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  • Name Fiegenbaum, Christina Wilhelmina 
    Nickname Mina 
    Born 30 Aug 1859  Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Gender Female 
    Census May 1870  St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • 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  [9] 
    • 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  [10] 
    • 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.
    Died 22 Nov 1929  Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12, 13] 
    • The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mrs. Mina F. Curry which she reported had appeared on Friday, 29 November 1929, in the Missouri Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.

      Mrs. Mina F. Curry, publisher of The Holt County Sentinel, died Friday 22 November 1929 at her home in Oregon, Missouri at the age of 70 years. Death came after an acute illness of about eight weeks, although she had been in failing health for several years. Mrs. Curry leaves to cherish her memory two children, William R. Curry of Oregon and Mrs. Anna Rayhill of Maryville; five grandchildren, Edna, Alice, Lois, JoAn and Helen Rayhill; three sisters, the Misses Mary and Anna Fiegenbaum and Mrs. Carrie Steinmetz of St. Joseph; nephews, nieces and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services were held at the late home Sunday afternoon and burial was in Maple Grove Cemetery beside her husband, the late Tom Curry, who four years ago, on 18 November 1925, had preceded his wife in death. The Rev. T. E. Arnholt of St. Joseph had charge of the service and the body was carried to its last resting place by John Markt, Dan R. Kunkel, George Gelvin, John Scott, Earl Stephenson and Albert Seeman. Mrs. Gertrude Hinde paid tribute of beautiful song at the bier of her life-long friend and was accompanied by Flora Ann Bunker on the violin. There at the home on that beautiful winter afternoon which was last Sunday, amid the scenes she loved, her couch banked with a profusion of flowers that were her delight in life and in death mute testimony of the high esteem in which she was held, hosts of relatives and friends from Oregon and neighboring towns and other places more distant, gave their last token of respect to one whose life among them had won the love and respect of all. The final rites were simple and beautiful. The Rev. Mr. Arnholt preached no sermon. He talked beautifully and reverently of one he had loved, of one who often had been a welcome visitor in his home. Of one who lived a beautiful and devoted life and had gone on to well-earned rest, and the song by Mrs. Hinde completed the comforting and healing service. An obituary written by Miss Anna Fiegenbaum was read by Mr. Arnholdt. It follows: Mrs. Christina Wilhelmina Curry was born 30 August 1859 at Galena, Illinois, and passed away Friday, November 22, 1929 at her home in Oregon, Missouri, after an illness of eight weeks at the age of 70 years, one month and twenty-two days. She was the daughter of the late Rev. Henry and Clara Fiegenbaum, having been born and reared in a Methodist parsonage, she from earliest infancy was taught the way of life and as a girl of twelve she united with the church where her father was pastor of the little German Church of this city and in which she held her membership until the day the German M. E. Churches united with the English M. E. Churches, and being in poor health, had never placed her letter with any congregation, as she was away from home the greater part of her widowhood. She was married to Tom Curry, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Curry, 18 February 1885 at St. Joseph, Missouri. Coming directly to their home here in Oregon, where they resided until the departure of Mr. Curry which occurred 18 November 1925. To them were born a son, William R. Curry and a daughter, Anna Curry Rayhill. The son, taking up his father's work, made his home with his mother and for four years gave her the best, loving care any son could give his mother - nothing in his power was left undone. The daughter having married J. J. Rayhill, living at Maryville, came over as often as possible, bringing her family of five little girls to cheer and comfort the mother, and how the grandmother did love her babies. And with her passing leaves them the memory of a kind, loving, devoted mother and grandmother. Much of Mrs. Curry's life had been spent in Oregon. Living here as a girl, then leaving for a time, she returned as a bride and here she spent her married life. Here her children were born. Here her husband died and here was laid to rest. Mrs. Curry entered actively into every phase of life in the community. She was identified with the justly famous Woman's Union and a leader in the later but equally famous Chrysanthemum Society. Until the German M. E. Church was absorbed by the English branch, she was active in the local congregation. Also during the time her husband was postmaster, she helped in that office. It was in the home, however, that Mrs. Curry spent most lavishly of her great store of love. Home was her life and she was ever ready to share it with others or to go out to the assistance of those needing her help. She was self-denying almost to a fault. Ever ready to give of her strength to ease the way for others. During her husband's illness over a period of years she was a wonderful companion, uncomplainingly doing all she could for him. For many years it was Mr. and Mrs. Curry's custom to spend their winters in Texas. On one of these trips eight to ten years ago, she suffered an attack of ptomaine poisoning and the decline of her health marked from that time. Undaunted by illness she carried on until about eight weeks before her death. Mrs. Curry even then made a valiant fight to live, but to no purpose and the end came peacefully near the close of the day, Friday, November 22nd. No higher praise can be said of a woman than that she was a devoted and loving wife and mother, a wonderful neighbor and a useful citizen -- and that was Mrs. Curry.
    Buried 24 Nov 1929  Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 15] 
    • She was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery.
    Person ID I332  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 19 Nov 2011 

