States Federal Census
    about Jacob Mitchel
    Name: Jacob Mitchel
    Birth Year: abt 1805
    Age in 1870: 65
    Birthplace: W?aeurttemberg / Wurttemberg
    Home in 1870: Madison, St Joseph, Indiana
    Race: Mulatto
    Gender: Male
    Value of real estate: View image
    Post Office: Mishawaka
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Jacob Mitchel 65
    Catharine Mitchel 49
    Sophia Mitchel 12
    George Mitchel 15
    William Slemmer 20


    1860 United States Federal Census
    about Jacob Mitchel
    Name: Jacob Mitchel
    Age in 1860: 56
    Birth Year: abt 1804
    Birthplace: W?aeurttemberg / Wurttemberg
    Home in 1860: Madison, St Joseph, Indiana
    Gender: Male
    Post Office: Woodland
    Value of real estate: View image
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Jacob Mitchel 56
    Catherine Mitchel 39
    Christina Mitchel 6
    George Mitchel 4
    Sophia Mitchel 2
    John Tlemer 18
    Jacob Tlemer 13
    William Tlemer 4
    Benjamin Mitchel 11
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    I had a very difficult time identifying and tracking Peter Schlemmer. I had started my work before the Alsace records were available on the Internet, and I could not find records for the years of the French Republic. Not knowing French, I finally figured out who the family was using information, going backwards, from later-written records. There are no immigration records for this family, according to sources in France. In the United States Pierre went by the name Peter.
    Peter Schlemmer was born on October 6, 1815, in the village of Erckartswiller, Elsa? Lothringen, Frankreich/Deutschland, the oldest son of Jean Pierre Schlemmer and Catharina Barbara nee Saling. He had 9 siblings, two of whom were twins namedoline and Cretien. Caroline died at birth in 1825 and in Cretien, in 1826.
    Peter came to America with his family in early 1835. His youngest sibling, my great-grandmother Katharina Maria Schlemmer, was the only one of the 10 children to be born in the US. Katharina was born, on April 3, 1835, in Stark, Ohio, where family stayed for 4 years. On February 28, 1839, Peter married Catharine Elisabetha Reinhardt who had arrived in Ohio in 1838, also from Erckartswiller. Soon Peter and Elisabeth moved with the rest of the Schlemmer family to Southeast of Monroeville, Indiana.
    The house they lived in still stands at the corner of Hoagland and Lortie Roads. Peter and Catharine lived there in 1840, after which they the first of the family to move to northwest Indiana. The first of their five sons was born on their fan Madison Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, in 1841. This was John David, who was born on October 26, 1841. Following him were George in 1843, Andrew in 1846, and Jacob in 1847. In 1850 the area was struck by a scarlet fever epidemic. Tragically, in May of 1850, George and Andrew both died of the fever. This must have been especially difficult for Catharine, in particular, who was pregnant at the time. Only 2 months later, in July 1850, she gave birth to a healthy baby boy whom the couple named George William.
    It was extremely difficult for me to find Peter and his family in 1850. I searched through the Madison and Marshall censuses line by line until I finally found him. I read the Schlemmer name as Slimer. This made it hard for me to find whenching for him again, as the name is spelled Tlimer in the Search Index. At any rate, Peter was still alive when the census was taken on October 12, 1850. Given his early death at age 35 to 37, it is a fair assumption that he, too, died of scarlet fever sometime between October 12, 1850, and January 27, 1852, when his widow married Jacob Mitchel.

    Special thanks to Nancy Riffle for her help in finding the information about Peter?s sons George and Andrew and the scarlet fever epidemic.

    eayoung19 Peter & Catherine Schlemmer: Catherine and her second husband, Jacob Mitchel had 3 children after their marriage: Christena, George, & Sophia. Christena married George Washington Schlemmer, son of Philipp Henry Schlemmer and nephew of Peter Schlemmer, Catherine Rinehardt's first husband. Christena and George Washington Schlemmer are my mother's grandparents.

    Children:
    1. John Schlemmer
    2. 6. Jacob Schlemmer was born on 16 Nov 1847 in St. Joseph County, IN; died on 20 Sep 1921 in Bremen, Marshall County, IN; was buried in Bremen Cemetary, Bremen, Marshall County, IN.
    3. George "William" Schlemmer was born on 9 Apr 1854; died on 4 Sep 1924.


Today's Genealogical Quote

If we know where we came from; we way better know where to go. If we know who we came from; we may better understand who we are