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  • Name Fiegenbaum, Heinrich Hermann 
    Born 15 Oct 1821  Lengerich, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] 
    • He was born in Bauerschaft Hohne, a "township" of Lengerich.
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1834  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18] 

    •      Heinrich was about 13 years old when he emigrated from the Hohne section of Lengerich, in the Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia with his father, Adolph (age about 40), his mother, Christine (age about 37), and four brothers and sisters (ages 10 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 and later moved to nearby Hopewell, in Warren County, Missouri. Around 1850, Heinrich's parents and two of his brothers still living at home settled near Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa. By then, however, Heinrich was married and already engaged in his career with the German Methodist Episcopal Church.
    Census 1840  Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [19] 
    • The 1840 U.S. census enumerated eight people living in the "Rudolph Feigenbaum" household in Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri.
    Census 1840  Femme Osage Township, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [20] 
    • The 1840 U.S. census enumerated eight people living in the "A. Frigenbottom" household in Femme Osage Township, St. Charles County, Missouri.
    Occupation Between 1848 and 1889  [21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27] 
    Minister in the German Methodist church 

    •      The following autobiographical sketch was published in 1856 in the Experience of German Methodist Preachers, compiled by Adam Miller.

           Experience of H. Fiegenbaum

           I was born on the 18th of October, in the year 1820, in Westphalia, kingdom of Prussia, Germany. In the year 1833 our family migrated to America, and about midsummer my parents with five children landed in New Orleans. This was the year when the cholera raged with such violence, and scores fell victims to it every day. A gracious Providence preserved our lives, and we took steamboat for St. Louis, which we reached in nine days. We did not remain long in the city, but moved to the country, and settled seventy-five miles west of St. Louis, in St. Charles county, Missouri. Here we were in an entire wilderness, on which account no one grieved more than my mother, as she had been converted in Germany, and was now deprived of Church privileges and Christian associations.
           Here we lived five years without a church or preacher. "Alas, children," said mother frequently, "we will all be heathens yet." We children found a manner of life according to our wishes. Hunting, fishing, and roaming through the forests, was our employment whenever we found a leisure hour from our labors; but with all this our heavenly Father watched over us. We had a pious mother. The Sabbath day was not forgotten; for every Sunday we had to read our Bibles, and she made explanations to us of difficult passages.
           I was sorry that we were deprived of schooling, but finally the time came when we were supplied with a preacher. He came from Germany as a missionary to North America. This man was an evangelical Lutheran, and in accordance with the wishes of my parents, I went to him for instruction in the doctrines of the Church, and was confirmed. During the time I was receiving instruction I was awakened, and a few weeks afterward was converted, and felt myself one of the happiest beings on earth. But being left to myself, and not properly understanding the nature of the blessing that I had experienced, nor knowing how to retain it, I fell into a state of indifference and hardness of heart, which continued for five years. Yet God restrained me from outbreaking sins; and as I had, in my confirmation, renewed my baptismal vows and was now recognized as a communicant, I was appointed to an office in the Church; and thus I lived and labored within her pale, a backslider and a benighted sinner, till I was finally waked up through the preaching of Father Swahlen, who was the first German Methodist preacher we had ever seen. He made application to preach in our church, and received permission to do so; but when we found that he was a Methodist the door of the church was closed against him by my colleagues, the trustees. But as he made an appointment and could not get into the church, he took his stand by an old tree in front of it, and preached to the people. His word was not lost upon us: he visited us in our houses, and had he not been a Methodist he would have been received as an angel of God.
           I left this neighborhood and went to St. Louis, where I fell into bad company, and made rapid progress in a course of sin. Yet I still went to Church, sometimes to one and then another, till finally I was told that my sister, who also was now living in the city, had joined the Methodists. Through her I became acquainted with brother L. S. Jacoby, and brother Casper Jost, under whose preaching I was again awakened and converted.
           It was a hard matter to get my consent to be a Methodist, and still harder for me to go the altar of prayer. I was afraid that if I were converted among the Methodists at the altar of prayer I should have to shout; however, when the Lord granted me peace I forgot all this, and my Savior was my all, and in all.
           In my early youth I frequently had strong desires to do something for the cause of God; especially at times when my mother talked to me about Jesus and heaven. But this missionary spirit died in me when I came to America. However, at my confirmation, this feeling - a desire to do something for the cause of God - was waked up anew in my heart, but I could see no way open for me to do any thing.
           When I was converted in St. Louis, the impression again was strong on my mind that I ought to preach; and as I thought over this matter I became very much alarmed, for I now saw the responsibilities resting upon a minister of the Gospel, and the infinite value of an immortal soul. Although the impression was strong on my mind, I felt disposed to shrink from the task. After hesitating some time, and seriously reflecting on this subject, when the providence of God opened the way for me, I started in this great work.
           In the fall of 1847 I was received into the Illinois conference, and from that day to this I have endeavored to publish the word of the Lord. I thank God that I ever found the Methodist Church, and that she received me. In this Church I hope to remain till the Lord shall call me home.

           As a circuit preacher (Reiseprediger), resident pastor and presiding elder in the German Methodist church, Heinrich served during his long and active career in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and Wisconsin.
           The following biographical sketch appeared in Souvenir der West Deutschen Konferenz der Bischöflichen Methodistenkirche in 1906.

           "Heinrich Fiegenbaum, many years the Nestor of the West German Conference, was born on 16 October 1821 in Ladbergen, Westphalia.  He came to America with his parents in 1834.  He worked on the land and then as a carter in St. Louis.  Here he became acquainted with Methodism and in 1845, after a vigorous struggle for repentance, he achieved sanctifying faith.  He immediately joined the church.  In 1847, he entered into holy matrimony with Katharina Kastenbudt, who over 50 years shared joy and sorrow with him.  He joined the Rock River Conference as a probationary member in 1848; the Southwest German Conference in 1864; and the West German Conference in 1879.  He stood for 41 uninterrupted years in the active ranks and served the following congregations:  Mascoutah, Ill., 1848 to 1850; Muscatine, Iowa, 1850-52; Galena, Ill.,1852-54; Iowa District 1854-1860; Burlington District 1860-64; Pekin, Ill. 1864-1867; Quincy, Ill., 1867-70; St. Joseph District 1870 to 1872; Oregon, Mo., 1872-1875; St. Joseph District 1875-79; Missouri District 1879-83; St. Joseph, Mo., 1883-86; Sedalia, Mo., 1886-89.  In 1889 he entered into retirement, but in the following 15 years he preached well over 500 times.  For 20 of his 41 years of active service he was a presiding elder and was in this office, as in his pastorates, very successful.  He was a born leader, a popular and forceful preacher.  Without the privilege of a higher education, but through diligent study, robust common sense, and a rare power of observation, he cultivated an extraordinary oratorical gift.  In a joyous assembly, he was in his element.  His later years brought various infirmities, but he never lost his confidence.  'With Jesus alone' was his motto in the last days.  And thus on 13 January 1905 he entered into his well earned rest.  His wife had preceded him by a few years.  He was survived by four daughters who follow in his faith."
    Census Aug 1850  Mascoutah, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [28] 
    • According to the 1850 enumeration, the household consisted of "H. H. Fiegenbaum," a 29 year old Methodist minister and "Catharine Fiegenbaum," age 26.
    Census May 1870  St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [29] 
    • According to the 1870 enumeration, the household consisted of Henry, age 50, a minister; Clara, age 47, at home; Mary, age 19, at home; Carri, age 17, at home; George, age 16, a clerk; Anna, age 13, at home; Minnie, age 11, at home; Legette, age 9, at home; Louis Deitch, age 26, a dry goods merchant; and Mike Connelly, age 22, a clerk.
    Census Jul 1870  Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [30] 
    • According to the 1870 enumeration, the household consisted of Henry, age 50, clergyman of the Methodist church, and a citizen of the USA; Clara, age 46, keeping house; Mary, age 20, blind; Carrie, age 17; George, age 15, in school; Anna, age 13, in school; Minnie, age 11, in school; and Lizzetta, age 8, in school.
    Census Jun 1880  St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [31] 
    • According to the 1880 enumeration, the household, living on 4th Street, in St. Joseph, consisted of Henry Fiegenbaum, age 60, married, minister; Clara, age 56, wife, married, keeping house; Mary, age 29, daughter, single,at home; George, age 25, son, single, doctor; Annie, age 23, daughter, single, at home; Minnie, age 20, daughter, single, at home; and Lizzette, age 18, daughter, single, at home.
    Residence Sep 1899  St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [32] 
    • 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 three brothers was "...Henry of St. Joseph, Missouri...."
    Census Jun 1900  St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [33] 
    • According to the 1900 enumeration, the household consisted of Henry Fiegenbaum, age 78, head of household, widower, a minister; Anna Fiegenbaum, age 49, daughter, single; Julia Fiegenbaum, age 43, daughter, single, a clerk; and Henry Fiegenbaum, age 32, nephew, single, a salesman; and Mary Fiegenbaum, age 48, daughter, single.
           This enumeration appears to have listed Anna Maria Fiegenbaum, born 3 September 1850, as two separate people: Anna, age 49, and Mary, age 48.
           The Henry Fiegenbaum identified in the census as a nephew is probably Heinrich Fiegenbaum (1868-1954), son of Heinrich Wilhelm and Louisa (Otto) Fiegenbaum.
    Residence 1902–1903  St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [34] 
    • In the Social Register of Saint Joseph, Missouri, published in 1903, "Rev. Henry Fiegenbaum" was listed as residing at 1123 N. Fifth. The family of one of his daughters, "Mr. and Mrs. John C. Steinmetz" and "Adolph H. Steinmetz" resided nearby at 1121 N. Fifth.
    Died 13 Jan 1905  St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [35, 36, 37, 38, 39] 

