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251	Isaac Lemaster married Catharine Ward, the wife of his deceased brother Joseph about May, 1730. They left Charles Co., MD, with brother-in-law Thomas Hays and his wife, in 1753 and went to what is now Frederick Co., MD and later in Washington Co., MD. Catharine died before 1763, when Isaac was then married to Mary --?--. Isaac went with sons Isaac and Jacob to Monongalia Co., VA (now WV) about 1770, and died shortly after.	Lemaster, Isaac (I2664)
252	It is believed that the Dudenhoefer family owned a Hohenzollern castle in Germany. FROM THE COMPTON'S ENCYCLOPEDIA: HOHENZOLLERN DYNASTY. One of the most prominent ruling houses in the history of Europe, the Hohenzollern Dynasty played a major role in the history of Germany from the late Middle Ages until the end of World War I. The first known ancestor of the family was Burchard I, who was count of Zollern in the 11th century. By the third and fourth generations after Burchard, two branches of the family had formed. One, the Zollern-Hohenberg, became extinct by 1486. The other, originally the counts of Nuremberg, survived into the 20th century. The Nuremberg branch was further divided about 1200 into the Franconian and Swabian lines. The Franconian branch moved into prominence when Frederick VI (1371-1440) was appointed elector of Brandenburg in 1415 as Frederick I. This territory in the northeastern lowlands of Germany was the nucleus on which the kingdom of Prussia was built. It wasin 1701 that Frederick III of Brandenburg was given the title "king in Prussia." The title was changed to "king of Prussia" in 1772, when Frederick the Great obtained it (see Frederick the Great). The Prussian kings retained their title as electors of Brandenburg until the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved by Napoleon I in 1806 (see Germany, "History"; Holy Roman Empire). Subsequent rulers of Prussia were Frederick William II (ruled 1786-97), Frederick William III (ruled 1797-1840), Frederick William IV (ruled 1840-61), William I (ruled 1861-88), Frederick III (ruled 1888), and William II (ruled 1888-1918). During the reign of William I, Germany was united by the military might of Prussia, and the Franco-Prussian War was fought. Under William II (more commonly known as Kaiser Wilhelm II) Germany fought and lost World War I. William II abdicated in the last days of the war and went into exile in The Netherlands. This ended the German sovereignty of the Hohenzollerns. The Swabian branch of the family remained in power longer. Ferdinand became king of Romania in 1914, and his descendants ruled there until 1947.	Dudenhoeffer, Joannes Jacob (I89)
253	It is not certain that this is the natural mother of the Nemer children. Casper and Anna Obermeyer came with the 6 younger Nemers from le Harve on the ship Gertrude to New York, which arrived 20 May 1852. It is speculated the father of the Nemer children died and Anna Nemer re-married to Casper Obermeyer. Casper and Anna also had a son, Xavier Francis Obermeier, who was age 5 in 1852. Anna died in 1853. Her tombstone in St. Boniface's cemetery reads Anna Obermeier. Church records add, nee Kreil. Casper Obermeier with Xavier F., his son, and Wolfgang Nemer lived on a farm in Harrison Township on the 1860 Spencer County Census.	Kreil, Anna (I309)
254	It is possible that he died in the Civil War.	Combs, Ephraim (I4397)
255	Jacob Dudenhoefer served in the 32nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry regiment (the German regiment) during the civil war under General Sherman. He was killed at Missionary Ridge in November, 1863. THIRTY-SECOND INDIANA REGIMENT "The Thirty-Second (or First German) Regiment was organized at Indianapolis, through the exertions of August Willich, (a distinguished officer of the German Revolution of 1848,) who was mustered in with the regiment as its Colonel on the 24th of August, 1861. In the later part of September it proceeded to Madison, Indiana, and from thence to Louisville, Kentucky. Early in October it marched to New Haven, Kentucky, where it remained in camp a short time and then moved to camp Nevin where it remained until the 9th of December. As part of General R. W. Johnsons brigade of McCooks division, the regiment moved forward to Munfordsville, and there encamped. The duty of picketing the south side of the Green river and protecting the working parties engaged in repairing the railroad bridge, was assigned to the Thirty-Second. While engaged in this duty on the 17th of December, four companies were attacked near Rowletts Station by Gen. Hindman, with a force of eleven hundred infantry, four pieces of artilleryand a battalion of Texas Rangers, under Col. Terry. One company advanced and drove back the attacking party until the infantry supports were discovered, when it fell back slowly, the enemys lines advancing upon it. Another company to the left was attacked at the same time, but more feebly. In the meantime the two other companies hastened up, and the remainder of the regiment crossed to the south side of the river on a bridge constructed the day before by the pontoniers of the Thirty-Second. Lieut. Col. Von Treba assuming the command, advanced this portion of the regiment on the run to the scene of the conflict, and soon joined the other companies. Forming the regiment in the line of battle, he advanced it steadily and drove the enemy back. The cavalry charged first the skirmish line and next the protecting companies, and again on the right wing. At this juncture the regiment formed a hollow square, upon which the Rangers threw themselves, to be driven back severely punished, losing their leader. An infantry charge was then made against the invincible square, which was also repulsed. After this the whole force of the enemy retired, leaving the regiment in possession of the field. The enemys loss was thirty-three killed and fifty wounded, while that of the regiment was ten killed, twenty-two wounded and eight missing. For its gallantry on this occasion the regiment was highly complemented in special orders by Gen. Buell and Gov. Morton, and the name Rowletts Station, directed to be placed on the regimental colors. "In February, 1862, the regiment moved forward to Bowling Green, and thence to Nashville, where it rested for a brief period, and then marched to the field of Shiloh, where it participated in the battle on the 7th of April. In this engagement its loss was six killed, ninety-three wounded and four missing. In the siege of Corinth which followed, the regiment was engaged for many days, and had eight wounded. The Thirty-Second, after the evacuation of Corinth moved eastward with Buells army as far as Stevenson, Alabama, and then proceeded to Nashville, Tennessee. On the 17th of July, Col. Willich was appointed a Brigadier General, and soon after Lieut. Col. Henry Von Trebra was commissioned Colonel. In September the regiment marched with Buells army in its retreat to Louisville, and took part in the pursuit Bragg through Kentucky. Returning to Nashville in November, it went into camp for over a month, and then proceeded with the army toward Murfreesboro. On the 21st of December, 1862, and the 1st and 2nd of January, 1863, it was engaged in the battle of Stone River, losing twelve killed, forty wounded, and one hundred and fifteen missing. After this