Godparents at her baptism were Joanne Justen, Sodali (friend, associate) of Erden & Susanna Klippel, Virgine of Wehlen. "Susanna" married Michael Muehlbauer, a widower, at St. Boniface Church, Fulda in 1851. The marriage record in Spencer County misspells the names as George Millbower and Susanna Seamon. Witnesses were Mathias Simon and Casper Hurm. Michael's occupation was farmer. In addition to their daughter Catherina born in Fulda in 1854, Susanna raised Michael's 2 children from a previous marriage. Susanna's stepdaughter, Maria Anna (called Mary) had a child out of wedlock in 1868. Susanna and Michael were the godparents; the granddaughter was named Susannah(no other information was found on the child of Mary). Susanna's stepson, Philip Benjamin (after serving in the Civil War) married Susanna's niece, Anna Simon, the oldest daughter of Susanna's brother, Henry Simon Jr. Philip B. Muehlbauer and Anna Simon Muehlbauer later had 14 children. Susanna died in 1877 at age 66, and is buried in St. Boniface, Fulda, A-11-16. The grave has no marker remaining. |