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  • Name Kastenbudt, Clara Catherine 
    Born 9 Dec 1823  Osnabrück, Kingdom of Hannover Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Gender Female 
    Immigration 1844  USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11, 12] 
    • According to accounts published later in her life, Clara Kastenbudt emigrated to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1844. She moved on to St. Louis, Missouri in 1846, where she joined the German Methodist Episcopal Church and met her future husband, Heinrich Hermann Fiegenbaum.
    Census Aug 1850  Mascoutah, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    • According to the 1850 enumeration, the household consisted of "H. H. Fiegenbaum," a 29 year old Methodist minister and "Catharine Fiegenbaum," age 26.
    Census May 1870  St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    • 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  [15] 
    • 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  [16] 
    • 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 2 Sep 1897  St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [17, 18, 19, 20, 21] 

    •      The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mrs. Clara Fiegenbaum which she reported had appeared on 3 September 1897 in the St. Joseph Daily News, St. Joseph, Missouri.

      "Mrs. Clara Fiegenbaum, wife of Rev. Henry Fiegenbaum, a retired minister of the German Methodist Episcopal Church, died at eight o'clock last night at the family residence, 1123 North Fifth Street, of paralysis. The deceased was seventy-four years old and had been a resident of St. Joseph for thirty years. She was one of the most earnest workers in the church and was beloved by all who knew her. Misses Anna and Mary Fiegenbaum and Mrs. J. C. Steinmetz of this city, and Mrs. Thomas Curry of Oregon, Missouri are daughters of the deceased. The funeral services will be held at three o'clock tomorrow afternoon from the German M. E. Church, Third and Robidoux Streets."

           The following obituary was published in the The Holt County Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri) on Friday, 10 September 1897:

                A Well Rounded Life.

           One by one the pioneer mothers of Methodism are dropping out, and passing over the great river, to take their places in the ranks of those of an immortality, and we are called upon this week, to record the death of one of the grand old Methodist mothers: The spirit of "Mother Fiegenbaum, wife of Rev. Henry Fiegenbaum, of the German M. E. church, burst its mortal fetters and went out to meet the Master, whom she loved so much to serve while on earth, and whom she had devotedly served for over half a century, at her home in St. Joseph on Thursday evening last, September 2, 1897, from paralysis, at the age of 74 years.
           She was a devoted Christian woman. She believed that Christianity presented the true philosophy of life - giving contentment of mind and peace within that this world cannot give nor take away. She was always to be found where duty called, whether it was by her husband's side in his great religious work or at some lonely hut in sweet charity's name. If she quitted her God at the altar, it was to find Him in her domestic duties. She did service as if it was a pleasure or privilege, accepting the thorns with the roses without a murmur. Indeed her life was a candle that wasted and burns itself up shining, so patient was she, so thoughtful, so forgiving, so charitable.
           Clara Kastenbudt was born in Osnabrueck, Hanover, Germany, December 9, 1823. In 1844 she came to America, first locating at Cincinnati. She then came to St. Louis in 1846, and that year she united with the German M. E. church, and it was here that she first met her now bereaved husband, and in this church, where these two were converted, the marriage ceremony was said, Sunday, April 11, 1847. With him, hand in hand, heart to heart, she shared the toils and privations, the joys and the sorrows, in the itinerant ministry, until a few years ago failing health made it necessary for her husband to retire from active ministerial work.
           Her religion was fundamental, and all her life grew out of it. She was probably a greater instrumentality in leading lost souls to Christ than we may be able to comprehend, and how much of her husband's great success during his effective service in the ministry was due to her strengthening and encouraging influence, only eternity will reveal.
           As a true wife and self-sacrificing Christian mother, "Mother" Fiegenbaum might be said to have been a model of perfection. It was the dearest wish of her heart to make her home what it should be, and in this she succeeded in a most admirable manner. Her hospitality was proverbial, and those who partook of it will remember her with the kindest of feelings. She was a true helpmeet to her now bereaved husband, who, in her death, he and surviving children loses one who was tenderness and love.
           She was a most obliging neighbor, and generous toward the needy - never did any one [sic] go away from her door hungry, any [sic] truly it may be said that she was a friend to all, and all were her friends.
           April 11th, of this year, 1897, their golden wedding was celebrated. Some anxiety had been expressed to see the aged pilgrims reach this milestone in their earthly career, which through the mercy of Him, who doeth all things well, was granted them.
           She leaves a husband and four daughters, Mrs. Carrie Steinmetz, Misses Mary and Anna, of St. Joseph, and Mrs. Mina Curry, of this city, to cherish the fond memory of one of the truest and noblest of wives and mothers.
           Funeral services were held from the German M. E. church in St. Joseph on Saturday, September 4, conducted by her pastor, Rev. Charles Harmes, assisted by Presiding Elder Tanner and Bishop Fitzgerald.
           The remains were laid to rest in the family lot in the Ashland cemetery.
    Buried 4 Sep 1897  St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [22, 23] 
    • Clara was buried in Ashland Cemetery.
    Person ID I263  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2011 