engagement the Thirty-Second remained at Murfreesboro until June, when it moved forward with Rosecrans army toward Chattanooga, engaging on the march, in a severe skirmish at Liberty Gap, on the 24th of June. On the 19th and 20th of September it participated in the battle of Chicamauga, losing twenty-one killed, seventy-eight wounded and seventeen missing. After the battle it fell back to Chattanooga, where it remained until the battle of Missionary Ridge was fought, on the 25th of November, in which it bore an honorable part." The Thirty-Second then joined Shermans march to the sea, returned to Chattanooga, where it remained until the end of the war. FROM COMPTON'S ENCYCLOPEDIA: Battle of Chattanooga The North won three of the most important battles of the Civil War in 1863. Two of these Union victories occurred in early July in Gettysburg, Pa., and, after a long siege, in Vicksburg, Miss. In the fall the third crucial engagement was staged in the area around Chattanooga, Tenn. (See also Gettysburg, Battle of.) The campaign began on Sept. 19, 1863. General Rosecrans' Union army at Chickamauga, Ga., was routed by General Bragg's Confederates. Rosecrans fell back to Chattanooga. Bragg occupied Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain. Confederate troops then cut off the Union army from its supply base at Bridgeport, Ala., downstream on the Tennessee River. To aid the trapped Federals the government sent reinforcements to Chattanooga General Sherman with an army from Vicksburg and General Hooker with 15,000 men from Virginia. General Grant was put in supreme command. He immediately replaced Rosecrans with Gen. George H. Thomas. On October 27 and 28 Grant's command cleared the Tennessee River of Confederates west of Lookout Mountain. This reopened the road to Bridgeport. East of the city Union troops seized Orchard Knob on November 23. The next day Grant sent Hooker to attack Lookout Mountain. This seemed foolhardy because the mountain sides were steep and choked with vegetation. In addition, a thick fog had gathered, giving the conflict the name "battle above the clouds." Hooker attacked vigorously. He had about 9,000 men against a defending force of less than 2,000. By afternoon the lower slopes had been taken. Bragg then abandoned Lookout Mountain to meet a new threat on his right flank Sherman was attacking Gen. WilliamJ. Hardee at the north end of Missionary Ridge. Sherman was stopped and Hooker prevented from joining in the attack on Gen. John C. Breckinridge. By the afternoon of November 25 the Union offensive had stalled completely. To help Sherman's attack from the north, Grant ordered Thomas to capture a line of rifle pits at the western foot of the ridge. Thomas' men won their objective. Then, instead of halting as ordered, they continued the attack up to the top of the ridge. The surprised Union generals could only follow, and the equally surprised Confederates on the crest broke ranks and fled. Soon Bragg's entire army was in headlong flight to the south. This victory gave the North control of the railroads centered in Chattanooga. The South now had only one east-west route through Atlanta. During the seriesof battles the Union army, which consisted of some 56,000 men, suffered 5,815 casualties. The Confederates, with about 41,000 men, lost 6,687 killed, wounded, or missing.	Dudenhoeffer, Jacob (I294)
256	James and his sister Mary were left orphans at an early age and were raised by an uncle.	Watkins, James (I9018)
257	James and his sister Mary were left orphans at an early age and were raised by an uncle.	Watkins, Mary (I4270)
258	James enlisted in Cumberland, NC and applied for pension 10 Dec 1832 in Washington County, Georgia.	Gilmore, James (I7972)
259	James L. LAMASTER, a descendant of an honored pioneer family and one of the leading farmers of Nodaway county, was born January 30, 1843, in Morgan county, Kentucky. He was a son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (WYERMAN) LAMASTER, both of Kentucky when married.	Lamaster, James Luther (I2524)
260	James Leech was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and moved with his parents in 1778 to Rockbridge County, Virginia. There he married Isabelle Stelle, born Dec 10, 1782. He became a prosperous farmer, owning a large tract of land on North Buffalo Creek, Rockbridge County. One account says that John Leech, Sr. and his sister, Agnes (leech) Lackey were Natives of Armagh County, Ireland. ********************************************************* A copy of the Will of James Leech, Sr. is published in the Ochiltree Book, p320. ******************************************************* The record of the children of James and Isabelle Leech was taken from the old Family Bible of John Steele Leech of Rockbridge County, Virginia, copied on Nov 1, 1831 and recorded in the Ochiltree Book. *********************************************************	Leech, James (I5852)
261	January 1823 the three sons Johann Georg, Joseph Anton and Stephan bought out their three sisters Elisabeth, Anna Maria and Marianna with 400 Gl each. Johann Georg (m. Maria Blum) took over the Landsberg farm in 1840.	Stirnimann, Johann Georg (I916)
262	Johann Stirnimann-Stalder was the guild master of the Society for Safran or Fritschivater in 1882. So he must have been a very wealthy man known and respected in public. His great concern was a lung disease, against which the medical arts of the time werealmost powerless. Johann Stirnimann died after seeking a cure in Schwarzenberg in vain	Stirnimann, Johann Baptist Peter Paul Matthias (51352248)
263	Johannes was the oldest of Henry Simon and Maria Catherina Justen's thirteen children. Godparents at his baptism were Joanne Simon, Adolescente (mature young man) of Erden & Anna Gertrude Rodt, Virgine (maiden) of Loesenich. Johannes was married in Erden according to his son Henry's birth record. He and wife Katherina Roth immigrated in 1850 with the Simon family, and with their two young children, Susan age 1 and 1/2 years, and Henry, age 3 months. Johannes was naturalized with his father and brothers Mathias and Henry on November 29, 1850 in Spencer County, Indiana. John's occupation was a farmer according to the 1870 Spencer County census. He and Katherina had seven children; three died in infancy and are buried in St. Boniface Cemetery in Fulda. John Simon died in 1877 at the age of 67, and is buried in St. Boniface Cemetery, Fulda, Indiana, A-11-13. Of the 4 surviving children, little is known of Susan, the oldest. Sons Henry and John settled in Sedgwick County, Kansas in the late 1870's. Anne married and moved to Sedgwick County, Kansas between 1882 and 1884. John's widow, Katherina Simon is listed on the 1880 Spencer County census living in the home of her married daughter, Annie Simon Landwehr. Katherina is not buried in St. Boniface, Fulda; one might presume she moved to Kansas with daughter Annie and her family between 1882-84. Katherina Roth Simon died in February, 1895, at the age of 76.	Simon, Johannes (I2007)
264	John and Mildred's father died when John was 1.5 and his sister was 3 years old. Mary kept the children and was helped by friends and kinfolk. Wages were very poor, maybe a piece of bacon and a little corn meal.	Dodds, Mildred Ann (I6203)
