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  • Name Fiegenbaum, Caroline Katherine 
    Nickname Carrie 
    Born 31 Oct 1852  Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Female 
    Census May 1870  St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • 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  [7] 
    • 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.
    Died 11 Sep 1932  St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    • Caroline died at 2703 Renick Street about 5:20 p.m. from acute nephritis. According to the information recorded on her death certificate, she had been a resident of St. Joseph for 56 years.
    Buried 13 Sep 1932  St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • Caroline was buried in Ashland Cemetery.
    Person ID I327  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 1 May 2010 

    Father Fiegenbaum, Heinrich Hermann,   b. 15 Oct 1821, Lengerich, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1905, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother 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  [11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21] 

    •      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  [22, 23] 
    • From 1850-1852 (in Muscatine) and again from 1854-1864, Heinrich served Methodist congregations in Iowa.
    Family ID F97  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Steinmetz, Johann Carl Conrad,   b. 16 May 1842, Grebenstein, Electorate of Hesse Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1912, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 30 Oct 1873  St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29] 
    • The marriage may have taken place in Holt County, Missouri. Further research on this matter is required.
    Residence (family) 1902–1903  St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [30] 
    • In the Social Register of Saint Joseph, Missouri, published in 1903, "Mr. and Mrs. John C. Steinmetz" resided at 1121 N. Fifth. "Rev. Henry Fiegebaum", Mrs. Steinmetz's father, lived nearby at 1123 N. Fifth.
    Children 
    +1. Steinmetz, Adolph H.,   b. 6 Nov 1874, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jun 1925, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
    +2. Steinmetz, Clara Gertrude,   b. 14 Jan 1878, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jun 1970, Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
    +3. Steinmetz, Annette W.,   b. 11 Oct 1880,   d. Apr 1966  (Age 85 years)
    +4. Steinmetz, Emma Theodora,   b. 8 Aug 1883,   d. 20 Oct 1976  (Age 93 years)
    +5. Steinmetz, Adelia Lasette,   b. 21 Sep 1886, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Oct 1977, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     6. Steinmetz, George Harold,   b. 31 May 1893,   d. 19 Nov 1961  (Age 68 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F115  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Genealogical research.
      Caroline Katherine Fiegebaum was also known by her nickname, Carrie.

    2. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 20, 50.
      Caroline Katherine Fiegenbaum, child of Heinrich (Henry) Herman Fiegenbaum and Clara Katherine Kastenbudt, was born on 31 October 1852 at Galena, Daviess [sic] County, Illinois.

    3. [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, Carrie; age 17; female; white; born in Illinois; father foreign born; mother foreign born.
           See also this family enumerated for the 1870 U.S. census at St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri.

    4. [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], Carri; age 17; female; white; at home; born in Illinois; 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.

    5. [S15] Certificate of Death, for Caroline C. Steinmetz; died on 11 September 1932.
      State of Missouri. Office of the Secretary of State. Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases. Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). Access on 3 April 2007.
           Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #28522. For Caroline C. Steinmetz. Born on 31 October 1852 at Galena, Illinois. Father: Henry Fiegenbaum, born in Hanover, Germany. Mother's maiden name: Clara Kastenbudt, born in Hanover, Germany. Personal information was provided by Mrs. Thos. E. Arnhold, of 2703 Renick Street.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    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.
           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.

    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.
           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.

    8. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 20, 50.
      Caroline Katherine died on 22 June 1937. No place given.

