Winter, Mary Irene

Other Events:

• Residence: 1918, Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming, USA

Notes:

Residence:
In a biographical sketch of her father published in 1918, Mary Irene was identified as "a teacher of schools at Casper, Wyoming."

Other Events:

• Education: Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa, USA; in the high school
• Occupation: a physician
• Baptism: 16 Jan 1853, Muscatine County, Iowa, USA

Notes:

Birth:
The exact date of birth needs to be confirmed.

Education:

     Currently, the best summary of Frederick Winter's education was published in 1917 in the Historical Sketch and Alumni Record of Iowa Wesleyan College. Note that the institution was known as Iowa Wesleyan University when Frederick was in attendance. The name was changed to Iowa Wesleyan College in 1912. Frederick graduated from the high school at Muscatine, Iowa in 1869.

          Class of 1876

     234. Frederick William Winter, A.B. - Born September 28, Wapello. Prepared, Muscatine High School. Entered Iowa Wesleyan 1871. A.M. 1879. Philomathean [Literary Society]. Phi Delta Theta [fraternity; Iowa Alpha Chapter]. M.D. 1880, Iowa State University Medical School; valedictorian. Did post-graduate work, medical colleges, Chicago and Kansas City. Principal of High School Garner, Iowa, 1876-78. Member Wyman, Neb., School Board, 1890-96. Secretary Neb. State Home Medical Society, 1886-88. Physician.
     Married, Lida Bennett November 26, 1885, Wyman, Neb.,
     Children
          Ralph B., born May 31, 1887.
          Mae Irene, born October 10, 1889.
          Wilhelm Waldo, born May 8, 1892.
          Louis Emerson, born December 1, 1897.
          Elsa Amelia, born May 9, 1901.
     Residence, Wymore, Nebr.


Occupation:

     The following biographical sketch was published in 1904 in A Biographical and Genealogical History of Southeastern Nebraska.

          Dr. F. W. Winter

     Dr. F. W. Winter, who is engaged in practice in Adams, Gage county, Nebraska, is one of the best known physicians of the county, and has gained the utmost confidence of the people in his skill and reliability. He has shown himself conscientious and sympathetic in his work, and whether as a man or in a professional relation he is held in high esteem and is popular with all.
     Dr. Winter was born in Wapello, Iowa, in 1852, a member of one of the pioneer families of the state. His father, William Winter, was a native of Germany, and after his emigration to this country he enlisted in the army and served in the Mexican war. For his services he received a land warrant, and with this came to Iowa and took up land. He died at the age of fifty-six in Davenport, Iowa. His wife was Mina Filgenbaum [sic], who was born, reared and educated in Germany.
     Dr. Winter graduated from the high school in Muscatine, Iowa, and was a student in the Iowa Wesleyan College. He also taught school at Garner, Hancock county. He graduate from the medical department of Iowa College at Iowa City, Iowa, in the class of 1880.
     Dr. Winter was married in 1885 to Miss Lyda P. Bennett, who was born in New York state, a daughter of James Bennett, who died in Adams, Nebraska. Dr. and Mrs. Winter have five children: Ralph Bennett, May Irene, W. Waldo, Lewis Emerson, Elzie A. Dr. Winter is a strong Republican. He is a member of the State Medical Society, and of the Nebraska Valley Medical Society, and was secretary of the former for three years. He affiliates with the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Modern Woodmen and the Knights of Pythias, and Mrs. Winter is a member of the Eastern Star. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he holds the office of steward and takes an active part in church work.

     It should be pointed out that Dr. Winter's mother was Maria Wilhelmine Fiegenbaum (not Filgenbaum, as this sketch reports). It is true that she was born in the Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia in 1833, but she was not educated there. In 1834, she and her family emigrated to the USA and settled in eastern Missouri. She married Wilhelm Winter in 1850 at Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri; within the year the couple had removed to Louisa County, Iowa.

     The following biographical sketch was published in 1918 in the History of Gage County, Nebraska, by Hugh J. Dobbs.