265	John bishop, came from England, settled in New Jersey, came to Bedford Co., Pa, then removed with his family to Kentucky. John Bishop and his wife died in Kentucky. Their 3 children, Jacob, Amy and David, returned on foot to Bethel Township, Bedford Co., in 1803.	Bishop, John (I2260)
266	John I was the one among his brothers who handled the legal matters. The order of birth of the children of John Wierman and Mary Morrow is in random order. It was said William was the oldest.	Wireman, John I (I2726)
267	John Sheridan (Philip's father) was born in Ireland, probably Co. Cavan. He immigrated to Quebec, Canada in 1829 with Mary (Maigh) Sheridan (Philip's mother) and 2 children Patrick and Rosa. From Quebec, then to St. John's, New Brunswick, then to Portland, Maine, then to Albany, New York in 1830, then to Somerset, Ohio. John was a contractor on Maysville Turnpike and a railroad sub-contractor in Somerset, OH. He died in Ohio in 1875.	Sheridan, John Philip (I35)
268	John went from Washington/Tattnall counties, Georgia to Early County, Georgia before 1830. He had land in Early, Baker, and Dooley counties in Georgia, and in Henry County in Alabama. He was a planter. John was in Early County, Georgia as early as 1822where he was Justice of the Inferior Court. He was Judge of the County Court of Henry County, Alabama in 1831, 1832, and 1833. He and Holland had 10 children. [The Gilmore Family in Twiggs County, Georgia]. Lived in Wilkes County, Georgia, then Washington, Tatnall, and Early Counties, Georgia; moved to Henry County, Alabama from Georgia in the 1820s; Justice of Inferior Court in 1822 Early County, Georgia; administered Julius Martin's estate in 1828. [Gilmore Genealogy].	Gilmore, John Heard (I7886)
269	John Wierman II went to Carter Co., Tennessee by 1790, and moved to Floyd Co., Kentucky by 1818. John Wierman's family changed to using the spelling Wireman, after the move to Kentucky. The rest of the family in Pennsylvania continued to use Wierman	Wireman, John II (I2720)
270	John's dad, Green Berry Yarborough lived with him during the 1870 Census. John's wife marries William G. Holloway in 1877. John, his son, and his father are all missing, presummed dead, from the 1880 Census. Cy list his death date as 1881. Perhaps he is in the 1880 Census and I couldn't find it.	Yarborough, John M. (I6237)
271	Joseph Anton, the second son of Adam Stirnimann, was first a farmer on his father's farm and taught the children of the Ohmstal comprehensive school, probably during the winter months. The fellow citizens entrusted the able man with the office of poor carer and mayor. In 1840 Joseph Anton leased the Riedbruggmühle in Ettiswil with the associated farm (112 Juch. Land and 8 Juch. Forest). On June 9, 1842, he acquired the mill and property for Gl 49,000 (= CHF 65,333). In 1852 he bought the neighboring home Riedbrugg (2 years old) for 7,000 Gl. Joseph Anton had five children from his first wife, Anna Maria Frey, and fifteen children from his second wife, Maria Josepha Kneubühler. Most of the sons (listed on Plate V of the Chronicles) and daughters grew up and were distinguished by their ability in life and work. Three sons from Riedbrugg emigrated to America, two of them have disappeared there. Persecuted by misfortune and misfortune, Joseph Stirnimann had to sell one piece of land after another. In 1867 he sold the Riedbrugg property after moving to 42 Juch. hadshrunk, on 8.	Stirnimann, Joseph Anton (I917)
272	Joseph Lemasters, the second son of Richard Lemasters and Martha Dennis, was born around 1693 in Cahrles County, Maryland. Although his marriage records have been lost, most Lemasters genealogists agree that Joseph Lemaster's wife was Catherine Ward, a daughter of Thomas Ward of Charles County. Joseph's name appears on a list of grand jury members in Charles County in 1728. His absence in Charles County records after that date suggests strongly that Joseph may have died around 1730. Joseph and Catherine Ward Lemasters were the parents of two known sons, Thomas, mentioned in his Granthfather Ward's will, and Isaac, born about the time of his father's death.	Lemaster, Joseph (I2681)
273	Joseph Nemer immigrated to the US from Havre on the Ship "Gertrude", arriving in New York on May 20, 1852, at age 18. Family members included Anna Obermeyer (believed Anna Nemer, nee Kreil, his mother) with J. Kasper Obermeyer and 5 year old Xavier Francis Obermeyer. Joseph's siblings as listed on the ship manifest included Anna Nemer, 25; Franciska Nemer, 20; Georg Nemer, 14; Wallburga Nemer, 9; and Wolfgang Nemer, 8. Joseph was naturalized in Spencer County, Indiana on September 12, 1856. According to this document, he was a native of Byram (Bavaria) and owed allegiance to Ludwig. Joseph and Barbara were married in 1857, and had 7 children. The youngest, "Carrie" was killed in the Troy train wreck in 1891. Joseph is seen on the 1900 Federal Census of Spencer County living with his son, Joseph M. and family. He died in 1903 at the age of 70.	Nemer, Joseph (I311)
274	Joseph received the best bed with two suits, the best kessi, his chest and 1900 Gl. Joseph, over which the line of the Ohmstal branch leads, acquired the Sässhof "bei der Linden" on the highest elevation of the Ruswil mountain, which is today's Linde or Lindenhof of the Albisser family. At that time the farm comprised 90 Juch. Land and 5 pieces of forest in the Säliwald (information from a valid letter from 1744).	Stirnimann, Joseph (I910)
275	Judy chose not to take Uncle Sonny's last name when they married. She was a Major in the Air Force and was stationed in many places all over the world. She and Sonny lived in England for many years.	Skipworth, Judy (I3906)
276	Ken Spurrier's records have her middle name listed as Ann.	Newman, Pauline Elizabeth (I6258)
277	Known only from a tombstone in the Masonic Cemetery of Farmington (inside the town of Farmington, Missouri) that reads: Bessie / Infant of M. R. & N. L. Smith / Died / April 26, 1895.	Smith, Bessie (I3758)
278	Kubel is also seen spelled "Kubell" with the umlaut over the "u".	Kubel, Anna Margaretha (I3028)
279	Kunigunde Sinner survived her husband, who, as stated in the last newsletter, died between April 22nd and May 10th 1592 to at least twenty years. We encounter her name on April 14, 1603 in the minutes of the council of Willisau. The dispute in question had a credit balance, perhaps from a sale or an inheritance, as its subject. Kunigunde Sinner and her two sons Peter and Hans asserted their claims against a certain Loy (= Elogius) Hetschler, who represented his son in court, whose name is not mentioned. Hetschler lived in the Niederen Grund in Luthern, his first marriage was to Barbara Stirnimann, probably a sister of Heinrich Stirnimann. Hetschler is mentioned in the log of the Elogius Brotherhood of Luthern as their benefactor, he had donated 15 guilders to their red damask flags (5). Schultheiss and council decide that Kunigunde Sinner should take 50 guilders from Loy Hetschler each time on St. Matthias 1603, on St. Matthias 1604 and 1605, then the mother should take another 50 guilders, the rest belonged to Loy Hetschler (6). We hear one last time from Kunigunde Sinner when she and her son Peter donate the to the parish church in Sursee (7). We will come back to that again. We do not know when and where Kunigunde Sinner died and was buried. It can be assumed that her life ended in the house of her son Peter in the Lower Roth. Neither the death register of the parish Sursee, to which the courtyards in the Roth belonged at that time, nor that of the much closer parish church in Buttisholz mention her name.	Sinner, Kunigunde (I790)
