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  • Name Sexauer, Matthew 
    Born 24 Sep 1847  Fairview Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    • Matthew was born on 24 or 25 September. His father's given name is reported as either George or Jacob Sexauer.
    Gender Male 
    Moved To Abt 1850  Crocker Township, Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    • At an early age, his family moved from Pennsylvania to a place two and a half miles west of Ankeny, Iowa. Sources disagree about Matthew's age at the time - either 3 or 6 years old.
    Died 1 Apr 1928  Ankeny, Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10] 

    • The following are transcriptions supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of two obituaries for Mathew Sexauer. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the first obituary had appeared on 2 April 1928 in the Des Moines Register, of Des Moines, Iowa.

      Matthew Sexauer, pioneer Polk County farmer, died yesterday at 82 years old. Mr. Sexauer came to Polk County when he was only six years old and settled with his parents on a farm in this county. He owned several hundred acres of farm land near Ankeny, and a half section in Utah. Just before his death he had retired from active management of these holdings. Mr. Sexauer is survived by his wife, Minnie Sexauer, of Ankeny; two daughters, Mrs. Rosana McDougall and Mrs. Emily Pickenbrock, both of Des Moines; three sons, Rosco, Frederick J. and H. M. Sexauer of Ankeny. The body was taken to Lilly's funeral home, pending funeral arrangements. Interment to be in Greenwood Cemetery.

      Gretchen Leenerts did not identify exactly when or where the second obituary was published.

      Matthew Sexauer, son of Jacob and Magdelena Sexauer, was born in Fairview Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, 25 September 1847. He departed this life, 1 April 1928 at the age of 80 years, 6 months and 8 days. He came with his parents to Iowa in a covered wagon in 1850 when but a child three years old and they settled in Crocker Township in Polk County two and a half miles west of Ankeny. He lived here with his parents until his marriage 13 June 1872 to Miss Minnie Fiegenbaum. They then moved, as it was termed in those days, to "the prairie," one mile west of Ankeny and settled on the present Sexauer farm. There were born to them five children: Rosanna McDougal, and Emily Pickenbrock of Des Moines, Iowa; Frederick Sexauer, Roscoe Sexauer and Hallet M. Sexauer of Ankeny, Iowa. In 1902 Mr. Sexauer quit active farming and built his present residence one half mile north of Ankeny where he has since resided. This makes a continuous residence of 77 years in Crocker Township, Polk County, Iowa. Mr. Sexauer was converted when but a lad. He has been a Christian and a member of the Methodist Church for better than 66 years. His has been a deep and positive faith in God and His kingdom. He lived true to his convictions and yet sought to live in charity with others. His place of service in the church will be greatly missed. He was an upright citizen and an honest business man. Some while ago one of the outstanding business men of this community remarked "In all my dealings with Matt Sexauer over a long period of years we never had a sharp word or misunderstanding." Such a life can be nothing else than a service to God and humanity. Beside the wife and family there are thirteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild, many relatives and a vast host of friends, whose hearts at this hour are lonely and sorrowing. The funeral services of Matthew Sexauer were held in the Methodist Church Wednesday afternoon, with the Rev. E. W. McDade officiating.
    Buried 4 Apr 1928  Ankeny, Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 11, 12] 
    • Funeral services were held in the Methodist Church. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery.
    Person ID I61  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 23 Mar 2014 