     Frederick W. Winter, M.D., a representative physician at Wymore, was born September 28, 1852, and is the son of William and Wilhelmina (Fiegenbaum) Winter. William Winter was born at Lippe-Detmold, Germany, July 31, 1825, and came to the United States in 1842. His wife was born in Germany, July 27, 1833, and died March 19, 1917. After coming to America both families settled in Warren county, Missouri, where William Winter and Wilhelmina Fiegenbaum met for the first time; shortly after their marriage they moved to Iowa.
     William Winter was a soldier in the war with Mexico and was given government land in Iowa in consideration of his services. In 1857 he was ordained a minister of the German Methodist church, his first charge being at Rock Island, Illinois, and his last charge was at Davenport, Iowa, where he died February 21, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Winter became the parents of nine children, of whom Dr. Frederick W. is the eldest. Adolph Fiegenbaum, father of Mrs. William Winter, was born in Germany, December 17, 1792, and came to the United States in 1833, settling in Missouri. Later he removed to Garner, Iowa, and there his death occurred January 7, 1877. His wife, Christina Wilhelmina, was born in Germany, in 1796, and died in Iowa, January 17, 1871.
     Dr. Frederick W. Winter was educated at Muscatine, Iowa, where he was graduated in the high school as a member of the class of 1866. He was at one time superintendent of schools at Garner, Iowa, a position he retained two years. He studied medicine in Iowa State Medical College and was graduated with the class of 1880. The same year he moved to Kansas and began the practice of medicine at Junction City, where he remained one year. In 1882 Dr. Winter came to Wymore, Nebraska, and here he has practiced his profession continuously from that year the present time.
     On October 26, 1885, Dr. Winter was united in marriage to Miss Lida P. Bennett, daughter of James Bennett, Jr. To this union were born five children, as follows, Ralph B., of Adams, this county; Mary Irene, a teacher of schools at Casper, Wyoming; Wilhelm Waldo, Elsie Amelia, at home; and Louis E., now in the United States army.
     James Bennett, Jr., father of Mrs. Winter, was born in New York state, November 26, 1840. He came to Wymore in 1882 and in 1884 was followed by his family. He was brick mason and brick manufacturer, and he followed this business after coming to Nebraska. He assisted in erecting some of the first brick buildings in the city of Wymore. Mr. Bennett married Miss Eliza Hollenbeck, who was born November 12, 1839. They were the parents of four children, two of whom are living, - Lydia, wife of Dr. Winter, of this review, and Frances B. Horham, a widow, living in Lincoln, Nebraska. Mr. Bennett died in May, 1897.
     Dr. Winter is a Republican and he was for six years a member of the Wymore school board. He is a member of the Methodist church, is a Mason and belongs to several fraternal insurance societies. He is also a member of the Nebraska State Homeopathic Medical Society and the American Institute of Homeopathy. Dr. Winter has always enjoyed a large practice and is held in very high esteem in the community in which he lives.

     Note that even within this single short account, the Dr. Winter's wife's name is spelled Lida and Lydia. It sometimes also appears as Lyda. A definitive spelling has not been found yet.


Baptism:
The baptism of "Friederick Wilhelm Winter" was recorded in the register of the German Methodist Episcopal Church at Muscatine, Iowa. Apparently the date of 16 January 1853 was recorded in the original register as the date of birth, but this contradicts the date reported in some secondary sources. Needless to say the exact dates of both the birth and baptism need to be confirmed by additional research. Also the question raised by a birth near Wapello, in Louisa County and a baptism at or near Muscatine, in Muscatine County, needs to be answered.

Frederick married Bennett, Lida P. 26 Nov 1885, Nebraska, USA. Lida (daughter of Bennett, James and Hollenbeck, Elizabeth) was born 1866, New York, USA; died 1946, Adams, Gage County, Nebraska, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Moved To: 1884, Wymore, Gage County, Nebraska, USA

Notes:

Birth:

     Lida was one of four children born to James Bennett, Jr. and Elizabeth Hollenbeck. In documents, her given name has been spelled Lydia, and also Lyda. Of the four children, only Lida and her sister, Frances, were still living in 1918.