280	Last address Willow Way, Farmington, Missouri. Was a lawyer and judge in Farmington.	Smith, William Taylor (I3875)
281	Last known address was 7508 Cromwell, Clayton, Missouri 63105.	Smith, William Scott (I3884)
282	Last Known ZIP: Ft. Worth, TX 76106. Polly, as a child, really liked Uncle Buck. He was helpful with Daddy Bill's farm and paid attention to the kids.	Cato, James Cunningham (I3847)
283	Leland and Helen moved away from home when their father remairied a 25 year old and went to live with their brother Joe.	Albert, Leland S. (I5890)
284	LETTER FROM DELLA (STERNEMAN) SIRCLE (1984): We were in Springfield (MO) in May, 1914 when I was born and he (her father) worked for the Forest Rangers. (I believe) it has to do with horses because I was told that at the age of two, I drank a bottle of horse medicine and they rushed me to a doctor in a horse and buggy. Joe was also born there and the age difference between Walter and Eddy was due to a miscarriage Mom had in that four years. She also had one between Eddy and Betty which makes 10 children instead of eight. Your father (Walter) must have been five or six years old when we moved from St. Louis, because I remember when we first moved we lived on 4th St. (Evansville) and we went to Wheeler school. Walter was in kindergarten and it took John, Margaret, and I toget him up the steps, he was kicking and fighting all the way. (In MO.) we lived in Webster Grove on Famous Ave., and in St. Louis on Manchester Ave. NOTES FROM ADELE (STERNEMAN) MOORE: Hans Caesar Stirnimann was born in Daro, Canton Tincino, a mountain area of southern Switzerland bordering Italy. His father, Jakob, owned a European wine franchise and spoke 11 languages. Until age 12 or 13 Hans traveled extensively with his father and spoke 5 languages. Jakob died in 1902. Hans disliked being overseen by his brother (Oscar), older by three years. His mother sent him to be tutored by uncles at a Catholic Benedictan monastery in Einseidetn, Zurich, Switzerland. Claiming the uncles hammered on him, he left the monastery after a few years to attend the University of Zurich - dates unknown - and apprenticed in landscaping with another uncle in or near Zurich. After a falling out he became a government postmaster in the Basel area where he met Adele Loew. Their son Hans Edward, was born shortly after their marriage (in Basel Feb 15, 1912), in Bolligen a few kilometers from Bern, March 6, 1912. The couple resided briefly in Ostermundigen, also in Canton Bern. Apparently because of religious differences between the families, they decided to emigrate to the U. S. They (Adele and Hans E.) left from Antwerp Belgium aboard the SS Lapland arriving in New York (Elis Is.) on July 8 1912. Hans' mother had given him a list of American relatives his father had previously financed, the purpose to collect these debts and establish a residence. The couple's residence is uncertain for the next two years. Hearsay places them in south Wisconsin, or the Chicago area. The second child, Margaret born April 28, 1913, has never located her birth certificate. By May 1914 the family had moved to Springfield, MO. where Hans worked for the Missouri Rangers. With 6 children, the family moved to Evansville, IN in 1924. John (Hans C.), worked in Evansville for Thornborgh Nursery. During the depression he worked for the WPA, landscaping Mesker's Park and Zoo and Burdette Park in Evansville. Later John worked for Crescent Nursery, buying interest in it and eventually owning his own business, Sterneman's Nursery, which opened on Weinbach Ave. and was later moved to Greenriver Rd. in Evansville. The family resided at 4400 Covert Ave. John's hobby was card playing and beer drinking and he died in 1949 at age 59 when he overturned his car.	Stirnimann, Hans Cäsar (John) (I7)
285	Letters from Mrs. Ralph J. Garrett refer to "Helen and Leland's brother Joe" that must refer to Leon Jr. This also means that the J in "Leon J" is probably Joseph.	Albert, Leon J. Jr. (I5796)
286	Likes to Dance. Holy Name of Jesus 1-8, FontBonne Hall Academy 9-12, K.C.H.C.S.N.	Ruth, Kathleen (14592763)
287	Lilly Creek is near Paradise Creek, Wilbarger Co., TX	Cato, Ida Bell (I3838)
288	Listed as "second wife of Henry Meade (Russell Co)" by Max Ervin.	Dickenson, Joannah (I4577)
289	Listed as E. E. in Mary's notes.	E., Elizabeth (I3802)
290	Listed as J. H. Wylie in Mary's notes.	Wylie, James Hugh (I3801)
291	Listed as Margaret (May) Susan Willie in WFT Tree #1463.	Wylie, Margaret Susan (I3791)
292	Listed as Mary A. Haydock in WFT Vol. 4, Tree #0448. Accompanied John Haydock, her husband, and Siles Wright, her father, when they came to the U. S. from England between 1970 and 1798, very likely 1797 and settled in the new East Jersey Colony founded by William Penn, in the town of Rahway, now in Middlesex County, New Jersey.	Wright, Mary (I4806)
293	Listed once (by mistake] as David Ewing in the Spurrier Clan document. Went to work for and live with others. -- moved away from the homeplace. In 1872 went off to Fort Wingate, NM. Tombstones located by Kenny Spurrier on July 6, 1999. Miller Cemetery is located one mile south of intersection of 453 and 93 on west side of road about 8 miles south of Smithland, Livingston Co., Kentucky.	Spurrier, David Evans (I4396)
294	Little research has been donne on this Richard Lemaster. This is the line Ralph Smith says is right. He said that Richard was in Prince Georges Co., MD as a child. By 1787, he was in Ohio Co., VA;, by 1790, in Bourbon Co., KY. Due to county formation,the location where he lived was probably in now Montgomery Co., KY. Richard and his son Isaac traveled together during their migration.	Lemaster, Richard (I2652)
295	Lived during the glorious reign of Elizabeth.	Hanks, Thomas II (I2574)
296	Lived in Henry VII Tudor's reign.	Hanks, George (I2581)
297	Lived in Louisville from 1843-45 with Sarah Jane Evans. In 1845, David Evans gave them 750 acres of land along Pond River. In 1846 he purchased 155 additional acres of Muddy Fork of Cypress Creek, where he settled down to preach and practice medicine. The Essex Pike Spurrier family (wife Sarah Jane Evans, and 4 children] lived with Sarah Jane's father, David Evans, and his family [wife Nancy Clarke Lockery, and her son John Lockery and his wife and their two sons] in a two-story frame house which facednorth overlooking a natural spring on what is now called the Black Lake Bottoms of Cypress Creek. @MI419@	Spurrier, Md Essex (I4188)
298	Lived in New Madrid, Missouri, at the time of the earthquake in 1811, and moved immediately following that catastrophe to Marshall County Kentucky where he married a Crenshawe. Their only child was Harriet Byron Conway. He divorced his wife when Harrietwas quite young and nothing else is known of him. He is said to have been of very small stature.	Conway (I4811)
299	Lived in the reign of Henry VIII, removed from Malmesbury in 1550 with his sister Ann and brother George to Stow-on-the-Wold, county of Gloucester, where he married and had three children.	Hanks, Thomas (I2578)
300	Lived under Charles I, moved to the hamlet of Donnington, in the parish of Stow-on the-Wold.	Hanks, Joseph (I2379)

