Category Archives: Spencer County

George Friedrich D Mulzer

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George Friedrich D Mulzer
b. 28 January 1873, Spencer County, Indiana, to Wolfgang and Anna (Keller) Mulzer
d. 26 March 1898, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky
bur. 27 March 1898, St. John Lutheran Ev. Cemetery, Evanston, Spencer, Indiana

George Friedrich Mulzer gravestone

George Friedrich Mulzer gravestone

George was born in Spencer County, IN and was never married. George went to bed one night in good health and was found dead in bed the next morning. He was working in Louisville at his uncle’s fish market at the time of his death. The doctor attributed his sudden death to apoplexy.

Submitted by:
Marlene Petty Polster
Crown Point IN
E-mail: marlenepolster@sbcglobal.net

Thomas George Herring

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Thomas George Herring
b. 21 January 1864, Huff Township, Spencer County, Indiana, to Johann and Sarbina Barbara (Distler) Herring
d. 20 October 1942, Herman, Washington County, Nebraska

m. 31 May 1910, Evanston, Spencer County, Indiana
Anna Kunigunda Wittman
b. 26 March 1878, Spencer County, Indiana, to John B. and Margaretha (Purtzer) Wittman

Children with Anna Kunigunda Wittman:

  • Adolph Ludwig (1911-1990)
  • Sarah Maria Sabina (b. 1914)

Thomas George moved with his family to Herman, Washington County, Nebraska, sometime after the1920 U.S. census and before 1930 U.S. census. He was a farmer in both Indiana and Nebraska. He is buried at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Hooper, Nebraska.

Submitted by:
Marlene Polster
Crown Point IN 46307
E-mail: marlenepolster@sbcglobal.net

Katherina Wittman

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Katherina “Clara” Wittman
b. 1 September 1897, Spencer County, Indiana, to Johann B. and Margaretha (Purtzer) Wittman
d. 27 October 1998, Nebraska

m. 2 January 1921
Edward Fischer
b. 28 June 1895
d. 15 June 1979, Hooper, Dodge County, Nebraska

Children with Edward Fischer:

  • son (1921-1921)
  • Edna Marie married Irwin W. Panning
  • Mildred Margaret married Victor Bartling
  • Helen Clara (1926-1971) married Allen O. Mueller
  • Alice May married to Norman Bartling
  • Leroy Edward married Joyce Ann Eschliman

Clara was born in Huff Township of Spencer County, Indiana. She moved to Nebraska with her family around 1913. She was a farmer’s wife and lived the rest of her life in Nebraska and died there in 1998.

Submitted by:
Marlene Polster
Crown Point IN
E-mail: marlenepolster@sbcglobal.net

Amilie Pauline Wittman

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Amilie Pauline Wittman
b. 20 April 1893, Spencer County, Indiana, to Johann B. and Margaretha (Purtzer) Wittman
d. 3 August 1982, Hooper, Dodge County, Nebraska

m. 1 January 1914, Winslow, Nebraska
Charles Fredrich Busch
b. 5 January 1886, Hooper, Dodge County, Nebraska, to Henry and Lucinda (Geisler) Busch

Children with Charles Fredrich Busch:

  • Gretchen Margaret Lucinda (1915-2001) married Wilbert Ludwig Mueller
  • Laverne John Charles (1916-1998) married Doris Henrietta Hilgenkamp

Amilie was born in Huff Township of Spencer County, Indiana. She moved to Nebraska with her family around 1913. She was a farmer’s wife and lived the rest of her life in Nebraska, dying there in 1982.

Submitted by:
Marlene Polster
Crown Point IN
E-mail: marlenepolster@sbcglobal.net

Louis Fuchs

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Louis Fuchs
b. 15 November 1868, Spencer County, Indiana, to Mathias and Dorethea (Zahn) Fuchs
d. 10 January 1948, Telbasta, Nebraska

m. 1 May 1905, Evanston, Spencer County, Indiana
Anna Maria Sophia Wittman
b. 1 February 1880, Spencer County, Indiana, to John B. and Margaretha (Purtzer) Wittman

Children with Anna Maria Sophia Wittman:

  • Ella Anna Mathilda (1906-1979) married Wesley John Graulich
  • Charlotte Lydia (1907-2000) married Edward William Stock
  • Dorothy Edith (1910-1991) married George William Bloemaker
  • Oswald Theodore (1911-1989) married Leona Ida Hagerbaumer
  • Rudolph Henry (b. 1912) married Edna Alsabein Maria Stork
  • Irma Bertha (b. 1919) married Elmer William Stork

Louis was born in Huff Township of Spencer County, Indiana. He moved his family to Sheridan Township, Washington County, Nebraska, sometime after the 1930 U.S. census was taken. He was a farmer in both Indiana and Nebraska.

Submitted by:
Marlene Polster
Crown Point IN
E-mail: marlenepolster@sbcglobal.net

Heinrich Martin Wittman

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Heinrich Martin Wittman
b. 27 September 1890, Spencer County, Indiana, to Johann B. And Margaretha (Purtzer) Wittman
d. 29 June 1964, Winslow, Dodge County, Nebraska

m. 1 December 1914, Winslow, Dodge County, Nebraska
Martha Marie Louise Moeller
b. 16 January 1896, Nickerson, Nebraska, to William and Louise (Hoegermeyer) Moeller
d. 8 May 1965, Fremont, Nebraska

Children with Martha Marie Louise Moeller:

  • Agnes Lydia (1917-1964) married Vernon Henry Louie Hilgenkamp
  • Clarence Henry (1919-1984) married Marguerite Carolyn Feiler
  • Arnold William (1922-1973) married Anna Marie Walther
  • Leona Louise married Floyd John Walter Hilgenkamp

Henry was born in Huff Township of Spencer County, Indiana, but moved to Nebraska with his family around 1914. Like many ancestors of that era, he was a farmer.

