Winter, Stanley Thacher

Other Events:

• Education: in college
• Census: 1920, Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming, USA
• Census: 1930, Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming, USA
• Employed by: Apr 1940, Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA; the state government
• Military Service: 1940–1946, London, England

Notes:

Education:
According to the 1940 U.S. census, Stanley T. Winter completed 4 years of college.

Census:

     According to the 1920 U.S. enumeration, Stanley, age 14 and attending school, lived with his father, Charles E. Winter, his father's wife, Alice Winter, and his two brothers: Warren (age 13) and Franklin (age 7).

Census:

     According to the 1930 U.S. enumeration, Stanley T. Winter (age 25), attending school and an assistant geologist with an oil company, lived at 514 Milton Avenue with 11 other people: his father, Charles E. Winter (age 58), a lawyer; his father's wife, Alice R. Winter (age 42); his two brothers, Warren H. Winter (age 23) and Franklin C. Winter (age 17), both attending school; his father's sister-in-law, Suzanne D. Maltby (age 45), a stenographer in a law office; and six school teachers boarding in the home: Esther M. Wessel (age 30, born in Iowa); Gladys Jenkins (age 32, born in Missouri); Marie Lewis (age 21, born in Indiana); Ruth E. Froyin (age 27, born in Norway and immigrating to the USA in 1903); Larene M. Kipp (age 26, born in Wyoming); and, Esther Roe (age 27, born in Colorado).

Employed by:

     According to the 1940 U.S. census, Stanley T. Winter was engaged in "Machine Bookkeeping" at the "State Capitol" (government work). The census form recorded that in 1939, he had worked 40 weeks, earned $1,800, and did not have income from other sources. The form did not confirm that in 1939 he held the same job as in 1940.

Military Service:

     He served as an officer in the U.S. Army from 1 September 1940 to 29 April 1946. According to a descendant, "He was based in London and managed the oil/fuel transports in the European theater."

Buried:
Stanley and his wife were buried next to each other and share a memorial stone.

Stanley married Bahr, Zelda Frances. Zelda was born 9 Sep 1910, Nebraska, USA; died 24 Dec 1981, Lakewood, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA; was buried , Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming, USA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
The date and place of marriage are not known at this time.

Census (family):

     According to the 1940 U.S. enumeration, the household at 108 E. 20th [Street?] consisted of Stanley T. Winter, head of household, age 35; working at the state capitol in "Machine Bookkeeping"; Zelda F. Winter, wife, age 29, engaged in housework; and Norman S. Winter, a son, age 4, born in Idaho.

1. Winter, Norman S. was born Abt 1936, Idaho, USA; died Yes, date unknown.
2. Winter, Steven Allen died Yes, date unknown.

Other Events:

• Education: Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
• Baptism: 10 Oct 1870, Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa, USA
• Occupation: Between 1895 and 1948; a lawyer and judge

Notes:

Birth:
An alternate birth date of 13 September 1870 has also been reported.

Education:
He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1892.

Baptism:
The baptism of "Charles Edwin Winter" was recorded in the register of the German Methodist Episcopal Church at Muscatine, Iowa. The family was identified as living in Muscatine. "F. Arnsperger" was the pastor.

Occupation:

The following biographical sketch was published in 1918 in History of Wyoming.

          Judge Charles Edwin Winter.