    •      The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Rev. Henry Fiegenbaum which she reported had appeared on 14 January 1905 in the St. Joseph Gazette, of St. Joseph, Missouri.

      "Rev. Henry Fiegenbaum, a pioneer German Methodist Minister circuit rider of the central west, died at 2:30 yesterday afternoon at the age of 83 years at his home Fifth and Auguate Streets. He was born in Ladbergen, Prussia, 16 October 1821. He came with his parents to America in 1832, landing at New Orleans. Coming up the Mississippi River from New Orleans, the family stopped in St. Charles County, Missouri, where he spent his early life in clearing ground and farming. He lived in St. Charles County for several years but finally went to St. Louis to seek employment. While in St. Louis he was invited to attend a German Methodist revival. He was converted at the meeting and soon entered the ministry, spending the next twenty years of his life as a circuit rider, commencing in the late 40's. His first circuit went out from St. Louis and through central Illinois, returning back to St. Louis. After about eleven years spent preaching as a circuit rider in Illinois, he turned his attention to the west. He was married to Miss Clara Kastenbudt 11 April 1847. She died 2 September 1897. He moved his family to St. Joseph in 1870 at the close of his ministry east of St. Louis. His family has lived in and near St. Joseph since that time. For about eleven years after coming to this part of the state he traveled all through Kansas, Nebraska, western Missouri and Iowa, and as far west as Denver, in the interest of the German Methodist Church. As a result of his work in the west, after coming to St. Joseph, both as a circuit rider and as an organizer, the German Methodist Church became a conference in itself, he being its father. Many times his trips would keep him away from his family for two or three months at a time. He traveled from place to place while preaching a circuit either on horseback or using a canoe and snow shoes. Frequently in the winter time he was taken from one place to the next German settlement in a sleigh. Although he answered requests for English services, he devoted his entire ministerial life to the German Church and in his organizing the conference in this part of the central west he had to find the German settlements during the early days when this part of the country was thinly inhabited. He retired from active service in 1889. After the German Methodist Church became a conference and St. Joseph a district, the Rev. Mr. Fiegenbaum was presiding elder, which position he served for about twenty years. Up to the last ten years of his life he was sturdy, active and always working. Even during his retired years he was always ready to serve his church and was frequently called upon to assist in revivals. He was the first of four brothers, who came to America, to die. The others are ministers. He has two sisters, who married ministers, who are living. They are: Rev. F. Fiegenbaum of Wathena, Kansas, Rev. William Fiegenbaum of Edwardsville, Illinois, Rev. Rudolph Fiegenbaum of Connell, Washington, Mrs. K. Wellemeyer of Warrenton, Missouri and Mrs. William Winter of Kansas City. His brother, Rev. F. Fiegenbaum and sisters were at his bedside when he died. The funeral will be held from the German Methodist Episcopal Church at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. Rev. G. Becker will have charge of the services. Burial will be at Ashland Cemetery. The Rev. Mr. Fiegenbaum's wife, Clara (Kastenbudt) died shortly after they celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Surviving children are Mrs. C. J. Steinmetz, Miss Mary and Miss Anna Fiegenbaum of St. Joseph and Mrs. Thomas Curry of Oregon, Missouri."

           The following is a transcription of what appears to be a reprint of an obituary for Rev. Henry Fiegenbaum that had been published on 20 January 1905 in the Holt County Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri. The Holt County Sentinel was published by Henry Fiegenbaum's son-in-law, Thomas Curry.

                His Life's Work

           "Death," wrote Faber, "is an unsurveyed land, an unarrayed science. Poetry draws near death to hover over it for a moment and withdraw in terror. History knows it only as a universal fact, philosophy finds it only among the mystery of being, the one great mystery of being not. But we all rejoice in the fact that the light of our Christ hath penetrated this dark shadow, by his promise of 'whoso findeth me findeth life.'"
           Rev. Henry Fiegenbaum, a pioneer German Methodist circuit rider of the central west and founder of the Western German M. E. conference, died at his home in St. Joseph, Mo., Friday morning, January 13, 1905, in the 84th year of his age. He was born in Ladbergen, Prussia, October 16, 1821, and came to America with his parents by the way of New Orleans, in 1832. The family came immediately to St. Charles county, Mo., where he spent his early life upon the farm. From here he went to St. Louis to seek employment, and while there he attended a German Methodist revival and was converted. At the same revival a Miss Clara Kastenbudt was converted and on April 11, 1847, she became the wife of Rev. Fiegenbaum.
           Shortly after his conversion he felt that he should enter the ministry, and at once began preparations to dedicate his life to the Master's cause, and in 1847 he was granted exhortor's license and the following year he was given the Okoe, Illinois, charge, until the annual meeting of conference, and his circuit afterward was extended and for several years he preached as a circuit rider in Illinois, Southern Wisconsin, Northern Iowa and Southern Minnesota, being in the Rock River conference and doing the pioneer work among the Germans in these various states. His home was in Galena, Ill., having charge of the Galena charge and for six years was presiding elder. During these eight years he traveled mostly by buggy and horseback, and was often in danger of his life from wild animals and Indians, which were plentiful in this sparsely settled country, but his zeal knew no limit, fearing neither weather, beasts or Indians, on he went, carrying the tidings of Salvation to his fellow-countrymen, who had come to America to build themselves homes in our land of liberty. From Galena he went to Wapello, Iowa, where he served as presiding elder for four years; then taking a three years' charge at Pekin, another three at Quincy brought him into the folds of the German conference, then known as the Southwest German conference. By this conference he was sent as presiding elder to the Missouri district, which extended over the western half of Missouri, all of Nebraska, all of Kansas and the west half of Iowa. After serving in this capacity two years, he took the charge at Oregon, Mo., where he worked successfully for three years, after which he again became presiding elder of the Missouri district, whose growth was so rapid as to form two large districts in themselves, and by the year 1878 he brought it before the Southwest conference at Warsaw, Illinois, Bishop Merrill, presiding. At that time there were but 37 ministers enrolled. Of these but ten are now in actual service, 12 are superannuated, and including Rev. Fiegenbaum, 11 have died. The conference included three presiding elders and 3,014 members. He lived to see the fruits of his early work extend until the conference to-day includes over 100 ministers, four presiding elders and 8,000 members. The original conference included the state of Iowa, but since has been transferred to St. Louis. The first session of the West conference was held in the old rock and brick church in St. Joseph, on the same site now occupied by the present German M. E. church. We here give Father Fiegenbaum's early fields of labor in his Savior's cause:
                 1848-50, Mascoutah, Ill.
                 1850-52, Muscatine, Iowa.
                 1852-60, Galena, Ill., P. E.
                 1860-64, Wapello, Iowa; P. E.
                 1894-67, Pekin, Ill.
                 1876-70, Quincy, Ill.
                 1870-72, St. Joseph, Mo.,; P. E.
                 1872-75, Oregon, Mo.
                 1875-83, Presiding Elder, St. Joseph.
                 1883-86, St. Joseph.
                 1886-89, Sedalia.
           While in Sedalia his health failed him and he retired from active ministerial work and returned to St. Joseph, where he had made his home since 1870, and where he lived up to the time of his death - thus giving 42 consecutive years of labor in the ministry. In his early day labors for the church, his circuits covered large territory, which would keep him away from his family for two and three months at a time, and would travel from place to place on horseback or using canoe or show shoes, and frequently in the winter season would be taken from one German settlement to another in a sleigh.
           He began his ministry when but 27 years of age, and during all these years he gave his life in extending the cause of Christ and building up the church; and though enfeebled from age and physical infirmities, he was ever ready to do what he could for his people. His ambition through life was service for the Master, and np [sic] to the last several years he was sturdy, active, earnest - always working - always busy. Even during his retired years he was frequently called upon to assist in revivals.
           It is a remarkable co-incident in the history of this family - there were four brothers and two sisters - the brothers were all ministers and the sisters married ministers. Father Fiegenbaum is the first of the list to be called home by Him who gave him being.
           The brothers and sisters are Rev. William Fiegenbaum, Edwardsville, Illinois, aged 80 years; Mrs. Katharine Wellemeyer, Warrenton, Missouri, aged 77 years; Rev. F. W. Fiegenbaum, Wathena, Kansas, aged 74 years; Mrs. Mina Winter, Kansas City, Missouri, aged 71 years; Rev. Rudolph Fiegenbaum, Connell, Washington, aged 68 years. The combined ages of the family that are left, aggregate 370 years, something very remarkabse [sic], surely, in one family. His brother, Frederick W., and the two sisters and his surviving children were at his bedside when he died.
           On April 11th, 1847, Rev. Fiegenbaum and Miss Clara Kastenbudt were united in marriage in the city of St. Louis, and on Sunday, April 11th, 1897, in their home in St. Joseph, they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. The wedding was solemnized in the German M. E. church in that city, immediately following the regular service. Their golden wedding anniversary came on Palm Sunday, and although having reached the golden stepping stone, and true to their early faith, wended their way to the house of God, they found the church a bower of palms. At the close of the regular service, Rev. Harmes, pastor in charge, called the bridal party forward and seating them before the altar, delivered a touching and fitting address to them. Mrs. Dorothea Lahrman and Dr. Heinz, of St. Joseph, the only living witnesses of the marriage in 1847, were present on the occasion of the golden anniversary. Mother Feigenbaum [sic] died September 2, 1897, only a few months following their golden wedding anniversary.
           The surviving children are Mrs. J. C. Steinmetz, Misses Mary and Anna Fiegenbaum, of St. Joseph, and Mrs. Tom Curry, of Oregon. There are also 12 grand-children and three great-grand-children.
           The funeral was held from the German M. E. church in St. Joseph, on Monday afternoon, January 16, 1905, the services being conducted by the pastor, Rev. G. Becker, the interment being at Ashland cemetery.
           "Well done, good and faithful servant; enter thou into the joy of the lord." -- Sentinel, Oregon, Mo., Jan. 20.
    Buried 16 Jan 1905  St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [40, 41] 
    • The funeral was held at the German Methodist Episcopal Church in St. Joseph, Missouri on Monday afternoon. The services were conducted by the pastor, Rev. G. Becker. Heinrich was buried at Ashland Cemetery.
    Person ID I249  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 7 May 2016 