    9. [S15] Certificate of Death, for Caroline C. Steinmetz; died on 11 September 1932.
      State of Missouri. Office of the Secretary of State. Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases. Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). Access on 3 April 2007.
           Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #28522. For Caroline C. Steinmetz. Born on 31 October 1852 at Galena, Illinois. Father: Henry Fiegenbaum, born in Hanover, Germany. Mother's maiden name: Clara Kastenbudt, born in Hanover, Germany. Died at 5:20 p.m. on 11 September 1932, at 2703 Renick Street, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri at the age of 79 years, 10 months, 10 days. Her usual residence was 2703 Renick Street and she had lived in the city for 56 years. She was widowed at the time of death; her spouse's name was John C. Steinmetz. She worked at home. Principal cause of death was "Acute nephritis" (duration not recorded). Contributory cause of death was "Senility" (duration not recorded). There was no operation prior to death. There was no autopsy. Burial, cremation, or removal was to be on 13 September 1932 in Ashland Cemetery. The funeral director was Walther Meierhoffer, of 1302 Faraon St., St. Joseph, Missouri. Personal information was provided by Mrs. Thos. E. Arnhold, of 2703 Renick Street. B. W. [Toothalsen?], MD, of Phys. & Surg. Bldg., had attended the deceased from 2 September 1932 to 11 September 1932 and signed the death certificate. The certificate was received by the local registrar on 13 September 1932.

    10. [S15] Certificate of Death, for Caroline C. Steinmetz; died on 11 September 1932.
      State of Missouri. Office of the Secretary of State. Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases. Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). Access on 3 April 2007.
           Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #28522. For Caroline C. Steinmetz. Died at 5:20 p.m. on 11 September 1932, at 2703 Renick Street, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri at the age of 79 years, 10 months, 10 days. Burial, cremation, or removal was to be on 13 September 1932 in Ashland Cemetery. The funeral director was Walther Meierhoffer, of 1302 Faraon St., St. Joseph, Missouri. Personal information was provided by Mrs. Thos. E. Arnhold, of 2703 Renick Street.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    11. [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.

    12. [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.

    13. [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.

    14. [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."

    15. [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."

    16. [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.

    17. [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.

    18. [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.

    19. [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...."

    20. [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.

    21. [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.

    22. [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; ....].

    23. [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.

    24. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 50.
      John Charles Conrad Steinmetz, of Denver, and Caroline Katherine Fiegenbaum were married on 30 October 1873 at St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri.

    25. [S15] Certificate of Death, for Caroline C. Steinmetz; died on 11 September 1932.
      State of Missouri. Office of the Secretary of State. Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases. Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). Access on 3 April 2007.
           Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #28522. For Caroline C. Steinmetz. Born on 31 October 1852 at Galena, Illinois. She was widowed at the time of death; her spouse's name was John C. Steinmetz. Personal information was provided by Mrs. Thos. E. Arnhold, of 2703 Renick Street.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    26. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriages, 1851-1900 [database on-line]. Compiled by Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.
      Original data from: Holt County, Missouri Marriages, 1852-80. County court records located at Oregon, Missouri. Family History Library film #1005349 - #1005351).
           John Conrad Steinmetz and Caroline Fiegenbaum were married in Holt County, Missouri on 30 October 1873.

    27. [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.
           Clara Kastenbudt Fiegenbaum was survived by four daughters: Mrs. Carrie Steinmetz, Misses Mary and Anna, of St. Joseph, Missouri, and Mrs. Mina Curry, of Oregon, Missouri.

    28. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), Obituary for Dr. George Fiegenbaum; pages 51-52.
      Transcription by Frances G. Leenerts; reported to have been published in the St. Joseph Daily News (St. Joseph, Missouri), Tuesday, 28 April 1896.
           "His parents are both living and he has four sisters all of whom are living. The sisters are Mrs. J. C. Steinmetz of this city, wife of a bookkeeper for the Turner-Frazer Mercantile Company;...."

    29. [S211] Article or notice, "Death of Dr. Geo. A. Fiegenbaum." The Holt County Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri). Friday, 1 May 1896; Page 4, Columns 4-5.
      Digital copies accessed through Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (The Library of Congress) at (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90061417/1896-05-01/ed-1/seq-4/) in November 2011.
           "His venerable parents and four sisters are also left to mourn his loss. -- The sisters are Mrs. J. C. Steinmetz, of St. Joe, wife of a bookkeeper for the Nave & McCord Mercantile Company...."

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


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