Notes:

Married:
The month of marriage has also been reported as October.

Other Events:

• Immigration: Between 1842 and 1844, USA
• Military Service: Between 1846 and 1848, Mexico
• Moved To: 1852, Louisa County, Iowa, USA
• Occupation: Between 1857 and 1882; a minister in the German Methodist Church

Notes:

Immigration:
Sources disagree on the date of Wilhelm Winter's emigration from Germany - either 1842 or 1844. According to a family history compiled by his son, it was Wilhelm's widowed father, Frederick, who immigrated in 1842 to Iowa. Wilhelm and four of his siblings, except his eldest brother, immigrated in April 1844, settling at first in Warren County, Missouri.

Military Service:
During what is known in American history as the Mexican War (1846-1847), William Winter served as a private in Captain G. deKorponay's Company B, Third Regiment, Missouri Mounted Volunteers. He enlisted and was mustered into service on 21 May 1847 at St. Louis, Missouri and was honorably discharged on 13 October 1848 at Independence, Missouri.

Moved To:
Wilhelm moved from Warren County, Missouri to Iowa in 1852 and "became one of the pioneer settlers of Louisa County, where he had been granted a tract of government land in recognition of his services in the Mexican war."

Occupation:
His first charge was at Rock Island, Illinois. His last was at Davenport, Iowa.

Died:

The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Rev. William Winter. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared on 24 February 1882 in the Muscatine Weekly Journal, of Muscatine, Iowa.

     The Rev. William Winter, whose funeral took place from the German Methodist Church yesterday, was born in Humfeldt, Lippe Detmold, Hanover 31 July 1825, and had been in the ministry of the German M. E. Church for twenty-five years, beginning at Rock Island, Illinois in 1857. He was stationed for some time in Muscatine; for the last 18 months in Davenport. He leaves a wife and nine children. A large party of mourners and friends accompanied the remains to this city today and the funeral was largely attended.

Wilhelm married Fiegenbaum, Maria Wilhelmine 18 Feb 1850, Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri, USA. Maria (daughter of Fiegenbaum, Adolph Heinrich and Peterjohann, Christine Elisabeth) was born 27 Jul 1833, Lengerich, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia; died 16 Mar 1917, Wymore, Gage County, Nebraska, USA; was buried 17 Mar 1917, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 9 Aug 1833, Lengerich, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia
• Immigration: 1834, Missouri, USA
• Census: 1840, Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA
• Census: 1840, Femme Osage Township, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA
• Census: Jul 1860, Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa, USA
• Residence: Sep 1899, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
• Residence: Nov 1906, Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, USA

Notes:

Birth:
She was born in Bauerschaft Hohne, a "township" of Lengerich.

Baptism:
Marie Wilhelmine was baptized in the evangelical church at Lengerich.

Immigration:

     Maria Wilhelmine was less than 1 year old when she emigrated from the Hohne section of Lengerich, in the Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia with her father, Adolph (age about 40), her mother, Christine (age about 37), and four brothers and sisters (ages 13 to about 4 years). In a autobiographical sketch she wrote when she was 71 years old, Wilhelmine remarked, "The voyage lasted fourteen weeks. I was the smallest of all the passengers, and was so ill that the travelling-companions frequently said to my apprehensive mother that she should not give herself so much trouble with the little thing for that was destined for the fishes."
     The family is reported to have disembarked at New Orleans, Louisiana in late June 1834 and to have traveled up the Mississippi, arriving at St. Louis, Missouri about 3 or 4 July. They appear to have settled initially in Femme Osage Township, St. Charles County, Missouri and moved a few years later to nearby Hopewell, in Warren County, Missouri. Around 1850, Wilhelmine's parents and at least two brother still living at home settled near Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa. Wilhelmine and her husband may also have moved to Louisa County about the same time, for that is where they were living at the time of the 1860 U.S. census.

Census:
The 1840 U.S. census enumerated eight people living in the "Rudolph Feigenbaum" household in Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri.

Census:
The 1840 U.S. census enumerated eight people living in the "A. Frigenbottom" household in Femme Osage Township, St. Charles County, Missouri.