    Father Fiegenbaum, Adolph Heinrich,   b. 19 Dec 1793, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 1877, Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Peterjohann, Christine Elisabeth,   b. Abt 1796, Lengerich, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Sep 1871, Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Married 25 Oct 1820  Ladbergen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location  [42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55] 

    •      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) 1840  Femme Osage Township, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [20] 
    • 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) 1840  Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [19] 
    • 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) 1860  Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [56] 
    • 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) 1870  Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [57] 
    • 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.
    Family ID F89  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Kastenbudt, Clara Catherine,   b. 9 Dec 1823, Osnabrück, Kingdom of Hannover Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Sep 1897, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 11 Apr 1847  St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68] 

    •      The following is a transcription of an article published in The Holt County Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri) on Friday, 16 April 1897.

                Half A Century.
                Rev. Henry Fiegenbaum and
                Wife Celebrate Their Golden
                Wedding in St. Joseph,
                Monday, April
                12, 1897.

                Were United in Marriage, April 11,
                1847 - Recipients of Many Hand-
                some Presents - Telegrams and
                Letters of Congratulations
                Received by the Score.

           This mile stone was reached by Rev. Henry and Mrs. Clara Fiegenbaum of St. Joseph, Mo., on last Sunday April 11th, 1897.
           Cards had been sent out, announcing the coming event with a reception on Monday, April 12, 1897, at their home, 1123 North 5th Street, St. Joseph, Mo.
           Sunday, April 11, 1847, found the bridal party in the house of God in St. Louis, Mo., and at the close of the sermon the minister, Rev. Casper Yost, called forward the young couple who wished to be joined in holy matrimony and then and there pronounced them husband and wife.

           [anniversary photo here]

           Last Sunday, April, 11, 1897, they had reached the Golden stepping stone, and true to their early faith, wended their way to the house of God. It being Palm Sunday, they found the church a bower of palms. At the close of the sermon, Rev. Charles Harmes, pastor in charge, called forward the bridal party, and seating them before the altar delivered a fitting address to them, and in connection read a poem written for the occasion [sic] by Rev. J. A. Reitz, of Junction City, Kansas, Mrs. Dorethia [sic] Lahrman, of St. Joseph, Mo., the only living guest and witness of the marriage in 1847, acting as one bride's maid and Mrs. Dorathea Balcke as the other bride's maid.
           After the wedding ceremony, the bridal party went to their home where a 5 o'clock dinner was served.
           Those present were Rev. F. Fiegenbaum and wife, of Oregon, Mo.; Dr. J. F. Heinz and wife, Dr. H. R. Riemer and wife, Rev. J. A. Mueller and wife, Rev. Chas. Harmes, Mrs. Rev. J. G. K[o?]st, Mrs. Rev. Geo. Schatz, Mrs. Rev. H. Lahrman and Mrs. Rev. F. Balcke, and Miss Eda Heinz, all of St. Joseph, Mo.; Tom Curry, wife, children, of Oregon, Mo.; J. C. Steinmetz and wife, Adolph, Clara, Nettie, Emma, Addie and George Steinmetz, Julia and May Neudorff, Misses Mary and Anna Fiegenbaum and Miss Lydia Gutknecht, of St. Joseph, Mo.
           As early as Thursday the letters of congratulations came rolling in, and by Wednesday, 100 letters and fifteen telegrams had been received. Donations from friends were numerous and expensive, and true to the Golden Standard of our country, the bridal couple received one dollar each for every year of connubial bliss. Rare coins, such as a $2½ gold piece, coined in 1847, and $1.00 gold pieces were found among the presents.
           It would be well to give a short sketch of the lives of this worthy couple.
           Henry Fiegenbaum was born in Ladbergen, Prussia, Oct. 16, 1820; came to America with his parents in 1832, by the way of New Orleans; thence up the Mississippi river to St. Charles county, Mo., and in 1845 to St. Louis, Mo.
           Mrs. Clara Fiegenbaum (nee) Kastenbudt, was born in Osnabruck, Hanover, Dec. 9, 1823, and came to America in 1844, first going to Cincinnatti [sic] and thence to St. Louis, where in 1846 she united with the German M. E. church, and it was then and there that these two hearts met and in the same church where each were converted and joined that the marriage ceremoney [sic] was performed, Sunday, April 11, 1847, that made them one for life - for better or for worse, and in looking back over the years, they cannot but say: Truly, the Lord has been good unto us.
           In 1847 Mr. Fiegenbaum received exhorter's license, and in 1848 was sent out to fill a charge at Okoe, Ill., until conference. He joined the Illinois conference and was sent on the Belleville circuit.
           1848 to 1850 they were stationed at Mascoutah, Ill.; 1850 to 1852, Muscatine, Iowa; 1852 to 1860 in Galena, Ill.; 1860 to 1864 in Wapello, Iowa, Presiding Elder; 1864-1867 in Pekin, Ill.; 1867 to 1870 in Quincy, Ill.; 1870 to 1872 in St. Joseph, Mo., Presiding Elder; 1872 to 1875 in Oregon, Mo.; 1875 to 1883 in St. Joseph, Mo., Presiding Elder; 1883 to 1886 in St. Joseph, Mo., as station minister; 1886 to 1889 in Sedalia, Mo., and finding his health failing him retired from active charge in the ministry and found a home in St. Joseph, Mo., from whence they celebrated their Golden wedding on last Sunday.
           "But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk and not faint," - has been verified in the lives of these servants of God, and that they may spend the remainder of their lives in sweet communion with that Master and friend in whom they have trusted all these years, and that they may have a glorious golden sunset with a golden sunrise in the better world, is the wish of their many friends, both far and near.
    Residence (family) Abt 1854–1864  Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [69, 70] 
    • From 1850-1852 (in Muscatine) and again from 1854-1864, Heinrich served Methodist congregations in Iowa.
    Children 
     1. Fiegenbaum, Edward Heinrich,   b. 22 Aug 1848, Mascoutah, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1850  (Age < 1 years)
     2. Fiegenbaum, Anna Maria,   b. 3 Sep 1850, Mascoutah, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jun 1937, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    +3. Fiegenbaum, Caroline Katherine,   b. 31 Oct 1852, Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1932, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +4. Fiegenbaum, George Adolph,   b. 1 Jan 1855, Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1896, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)
     5. Fiegenbaum, Anna Julia,   b. 28 May 1857, Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Sep 1942, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    +6. Fiegenbaum, Christina Wilhelmina,   b. 30 Aug 1859, Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 1929, Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    +7. Fiegenbaum, Lizette Clara,   b. 24 Mar 1862, Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Feb 1892, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years)
     8. Fiegenbaum, Franz N.,   b. 8 Nov 1865, Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1866, Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
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  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Lieselotte (Freese) Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research.
      Heinrich Hermann Fiegenbaum; born 15 October 1821 in Lengerich-Hohne.