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Isaac Lemaster married Catharine Ward, the wife of his deceased brother Joseph about May, 1730. They left Charles Co., MD, with brother-in-law Thomas Hays and his wife, in 1753 and went to what is now Frederick Co., MD and later in Washington Co., MD. Catharine died before 1763, when Isaac was then married to Mary --?--. Isaac went with sons Isaac and Jacob to Monongalia Co., VA (now WV) about 1770, and died shortly after.

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It is believed that the Dudenhoefer family owned a Hohenzollern castle in Germany.

FROM THE COMPTON'S ENCYCLOPEDIA:

HOHENZOLLERN DYNASTY. One of the most prominent ruling houses in the history of Europe, the Hohenzollern Dynasty played a major role in the history of Germany from the late Middle Ages until the end of World War I. The first known ancestor of the family was Burchard I, who was count of Zollern in the 11th century. By the third and fourth generations after Burchard, two branches of the family had formed. One, the Zollern-Hohenberg, became extinct by 1486. The other, originally the counts of Nuremberg, survived into the 20th century. The Nuremberg branch was further divided about 1200 into the Franconian and Swabian lines.

The Franconian branch moved into prominence when Frederick VI (1371-1440) was appointed elector of Brandenburg in 1415 as Frederick I. This territory in the northeastern lowlands of Germany was the nucleus on which the kingdom of Prussia was built. It wasin 1701 that Frederick III of Brandenburg was given the title "king in Prussia." The title was changed to "king of Prussia" in 1772, when Frederick the Great obtained it (see Frederick the Great). The Prussian kings retained their title as electors of Brandenburg until the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved by Napoleon I in 1806 (see Germany, "History"; Holy Roman Empire).

Subsequent rulers of Prussia were Frederick William II (ruled 1786-97), Frederick William III (ruled 1797-1840), Frederick William IV (ruled 1840-61), William I (ruled 1861-88), Frederick III (ruled 1888), and William II (ruled 1888-1918). During the reign of William I, Germany was united by the military might of Prussia, and the Franco-Prussian War was fought. Under William II (more commonly known as Kaiser Wilhelm II) Germany fought and lost World War I. William II abdicated in the last days of the war and went into exile in The Netherlands. This ended the German sovereignty of the Hohenzollerns. The Swabian branch of the family remained in power longer. Ferdinand became king of Romania in 1914, and his descendants ruled there until 1947.

Dudenhoeffer, Joannes Jacob (I89)

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It is not certain that this is the natural mother of the Nemer children. Casper and Anna Obermeyer came with the 6 younger Nemers from le Harve on the ship Gertrude to New York, which arrived 20 May 1852. It is speculated the father of the Nemer children died and Anna Nemer re-married to Casper Obermeyer. Casper and Anna also had a son, Xavier Francis Obermeier, who was age 5 in 1852.
Anna died in 1853. Her tombstone in St. Boniface's cemetery reads Anna Obermeier. Church records add, nee Kreil.
Casper Obermeier with Xavier F., his son, and Wolfgang Nemer lived on a farm in Harrison Township on the 1860 Spencer County Census.

Kreil, Anna (I309)

254

It is possible that he died in the Civil War.

Combs, Ephraim (I4397)

255

Jacob Dudenhoefer served in the 32nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry regiment (the German regiment) during the civil war under General Sherman. He was killed at Missionary Ridge in November, 1863.

THIRTY-SECOND INDIANA REGIMENT

"The Thirty-Second (or First German) Regiment was organized at Indianapolis, through the exertions of August Willich, (a distinguished officer of the German Revolution of 1848,) who was mustered in with the regiment as its Colonel on the 24th of August, 1861. In the later part of September it proceeded to Madison, Indiana, and from thence to Louisville, Kentucky. Early in October it marched to New Haven, Kentucky, where it remained in camp a short time and then moved to camp Nevin where it remained until the 9th of December. As part of General R. W. Johnsons brigade of McCooks division, the regiment moved forward to Munfordsville, and there encamped. The duty of picketing the south side of the Green river and protecting the working parties engaged in repairing the railroad bridge, was assigned to the Thirty-Second. While engaged in this duty on the 17th of December, four companies were attacked near Rowletts Station by Gen. Hindman, with a force of eleven hundred infantry, four pieces of artilleryand a battalion of Texas Rangers, under Col. Terry. One company advanced and drove back the attacking party until the infantry supports were discovered, when it fell back slowly, the enemys lines advancing upon it. Another company to the left was attacked at the same time, but more feebly. In the meantime the two other companies hastened up, and the remainder of the regiment crossed to the south side of the river on a bridge constructed the day before by the pontoniers of the Thirty-Second. Lieut. Col. Von Treba assuming the command, advanced this portion of the regiment on the run to the scene of the conflict, and soon joined the other companies. Forming the regiment in the line of battle, he advanced it steadily and drove the enemy back. The cavalry charged first the skirmish line and next the protecting companies, and again on the right wing. At this juncture the regiment formed a hollow square, upon which the Rangers threw themselves, to be driven back severely punished, losing their leader. An infantry charge was then made against the invincible square, which was also repulsed. After this the whole force of the enemy retired, leaving the regiment in possession of the field. The enemys loss was thirty-three killed and fifty wounded, while that of the regiment was ten killed, twenty-two wounded and eight missing. For its gallantry on this occasion the regiment was highly complemented in special orders by Gen. Buell and Gov. Morton, and the name Rowletts Station, directed to be placed on the regimental colors.

"In February, 1862, the regiment moved forward to Bowling Green, and thence to Nashville, where it rested for a brief period, and then marched to the field of Shiloh, where it participated in the battle on the 7th of April. In this engagement its loss was six killed, ninety-three wounded and four missing. In the siege of Corinth which followed, the regiment was engaged for many days, and had eight wounded. The Thirty-Second, after the evacuation of Corinth moved eastward with Buells army as far as Stevenson, Alabama, and then proceeded to Nashville, Tennessee. On the 17th of July, Col. Willich was appointed a Brigadier General, and soon after Lieut. Col. Henry Von Trebra was commissioned Colonel. In September the regiment marched with Buells army in its retreat to Louisville, and took part in the pursuit Bragg through Kentucky. Returning to Nashville in November, it went into camp for over a month, and then proceeded with the army toward Murfreesboro. On the 21st of December, 1862, and the 1st and 2nd of January, 1863, it was engaged in the battle of Stone River, losing twelve killed, forty wounded, and one hundred and fifteen missing. After this engagement the Thirty-Second remained at Murfreesboro until June, when it moved forward with Rosecrans army toward Chattanooga, engaging on the march, in a severe skirmish at Liberty Gap, on the 24th of June. On the 19th and 20th of September it participated in the battle of Chicamauga, losing twenty-one killed, seventy-eight wounded and seventeen missing. After the battle it fell back to Chattanooga, where it remained until the battle of Missionary Ridge was fought, on the 25th of November, in which it bore an honorable part."

The Thirty-Second then joined Shermans march to the sea, returned to Chattanooga, where it remained until the end of the war.