Residence:
An account of the 50th wedding anniversary of "Rev. and Mrs. William Fiegenbaum," celebrated on 27 September 1899 at Edwardsville, Illinois, noted that one of William's two sisters was "...Minna Winter of Omaha, Nebraska...."

Residence:
According to an obituary for her brother, "Rev. William Fiegenbaum," published on 30 November 1906 in the Edwardsville Intelligencer, of Edwardsville, Illinois, the deceased was survived by his sister, "...Mrs. Winters of Oskaloosa, Iowa."

Buried:
Wilhelmine was buried in the Wyuka Cemetery at Lincoln.

Died:

The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mrs. Wilhelmina Winter. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the article had appeared on 17 March 1917 in the Beatrice Daily Sun, of Wymore, Nebraska.

     Mrs. Wilhelmina Winter, a pioneer resident of Wymore, died at the home of her son, Dr. F. W. Winter, at Wymore Friday evening after a brief illness, the cause of death being pneumonia. The deceased was about eighty years of age. She was one of the charter members of the Wymore Methodist Church. She leaves a number of children. The remains were taken to Lincoln today, where interment will be made in the Wyuka Cemetery."

Other Events:

• Moved To: 1882, Wymore, Gage County, Nebraska, USA

Notes:

Occupation:
James Bennett, Jr. was a brick mason and brick manufacturer and was involved with the construction of some of the first brick buildings in Wymore, Nebraska.

James married Hollenbeck, Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born 12 Nov 1839; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Moved To: 1884, Wymore, Gage County, Nebraska, USA

Notes:

Married:
Details of the marriage are not known at this time. James and Eliza were the parents of four children (two of whom died before 1918).

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1842, USA
• Census: 1850, Warren County, Missouri, USA
• Census (state): 1856, Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa, USA

Notes:

Birth:
It is an assumption that Frederick was born in the Principality of Lippe; this needs to be confirmed.

Immigration:
A Winter family history states that Frederick came alone to the USA in June 1842, settled in Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa, and in the same year married his second wife, Wilhelmine.
     There is, however, some indication that events may have transpired differently. A Frederick and Wilhelmine Winter appear on the passenger manifest of the ship Clementine, which departed Bremen and arrived in Baltimore on 3 October 1842.
     Census records seem to indicate that Frederick and Wilhelmine lived for some time in Warren County, Missouri, where they started a family, and may not have moved to Iowa until about 1854.

Census:
According to the enumeration in the U.S. census of 1850, the household consisted of Fredrick Winter, age 63, a farmer, born in Germany; "Rena Winter," age 29, born in Germany; "Earnnst Winter," age 15, farmer, born in Germany; "Rena Winter," age 7, born in Missouri; Caroline Winter, age 6, born in Missouri; and, Eliza Winter, age 2, born in Missouri.

Census (state):
A state census of Iowa in 1856 found the Winter family living in Wapello Township, Louisa County. The enumerated household consisted of: Fred Winter, age 68, married, 2 years in the state, born in Germany, a farmer, in the militia, owns land; Wilhelmine Winter, age 33, married, 2 years in the state, born in Germany; Poline [sic] Winter, age 11, 2 years in the state, born in Missouri; and, Eliza Winter, age 8, 2 years in the state, born in Missouri.
     Also in the household were Otto Grodewohl, age 17, 2 years in the state, born on Ocean (in the 1860 federal census, his place of birth is recorded as the "Atlantic Ocean"); Lewis Grodewohl, age 15, male, 2 years in the state, born in Missouri; and, Wilhelmine Grodewohl, age 2, female, 2 years in the state, born in Missouri.
     Otto, at the age of 9, had been living with Caroline Winter, Frederick's daughter, and her one year old son, Henry Winter, in Warren County, Missouri during the 1850 U.S. census.

Frederick married Krügermeyer, Anna Katherina Elisabeth 1815, Principality of Lippe. Anna was born , Principality of Lippe; died Jan 1841, Principality of Lippe. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
It is an assumption that Anna was born in the Principality of Lippe; this needs to be confirmed. The date of her birth is not yet known.

