Category Archives: Vanderburgh County

George Wohlhueter

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George Wohlhueter
b. 12 November 1804, Kauffenheim, Alsace, France, to Johann Michael and Anna Katharina (Rinckel) Wohlhueter
d. 10 September 1872, Carmi, White County, Illinois

m. 1840, Kauffenheim, Alsace, France
Marie Catherine Rinckel
b. 1815, Kauffenheim, Alsace, France
d. 17 January 1873, Carmi, White County, Illinois

Children with Marie Catherine Rinckel:

  • Catherine
  • Elizabeth
  • Elizabeth
  • George
  • Caroline
  • Salome

In 1855 George and Marie Catherine Wohlhueter immigrated to Indiana from Kauffenheim, Alsace, France. They lived in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, and Harmony, Posey County, Indiana, and emigrated from Indiana in 1871 to Carmi, White County, Illinois.

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Barbara Wohlhueter
Bradenton FL

William F Drake

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William F Drake
b. 1829, Washington, Warren County, Ohio, to Jesse and Mary Drake
d. 28 August 1862, Manassas Junction, Prince William County, Virginia

m. 16 October 1853, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana
Laura C. Parker
b. 18 January 1833, Ohio, to Samuel and Lydia (Aydelotte) Parker
d. 3 June 1913, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana

Children with Laura C. Parker:

William emigrated about 1851 from Warren County, Ohio, to Montgomery County, Indiana. He enlisted in Company A, 63rd Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, on 18 February 1862, at Linden, Indiana. He was accidentally shot by Jacob Dietz, a member of William’s company, while the regiment was forming in line of battle on the Manassas Gap Railroad just before the second Battle of Bull Run.

Laura (Parker) Drake (William’s widow)
m/2. James Toliver Hamilton

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Barbara Drake Ritter
Noisington KS