FROM COMPTON'S ENCYCLOPEDIA:

Battle of Chattanooga

The North won three of the most important battles of the Civil War in 1863. Two of these Union victories occurred in early July in Gettysburg, Pa., and, after a long siege, in Vicksburg, Miss. In the fall the third crucial engagement was staged in the area around Chattanooga, Tenn. (See also Gettysburg, Battle of.)

The campaign began on Sept. 19, 1863. General Rosecrans' Union army at Chickamauga, Ga., was routed by General Bragg's Confederates. Rosecrans fell back to Chattanooga. Bragg occupied Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain. Confederate troops then cut off the Union army from its supply base at Bridgeport, Ala., downstream on the Tennessee River.

To aid the trapped Federals the government sent reinforcements to Chattanooga General Sherman with an army from Vicksburg and General Hooker with 15,000 men from Virginia. General Grant was put in supreme command. He immediately replaced Rosecrans with Gen. George H. Thomas.

On October 27 and 28 Grant's command cleared the Tennessee River of Confederates west of Lookout Mountain. This reopened the road to Bridgeport. East of the city Union troops seized Orchard Knob on November 23. The next day Grant sent Hooker to attack Lookout Mountain. This seemed foolhardy because the mountain sides were steep and choked with vegetation. In addition, a thick fog had gathered, giving the conflict the name "battle above the clouds."

Hooker attacked vigorously. He had about 9,000 men against a defending force of less than 2,000. By afternoon the lower slopes had been taken. Bragg then abandoned Lookout Mountain to meet a new threat on his right flank Sherman was attacking Gen. WilliamJ. Hardee at the north end of Missionary Ridge.

Sherman was stopped and Hooker prevented from joining in the attack on Gen. John C. Breckinridge. By the afternoon of November 25 the Union offensive had stalled completely. To help Sherman's attack from the north, Grant ordered Thomas to capture a line of rifle pits at the western foot of the ridge. Thomas' men won their objective. Then, instead of halting as ordered, they continued the attack up to the top of the ridge. The surprised Union generals could only follow, and the equally surprised Confederates on the crest broke ranks and fled. Soon Bragg's entire army was in headlong flight to the south. This victory gave the North control of the railroads centered in Chattanooga. The South now had only one east-west route through Atlanta. During the seriesof battles the Union army, which consisted of some 56,000 men, suffered 5,815 casualties. The Confederates, with about 41,000 men, lost 6,687 killed, wounded, or missing.

Dudenhoeffer, Jacob (I294)

256

James and his sister Mary were left orphans at an early age and were raised by an uncle.

Watkins, James (I9018)

257

James and his sister Mary were left orphans at an early age and were raised by an uncle.

Watkins, Mary (I4270)

258

James enlisted in Cumberland, NC and applied for pension 10 Dec 1832 in Washington County, Georgia.

Gilmore, James (I7972)

259

James L. LAMASTER, a descendant of an honored pioneer family and one of the leading farmers of Nodaway county, was born January 30, 1843, in Morgan county, Kentucky. He was a son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (WYERMAN) LAMASTER, both of Kentucky when married.

Lamaster, James Luther (I2524)

260

James Leech was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and moved with his parents in 1778 to Rockbridge County, Virginia. There he married Isabelle Stelle, born Dec 10, 1782. He became a prosperous farmer, owning a large tract of land on North Buffalo Creek, Rockbridge County. One account says that John Leech, Sr. and his sister, Agnes (leech) Lackey were Natives of Armagh County, Ireland.
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A copy of the Will of James Leech, Sr. is published in the Ochiltree Book, p320.
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The record of the children of James and Isabelle Leech was taken from the old Family Bible of John Steele Leech of Rockbridge County, Virginia, copied on Nov 1, 1831 and recorded in the Ochiltree Book.
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Leech, James (I5852)

261

January 1823 the three sons Johann Georg, Joseph Anton and Stephan bought out their three sisters Elisabeth, Anna Maria and Marianna with 400 Gl each.

Johann Georg (m. Maria Blum) took over the Landsberg farm in 1840.

Stirnimann, Johann Georg (I916)

262

Johann Stirnimann-Stalder was the guild master of the Society for Safran or Fritschivater in 1882. So he must have been a very wealthy man known and respected in public. His great concern was a lung disease, against which the medical arts of the time werealmost powerless. Johann Stirnimann died after seeking a cure in Schwarzenberg in vain

Stirnimann, Johann Baptist Peter Paul Matthias (51352248)

263

Johannes was the oldest of Henry Simon and Maria Catherina Justen's thirteen children. Godparents at his baptism were Joanne Simon, Adolescente (mature young man) of Erden & Anna Gertrude Rodt, Virgine (maiden) of Loesenich.
Johannes was married in Erden according to his son Henry's birth record. He and wife Katherina Roth immigrated in 1850 with the Simon family, and with their two young children, Susan age 1 and 1/2 years, and Henry, age 3 months. Johannes was naturalized with his father and brothers Mathias and Henry on November 29, 1850 in Spencer County, Indiana.
John's occupation was a farmer according to the 1870 Spencer County census. He and Katherina had seven children; three died in infancy and are buried in St. Boniface Cemetery in Fulda.
John Simon died in 1877 at the age of 67, and is buried in St. Boniface Cemetery, Fulda, Indiana, A-11-13.
Of the 4 surviving children, little is known of Susan, the oldest. Sons Henry and John settled in Sedgwick County, Kansas in the late 1870's. Anne married and moved to Sedgwick County, Kansas between 1882 and 1884.
John's widow, Katherina Simon is listed on the 1880 Spencer County census living in the home of her married daughter, Annie Simon Landwehr. Katherina is not buried in St. Boniface, Fulda; one might presume she moved to Kansas with daughter Annie and her family between 1882-84.
Katherina Roth Simon died in February, 1895, at the age of 76.

Simon, Johannes (I2007)

264

John and Mildred's father died when John was 1.5 and his sister was 3 years old. Mary kept the children and was helped by friends and kinfolk. Wages were very poor, maybe a piece of bacon and a little corn meal.

Dodds, Mildred Ann (I6203)

265

John bishop, came from England, settled in New Jersey, came to Bedford Co., Pa, then removed with his family to Kentucky. John Bishop and his wife died in Kentucky. Their 3 children, Jacob, Amy and David, returned on foot to Bethel Township, Bedford Co., in 1803.

Bishop, John (I2260)

266

John I was the one among his brothers who handled the legal matters. The order of birth of the children of John Wierman and Mary Morrow is in random order. It was said William was the oldest.

Wireman, John I (I2726)

267

John Sheridan (Philip's father) was born in Ireland, probably Co. Cavan. He immigrated to Quebec, Canada in 1829 with Mary (Maigh) Sheridan (Philip's mother) and 2 children Patrick and Rosa. From Quebec, then to St. John's, New Brunswick, then to Portland, Maine, then to Albany, New York in 1830, then to Somerset, Ohio. John was a contractor on Maysville Turnpike and a railroad sub-contractor in Somerset, OH. He died in Ohio in 1875.