Notes:

Married:
It is an assumption that the marriage took place in the Principality of Lippe, largely on the basis of the birth places of the children. This assumption needs to be confirmed. Frederick and Anna had a total of six children: 2 of them died in infancy; four sons and two daughters survived to adulthood.

Other Events:

• Baptism: 26 Dec 1793, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg
• Immigration: 1834, Missouri, USA
• Naturalization: 1838, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA
• Census: 1850, Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Adolph's date of birth in 1792 has been reported as both December 17 or 19.

Immigration:

     Adolph was about 40 years old when he emigrated from the Hohne section of Lengerich, in the Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia with his wife, Christine, age 37, and their first five children (ages 13 to less than 1 year). The family is reported to have disembarked at New Orleans, Louisiana in late June 1834 and to have traveled up the Mississippi, arriving at St. Louis, Missouri about 3 or 4 July. They appear to have settled initially in Femme Osage Township, St. Charles County, Missouri. They later moved to nearby Hopewell, in Warren County, Missouri. Around 1850, Adolph, Christine and at least two sons still living at home settled near Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa.

Naturalization:

On 2 April 1838 in St. Charles County Circuit Court, Adolph Fiegenbaum, age 44, a native of Prussia and a resident of St. Charles County, declared his intention to become a citizen of the USA.

     I Adolphus Fiegenbaum do declare that I am a native of Ladbergen, Kingdom of Prussia, that I am about forty [sic] four years old; that I emigrated from Ladbergen that I there owed allegiance to King William III King of Prussia, that I am a Carpenter by profession, and that I am married to Cristina Peterjohan, and that I have six children, that I landed in New Orleans in June 1834 and that I intend to settle in the State of Missouri. I further declare that it is my bona fide intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce and abjure forever, all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign Prince, Potentate, State and Sovereignty whatever, and particularly to William III of Prussia.
               [Adolph's signature]
     Subscribed and sworn to in open Court, this 2nd day of April A.D. 1838.


Census:
The 1850 U.S. Census found the Fiegenbaums living in Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa. According to the enumeration, the household was composed of Adolph, age 57, a farmer; Christine, age 54; Frederick, age 21, a day laborer; and, Rudolph, age 14.

Buried:
Adolph was buried in Concord Cemetery at Garner, Iowa.

Died:
Adolph died at the home of his son-in-law, H. F. Wellemeyer, in Garner, Iowa, where he had been living for about the last year of his life.

     The following obituary appeared in Der Christliche Apologete, on 29 January 1877.