    Family 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) 
    Married 11 Apr 1847  St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [20, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33] 

    •      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  [34, 35] 
    • From 1850-1852 (in Muscatine) and again from 1854-1864, Heinrich served Methodist congregations in Iowa.
    Children 
     1. Fiegenbaum, Edward Heinrich,   b. 22 Aug 1848, Mascoutah, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1850  (Age < 1 years)
     2. Fiegenbaum, Anna Maria,   b. 3 Sep 1850, Mascoutah, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jun 1937, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    +3. Fiegenbaum, Caroline Katherine,   b. 31 Oct 1852, Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1932, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +4. Fiegenbaum, George Adolph,   b. 1 Jan 1855, Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1896, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)
     5. Fiegenbaum, Anna Julia,   b. 28 May 1857, Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Sep 1942, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    +6. Fiegenbaum, Christina Wilhelmina,   b. 30 Aug 1859, Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 1929, Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    +7. Fiegenbaum, Lizette Clara,   b. 24 Mar 1862, Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Feb 1892, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years)
     8. Fiegenbaum, Franz N.,   b. 8 Nov 1865, Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1866, Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F97  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1850. NARA microfilm M432, roll 126, page 268 [A].
      Access through HeritageQuest in August 2004 and Ancestry.com in July 2006 & 2008.
           H. H. Fiegenbaum household, 1850 U.S. census, St. Clair County, Illinois, population schedule, Mascoutah, census page 3, enumerated 13 August 1850, dwelling 21, family 21, lines 2-3. Catharine Fiegenbaum; age 26; born in Germany.
           The reported age would yield a birth date of 1823-1824 by calculation.

    2. [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. Clara Fugenbaum; female; age 56; wife; married; keeping house; born in Illinois. The reported age would yield a birth date of 1823-1824 by calculation.

    3. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 17.
      Clara Katherine Kastenbudt was born on 9 December 1823 in Osnabruck, Germany.

    4. [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.
           "Mrs. Clara Fiegenbaum (Kastenbudt) was born in Osnabruck, Hanover, 9 December 1823...."

    5. [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], Clara; age 47; female; white; at home; born in Prussia; father of foreign birth; mother of foreign birth.
           See also an 1870 U.S. Census enumeration for this household living in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois.

    6. [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, Clara; age 46; female; white; keeping house; born in Prussia; father foreign born; mother foreign born.
           See also this family enumerated for the 1870 U.S. census at St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri.

    7. [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, Clara; white; female; age 56; wife; married; keeping house; born in Illinois; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia.
           The reported age would yield a birth date of 1823-1824 by calculation.

    8. [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 was born on 9 December 1823 at "Osnabrueck, Hanover, Germany."

    9. [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.
           "Mrs. Clara Fiegenbaum (nee) Kastenbudt, was born in Osnabruck, Hanover, Dec. 9, 1823...."

    10. [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.
           "Mrs. Clara Fiegenbaum (Kastenbudt) was born in Osnabruck, Hanover, 9 December 1823 and came to America in 1844, first going to Cincinnati and then to St. Louis, where in 1846 she united with the German M.E. Church...."

    11. [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 emigrated to the USA in 1844, settling in Cincinnati, Ohio. She moved on to St. Louis in 1846; at that time she joined the German Methodist Episcopal Church.

    12. [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.
           "Mrs. Clara Fiegenbaum (nee) Kastenbudt...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...."

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

    14. [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.

    15. [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.

    16. [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].

    17. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 17.
      Clara Katherine Kastenbudt Fiegenbaum died on 2 September 1897 at St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri.

    18. [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.
           "Mother Feigenbaum [sic] died September 2, 1897, ...."

    19. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 20.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mrs. Clara Fiegenbaum which she reported had appeared on 3 September 1897 in the St. Joseph Daily News, St. Joseph, Missouri.

    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. [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.

    22. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 20.
      Clara Katherine Kastenbudt was buried in Ashland Cemetery at St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri.

    23. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 20.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mrs. Clara Fiegenbaum which she reported had appeared on 3 September 1897 in the St. Joseph Daily News, St. Joseph, Missouri.
           "The funeral services will be held at three o'clock tomorrow afternoon from the German M. E. Church, Third and Robidoux Streets."

    24. [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.

    25. [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.

    26. [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.

    27. [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."

    28. [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.

    29. [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.

    30. [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.

    31. [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...."

    32. [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.

    33. [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.

    34. [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; ....].

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


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