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Klaus, Samuel Wesley

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  • Name Klaus, Samuel Wesley 
    Born 12 Jan 1861  Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Education Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    at Northwestern College 
    Occupation a school teacher for about two years  [4] 
    Occupation From 1887  Earlville, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    owner of a general store 
    • After teaching school for two years he worked as clerk in a general store for three years. In 1887 he established his own store in 1887 at Earlville. In an 1914 biography, the store was identified as the firm of Holscher & Klaus.
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I6762  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 1 Mar 2009 

    Father Klaus, Johan D.,   b. 2 Feb 1813, Kingdom of Hannover Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jul 1878, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Hartbecken, Elizabeth,   b. 28 May 1821, Kingdom of Hannover Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Dec 1888, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 23 Apr 1848  St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] 
    • Philip Kuhl, pastor of the German Methodist Episcopal Church on Wash Street in St. Louis, recorded that he had married "On the 23rd day of April in the year of our Lord 1848 Mr. John Klaus from Delaware County, Iowa with Miss Elizabeth Hartbecken of St. Louis, Mo."
    Family ID F1459  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Loomis, Elizabeth,   b. Farley, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1891, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1886  [12] 
    Children 
     1. Klaus, Roy W.,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Klaus, N. J.,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F2184  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Landis, Rose,   b. Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 1897  Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Children 
     1. Klaus, Earl S.,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Klaus, Kenneth R.,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Klaus, Paul D.,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Klaus, Ruth,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Klaus, Lucille,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Klaus, Cora,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Klaus, Elizabeth,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Klaus, Edna,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F2186  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S206] History of Delaware County, Iowa and its People, edited by John F. Merry; 2 volumes (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1914), volume 2, page 121.
      Biographical sketch of Samuel Wesley Klaus. Samuel Wesley Klaus "was born in Delaware county on the 12th of January, 1861, a son of John D. and Elizabeth (Hartbeck) Klaus, both of whom were natives of Hanover, Germany, but came to America about 1840."

    2. [S207] The History of Delaware County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., a Biographical Directory of its Citizens, War Record of its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Delaware County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc., (Chicago, Illinois: Western Historical Company, 1878), pages 611-612.
      Biographical sketch of John D. Klaus. "... have six children living - Margaret A. (now Mrs. Holscher) Mary M. (Wellemeyer) Elizabeth (Innsher) William H., John H. and Samuel W. Lost one - John H., died in this county, aged 16 months."

    3. [S206] History of Delaware County, Iowa and its People, edited by John F. Merry; 2 volumes (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1914), volume 2, page 121.
      Biographical sketch of Samuel Wesley Klaus. "Samuel Wesley Klaus remained at home until he attained his majority and was given the advantage of a liberal education as he attended Northwestern College in Galena, Illinois."

    4. [S206] History of Delaware County, Iowa and its People, edited by John F. Merry; 2 volumes (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1914), volume 2, page 121.
      Biographical sketch of Samuel Wesley Klaus. "He taught school for two years and then accepted a position as clerk in a general store, where he remained for three years,...."

    5. [S206] History of Delaware County, Iowa and its People, edited by John F. Merry; 2 volumes (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1914), volume 2, page 121.
      Biographical sketch of Samuel Wesley Klaus. "He taught school for two years and then accepted a position as clerk in a general store, where he remained for three years, after which he established a store of his own in Earlville in 1887. He is still carrying on business there as a member of the firm of Holscher & Klaus."

    6. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 60.
      Mary Malvina Klaus, daughter of John Klaus and Elizabeth Hartbecke, was born on 28 January 1853 in Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa.

    7. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 61-62.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary which she reported had appeared on Wednesday, 2 April 1930 in an unidentified newspaper of Garner, Iowa.
           "Mary Malvina Klaus was born on a farm near Colesburg, Iowa on 28 January 1853. Her parents were John D. Klaus and Elizabeth Hartbecke Klaus, both of whom were natives of Hanover, Germany. Her childhood and youth were spent in the farm home..."

    8. [S206] History of Delaware County, Iowa and its People, edited by John F. Merry; 2 volumes (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1914), volume 2, page 121.
      Biographical sketch of Samuel Wesley Klaus. Samuel Wesley Klaus "was born in Delaware county on the 12th of January, 1861, a son of John D. and Elizabeth (Hartbeck) Klaus, both of whom were natives of Hanover, Germany...."

    9. [S207] The History of Delaware County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., a Biographical Directory of its Citizens, War Record of its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Delaware County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc., (Chicago, Illinois: Western Historical Company, 1878), pages 611-612.
      Biographical sketch of John D. Klaus. "... married in St. Louis March 23, 1848, to Elizabeth Hartbecka, who was born in Hanover, Germany, May 28, 1821; ...."

    10. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), St. Louis, Missouri Marriages, 1804-76.
      An online database created from St. Louis Genealogical Society, St. Louis Marriage Index, 1804-76 (St. Louis, Missouri: St. Louis Genealogical Society, 1999). Accessed on 2 March 2009.
           John Klaus and Elizabeth Hartbecken were married on 23 April 1848; recorded in Volume 4, page 062.

    11. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002.
      An online database created from Missouri Marriage Records (Jefferson City, Missouri: Missouri State Archives).
           Mr. John Klaus and Miss Elizabeth Hartbecken were married in St. Louis County on 27 April 1848.
           An examination of the digital image of the original document referenced by this database shows that this transcription is in error. The correct date in the marriage record was 23 April 1848.
           In St. Louis, on 4 May 1848, "Philip Kuhl P. [C?] of the German Meth. E. Church on Wash Street" filed record of four marriages on page 62 of the record book. The second of these reads: "On the 23rd day of April in the year of our Lord 1848 Mr. John Klaus from Delaware County, Iowa with Miss Elizabeth Hartbecken of St. Louis, Mo."

    12. [S206] History of Delaware County, Iowa and its People, edited by John F. Merry; 2 volumes (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1914), volume 2, page 121.
      Biographical sketch of Samuel Wesley Klaus. "Mr. Klaus was married in 1886 to Miss Lizzie Loomis, who was born in Farley, Iowa, a daughter of N. J and Mary (Kirby) Loomis, both of whom are deceased."

    13. [S206] History of Delaware County, Iowa and its People, edited by John F. Merry; 2 volumes (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1914), vol. 2, pages 121-122.
      Biographical sketch of Samuel Wesley Klaus. "Mr. Klaus was married in 1897 to Miss Rose Landis, who was born in this county, a daughter of A. B. and Elizabeth (McDonald) Landis, both of whom survive."


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