    Father Sexauer, Jacob,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Dietz, Magdelena,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Y  [1] 
    • Details of the marriage are not known at this time.
    Family ID F1527  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Fiegenbaum, Wilhelmine Christine Elizabeth,   b. 5 Jul 1853, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jul 1943, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 13 Jun 1872  Ankeny, Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20] 
    • Matthew and Wilhelmine were married in her father's home. The settled on a farm one mile west of Ankeny. They lived there until 1902, when they moved to a home a half-mile north of town.
    Residence (family) Apr 1902  Ankeny, Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [21] 
    • "Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Sexauer and son, Roscoe" of Ankeny, Iowa attended the celebration of the 50th wedding anniversary of "Minnie Sexauer's" parents at Oregon, Missouri in April, 1902. The Sexauers were identified as farming near Des Moines and the parents of five children.
    Census (family) 1910  Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [22] 
    • According to the 1910 U.S. enumeration, the household on a farm in Crocker Township consisted of Matthew Sexauer, a 63 year old farmer; his wife, Minnie W. Sexauer, age 57; and two of their children: Halley [sic] Sexauer, age 26, working on the farm; and Rosco Sexauer, age 11, attending school. Also in the household was Ella Good, a 31 year old, single, "hired girl."
    Census (family) 1920  Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [23] 
    • According to the 1920 U.S. enumeration, the household in Crocker Township consisted of Matt Sexauer, age 73, his wife, Minnie Sexauer, age 64, and their son, Roscoe, age 22.
    Children 
    +1. Sexauer, Rosana Magdeline,   b. 1 Jul 1873, Ankeny, Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Apr 1958, Tujunga, Los Angeles County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    +2. Sexauer, Fredrick Jacob,   b. 23 Apr 1877, Ankeny, Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1964, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    +3. Sexauer, Emily Louise,   b. 27 Dec 1879, Ankeny, Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Dec 1968, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    +4. Sexauer, Hallet Mathew Simpson,   b. 3 Mar 1885, Ankeny, Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Nov 1958, Ankeny, Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    +5. Sexauer, Roscoe Conklin,   b. 25 Nov 1897, Ankeny, Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Nov 1957, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F20  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 75.
      Mathew Sexauer, child of George Sexauer and Magdalene Dietz, was born on 24 september 1847 in Erie County, Pennsylvania.

    2. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 75-76.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mathew Sexauer. Gretchen Leenerts did not identify exactly when or where the second obituary was published.
           "Matthew Sexauer, son of Jacob and Magdelena Sexauer, was born in Fairview Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, 25 September 1847."

    3. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Iowa, Cemetery Records, 1662-1999.
      Data taken from WPA, Iowa Graves Registration Survey; Polk County Iowa; page 709. Accessed in March 2014. Matthew Sexauer was born on 24 September 1847 and died on 1 April 1928. He died at the age of 80 years. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery in Polk County, Iowa.

    4. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1910 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T624, roll 418, page 8B. Iowa, Polk County, Crocker Township, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 67, census sheet 8B, enumerated on 28 April 1910; Matthew Sexauer household, dwelling 182, family 182, lines 91-95. Access through Ancestry.com in March 2014.
           In the household was: 91) Sexauer, Matthew; head; male; white; age 63; born in Penn[sylvania]; father born in Ger[many], German; mother born in Ger[many], German.
           By calculation from the information provided, Matthew would have been born about 1846-1847. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1910 U.S. census for this person.

    5. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1920 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T625, roll 507, page 16B. Iowa, Polk County, Crocker Township, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 71, census sheet 16B, enumerated on 9-10 February 1920; Matt Sexauer household, a farm, dwelling 358, family 361, lines 89-91. Access through Ancestry.com in March 2014.
           In the household was: 89) Sexauer, Matt; head; male; white; age 73; born in Pennsylvania; father born in Baden, German; mother born in Baden, German.
           By calculation from the information provided, Matt would have been born about 1846-1847. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1920 U.S. census for this person.

    6. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 75-76.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mathew Sexauer. Gretchen Leenerts did not identify exactly when or where the second obituary was published.
           "He came with his parents to Iowa in a covered wagon in 1850 when but a child three years old and they settled in Crocker Township in Polk County two and a half miles west of Ankeny."

    7. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 75.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mathew Sexauer. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared on 2 April 1928 in the Des Moines Register, of Des Moines, Iowa.
           "Mr. Sexauer came to Polk County when he was only six years old and settled with his parents on a farm in this county. He owned several hundred acres of farm land near Ankeny, and a half section in Utah. Just before his death he had retired from active management of these holdings."