    2. [S119] Harriet L. Fiegenbaum and Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller, Genealogical research.
      Heinrich Hermann Fiegenbaum; born 16 October 1821 in Ladbergen, Westphalia, Germany. Son of Adolph Henrich Fiegenbaum and Christine Elizabeth Peterjohann.

    3. [S11] Friedrich Müller, "Westfälische Auswanderer im 19. Jahrhundert - Auswanderung aus dem Regierungsbezirk Münster, 1. Teil, 1803-1850," Beiträge zur westfälischen Familienforschung, 22-24 (1964-1966), page 63; entry 117. Erlaubte Auswangerung [=authorized emigration].
      Adolph Heinrich Fiegenbaum, of Hohne "Kirchspiel" [=parish], Lengerich; Heuerling [=tenant farmer]. No date of birth provided in record. Accompanied by his wife, Christine Elisabeth Peterjohann. And accompanied by children: Herman Heinrich, born 15.10.1821 [=15 October 1821];....
           For the full entry from this source, see the notes for this person's immigration.

    4. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1850. NARA microfilm M432, roll 126, page 268 [A].
      Access through HeritageQuest in August 2004 and Ancestry.com in July 2006 & 2008.
           H. H. Fiegenbaum household, 1850 U.S. census, St. Clair County, Illinois, population schedule, Mascoutah, census page 3, enumerated 13 August 1850, dwelling 21, family 21, lines 2-3. H. H. Fiegenbaum; age 29; Methodist minister; born Germany.
           The reported age would yield a birth date of 1820-1821 by calculation.

    5. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 12, 16-21.
      Heinrich (Henry) Herman Fiegenbaum, child of Adolph Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Christine Elisabeth Peterjohann, was born on 16 October 1821 at Ladbergen, Westphalia, Germany.

    6. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1870. NARA microfilm M593, roll 762, pages 509 [A] & [B].
      Access through HeritageQuest in August 2004 and Ancestry.com in July 2006 & 2008.
           Henry Feegenbaum household, 1870 U.S. census, Buchanan County, Missouri, population schedule, St. Joseph, ward 3, census pages 15 & 16, enumerated 12 May 1870, dwelling 150, family 150, lines 34-40 & 1-3. Access through HeritageQuest August 2004.
           Feegenbaum [sic], Henry; age 50; male; white; Minister; no value of real or personal estate provided; born in Prussia; father of foreign birth; mother of foreign birth.
           See also an 1870 U.S. Census enumeration for this household living in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois.

    7. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1870. NARA microfilm M593, roll 187, page 451 [B] (image 148).
      Access through HeritageQuest and Ancestry.com in March 2004 and in July 2008.
           Henry Fiegenbaum household, 1870 U.S. census, Adams County, Illinois, population schedule, Quincy, Ward 2, census page 10, enumerated 28 July 1870, dwelling 58, family 69, lines 10-17.
           Fiegenbaum, Henry; age 50; male; white; Clergyman of Methodist ch.; value of real estate = $3500; born in Prussia; father foreign born; mother foreign born; male citzen of USA over 21 years.
           See also this family enumerated for the 1870 U.S. census at St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri.

    8. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880. NARA microfilm T9, roll 674, page 24D (image 0633).
      Access through HeritageQuest and Ancestry.com in July 2004 and Ancestry.com in July 2008.
           Henry Fiegenbaum household, 1880 U.S. census, Buchanan County, Missouri, population schedule, St. Joseph, Supervisor’s District 70, Enumeration District 50, census page 4, enumerated 1 June 1880, 4th Street, dwelling 35, family 36, lines 39-45.
           Fiegenbaum, Henry; white; male; age 60; married; minister; born in Prussia; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia.
           The reported age would yield a birth date of 1819-1820 by calculation.

    9. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900. NARA microfilm T623, roll 841, page 128A census sheet 14A.
      Access through HeritageQuest in July 2004 and Ancestry.com in July 2008.
           Henry Fiegenbaum household, 1900 U.S. census, Buchanan County, Missouri, population schedule, St. Joseph, Ward 3, Supervisor’s District 4, Enumeration District 51, census sheet 14 A, enumerated 7 June 1900, 1123 North 5th, dwelling 248, family 289, lines 14-18.
           Fiegenbaum, Henry; head; white; male; born October 1821; age 78; widowed; married for 50 years; born in Germany; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; immigrated to USA in 1832; in USA 68 years; is naturalized citizen; minister; 0 months unemployed; can read; can write; can speak English; owner of home, without mortgage.

    10. [S211] Article or notice, "Half A Century." The Holt County Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri). Friday, 16 April 1897; Page 4, Columns 3-4.
      Digital copy accessed through Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (The Library of Congress) at (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90061417/1897-04-16/ed-1/seq-4/) in November 2011.
           Article on the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Henry and Clara (Kastenbudt) Fiegenbaum celebrated at St. Joseph, Missouri.
           "Henry Fiegenbaum was born in Ladbergen, Prussia, Oct. 16, 1820...."

    11. [S55] Jane M. (Fiegenbaum) Padget, Genealogical research.
      Year of immigration - 1832. Photocopy of an obituary for Heinrich Fiegenbaum in the Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri), January 20, 1905.

    12. [S67] Emmaline (Begemann) Janke, Genealogical research.
      Year of immigration - 1834. Information from two documents. 1) Photocopy of a German obituary for Heinrich Fiegenbaum; pages 66-67 of what Emmaline identifies as the journal of the 27th (1905?) annual session of the West Deutsche Konferenz. 2) Photocopy of a German obituary for Heinrich Fiegenbaum; pages 236-237, headed "Souvenir der West Deutschen Koferenz. Biographische Skizzen der Prediger" from an unidentified book.

    13. [S4] Lieselotte (Freese) Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research.
      Adolf Heinrich and Christine Elisabeth (Peterjohann) Fiegenbaum and 5 children (Heinrich Hermann Fiegenbaum; Wilhelm Hermann Fiegenbaum; Christine Elisabeth Fiegenbaum; Friedrich Wilhelm Fiegenbaum; Maria Wilhelmine Fiegenbaum) emigrated from Lengerich-Hohne to the USA in 1834.

    14. [S26] Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, edited by P. William Filby and Mary K. Meyer (Detroit, Michigan: Gale Publishing Co., 1981- ), 1983 Supplement (1984); page 255 (Reliability: 2).
      Cites data published in Müller, Friedrich. "Westfälische Auswanderer in 19. Jahrhundert - Auswanderung aus dem Regierungsbezirk Münster, 1. Teil, 1803-1850." Beiträge zur westfälischen Familienforschung. 22-24 (1964-1966); page 63. "Adolph Heinr Fiegenbaum;" wife: "Christ E Peterjohann;" child: "Herm Heinr;" child: "Herm W;" child: "Christ Elis;" child: "Fr W;" child: "M Wilhelmine;" to America; 1834.