Sheridan, John Philip (I35)

268

John went from Washington/Tattnall counties, Georgia to Early County, Georgia before 1830. He had land in Early, Baker, and Dooley counties in Georgia, and in Henry County in Alabama. He was a planter. John was in Early County, Georgia as early as 1822where he was Justice of the Inferior Court. He was Judge of the County Court of Henry County, Alabama in 1831, 1832, and 1833. He and Holland had 10 children. [The Gilmore Family in Twiggs County, Georgia].

Lived in Wilkes County, Georgia, then Washington, Tatnall, and Early Counties, Georgia; moved to Henry County, Alabama from Georgia in the 1820s; Justice of Inferior Court in 1822 Early County, Georgia; administered Julius Martin's estate in 1828. [Gilmore Genealogy].

Gilmore, John Heard (I7886)

269

John Wierman II went to Carter Co., Tennessee by 1790, and moved to Floyd Co., Kentucky by 1818. John Wierman's family changed to using the spelling Wireman, after the move to Kentucky. The rest of the family in Pennsylvania continued to use Wierman

Wireman, John II (I2720)

270

John's dad, Green Berry Yarborough lived with him during the 1870 Census. John's wife marries William G. Holloway in 1877. John, his son, and his father are all missing, presummed dead, from the 1880 Census. Cy list his death date as 1881. Perhaps he is in the 1880 Census and I couldn't find it.

Yarborough, John M. (I6237)

271

Joseph Anton, the second son of Adam Stirnimann, was first a farmer on his father's farm and taught the children of the Ohmstal comprehensive school, probably during the winter months. The fellow citizens entrusted the able man with the office of poor carer and mayor. In 1840 Joseph Anton leased the Riedbruggmühle in Ettiswil with the associated farm (112 Juch. Land and 8 Juch. Forest). On June 9, 1842, he acquired the mill and property for Gl 49,000 (= CHF 65,333). In 1852 he bought the neighboring home Riedbrugg (2 years old) for 7,000 Gl. Joseph Anton had five children from his first wife, Anna Maria Frey, and fifteen children from his second wife, Maria Josepha Kneubühler. Most of the sons (listed on Plate V of the Chronicles) and daughters grew up and were distinguished by their ability in life and work.

Three sons from Riedbrugg emigrated to America, two of them have disappeared there. Persecuted by misfortune and misfortune, Joseph Stirnimann had to sell one piece of land after another. In 1867 he sold the Riedbrugg property after moving to 42 Juch. hadshrunk, on 8.

Stirnimann, Joseph Anton (I917)

272

Joseph Lemasters, the second son of Richard Lemasters and Martha Dennis, was born around 1693 in Cahrles County, Maryland. Although his marriage records have been lost, most Lemasters genealogists agree that Joseph Lemaster's wife was Catherine Ward, a daughter of Thomas Ward of Charles County.
Joseph's name appears on a list of grand jury members in Charles County in 1728. His absence in Charles County records after that date suggests strongly that Joseph may have died around 1730.
Joseph and Catherine Ward Lemasters were the parents of two known sons, Thomas, mentioned in his Granthfather Ward's will, and Isaac, born about the time of his father's death.

Lemaster, Joseph (I2681)

273

Joseph Nemer immigrated to the US from Havre on the Ship "Gertrude", arriving in New York on May 20, 1852, at age 18. Family members included Anna Obermeyer (believed Anna Nemer, nee Kreil, his mother) with J. Kasper Obermeyer and 5 year old Xavier Francis Obermeyer. Joseph's siblings as listed on the ship manifest included Anna Nemer, 25; Franciska Nemer, 20; Georg Nemer, 14; Wallburga Nemer, 9; and Wolfgang Nemer, 8.
Joseph was naturalized in Spencer County, Indiana on September 12, 1856. According to this document, he was a native of Byram (Bavaria) and owed allegiance to Ludwig.
Joseph and Barbara were married in 1857, and had 7 children. The youngest, "Carrie" was killed in the Troy train wreck in 1891.
Joseph is seen on the 1900 Federal Census of Spencer County living with his son, Joseph M. and family.
He died in 1903 at the age of 70.

Nemer, Joseph (I311)

274

Joseph received the best bed with two suits, the best kessi, his chest and 1900 Gl. Joseph, over which the line of the Ohmstal branch leads, acquired the Sässhof "bei der Linden" on the highest elevation of the Ruswil mountain, which is today's Linde or Lindenhof of the Albisser family. At that time the farm comprised 90 Juch. Land and 5 pieces of forest in the Säliwald (information from a valid letter from 1744).

Stirnimann, Joseph (I910)

275

Judy chose not to take Uncle Sonny's last name when they married.

She was a Major in the Air Force and was stationed in many places all over the world. She and Sonny lived in England for many years.

Skipworth, Judy (I3906)

276

Ken Spurrier's records have her middle name listed as Ann.

Newman, Pauline Elizabeth (I6258)

277

Known only from a tombstone in the Masonic Cemetery of Farmington (inside the town of Farmington, Missouri) that reads: Bessie / Infant of M. R. & N. L. Smith / Died / April 26, 1895.

Smith, Bessie (I3758)

278

Kubel is also seen spelled "Kubell" with the umlaut over the "u".

Kubel, Anna Margaretha (I3028)

279

Kunigunde Sinner survived her husband, who, as stated in the last newsletter, died between April 22nd and May 10th 1592 to at least twenty years. We encounter her name on April 14, 1603 in the minutes of the council of Willisau. The dispute in question had a credit balance, perhaps from a sale or an inheritance, as its subject. Kunigunde Sinner and her two sons Peter and Hans asserted their claims against a certain Loy (= Elogius) Hetschler, who represented his son in court, whose name is not mentioned. Hetschler lived in the Niederen Grund in Luthern, his first marriage was to Barbara Stirnimann, probably a sister of Heinrich Stirnimann. Hetschler is mentioned in the log of the Elogius Brotherhood of Luthern as their benefactor, he had donated 15 guilders to their red damask flags (5). Schultheiss and council decide that Kunigunde Sinner should take 50 guilders from Loy Hetschler each time on St. Matthias 1603, on St. Matthias 1604 and 1605, then the mother should take another 50 guilders, the rest belonged to Loy Hetschler (6). We hear one last time from Kunigunde Sinner when she and her son Peter donate the to the parish church in Sursee (7). We will come back to that again. We do not know when and where Kunigunde Sinner died and was buried. It can be assumed that her life ended in the house of her son Peter in the Lower Roth. Neither the death register of the parish Sursee, to which the courtyards in the Roth belonged at that time, nor that of the much closer parish church in Buttisholz mention her name.

Sinner, Kunigunde (I790)

280

Last address Willow Way, Farmington, Missouri.

Was a lawyer and judge in Farmington.

Smith, William Taylor (I3875)

281

Last known address was 7508 Cromwell, Clayton, Missouri 63105.

Smith, William Scott (I3884)

282

Last Known ZIP: Ft. Worth, TX 76106.