    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  [16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26] 

    •      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  [27, 28] 
    • From 1850-1852 (in Muscatine) and again from 1854-1864, Heinrich served Methodist congregations in Iowa.
    Family ID F97  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Curry, Thomas,   b. 27 Oct 1856, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Nov 1925, Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 18 Feb 1885  St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35] 
    • It appears that "Fr. Fiegenbaum" officiated at the marriage. This is probably Friedrich Wilhelm Fiegenbaum, Wilhelmina's uncle and a pastor in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
    Children 
     1. Curry, William R.,   b. 30 Nov 1885, Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 1938, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
    +2. Curry, Anna Helen,   b. 28 Feb 1889, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1947, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F117  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). April 2007.
      Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #36990. For Wilhemina Curry. Born 30 August 1859 in Galena, Illinois. Father: Henry Fiegenbaum, born in Germany. Mother's maiden name: Clara Kastenbudt, born in Germany.
            See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    2. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 20, 53-54.
      Wilhelmina (Minnie) Fiegenbaum, child of Heinrich (Henry) Herman Fiegenbaum and Clara Katherine Kastenbudt, was born on 30 August 1859 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, Minnie; age 11; female; white; born in Illinois; father foreign born; mother foreign born; attended school within the year.
           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], Minnie; age 11; 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. [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, Minnie; white; female; age 20; daughter; single; at home; born in Iowa; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia [sic].
           The reported age would yield a birth date of 1859-1860 by calculation.

    6. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 53-54.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mrs. Mina F. Curry which she reported had appeared on Friday, 29 November 1929, in the Missouri Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.
           "An obituary written by Miss Anna Fiegenbaum was read by Mr. Arnholdt. It follows: Mrs. Christina Wilhelmina Curry was born 30 August 1859 at Galena, Illinois...."

    7. [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.

    8. [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.

    9. [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.

    10. [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].

    11. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). April 2007.
      Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #36990. For Wilhemina Curry. Born 30 August 1859 in Galena, Illinois. Father: Henry Fiegenbaum, born in Germany. Mother's maiden name: Clara Kastenbudt, born in Germany. Died 5:00 p.m. on 22 November 1929, at Oregon, Holt County, Missouri at the age of 70 years, 2 months, 22 days. She had lived in Holt, Missouri for 44 years. She worked at home. She was widowed at the time of death; her husband had been Tom Curry. Principal cause of death was "chronic myocarditis" of several years duration. Contributory cause waw "progressive muscular atrophy" of 8 years duration. Burial was to be 24 November 1929 in Oregon, Missouri. The undertaker was Lester Pettijohn, of Oregon, Missiouri. Personal information was provided by Anna Fiegenbaum, of St. Joseph, Missouri. F. E. Bullock, MD, of Forest City, Missouri, had attended the deceased from 24 September 1929 to 20 November 1929 and signed the certificate on 24 November 1929. Certificate filed with the local registrar on 24 November 1929.