     Am 11. Januar 1877, des Abends um 10 Uhr, starb, alt und lebenssatt, aber selig im Herrn, Vater Adolph Fiegenbaum. Vater F. wurde geboren am 17. December 1792 in Kirchspiel Ladbergen, Regierungs=Bezirk Münster, Königreich Preußen. In 1832 kam er nach Amerika und ließ sich in St. Charles County, Mo., nieder; von dort zog er nach Warren County, Mo., woselbst er mit seiner Gattin nebst drei seiner Kinder unter der Arbeit Br. Zwahlen's erweckt und nach dem unter der Arbeit des selig entschlafenen Br. F. Horstmann gründlich zu Gott bekehrt wurde, und schloß sich auch daselbst der Kirche seiner Wahl an, der er treu blieb bis an's Ende. Die übringen drei seiner Kinder wurden schon früher in St. Louis, Mo., zu Gott bekehrt. Immer war Vater F. opferwillig, nie machte er Einwendungen, als der Herr einen seiner Söhne nach dem andern in's Predigtamt rief. Endlich kam auch die Reihe an den jüngsten Sohn, auf den der alte Vater sich stützen wollte in seinen alten Tagen; auch er sollte nun das elterliche Haus verlassen. Der Vorstehende Aelteste meinte: Nein, das geht nicht, daß ich den alten Leuten auch noch den entreiße! Doch der Vater war willig, auch diesen noch zu geben. O, welche Opferwilligkeit, ihr Väter!
     In den letzen drei Jahren hatte Vater F. viel zu leiden, indem er sich durch einen Fall derart verletzte, daß er hülflos war und behegt und gepflegt werden mußte wie ein Kind, welches auch gewissenhaft und mit Liebe geschah. Er trug alles mit Geduld und ergeben in den Willen Gottes, wissend, daß dieser Zeit Leiden der Herrlichkeit nicht werth sei, die an ihm geoffenbart werden sollte. Er sehnte sich, daheim zu sein bei seinem Herrn. "Ja," sagte er, "ich möchte nun gerne heim gehen, dann ich habe schon lange darauf gewartet." "O ja," sagte er dann wieder, "ich gehe auch bald heim." Sein jüngster Sohn sagte mehrere Tage vor seinem Ende zu ihm: "Vater, du gehst nun bald über den Jordan." "O," sagte er, "durch den Jordan bin ich schon dindurch." Wenn die Schmerzen groß waren, rief er dem Herrn um Hülfe an. Er hat auch geholfen und alle Leiden ein Ende gemacht.
          Nun ist es überwunden,
          Nur durch des Lammes Blut,
          Das in den schwersten Stunden
          Die größten Thaten thut. Hallelujah!
     Ja, er hat nun übermunden, was wir noch zu überwinden haben. Er ist nun daheim bei siener Gattin, die ihm vor etwa 5 Jahren voran ging in einer lebendigen Hoffnung des ewigen Lebens. Er hinterläßt vier Söhne, die alle auf Zions Mauern stehen und schon manche Seele den Weg zum Himmel zeigten. Nebst dem hinterläßt er zwei Töchter, wovon eine die Gattin des Br. Winter, gegenwärtig Preidiger in Springfield, Ill., und die andere, hierselbst wohnend, die Gattin von Br. Wellemeyer ist, in dessen Hause er starb, und die ihn auch hegte und pflegte bis an den Tod. Alle schauen ihm nach im Glauben und in der lebendigen Hoffnung des ewigen Lebens. Mögen sie Alle wieder vereinigt werden als eine "volle Familei," wo sein Scheiden mehr ist. Welche Freude wird das sein, wenn all mit der blutgewaschenen Schaar einstimmen in das: "Heil sei dem, der auf dem Stuhl sitzt, unserm Gott, und dem Lamm! Amen. Lob und Ehre, und Weisheit, und Dank, und Preis, und Kraft, und Stärke sei unserm Gott von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit! Amen."
     Garner, Iowa.          C. W. Henke

An English translation might read thus:

     On 11 January 1877 at 10 o'clock in the evening, Father Adolph Fiegenbaum died, aged and finished with life, but blessed by the Lord. Father Fiegenbaum was born 17 December 1792 in the parish of Ladbergen, in the administrative district of Münster, Kingdom of Prussia. He came to America in 1832 and settled in St. Charles County, Mo.; from there he moved to Warren County, Mo., where he, with his wife and three of his children, was inspired by the work of Brother Zwahlen and thereafter was thoroughly converted to God by the mission of the blessed, departed Brother F. Horstmann, and embraced the church of his choice to which he was faithful for the rest of his life. The other three of his children had already turned to God in St. Louis, Mo. Father F. was always self-sacrificing and never objected when the Lord called one after another of his sons to the ministry. Eventually it became the turn of the youngest son, on whom the aged father wished to depend in his waning days; he, too, was to leave the parental home. The presiding elder objected: It is not right that I should take him away from the old folks! But the father was willing to surrender this son as well. Oh, what selfless devotion, your ancestors had!
     In the last three years, Father F. suffered much from a fall in which he injured himself in such a way that he was helpless, requiring protection and care as if he were a child, which was done conscientiously and with love. He met it all with forbearance and surrendered to God's will, knowing that the suffering of this time would not be worth the glory that would be revealed to him. He longed to be home with his Lord. "Yes," he said, "I wish to go home; I have waited for it for a long time." "Oh, yes," he repeated, "I am going home soon." Several days before the end, his youngest son said to him: "Father, you are soon going over Jordan." "Oh," he said, "the Jordan is already behind me." When the pain was great, he cried out to the Lord for comfort. He came to his aid and brought the suffering to an end.
          Now is it vanquished,
          Through the Blood of the Lamb alone,
          Which in the darkest hours
          Accomplishes the greatest deeds. Hallelujah!
     Yes, he has now conquered what we must still overcome. He is now at home with his wife who 5 years earlier preceded him into the expectation of eternal life. He left four sons, all of whom stand on Zion's walls and have already shown many souls the road to heaven. He also left behind two daughters, one of whom is the wife of Brother Winter, the current pastor in Springfield, Ill., and the other, living here, is the wife of Brother Wellemeyer, in whose house he died and who also protected and nurtured him until his death. Everyone looks to him in faith and the expectation of life everlasting. May they all be reunited as a "complete family," where his parting is. What joy there will be when everyone joins their voices with the blood-washed flock: "Hail to Him, who sits on the Throne, our God, and to the Lamb! Amen. Praise and glory, and psalms, and thanks, and praise, and strength, and power to our God, for ever and ever! Amen."
     Garner, Iowa.          C. W. Henke