Polly, as a child, really liked Uncle Buck. He was helpful with Daddy Bill's farm and paid attention to the kids.

Cato, James Cunningham (I3847)

283

Leland and Helen moved away from home when their father remairied a 25 year old and went to live with their brother Joe.

Albert, Leland S. (I5890)

284

LETTER FROM DELLA (STERNEMAN) SIRCLE (1984):

We were in Springfield (MO) in May, 1914 when I was born and he (her father) worked for the Forest Rangers. (I believe) it has to do with horses because I was told that at the age of two, I drank a bottle of horse medicine and they rushed me to a doctor in a horse and buggy. Joe was also born there and the age difference between Walter and Eddy was due to a miscarriage Mom had in that four years. She also had one between Eddy and Betty which makes 10 children instead of eight.

Your father (Walter) must have been five or six years old when we moved from St. Louis, because I remember when we first moved we lived on 4th St. (Evansville) and we went to Wheeler school. Walter was in kindergarten and it took John, Margaret, and I toget him up the steps, he was kicking and fighting all the way. (In MO.) we lived in Webster Grove on Famous Ave., and in St. Louis on Manchester Ave.

NOTES FROM ADELE (STERNEMAN) MOORE:

Hans Caesar Stirnimann was born in Daro, Canton Tincino, a mountain area of southern Switzerland bordering Italy. His father, Jakob, owned a European wine franchise and spoke 11 languages. Until age 12 or 13 Hans traveled extensively with his father and spoke 5 languages. Jakob died in 1902. Hans disliked being overseen by his brother (Oscar), older by three years. His mother sent him to be tutored by uncles at a Catholic Benedictan monastery in Einseidetn, Zurich, Switzerland. Claiming the uncles hammered on him, he left the monastery after a few years to attend the University of Zurich - dates unknown - and apprenticed in landscaping with another uncle in or near Zurich.

After a falling out he became a government postmaster in the Basel area where he met Adele Loew. Their son Hans Edward, was born shortly after their marriage (in Basel Feb 15, 1912), in Bolligen a few kilometers from Bern, March 6, 1912. The couple resided briefly in Ostermundigen, also in Canton Bern. Apparently because of religious differences between the families, they decided to emigrate to the U. S. They (Adele and Hans E.) left from Antwerp Belgium aboard the SS Lapland arriving in New York (Elis Is.) on July 8 1912. Hans' mother had given him a list of American relatives his father had previously financed, the purpose to collect these debts and establish a residence.

The couple's residence is uncertain for the next two years. Hearsay places them in south Wisconsin, or the Chicago area. The second child, Margaret born April 28, 1913, has never located her birth certificate. By May 1914 the family had moved to Springfield, MO. where Hans worked for the Missouri Rangers.

With 6 children, the family moved to Evansville, IN in 1924. John (Hans C.), worked in Evansville for Thornborgh Nursery. During the depression he worked for the WPA, landscaping Mesker's Park and Zoo and Burdette Park in Evansville.

Later John worked for Crescent Nursery, buying interest in it and eventually owning his own business, Sterneman's Nursery, which opened on Weinbach Ave. and was later moved to Greenriver Rd. in Evansville. The family resided at 4400 Covert Ave.

John's hobby was card playing and beer drinking and he died in 1949 at age 59 when he overturned his car.

Stirnimann, Hans Cäsar (John) (I7)

285

Letters from Mrs. Ralph J. Garrett refer to "Helen and Leland's brother Joe" that must refer to Leon Jr.
This also means that the J in "Leon J" is probably Joseph.

Albert, Leon J. Jr. (I5796)

286

Likes to Dance. Holy Name of Jesus 1-8, FontBonne Hall Academy 9-12, K.C.H.C.S.N.

Ruth, Kathleen (14592763)

287

Lilly Creek is near Paradise Creek, Wilbarger Co., TX

Cato, Ida Bell (I3838)

288

Listed as "second wife of Henry Meade (Russell Co)" by Max Ervin.

Dickenson, Joannah (I4577)

289

Listed as E. E. in Mary's notes.

E., Elizabeth (I3802)

290

Listed as J. H. Wylie in Mary's notes.

Wylie, James Hugh (I3801)

291

Listed as Margaret (May) Susan Willie in WFT Tree #1463.

Wylie, Margaret Susan (I3791)

292

Listed as Mary A. Haydock in WFT Vol. 4, Tree #0448.

Accompanied John Haydock, her husband, and Siles Wright, her father, when they came to the U. S. from England between 1970 and 1798, very likely 1797 and settled in the new East Jersey Colony founded by William Penn, in the town of Rahway, now in Middlesex County, New Jersey.

Wright, Mary (I4806)

293

Listed once (by mistake] as David Ewing in the Spurrier Clan document.

Went to work for and live with others. -- moved away from the homeplace.

In 1872 went off to Fort Wingate, NM.

Tombstones located by Kenny Spurrier on July 6, 1999. Miller Cemetery is located one mile south of intersection of 453 and 93 on west side of road about 8 miles south of Smithland, Livingston Co., Kentucky.

Spurrier, David Evans (I4396)

294

Little research has been donne on this Richard Lemaster. This is the line Ralph Smith says is right. He said that Richard was in Prince Georges Co., MD as a child. By 1787, he was in Ohio Co., VA;, by 1790, in Bourbon Co., KY. Due to county formation,the location where he lived was probably in now Montgomery Co., KY. Richard and his son Isaac traveled together during their migration.

Lemaster, Richard (I2652)

295

Lived during the glorious reign of Elizabeth.

Hanks, Thomas II (I2574)

296

Lived in Henry VII Tudor's reign.

Hanks, George (I2581)

297

Lived in Louisville from 1843-45 with Sarah Jane Evans. In 1845, David Evans gave them 750 acres of land along Pond River. In 1846 he purchased 155 additional acres of Muddy Fork of Cypress Creek, where he settled down to preach and practice medicine.

The Essex Pike Spurrier family (wife Sarah Jane Evans, and 4 children] lived with Sarah Jane's father, David Evans, and his family [wife Nancy Clarke Lockery, and her son John Lockery and his wife and their two sons] in a two-story frame house which facednorth overlooking a natural spring on what is now called the Black Lake Bottoms of Cypress Creek.
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Spurrier, Md Essex (I4188)

298

Lived in New Madrid, Missouri, at the time of the earthquake in 1811, and moved immediately following that catastrophe to Marshall County Kentucky where he married a Crenshawe. Their only child was Harriet Byron Conway. He divorced his wife when Harrietwas quite young and nothing else is known of him. He is said to have been of very small stature.

Conway (I4811)

299

Lived in the reign of Henry VIII, removed from Malmesbury in 1550 with his sister Ann and brother George to Stow-on-the-Wold, county of Gloucester, where he married and had three children.

Hanks, Thomas (I2578)

300

Lived under Charles I, moved to the hamlet of Donnington, in the parish of Stow-on the-Wold.

Hanks, Joseph (I2379)

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