     Judge Charles Edwin Winter is leaving the impress of his individuality upon the judicial history of the state by reason of his marked capability and his unfaltering devotion to duty. He is now serving on the bench of the sixth judicial district which comprises the three counties of Fremont, Natrona and Converse, and he makes his home in Casper.
     Iowa claims him as a native son, his birth having occurred in Muscatine, September 13, 1870, his parents being William and Wilhelmine (Fiegenbaum) Winter, both of whom were natives of Germany. They came to the United States in childhood, however, with their respective parents, who located in Missouri, where both Mr. and Mrs. Winter were reared. Their marriage was celebrated in that state and subsequently they removed to Chicago, where Mr. Winter became connected with the Methodist ministry. He afterward rode the circuit in Illinois and in Iowa in an early day. He was also a veteran of the Mexican war and throughout his entire life was actuated by a spirit of the utmost loyalty and devotion to his country. He died in Davenport in 1881 at the age of fifty-six years, his widow long surviving, her death occurring in Nebraska, March 16, 1917, when she had reached the age of eighty-three years.
     Judge Winter was reared under the parental roof, his home influences being such as led to the development of the highest standards that have guided him in all life's relations. After attending the public schools he became a student in the Iowa Wesleyan University at Mount Pleasant and also continued his studies in the Nebraska Wesleyan University at University Place, from which institution he was graduated with the class of 1892, winning the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. He then went to Omaha, where he entered upon the study of law, and was admitted to the bar in 1895. The following year he became clerk of the county court in Omaha and occupied that position for four years, or until 1900, when he entered upon the private practice of law. Two years later, or in 1902, he removed to the new copper mining camp forty-five miles from a railroad, known as Grand Encampment, in Carbon county, Wyoming. There he entered upon law practice, in which he continued until January, 1913, when he took up his abode in Casper. During the closing days of the state legislature in 1913 the sixth judicial district of Wyoming was created and Mr. Winter was appointed to the bench by Gov. Joseph M. Carey. In the election of 1914 he was chosen by popular suffrage for the office for a six years' term, so that he is the present incumbent. He ran as an independent candidate and the republican and democratic parties placed no candidate in the field, it being a generally conceded fact that Judge Winter was the right man for the place. He had won for himself very favorable criticism in his law practice for the careful and systematic methods which he followed. He displayed remarkable powers of concentration and application and his retentive memory often excited the surprise of his professional colleagues. As an orator he also stood high, especially in the discussion of legal matters before the courts, where his comprehensive knowledge of the law was manifest, while his application of legal principles demonstrated the wide range of his professional learning. All these things indicated him to be a logical candidate for the office of district judge and his record upon the bench is identical with his record as a man and lawyer, distinguished by the utmost fidelity to duty and by a masterful grasp of every problem presented for solution.
     On the 11th of June, 1896, Judge Winter was united in marriage to Miss Augusta P. Hutchinson, of Omaha, and to them were born three sons, Stanley T., Warren H. and Franklin C. The wife and mother passed away in Casper, April 29, 1913, and on the 25th of February, 1915, Judge Winter married Miss Alice R. Maltby, of Spokane, Washington.
     Since his college days Judge Winter has taken an active interest in politics as a supporter of the republican party and has done much campaign work, making public addresses on party issues in each campaign up to 1912, when on the progressive ticket he became a candidate for congress. Since taking his place upon the bench, however, he has not been an active party worker. He was an alternate delegate to the republican convention that first nominated Taft in Chicago in 1908. In all things he is actuated by a public-spirited devotion to the general good and he is widely known as the author of the state song of Wyoming, which was adopted and published in 1905. In 1907 he published a novel of Wyoming, under the title of "Grandon of Sierra,: which is now in its sixth edition. He published his second story of Wyoming in July, 1917, under the title of "Ben Warman."
     Judge Winter is a prominent Mason, belonging to Casper Lodge, No. 15, F. & A. M., while in the Cheyenne Consistory he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. He is also connected with the Korein Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.
     In presenting the history of Judge Winter to our readers we record the life activities of one who is acknowledged to be a foremost and honored resident of the state. Gifted by nature with keen mentality, he has won for himself a notable position in judicial and literary circles. His decisions on the bench indicate strong mentality, careful analysis, a thorough knowledge of the law and an unbiased judgment. In the discharge of his multitudinous delicate duties he has shown himself to be a man of well rounded character, finely balanced in mind and of splendid attainments.

The following entry was published in 2005 in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005.

     WINTER, Charles Edwin, a Representative from Wyoming; born in Muscatine, Iowa, September 13, 1870; attended the public schools and Iowa Wesleyan University at Mount Pleasant; was graduated from the Nebraska Wesleyan University at Lincoln in 1892; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1895 and commenced practice in Omaha, Nebr.; moved to Encampment, Carbon County, Wyo., in 1902 and to Casper, Natrona County, Wyo., in 1903; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1908; judge of the sixth judicial district of Wyoming 1913-1919; resigned from the bench and resumed the practice of law at Casper, Wyo.; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth, and Seventieth Congresses (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1929); was not a candidate for renomination in 1928, but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate; attorney general of Puerto Rico in 1932 and 1933, and served as Acting Governor; resumed the practice of law; died in Casper, Wyo., April 22, 1948; interment in Highland Cemetery.

Charles married Hutchinson, Augusta Pittman 11 Jun 1896, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA. Augusta (daughter of Hutchinson, Thomas Web and Thacher, Olive) was born 9 Mar 1870, South Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; died 29 Apr 1913, Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming, USA; was buried , Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 7 Jun 1896

Notes:

Buried:
Augusta was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery.

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."

Thomas married Thacher, Olive 6 Oct 1859, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA. Olive (daughter of Thacher, Lothrop Taylor and Nickerson, Thankful) was born 1831, South Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; died 4 May 1877, South Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; was buried , South Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet]

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

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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.

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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.

George married Webb, Sarah. Sarah died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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Married:
Details of the marriage are not known at this time.

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Birth:
He lived at Yarmouth and South Dennis, Massachusetts and was a master mariner.

Lothrop married Nickerson, Thankful 1809 OR 1812, South Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA. Thankful (daughter of Nickerson, Eleazer and Chase, Thankful) was born 1790 OR 1792, South Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; died 1886 OR 1888, South Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; was buried , South Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Married:
They had seven children, three sons and four daughters, all born at South Dennis, Massachusetts.