     The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Adolph Heinrich Fiegenbaum which she reported had appeared on 18 January 1877 in the Hancock Signal, of Garner, Iowa.

Died: at the residence of H. F. Wellemeyer, Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, in the evening of 11 January 1877, and the evening of his life -- tired of this world but happy in the Lord, Father Adolph Fiegenbaum, aged 84 years and 26 days. Father Fiegenbaum was born in Perish Ladbergen, Circuit of Muenster, Prussia on 17 December 1792. In 1832 he came to America and settled in St. Charles County, Missouri, and from there moved to Warren County in the same state, where with his wife and three of his children he was truly converted, under the ministration of Rev. Frank Horstmann, and at the same time joined the M.E. Church, of which he was a member to the end of his life. The other three children were converted in St. Louis. In 1850 he moved from Missouri to Louisa County, Iowa, where he resided until about a year ago when he came to Hancock County, Iowa, with the family of Mr. H. F. Wellemeyer. During this last three years Father Fiegenbaum had to suffer a great deal, from injuries received in a fall, rendering him helpless, so that he had to be handled like a child. He bore all of this with great patience and gave himself up to the will of God, knowing that the sufferings of the present are not worthy to be compared with the Glory which shall be revealed hereafter. He had a desire to go home, for he often said, "I would like to go home now, for I have waited long," and then would repeat, "I shall go home." He has now gone to meet his wife who went some five years ago to that better land "where sin and sorrow are no more." His four sons are all living, and are in the ministry; Rev. H. R. Fiegenbaum, at present located here in Hancock County, is the youngest of the four. There are two daughters, one the wife of Rev. Winter, Pastor of a church at Springfield, Illinois; where the father, Professor F. W. Winter, is Principal of the Garner School, the other, the wife of H. F. Wellemeyer of this place, at whose house he died. All hope to meet him again where parting is no more. May they all be united in that world to come, as a full family, to praise the Lord forever. F. W. Henke, Pastor.

Adolph married Peterjohann, Christine Elisabeth 25 Oct 1820, Ladbergen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia. Christine (daughter of Peterjohann, Johann Hermann and Otterman, Anna Maria Elisabeth) was born Abt 1796, Lengerich, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia; died 17 Sep 1871, Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA; was buried 1871, Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1834, Missouri, USA
• Census: 1840, Femme Osage Township, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA
• Census: 1850, Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa, USA
• Census: 1870, Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa, USA
• Burial: 1877, Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA

Notes:

Birth:
According to other researchers and secondary sources, Christine's date of birth occurred in 1795, 1796 or 1797. The place of birth has been identified as either Ladbergen or Lengerich, in Westphalia, Prussia. Further research is required to resolve this matter.