    15. [S11] Friedrich Müller, "Westfälische Auswanderer im 19. Jahrhundert - Auswanderung aus dem Regierungsbezirk Münster, 1. Teil, 1803-1850," Beiträge zur westfälischen Familienforschung, 22-24 (1964-1966), page 63; entry 117. Erlaubte Auswangerung [=authorized emigration].
      Adolph Heinrich Fiegenbaum, of Hohne "Kirchspiel" [=parish], Lengerich; Heuerling [=tenant farmer]. No date of birth provided in record. Accompanied by his wife, Christine Elisabeth Peterjohann. And accompanied by children: Herman Heinrich, born 15.10.1821 [=15 October 1821]; Herman Wilhelm, born 17.9.1824 [=17 September 1824]; Christine Elisabeth, born 25.10.1827 [=27 October 1827]; Friedrich Wilhelm, born 10.4.1830 [=10 April 1830]; Maria Wilhelmine, born 27.7.1833 [=27 July 1833]. Emigrated in 1834; to North America.

    16. [S104] Personal communication, from Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts on 4 December 2003 via email to J. Mark Fiegenbaum.
      A ZIP archive containing a digital image of a Declaration of Intention by Adolphus Fiegenbaum on 2 April 1838 in St. Charles County Circuit Court.
           "I Adolphus Fiegenbaum do declare that I am a native of Ladbergen, Kingdom of Prussia, that I am about fourty [sic] four years old; that I emigrated from Ladbergen...that I landed in New Orleans in June 1834 and that I intend to settle in the State of Missouri."

    17. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 29.
      A Statement of Life and Work of Friedrich Wilhelm Fiegenbaum, a Minister of the Gospel.
           "When I was four years old, we left the old country, set sail for New Orleans, North America. Nine weeks we were on the sea where we saw nothing but the blue sky and water and ship in which we lived at that time. The last part of June 1834 we landed in New Orleans. Then we went up the Mississippi River to St. Louis, Missouri which was then but a small town where we landed about third or fourth of July 1834. From there we traveled west by wagon and about sixty miles crossed the Missouri River at St. Charles, then west on the north side till we struck the line of Warren County, or near it, where we lived about seventeen years."

    18. [S211] Article or notice, "Half A Century." The Holt County Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri). Friday, 16 April 1897; Page 4, Columns 3-4.
      Digital copy accessed through Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (The Library of Congress) at (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90061417/1897-04-16/ed-1/seq-4/) in November 2011.
           Article on the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Henry and Clara (Kastenbudt) Fiegenbaum celebrated at St. Joseph, Missouri.
           "Henry Fiegenbaum...came to America with his parents in 1832, by the way of New Orleans; thence up the Mississippi river to St. Charles county, Mo."

    19. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1840 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm M704, roll 233, page 156. Missouri, Warren County, Charrette Township, census page 4; Rudolph Feigenbaum household [line 27]. Access through HeritageQuest in October 2004 and Ancestry.com in June 2005.
           The household consisted of: 5 males (1 at less than 5 years of age; 1 at 5 to less than 10 years; 2 at 15 to less than 20 years; 1 at 40 to less than 50 years) and 3 females (1 at 5 to less than 10 years of age; 1 at 10 to less than 15 years; 1 at 40 to less than 50 years).

    20. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1840 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm M704, roll 230, pages 24A & B. Missouri, St. Charles County, Femme Osage Township, census page 4; A. Frigenbottom household [line 17]. Access through HeritageQuest in October 2004 and Ancestry.com in July 2006.
           The household consisted of: 5 males (2 at less than 5 years of age; 1 at 5 to less than 10 years; 1 at 15 to less than 20 years; 1 at 40 to less than 50 years old) and 3 females (1 at less than 5 years of age; 1 at 10 to less than 15 years; 1 at 40 to less than 50 years old).

    21. [S67] Emmaline (Begemann) Janke, Genealogical research.
      Dates and locations. Information from two documents. 1) Photocopy of a German obituary for Heinrich Fiegenbaum; pages 66-67 of what Emmaline identifies as the journal of the 27th (1905?) annual session of the West Deutsche Konferenz. 2) Photocopy of a German obituary for Heinrich Fiegenbaum; pages 236-237, headed "Souvenir der West Deutschen Koferenz. Biographische Skizzen der Prediger" from an unidentified book.

    22. [S55] Jane M. (Fiegenbaum) Padget, Genealogical research.
      Full date. Town, state. Photocopy of an obituary for Heinrich Fiegenbaum in the Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri), January 20, 1905.

    23. [S187] Otto E. Kriege, Gustav Becker, Matthäus Herrmann and C. L. Körner, Souvenir der West Deutschen Konferenz der Bischöflichen Methodistenkirche ([place of publication not identified]: the Conference, 1906), pages 236-237.
      Biographical sketch of Henry Fiegenbaum. Translation by J. Mark Fiegenbaum.

    24. [S211] Article or notice, Western Christian Advocate; Wednesday, 22 December 1880.
      Volume 47, issue 51; page 408, column 4. Accessed in December 2009 through ProQuest: American Periodical Series. Document ID 808801912. ( http://proquest.com/ ).
           Notice of the marriage on 20 October 1880 of Dr. George A. Fiegenbaum and Miss Anna B. Bradrick at Mt Pleasant, Iowa. George A. Fiegenbaum was the son of "Rev. --- Fiegenbaum, presiding elder of St. Joseph District (German), Methodist Episcopal Church..."

    25. [S211] Article or notice, "Half A Century." The Holt County Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri). Friday, 16 April 1897; Page 4, Columns 3-4.
      Digital copy accessed through Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (The Library of Congress) at (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90061417/1897-04-16/ed-1/seq-4/) in November 2011.
           Article on the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Henry and Clara (Kastenbudt) Fiegenbaum celebrated at St. Joseph, Missouri.
           Rev. Henry Fiegenbaum was a minister in the German M. E. church.
           "In 1847 Mr. Fiegenbaum received exhorter's license, and in 1848 was sent out to fill a charge at Okoe, Ill., until conference. He joined the Illinois conference and was sent on the Belleville circuit.
           "1848 to 1850 they were stationed at Mascoutah, Ill.; 1850 to 1852, Muscatine, Iowa; 1852 to 1860 in Galena, Ill.; 1860 to 1864 in Wapello, Iowa, Presiding Elder; 1864-1867 in Pekin, Ill.; 1867 to 1870 in Quincy, Ill.; 1870 to 1872 in St. Joseph, Mo., Presiding Elder; 1872 to 1875 in Oregon, Mo.; 1875 to 1883 in St. Joseph, Mo., Presiding Elder; 1883 to 1886 in St. Joseph, Mo., as station minister; 1886 to 1889 in Sedalia, Mo., and finding his health failing him retired from active charge in the ministry and found a home in St. Joseph, Mo., from whence they celebrated their Golden wedding on last Sunday."

    26. [S211] Article or notice, The Holt County Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri); Friday, 9 September 1892 (vol. 28; no. 15); page 3, column 1.
      Rev. Fred Fiegenbaum's appointment to Oregon, Missouri from Lawrence, Kansas. Digital copies accessed through The Library of Congress: Chronicling America at (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90061417/1892-09-09/ed-1/seq-3/) in November 2011.
           "The West German conference of the M. E. church was in session at Higginsville, Mo., from Sept. 1st untill [sic] 5th. Bishop Foster presided. A great many ministers were appointed to new fields of labor. Rev. J. L. Sternberg will go to Kansas City, Mo., and Rev. Fred Fiegenbaum, of Lawrence Kans., will come to Oregon. Rev. Fred Fiegenbaum is a brother o[f] Revs. Henry and William Fiegenbaum, former pastors of the German church in this city."
           The references are to Friedrich Wilhelm Fiegenbaum, Heinrich Hermann Fiegenbaum and Hermann Wilhelm Fiegenbaum.

    27. [S278] Adam Miller, compiler, Experience of German Methodist Preachers, edited by D. W. Clark (Cincinnati: Methodist Book Concern, for the author, 1859), "Experience of H. Fiegenbaum," pages 368-371.
      In an autobiograpical sketch, Heinrich Hermann Fiegenbaum outlined his family's migration from northwestern Germany, their settlement in Missouri, and his conversion to the German Methodist Church.