    8. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 75.
      Mathew Sexauer died 1 April 1928 at Ankeny, Polk County, Iowa.

    9. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 75.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mathew Sexauer. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared on 2 April 1928 in the Des Moines Register, of Des Moines, Iowa.
           "Matthew Sexauer, pioneer Polk County farmer, died yesterday at 82 years old...."

    10. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 75-76.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mathew Sexauer. Gretchen Leenerts did not identify exactly when or where the second obituary was published.
           "Matthew Sexauer, son of Jacob and Magdelena Sexauer, was born in Fairview Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, 25 September 1847...."

    11. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 75.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mathew Sexauer. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared on 2 April 1928 in the Des Moines Register, of Des Moines, Iowa.
           "The body was taken to Lilly's funeral home, pending funeral arrangements. Interment to be in Greenwood Cemetery."

    12. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 75-76.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mathew Sexauer. Gretchen Leenerts did not identify exactly when or where the second obituary was published.
           "The funeral services of Matthew Sexauer were held in the Methodist Church Wednesday afternoon, with the Rev. E. W. McDade officiating."

    13. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 75-76.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mathew Sexauer. Gretchen Leenerts did not identify exactly when or where the second obituary was published.
           "He lived here with his parents until his marriage 13 June 1872 to Miss Minnie Fiegenbaum. They then moved, as it was termed in those days, to "the prairie," one mile west of Ankeny and settled on the present Sexauer farm. There were born to them five children: Rosanna McDougal, and Emily Pickenbrock of Des Moines, Iowa; Frederick Sexauer, Roscoe Sexauer and Hallet M. Sexauer of Ankeny, Iowa. In 1902 Mr. Sexauer quit active farming and built his present residence one half mile north of Ankeny where he has since resided. This makes a continuous residence of 77 years in Crocker Township, Polk County, Iowa."

    14. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 75.
      Mathew Sexauer and Wilhelmine Christine (Minnie) Fiegenbaum were married on 13 June 1872 at Ankeny, Polk County, Iowa.

    15. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 75.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Wilhelmina Christina Elizabeth Fiegenbaum Sexauer. Gretchen Leenerts did not report exactly when and where this obituary was published.
           "At the age of 19 she was united in marriage to Matthew Sexauer of Ankeny on 13 June 1872 at her father's home in Ankeny, Iowa. To this union were born five children all of whom are living. They are: Rosanna McDougall of Tujunga, California, F. J. of Ankeny, Emily L. Pickenbrock of Monterey, California, Hal of Ankeny and Roscoe of Ankeny. She had 14 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren and 1 great, great grandchild."

    16. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Iowa Marriages, 1851-1900 (online database). Sexauer-Fiegenbaum.
      Index compiled by Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research. Accessed in December 2011. Matthew Sexauer and Williamina C. E. Fregenbaum [sic] were married on 13 June 1872 in Polk County, Iowa.

    17. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1910 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T624, roll 418, page 8B. Iowa, Polk County, Crocker Township, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 67, census sheet 8B, enumerated on 28 April 1910; Matthew Sexauer household, dwelling 182, family 182, lines 91-95. Access through Ancestry.com in March 2014.
           In the household was: 91) Sexauer, Matthew; head; male; white; age 63; married, first; married for 47 years; and, 92) Sexauer, Minnie W.; wife; female; white; age 57; married, first; married for 47 years; mother of 5 children, 5 still living.
           By calculation from the information provided, the marriage would have taken place about 1862-1863. There are clearly problems with the information provided in the enumeration - 57 year old woman who had been married for 47 years would have been about 10 years old at the time of the marriage.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1910 U.S. census for these individuals.

    18. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1920 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T625, roll 507, page 16B. Iowa, Polk County, Crocker Township, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 71, census sheet 16B, enumerated on 9-10 February 1920; Matt Sexauer household, a farm, dwelling 358, family 361, lines 89-91. Access through Ancestry.com in March 2014.
           In the household was: 89) Sexauer, Matt; head; male; white; age 73; married; and, 90) Sexauer, Minnie; wife; female; white; age 64; married.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1920 U.S. census for these individuals.