Immigration:

     Christine was about 37 years old when she emigrated from the Hohne section of Lengerich, in the Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia with her husband, Adolph, about age 40, and their first five children (ages 13 to less than 1 year). Christine's sister, Maria, also made the trip with them. The family is reported to have disembarked at New Orleans, Louisiana in late June 1834 and to have traveled up the Mississippi, arriving at St. Louis, Missouri about 3 or 4 July. They appear to have settled initially in Femme Osage Township, St. Charles County, Missouri. They later moved to nearby Hopewell, in Warren County, Missouri. Around 1850, Adolph, Christine and at least two sons still living at home settled near Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa.

Census:
The 1840 U.S. Census enumerated 8 people living in the "A. Frigenbottom" household in Femme Osage Township, St. Charles County, Missouri.

Census:
The 1850 U.S. Census found the Fiegenbaums living in Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa. According to the enumeration, the household was composed of Adolph, age 57, a farmer; Christine, age 54; Frederick, age 21, a day laborer; and, Rudolph, age 14.

Census:
The 1870 U.S. Census recorded that Christine, age 73, keeping house, and Adolph Fiegenbaum, age 76, unemployed, were living in Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa.

Burial:
Upon her death in 1871, Christine was buried at Colesburg, Iowa. When Adolph, her husband, died in 1877 and was buried in Concord Cemetery at Garner, Iowa, Christine's body was moved to Concord Cemetery to lie beside his.

Died:
The month of her death has been reported as either January or September.

Notes:

Married:

     The record of Adolph and Christine's marriage in the archives of the evangelical church at Ladbergen identified Adolph as a Zimmermann (carpenter) living in the Wester Bauerschaft (district) of Ladbergen. After the marriage, Adolph and Christine lived in Lengerich, Christine's home town, where Adolph supplemented his skills as a carpenter by farming. Lieselotte Fiegenbaum, from her research on the family, has identified Adolph as a Heuerling or tenant farmer.
     Tenant farmers were low on the social scale in Ladbergen at the time. "They owned no land, and they lived in rented houses on larger farms. Every large or middle-sized farm in Ladbergen had one or more tenant houses (in German: Heuerhäuser) scattered over the farm. The highest number on any farm in Ladbergen was seven; two or three was common. Each tenant farm house had its own plot of 7 to 12 acres. The tenants rented the houses and plots for life. The tenant farmers were not the same as sharecroppers or rental farmers in the American sense. They had only a small plot to themselves, and they did not need to give any of the yield to the landowner. They were essentially renters of houses who paid for their dwellings with a small amount of cash and a specified number of days of labor. In the 19th century the tenants were typically relatives of the landowners, but this was decreasingly the case after the turn of the century."


Census (family):
The 1840 U.S. census enumerated eight people living in the "A. Frigenbottom" household in Femme Osage Township, St. Charles County, Missouri. The household consisted of: 5 males (2 at less than 5 years of age; 1 at 5 years to less than 10 years; 1 at 15 years to less than 20 years; 1 at 40 years to less than 50 years old) and 3 females (1 at less than 5 years of age; 1 at 10 years to less than 15 years; 1 at 40 to less than 50 years old).

Census (family):
The 1840 U.S. census enumerated eight people living in the "Rudolph Feigenbaum" household in Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri. The household consisted of: 5 males (1 at less than 5 years of age; 1 at 5 years to less than 10 years; 2 at 15 years to less than 20 years; 1 at 40 years to less than 50 years) and 3 females (1 at 5 years to less than 10 years of age; 1 at 10 years to less than 15 years; 1 at 40 years to less than 50 years).

Census (family):
According to the 1860 enumeration, the household consisted of "Adolph Feigenbaum," age 67, born in Germany, a farmer; "Christina Feigenbaum," age 63, born in Germany; "Rudolph Feigenbaum," age 23, born in Missouri, who was married within the year; and "Elisabeth Feigenbaum," age 23 or 26, born in Germany, who was married within the year. This last person was no doubt the former Elizabeth Ann Krümpel; she and Rudolph, youngest child of Adolph and Christine, had been married in January 1860.

Census (family):
According to the 1870 enumeration, the household consisted of Adolph Fiegenbaum, age 76, born in Prussia, unemployed, a U.S. citizen; and Christena [sic] Fiegenbaum, age 73, keeping house.