    28. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1850. NARA microfilm M432, roll 126, page 268 [A].
      Access through HeritageQuest in August 2004 and Ancestry.com in July 2006 & 2008.
           H. H. Fiegenbaum household, 1850 U.S. census, St. Clair County, Illinois, population schedule, Mascoutah, census page 3, enumerated 13 August 1850, dwelling 21, family 21, lines 2-3.
           The household consisted of: 1) H. H. Fiegenbaum; age 29; male; Methodist minister; born Germany. 2) Catharine Fiegenbaum, age 26; female; born in Germany.

    29. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1870. NARA microfilm M593, roll 762, pages 509 [A] & [B].
      Access through HeritageQuest in August 2004 and Ancestry.com in July 2006 & 2008.
           Henry Feegenbaum household, 1870 U.S. census, Buchanan County, Missouri, population schedule, St. Joseph, ward 3, census pages 15 & 16, enumerated 12 May 1870, dwelling 150, family 150, lines 34-40 & 1-3. Access through HeritageQuest August 2004.
           The household consisted of: 1) Feegenbaum [sic], Henry; age 50; male; white; Minister; born in Prussia. 2) Feegenbaum [sic], Clara; age 47; female; white; at home; born in Prussia. 3) Feegenbaum [sic], Mary; age 19; female; white; at home; born in Illinois. 4) Feegenbaum [sic], Carri; age 17; female; white; at home; born in Illinois. 5) Feegenbaum [sic], George; age 16; male; white; clerk; born in Illinois. 6) Feegenbaum [sic], Anna; age 13; female; at home; at home; born in Illinois. 7) Feegenbaum [sic], Minnie; age 11; female; white; at home; born in Illinois. 8) F[in?]egenbaum, Legette; age 9; female; white; at home; born in Iowa. 9) Deitch, Louis; age 26; male; white; dry goods merchant; value of personal estate = $100000 [sic]; born in Bavaria. 10) Connelly, Mike; age 22; white; male; clerk; value of personal estate = $500; born in Ireland.
           See also an 1870 U.S. Census enumeration for this household living in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois.

    30. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1870. NARA microfilm M593, roll 187, page 451 [B] (image 148).
      Access through HeritageQuest and Ancestry.com in March 2004 and in July 2008.
           Henry Fiegenbaum household, 1870 U.S. census, Adams County, Illinois, population schedule, Quincy, Ward 2, census page 10, enumerated 28 July 1870, dwelling 58, family 69, lines 10-17.
           The household consisted of: 1) Fiegenbaum, Henry; age 50; male; Clergyman of Methodist ch.; value of real estate = $3500; born in Prussia; male citzen of USA over 21 years. 2) Fiegenbaum, Clara; age 46; female; keeping house; born in Prussia. 3) Fiegenbaum, Mary; age 20; female; born in Illinois; blind. 4) Fiegenbaum, Carrie; age 17; female; white; born in Illinois. 5) Fiegenbaum, George; age 15; male; white; born in Illinois; attended school within the year. 6) Fiegenbaum, Anna; age 13; female; white; born in Illinois; attended school within the year. 7) Fiegenbaum, Minnie; age 11; female; white; born in Illinois; attended school within the year. 8) Fiegenbaum, Lizzetta; age 8; female; white; born in Illinois; attended school within the year.
           See also this family enumerated for the 1870 U.S. census at St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri.

    31. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880. NARA microfilm T9, roll 674, page 24D (image 0633).
      Access through HeritageQuest and Ancestry.com in July 2004 and Ancestry.com in July 2008.
           Henry Fiegenbaum household, 1880 U.S. census, Buchanan County, Missouri, population schedule, St. Joseph, Supervisor’s District 70, Enumeration District 50, census page 4, enumerated 1 June 1880, 4th Street, dwelling 35, family 36, lines 39-45.
           The household consisted of: 1) Fiegenbaum, Henry; white; male; age 60; married; minister; born in Prussia; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia. 2) Fiegenbaum, Clara; white; female; age 56; wife; married; keeping house; born in Illinois; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia. 3) Fiegenbaum, Mary; white; female; 29; daughter; single; at home; born in Illinois; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia [sic]. 4) Fiegenbaum, George; white; male; age 25; son; single; doctor; born in Illinois; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia [sic]. 5) Fiegenbaum, Annie; white; female; age 23; daughter; single; at home; born in Illinois; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia [sic]. 6) Fiegenbaum, Minnie; white; female; age 20; daughter; single; at home; born in Iowa; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia [sic]. 7) Fiegenbaum, Lizzette; white; female; age 18; daughter; single; at home; born in Iowa; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia [sic].

    32. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 21-22.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an account of the Golden Wedding Anniversary celebration for "Rev. and Mrs. William Fiegenbaum." Gretchen Leenerts reported that this account had appeared on 29 September 1899 in the Edwardsville Intelligencer, of Edwardsville, Illinois.
           "The family is noted for the fact of its connection with the ministry. The three brothers, Henry of St. Joseph, Missouri; Fred of Oregon, Missouri; and Rudolph of Garner, Iowa, were all ministers, the former two now superannuated. The two sisters, Mrs. Minna Winter of Omaha, Nebraska and Mrs. Katherine Wellemeyer of Garner, Iowa, each married a minister."

    33. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900. NARA microfilm T623, roll 841, page 128A census sheet 14A.
      Access through HeritageQuest in July 2004 and Ancestry.com in July 2008.
           Henry Fiegenbaum household, 1900 U.S. census, Buchanan County, Missouri, population schedule, St. Joseph, Ward 3, Supervisor’s District 4, Enumeration District 51, census sheet 14 A, enumerated 7 June 1900, 1123 North 5th, dwelling 248, family 289, lines 14-18.
           The household consisted of: 1) Fiegenbaum, Henry; head; white; male; born October 1821; age 78; widowed; married for 50 years; born in Germany; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; immigrated to USA in 1832; in USA 68 years; is naturalized citizen; minister; 0 months unemployed; can read; can write; can speak English; owner of home, without mortgage. 2) Fiegenbaum, Anna; daughter; white; female; born September 1850; age 49; single; born in Illinois; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; can read; can write; can speak English. 3) Fiegenbaum, Julia; daughter; white; female; born May 1857; age 43; single; born in Illinois; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; clerk; 0 months unemployed; can read; can write; can speak English. 4) Fiegenbaum, Henry; nephew; white; male; born January 1868; age 32; single; in Iowa; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; salesman; 0 months unemployed; can read; can write; can speak English. 5) Fiegenbaum, Mary; daughter; white; female; born September 1851; age 48; single; born in Illinois; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; can speak English.
           The presence in this household of the daughters Anna (born September 1850, age 49) and Mary (born September 1851, age 48) causes some confusion. Other historical resources do not support the existence of two separate individuals matching the reported criteria. It would appear that somehow Heinrich's eldest child, Anna Maria (born September 1850) was mistakenly enumerated twice.
           The Henry Fiegenbaum identified as a nehphew is probably Heinrich Fiegenbaum (1868-1954), son of Heinrich Wilhelm and Louisa (Otto) Fiegenbaum.

    34. [S217] Book, Social Register of Saint Joseph, Missouri, compiled by Mrs. Laurence O. Weakley ([St. Joseph, Missouri]: Combe Printing Company, 1903), page 33.
      "Fiegenbaum, Rev. Henry, 1123 N. Fifth". On page 89 were listed: "Steinmetz, Adolph H., 1121 N. Fifth", and also "Steinmetz, Mr. and Mrs. John C., 1121 N. Fifth".

    35. [S55] Jane M. (Fiegenbaum) Padget, Genealogical research.
      A photocopy of what appears to be a reprint of an obituary for Rev. Heinrich Fiegenbaum that had been published on 20 January 1905 in the Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.
           "Rev. Henry Fiegenbaum, a pioneer German Methodist circuit rider of the central west and founder of the Western German M. E. conference, died at his home in St. Joseph, Mo., Friday morning, January 13, 1905, in the 84th year of his age."

    36. [S67] Emmaline (Begemann) Janke, Genealogical research.
      Died 13 January 1905 in St. Joseph, Missouri. Information from two documents. 1) Photocopy of a German obituary for Heinrich Fiegenbaum; pages 66-67 of what Emmaline identifies as the journal of the 27th (1905?) annual session of the West Deutsche Konferenz. 2) Photocopy of a German obituary for Heinrich Fiegenbaum; pages 236-237, headed "Souvenir der West Deutschen Koferenz. Biographische Skizzen der Prediger" from an unidentified book.

    37. [S119] Harriet L. Fiegenbaum and Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller, Genealogical research.
      Died 13 January 1905. No place given.