Submitted by:
Marlene Polster
Crown Point IN
E-mail: marlenepolster@sbcglobal.net

Margaretha Purtzer

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Margaretha “Maggie” Purtzer
b. 8 October 1851, Spencer County, Indiana, to Nicolaus and Kunigunda (Eckert) Purtzer
d. 12 June 1922, Winslow, Dodge County, Nebraska

m. 15 May 1877, Spencer County, Indiana
Johann “John” B. Wittman
b. 25 May 1850, Germany
d. 11 Oct 1912, Spencer County, Indiana

Children with Johann B. Wittman:

Maggie was born in Huff Township of Spencer County, Indiana, and spent most of her life there. Her husband farmed in Spencer County, died there, and is buried there as well. After his death, Maggie moved to Dodge County, Nebraska with one of her sons. She died in Nebraska but was returned to Indiana for burial.

Submitted by:
Marlene Polster
Crown Point IN
E-mail: marlenepolster@sbcglobal.net

Johann Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Wittman

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Johann Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Wittman
b. 9 April 1886, Spencer County, Indiana, to Johann B. and Margaretha (Purtzer) Wittman
d. 18 April 1972, Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska

m. 5 June 1913, Evanston, Spencer County, Indiana
Clara Emilie Mulzer
b. 9 February 1881, Evanston, Spencer County, Indiana to Wolfgang and Anna (Keller) Mulzer
d. 10 April 1972, Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska

Children with Clara Emilie Mulzer:

  • Arthur Henry (1914-1998) married Norma Emma Minna Dunklau
  • Wallace E. (1915-1988) married Hilda D. C. Katt
  • Rudolph Henry Carl (1917-1965) married Helen Mary Jensen
  • Narvin Otto married Verna L. Pressley
  • Oscar (1920-1986) married Ruby Doris Peck
  • Erwin George married Rita Ann Fisher

Johann was born in Huff Township of Spencer County, Indiana. He took his family and moved to Winslow, Dodge County, Nebraska, in 1916. He and Clara were married at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Evanston, Indiana, and are buried next to each other in the Memorial Cemetery in Fremont, Nebraska.

Submitted by:
Marlene Polster
Crown Point IN
E-mail: marlenepolster@sbcglobal.net

George Wolfgang Kiefner

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George Wolfgang Kiefner
b. 25 March 1839, Schnabelwaid, Oberfranken, Bavaria, Germany to Andreas and Margaretha Ann (Graff/Grafin) Kuffner/Kiefner
d. 20 June 1892, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas

m. 23 January 1866, New Boston, Spencer County, Indiana
Louise Katharine Racine
b. 24 November 1843, Huff Township, Spencer County, Indiana
d. 13 September 1932, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri

Children with George Wolfgang Kiefner:

  • John William Bell (1861-1940), an adopted son, married Josephine Elizabeth Persinger
  • Anna Margaretha Barbara (1868-1952) married John Schneider
  • Margurethe Louise (1872-1953) married James Barber
  • Anna Katherine (1874-1969) married (1) Benjamin Franklin Juvenal, (2) Tona Aquilla Nance
  • Johann Stephen (1877-1948) married Delia Viola Hogue
  • Amelia Kunigunde (1879-1974) married Daniel Bernard Norton
  • Friedrich Wilhelm (1881-1885)
  • Theresa Henrietta (1884-1970) married Theodore Ralph Willstaedt

George emigrated from Bavaria in 1839 to Spencer County, Indiana. He fought for the Union in the Civil War and was wounded in Red River Exposition. His children were all baptized at St. John’s Lutheran Church in New Boston, Spencer County, Indiana. He and many of his children later moved to Atchison, Kansas and George died there in 1892.

Submitted by:
R. Bruce Willstaedt
Townsville NC
E-mail: bwillstaed@nc.rr.com

Margaretha Laura Magdalena Bauer

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Margaretha Laura Magdalena Bauer
b. 13 June 1820, Birk, near Creussen, Bavaria, Germany, to Johann Nicolaus and Maria Barbara (Hereth) Bauer
d. 19 December 1891, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas

m/1. 27 December 1843, Spencer County, Indiana
Henry Frederick Wilheim Racine
b. about 1812, Hannover, Germany,
d. 1847/48

m/2. 20 October 1848, Rockport, Spencer County, Indiana
Stephen Vogel
b. 8 February 1822, Affalterthal, Bavaria, Germany
d. 28 December 1880, Spencer County, Indiana

Children with Henry Frederick Wilheim Racine:

  • Louise Katharine (1843-1932) married George Wolfgang Kiefner
  • Henry (1845-1892) married Margaretha Lottes
  • Margaretha Barbara (1847-1935) married (1) John Busch, (2) Jacob Fella

Children with Stephen Vogel:

  • Catherine Anna (1849-1941) married Johannes W. Braun
  • George H. (1851-1914) married Frances Agnes Welch
  • Anna K. (1853-1855)
  • Mathais (b. 1855) married Magdalena Huebsch
  • Nicholas (1857-1945) married Augusta Emma Schwope
  • Kunigunda Julia (1860-1948) married Joseph Stengell
  • Anna Margaret (1862-1938) married Henrich J. Braun

Margaretha emigrated from Bavaria in 1839 to Spencer County, Indiana. All her children were born in Spencer County, Indiana, and it was not until sometime before 1888 she moved to Atchison, Kansas.

Her first husband fell overboard from a flatboat going down the Mississippi River and his body was never found. Both of her husbands were farmers

Submitted by:
R. Bruce Willstaedt
Townsville NC
E-mail: bwillstaed@nc.rr.com