    12. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 20-21, 53-55.
      Wilhelmina died 22 November 1929 at Oregon, Holt County, Missouri.

    13. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 53-54.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mrs. Mina F. Curry which she reported had appeared on Friday, 29 November 1929, in the Missouri Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.

    14. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). April 2007.
      Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #36990. For Wilhemina Curry. Died 5:00 p.m. on 22 November 1929, at Oregon, Holt County, Missouri at the age of 70 years, 2 months, 22 days. Burial was to be 24 November 1929 in Oregon, Missouri. The undertaker was Lester Pettijohn, of Oregon, Missiouri.
            See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    15. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 53-54.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mrs. Mina F. Curry which she reported had appeared on Friday, 29 November 1929, in the Missouri Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.
           "Mrs. Mina F. Curry, publisher of The Holt County Sentinel, died Friday 22 November 1929 at her home in Oregon, Missouri at the age of 70 years....Funeral services were held at the late home Sunday afternoon and burial was in Maple Grove Cemetery beside her husband, the late Tom Curry, who four years ago, on 18 November 1925, had preceded his wife in death."

    16. [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.

    17. [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.

    18. [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.

    19. [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."

    20. [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."

    21. [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.

    22. [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.

    23. [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.

    24. [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...."

    25. [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.

    26. [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.

    27. [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; ....].

    28. [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.

    29. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). April 2007.
      Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #36990. For Wilhemina Curry. Born 30 August 1859 in Galena, Illinois. She was widowed at the time of death; her husband had been Tom Curry.
            See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    30. [S193] A History of Northwest Missouri, edited by Walter Williams, (Chicago; New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1915), Volume 2, pages 1288-1289.
      Biography of Tom Curry.
           "On February 18, 1885, Mr. Curry and Wilhelmina Fiegenbaum were united in marriage, and they have become the parents of two children: Will R. and Anna Helen, the latter now the wife of Johnson J. Rayhill of Milo, Missouri. Mrs. Curry is the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Henry Fiegenbaum of St. Joseph, Missouri, her father having been a pioneer minister of the German M. E. Church."

    31. [S181] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1171 in November 2017), Holt County marriage license; [17?] February 1885. Accessed July 2008.
      Bound copy of license; page 288. License for "Tom Curry," of Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, who was over the age of 21, and "Mina Fiegenbaum," of St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, who was over the age of 18. Recorded on [17?] February 1885 at Oregon [Holt County, Missouri].
           Certification that the undersigned "Fr. Fiegenbaum" did unite in marriage the above named persons at St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri on 18 February 1885. Signed by "Fr. Fiegenbaum." Filed with the county recorder on 26 February 188[6?].

    32. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 53.
      Thomas Curry and Wilhelmina (Minnie) Fiegenbaum were married 18 February 1885 at St.Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri.

    33. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 54.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mr. Tom Curry which she reported had appeared on Friday, 20 November 1925, in the Missouri Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.
           "On 18 February 1885, Mr. Curry and Miss Wilhelmina Fiegenbaum were united in marriage...."

    34. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 54-55.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mr. Tom Curry which she reported had appeared on Friday, 27 November 1925, in the Missouri Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.
           "Mr. Curry married Miss Wilhelmina Fiegenbaum at St. Joseph 18 February 1885."

    35. [S113] Web site, Our Family: Heartland Genealogy.
      By Marcia Philbrick. (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcphilbrick/tmgw/heartland-p/). Tom Curry. (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcphilbrick/tmgw/heartland-p/p22.htm#i1361). Updated on 30 December 2005. Accessed 18 December 2009.
           Tom Curry and Wilhelmina Fiegenbaum were on 18 February 1885 at St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri (citing: Walter William, ed., A History of Northwest Missouri, Vol. 2, page 1288; "Register of Marriages: Book 1, page 166.").


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