    38. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 12, 16-21.
      Heinrich (Henry) Herman Fiegenbaum died on 13 January 1905 at St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri.

    39. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 17-18.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Rev. Henry Fiegenbaum which she reported had appeared on 14 January 1905 in the St. Joseph Gazette, of St. Joseph, Missouri.

    40. [S5] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Genealogical research, Burial in St. Louis, Missouri.

    41. [S55] Jane M. (Fiegenbaum) Padget, Genealogical research.
      Photocopy of an obituary for Heinrich Fiegenbaum in the Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri), January 20, 1905.

    42. [S4] Lieselotte (Freese) Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research.
      Adolf Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Christine Elisabeth Peterjohann; married. No date or place of marriage given.

    43. [S1] Hermanda (Lagemann) Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research.
      Adolph Henrich Fiegenbaum and Christine Elisabeth Peterjohann; married 25 October 1820.

    44. [S91] Church records.
      Ladbergen, Germany church archives. Marriage record for "Adolph Heinrich Fiegenbaum, Zimmermann zu Wester, 27 Jahre, mundlich, Junggesselle Christina Elisabeth Peterjohann, Tochter von Johann Hermann Peterjohann, Colon, 25 Jahre, mindlich, Jungfrau, 25 October 1820 -- Banning -- the Reverend." Citation provided by Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts in a modified descendant register emailed to J. Mark Fiegenbaum in May 2002.

    45. [S119] Harriet L. Fiegenbaum and Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller, Genealogical research.
      Adolph Henrich Fiegenbaum and Christine Elizabeth Peterjohann; married 15 October 1820 in Ladbergen, Westphalia, Germany.

    46. [S11] Friedrich Müller, "Westfälische Auswanderer im 19. Jahrhundert - Auswanderung aus dem Regierungsbezirk Münster, 1. Teil, 1803-1850," Beiträge zur westfälischen Familienforschung, 22-24 (1964-1966), page 63; entry 117. Erlaubte Auswangerung [=authorized emigration].
      Adolph Heinrich Fiegenbaum, of Hohne "Kirchspiel" [=parish], Lengerich; Heuerling [=tenant farmer]. No date of birth provided in record. Accompanied by his wife, Christine Elisabeth Peterjohann.
           For the full entry from this source, see the notes for this person's immigration.

    47. [S165] Frederick William Winter, "Fiegenbaum Family History," in The Second Book of Chronicles of the House of Winter, edited by Philip Ernst Winter (1906).
      Adolph Fiegenbaum and Christine Wilhelmine Peterjohann were married 15 October 1820.

    48. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 7-8.
      Adolph Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Christine Elisabeth Peterjohann were married on 25 October 1820 at Ladbergen, Westphalia, Germany.

    49. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Iowa Cemetery Records. "Adolph Fiegenbaum".
      Provo, Utah: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Accessed in July 2009. Original data is from Works Project Administration. Graves Registration Project. Washington, D.C.: n.p., n.d.
           Name: Adolph Fiegenbaum. Birth date: 1792. Death date: 11 January 1877. Cemetery: Concord. Town: Garner. Comment: wif: Christine. WPA index page no.: 13. "Level info: Gravestone Records of Cemeteries in Hancock County, Iowa."

    50. [S230] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Germany Vital Records Index" in FamilySearch Record Search—Pilot Site at (http://pilot.familysearch.org/).
      Accessed on 10 October 2010. Index entries compiled from "Germany Marriages, 1558-1929," a FamilySearch database; data derived from: Evangelische Kirche Ladbergen (Kreis Tecklenburg). Kirchenbuch, 1708-1938. Family History Library Film 582662: "Geburten, Heiraten, Tote 1810-1812." Salt Lake City, Utah: The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1967. Original records in Evangelisches Landeskirchenamt, Bielefeld, Federal Republic of Germany.
           Herm Heinrich Fiegenbaum (born 6 July 1787, child of Herm Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Anna Catharina Horstmeier) and Catharina Elisabeth Hagen (born 26 September 1786, child of Johann Heinrich Hagen and Anna Elisabeth Holtkamp) were married on 13 July 1810 at "Evangelisch, Ladbergen, Westfalen, Prussia."

    51. [S230] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Germany Vital Records Index" in FamilySearch Record Search—Pilot Site at (http://pilot.familysearch.org/).
      Accessed on 10 October 2010. Index entries compiled from "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898," a FamilySearch database; data derived from: Evangelische Kirche Lengerich (Kreis Tecklenburg). Kirchenbuch, 1644-1907. Family History Library Film 526388: "Taufen 1832-1853." Salt Lake City, Utah: The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1967. Indexing Project (Batch) Number C95279-1. Original records in Evangelisches Landeskirchenamt, Bielefeld, Federal Republic of Germany.
           Marie Wilhelmine Fiegenbaum, daughter of Heinrich Adolph Fiegenbaum and Christine Elisabeth Peterjohann, born 27 July 1833; baptized 9 August 1833 at "Evangelisch, Lengerich, Westfalen, Prussia."

    52. [S230] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Germany Vital Records Index" in FamilySearch Record Search—Pilot Site at (http://pilot.familysearch.org/).
      Accessed on 10 October 2010. Index entries compiled from "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898," a FamilySearch database; data derived from: Evangelische Kirche Lengerich (Kreis Tecklenburg). Kirchenbuch, 1644-1907. Family History Library Film 526387: "Taufen 1804-1810, 1815-1831." Salt Lake City, Utah: The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1967. Indexing Project (Batch) Number C95277-9. Original records in Evangelisches Landeskirchenamt, Bielefeld, Federal Republic of Germany.
           Friedrich Wilhelm Fiegenbaum, son of Adolph Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Christine Elisabeth Peterjohann, born 10 April 1830; baptized 18 April 1830 at "Evangelisch, Lengerich, Westfalen, Prussia."

    53. [S104] Personal communication, from Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts on 4 December 2003 via email to J. Mark Fiegenbaum.
      A ZIP archive containing a digital image of a Declaration of Intention by Adolphus Fiegenbaum on 2 April 1838 in St. Charles County Circuit Court.
           "I Adolphus Fiegenbaum do declare that I am a native of Ladbergen, Kingdom of Prussia...and that I am married to Cristina Peterjohan, and that I have six children...."

    54. [S135] Bill Roege, Ladbergen Genealogy Database (2nd draft edition; November 1999) (http://members.aol.com/WRoege/ladbergen.htm - last confirmed in March 2005).
      Adolph Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Christina Elisabeth Peterjohan were married on 25 October 1820 at Ladbergen, Westphalia, Germany. Bill Roege included a note for this event: "Husb (27), unmarried zimmerman in Wester; wife (25), unmarried dau of Joh Herm Peterjohan, Colonus in Holter."
           I believe the note is a translation of the entry in the records of the church at Ladbergen.

    55. [S8] Friedrich Saatkamp, Ladbergen: Out of the History and the Present of the 1000-year Westphalian Village, edited and translated by Dean R. Hoge (New Knoxville, Ohio: New Knoxville Historical Society, 1985), pages xxii-xxvi.
      "Land Ownership" (section 4) in the Preface. The quote on tenant farmers (Heuerlinge) was taken from page xxiii.

    56. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1860. NARA microfilm M653, roll 331, pages 920-921 (images 143-144).
      Access through HeritageQuest.com October 2004 and Ancestry.com in June 2005.
           Adolph Feigenbaum household, 1860 U.S. census, Louisa County, Iowa, population schedule, Wapello Township, pages 142 and 143, enumerated 25 July 1860, dwelling 1011, family 1011, lines 39-40 and 1-2.
           The household consisted of: 39) Adolph Feigenbaum; age 67; male; farmer; value of real estate=2220; value of personal estate=905; born in Germany. 40) Christina Feigenbaum; age 63; female; born in Germany. 01) Rudolph Feigenbaum; age 23; male; value of real estate=600; born in Mo.; was married within the year. 02) Elisabeth Feigenbaum; age 2[6?]; female; born in Germany; was married within the year.

    57. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1870. NARA microfilm M593, roll 406, page 445.
      1870 U.S. census, population schedule; Iowa, Louisa County, Wapello Township, Wapello Post Office, census page 8, enumerated on 29 July 1870; Adolph Fiegenbaum household, dwelling 61, family 60, lines 27-28. Access through June 2005 and June 2009.
           The household consisted of: 27) Fiegenbaum, Adolph; age 76; male; white; unemployed; real estate value=500; personal estate value=557; born in Prussia; father of foreign birth; mother of foreign birth; male citizen of USA over 21 years old. 28) Fiegenbaum, Christena [sic]; age 73; female; white; keeping house; born in Prussia; father of foreign birth; mother of foreign birth.