    19. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1930 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T626, roll 678, page 3A. Iowa, Polk County, Crocker Township, Supervisor’s District 9, Enumeration District 77-101, census sheet 3A, enumerated on 17-18 April 1930; Minnie Sexauer household, dwelling 56, family 56, lines 11-12. Access through Ancestry.com in March 2014.
           In the household was: 11) Sexauer, Minnie; head; female; white; age 77; widow.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1930 U.S. census for these individuals.

    20. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1940 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T627, roll 1,192, page 10B. Iowa, Polk County, Crocker Township, Supervisor’s District 6, Enumeration District 77-15, census sheet 10B, enumerated on 26 April 1940; Minnie Sexauer household, household 188; lines 45; home owned, not rented. National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 1,192, page 10B. Access through Ancestry.com in March 2014.
           In the household was: 45) Sexauer, Minnie; head; female; white; age 86; widow.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1940 U.S. census for these individuals.

    21. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 37.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an account of the 50th wedding anniversary celebration for Friedrich William and Louisa (Otto) Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts did not identify when and where this report was published, but it seems likely it appeared in the Holt County Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.
           From a list of the family of Friedrich and Louisa: "...Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Sexauer and son, Roscoe, Ankeny, Iowa...." At another point in the account, it was mentioned that "...Minnie Sexauer, whose husband is a farmer near Des Moines, Iowa, having five children...."

    22. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1910 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T624, roll 418, page 8B. Iowa, Polk County, Crocker Township, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 67, census sheet 8B, enumerated on 28 April 1910; Matthew Sexauer household, dwelling 182, family 182, lines 91-95. Access through Ancestry.com in March 2014.
           The household consisted of: 91) Sexauer, Matthew; head; male; white; age 63; married, first; married for 47 years; born in Penn[sylvania]; father born in Ger[many], German; mother born in Ger[many], German; speaks English; occupation=farmer, general; employment status="emp"; can read; can write; owns home, free of mortgage; home is a farm; #160 on farm schedule. 92) Sexauer, Minnie W.; wife; female; white; age 57; married, first; married for 47 years; mother of 5 children, 5 still living; born in Illinoise [sic]; father born in Ger[many], German; mother born in Ger[many], German; occupation=none; can read; can write. 93) Sexauer, Halley [sic] ; son; male; white; age 26; single; born in Iowa; father born in Penn[sylvania]; mother born in Illinoise [sic]; occupation=farmer, home farm; employment status="w"; not out of work on 15 April 1910; can read; can write. 94) Sexauer, Rosco [sic] ; son; male; white; age 11; single; born in Iowa; father born in Penn[sylvania]; mother born in Illinoise [sic]; speaks English; occupation=none; can read; can write; attended school since 1 September 1909. 95) Good, Ella; hired girl; female; white; age 31; single; born in Penn[sylvania]; father born in Penn[sylvania]; mother born in Penn[sylvania]; speaks English; occupation=servant, house; employment status="w"; not out of work on 15 April 1910; 8? weeks out of work in 1909; can read; can write.

    23. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1920 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T625, roll 507, page 16B. Iowa, Polk County, Crocker Township, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 71, census sheet 16B, enumerated on 9-10 February 1920; Matt Sexauer household, a farm, dwelling 358, family 361, lines 89-91. Access through Ancestry.com in March 2014.
           The household consisted of: 89) Sexauer, Matt; head; owns home, free of mortgage; male; white; age 73; married; can read; can write; born in Pennsylvania; father born in Baden, German; mother born in Baden, German; speaks English; occupation=none. 0) Sexauer, Minnie; wife; female; white; age 64; married; can read; can write; born in Illinois; father born in Baden, German; mother born in Baden, German; speaks English; occupation=none. 91) Sexauer, Roscoe; son; male; white; age 22; single; can read; can write; born in Iowa; father born in Pennsylvania; mother born in Illinois; speaks English; occupation=none.


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