    58. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm T9, roll 674, page 24D. Access through HeritageQuest Online July 2004.
      Henry Fugenbaum household, 1880 U.S. census, Buchanan County, Missouri, population schedule, St. Joseph, Supervisor’s District 70, Enumeration District 50, page 4, enumerated 1 June 1880, 4th Street, dwelling 35, family 36, lines 39-45. Henry and Clara Fugenbaum; married.

    59. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 16.
      Heinrich (Henry) Herman Fiegenbaum and Clara Katherine Kastenbudt were married on 11 April 1847 at St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri.

    60. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 17.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an article covering the celebrations of the Golden Wedding Anniversary of Henry and Clara (Kastenbudt) Fiegenbaum. Mrs. Leenerts reported that the article appeared in a St. Joseph, Missouri newspaper. The exact name and the date of publication were not provided; it appears to have been printed shortly after 12 April 1897.

    61. [S55] Jane M. (Fiegenbaum) Padget, Genealogical research.
      A photocopy of what appears to be a reprint of an obituary for Rev. Heinrich Fiegenbaum that had been published on 20 January 1905 in the Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.
           "On April 11th, 1847, Rev. Fiegenbaum and Miss Clara Kastenbudt were united in marriage in the city of St. Louis, and on Sunday, April 11th, 1897, in their home in St. Joseph, they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary."

    62. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 17-18.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Rev. Henry Fiegenbaum which she reported had appeared on 14 January 1905 in the St. Joseph Gazette, of St. Joseph, Missouri.
           "He was married to Miss Clara Kastenbudt 11 April 1847. She died 2 September 1897."

    63. [S15] Certificate of Death, for Anna Julia Fiegenbaum; 26 September 1942.
      State of Missouri. Office of the Secretary of State. Missouri State Archives. Photocopy received from the Archives in June 2006. Digital copy (PDF file) from the Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). Accessed on 10 March 2008.
           Missouri State Board of Health, Standard Certificate of Death #33214. For Anna Julia Fiegenbaum. Born on 28 May 1857 at Galena, Illinois. Father's name: Henry Fiegenbaum; born at Ladberger [sic], Prussia. Mother's maiden name: Clara Kastenbudt; born at "UNKNOWN," Germany. Personal information was provided by "Bible Records."
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    64. [S15] Certificate of Death, for Anna Marie Fiegenbaum; 26 June 1937.
      State of Missouri. Office of the Secretary of State. Missouri State Archives. Photocopy received from the Archives in June 2006. Digital copy (PDF file) from the Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). Accessed in October 2007.
           Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #23244. For Anna Marie Fiegenbaum. Born on 3 September 1850 at Muscoota [sic], Illinois. Father's name: Rev. Henry Fiegenbaum; born at Ladburg [sic], Germany. Mother's maiden name: Catherine Kastenbudt; born at Nabuck [sic], Germany.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    65. [S211] Article or notice, "A Well Rounded Life." The Holt County Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri). Friday, 10 September 1897; Page 4, Column 4.
      Digital copy accessed through Chronicling America (The Library of Congress) at (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90061417/1897-09-10/ed-1/seq-4/) in November 2011.
           Henry Fiegenbaum and Clara Kastenbudt were married on Sunday, 11 April 1847 at St. Louis.

    66. [S211] Article or notice, "Half A Century." The Holt County Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri). Friday, 16 April 1897; Page 4, Columns 3-4.
      Digital copy accessed through Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (The Library of Congress) at (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90061417/1897-04-16/ed-1/seq-4/) in November 2011.
           Article on the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Henry and Clara (Kastenbudt) Fiegenbaum celebrated at St. Joseph, Missouri.
           "Sunday, April 11, 1847, found the bridal party in the house of God in St. Louis, Mo., and at the close of the sermon the minister, Rev. Casper Yost, called forward the young couple [Henry Fiegenbaum and Clara Kastenbudt] who wished to be joined in holy matrimony and then and there pronounced them husband and wife."
           "...where in 1846 she [Clara Kastenbudt] united with the German M. E. church, and it was then and there that these two hearts met and in the same church where each were converted and joined that the marriage ceremoney [sic] was performed, Sunday, April 11, 1847, that made them one for life...."

    67. [S181] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1171 in November 2017), St. Louis marriages, 1847; volume 3, page 387.
      Digital image 6 (Index for Marriages, 1806-1854) and image 49 of 141 total images. Accessed in January 2011.
           At the bottom of page 387 of volume 3 is a list of four marriages returned by "C. Jose [sic] Pastor of the St. Louis German Station, Meth. E. Church" on 25 May 1847 and filed on 31 May 1847: 1. On the 4th day of March 1847 -- Charles Fiele with Marie Kleinstadt. 2. On the 4th day of April 1847 -- John Alt with Catherine Wag--- [end of name is obscured]. 3. On the 11th day of April 1847 -- Henry Fiegenbaum with Clara Kastenbutz [sic]. 4. On the 18th day of May 1847 -- Jacob Siesval[d?] with [G?]egina E[?]selink--- [end of name is obscured]. All parties were residents of St. Louis.
           The index for this record (see image 6, page: Fid, entry #4) shows Clara's surname as "Kustenbutz," but this is a mis-reading of the record (see image 49).
           According to later accounts, Henry and Clara were married at the end of a regular Sunday church service. Judging from the dates of these four marriages, it would appear that Rev. Kasper Jost was in the habit of performing weddings in this manner.

    68. [S279] Ancestry.com (library edition), Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1940 (formerly titled Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937) (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8823 in December 2017), Fiegenbaum-McKee 1880.
      Accessed in May 2016. Original data from the State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922 (textual records); Iowa State Archives; Des Moines, Iowa; Volume: 302 (Dubuque-Henry). The following data has been taken from relevant portions of a digital image of the source.
           Return of marriages in the County of Henry for the year ending 1 October 11. The transcription of the marriage records compiled in this volume was certified by W. L. Andrews, Clerk District and Circuit Courts (W. E. Wells, Deputy), on 1 November 1881.
           Number of license: [no entry]. Date of License: [no entry]. Who made Affidavit: [no entry]. Who gave consent to marriage: [no entry]. Groom's name: George A. Fiegenbaum. Groom's place of residence: Oregon, Missouri. Groom's age at NEXT birthday: 26. Groom's birth place: Galena, Illinois. Groom's father's name: Henry Fiegenbaum. Groom's mother's maiden name: Clara Kastenbutt [sic].
           For full details of this record, see the sources for the Fiegenbaum-McKee marriage.

    69. [S187] Otto E. Kriege, Gustav Becker, Matthäus Herrmann and C. L. Körner, Souvenir der West Deutschen Konferenz der Bischöflichen Methodistenkirche ([place of publication not identified]: the Conference, 1906), pages 236-237.
      Biographical sketch of Heinrich Fiegenbaum. "Er stand 41 Jahre ununterbrochen in den aktiven Reihen und bediente folgende Gemeinden: Mascoutah, Ill., 1848 to 1850; Muscatine, Iowa, 1850-52; Galena, Ill., 1852-54; Iowa District 1854-1860; Burlingtion-Distrikt 1860-64; ...." [He stood for 41 uninterrupted years in the active ranks and served the following congregations: Mascoutah, Ill., 1848 to 1850; Muscatine, Iowa, 1850-52; Galena, Ill.,1852-54; Iowa District 1854-1860; Burlington District 1860-64; ....].

    70. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865. "Henry Feigenbaum".
      Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Accessed on 18 April 2011. Original data: Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registrations, 1863-1865. NM-65, entry 172, 620 volumes. Records of the Provost Marshal General’s Bureau (Civil War), Record Group 110. ARC Identifies: 4213514; Archive Volume Number: 3 of 3. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
           1st Congressional District, Iowa; Schedule 2 - persons of Class 2 - No. [74?]; enumerated in June 1863; Robert B. Rutledge, Provost Marshal. Line 9: Henry "Figenbaum" [not "Feigenbaum" as reported in the Ancestry.com index]; resident of Louisa County; age 43 (on 1 July 1863); white; minister; born in Germany.
           Marital status was not mentioned for any of the enumerated names. From other data, Henry would have been 41 years old on 1 July 1863; not 43 as reported in the enumeration.


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