_Johannes BRITZIUS __+
| (1602 - ....) m 1627
_Johann Nicklaus BRITZIUS _|
| (1628 - 1712) m 1649 |
| |_Anna WEBER _________+
| (1602 - 1670) m 1627
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|--Rosina BRITZIUS
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| _Johannes SCHUCH ____+
| | (1600 - ....) m 1620
|_Christina SCHUCH _________|
(1630 - 1702) m 1649 |
|_Maria MUELLER ______+
(1600 - ....) m 1620
_Frederick DEMOUTH __+
| (1787 - 1836)
_Jirah DEMOUTH _____________|
| (1812 - 1854) m 1832 |
| |_Susan CRANE ________+
| (1784 - 1863)
|
|--Charles DEMOUTH
| (1840 - 1862)
| _Frederick KAYHART __
| |
|_Catherine Malinda KAYHART _|
(1811 - 1849) m 1832 |
|_ VANDERHOOF ________
[4493] per Wells: Charles died unmarried. Her served in the Civil War and died of Scarlet Fever in a St. Louis hospital at age 19.
[4492] Contained in the papers received from Lonnie McManus on 23 Jan 2006.
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_Peter William GAWNE ____|
| (1807 - 1877) |
| |_____________________
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|
|--Alfred H GAWNE
| (1846 - 1913)
| _Thomas MARTINDALE __
| | (1759 - 1843) m 1792
|_Electa Joan MARTINDALE _|
(1806 - 1864) |
|_Lucy BENNETT _______
(1772 - ....) m 1792
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_John George NICKLAS ___|
| (1806 - 1884) m 1833 |
| |__
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|
|--Catharina NICKLAS
| (1842 - 1917)
| __
| |
|_Anna Catharine BETSCH _|
(1809 - 1889) m 1833 |
|__
[741] John and Anna Nicklas's fifth child was Catharina Nicklas, born 1 January 1842 in Monroe County, Illinois. She married Sam Linderman on 25 February 1870. They had no children. It was reportedly an unhappy marriage.
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George Nicklas age 54 Farmer real value $3000 personal $725 b. Hesse Darmstadt
Catharine 52 "
John 21 IL
Catherine 18 "
George, Jr 16 "
William 16 "
Caroline 12 WI
Jacob8"
Geo. Nicklas age 44 b. Ger
Catharine " 42 "
Peter " 16 Penn
Elizabeth " 14 "
John " 11 Ill
Catharine " 8 "
Geo. " 6 "
Wm. " 4 "
Caroline " 2 Wisc
Linderman, Samuel age 48 Farmer PA PA PA
Catherine 38 wife IL Hesse D Hesse D
George E. 12 adopted son MO unknown unknown
Lena M. 10 adopted dau MO " "
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_John George NICKLAS ___|
| (1806 - 1884) m 1833 |
| |__
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|--Peter Benjamin NICKLAS
| (1834 - 1904)
| __
| |
|_Anna Catharine BETSCH _|
(1809 - 1889) m 1833 |
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[519]
The Peter Benjamin Nicklas Story
1834 - 1904
June 4, 2001
Dear Sarah, Hannah, and Tim,
This is the story of Peter Nicklas, another one of your ancestors that was in the Civil War. Peter was your great-great-great-grandfather.
Peter was the son of John George Nicklas and Anna Catherine Betsch Nicklas. John and Anna were first cousins. They came to Pennsylvannia from Leonabach, Hessen, Dormstadt, Germany in 1832 and were married in 1833. Peter, the oldest of their nine children, was born in 1834 at Blue Ridge, Cumberland County, Pennsylvannia 5 July 1834. After Peter came his sister Elizabeth and then a baby that died, and then the family moved to Monroe County, Illinois where four more children were born. Then one day they put all their belongings in a boat and sailed up the Mississippi River to Wisconsin. They settled in the southwest corner of the state in Grant County near the tiny town of Georgetown and had two more children.
When Peter was 25 he married Dorothy Schlucke from the nearby town of Hazelgreen. Dorothy was born in Germany in 1841. She came here with her mother and her little red-headed sister. Dorothy was sweet and neat and a lovely seamstress. She may have had epilepsy.
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Peter didn’t sign up for the army until he was 31 years old and the Civil War was almost over. In January of 1865 he enlisted into Company K of the 47th Wisconsin Infantry. Infantry means soldiers who fight standing on their feet instead of riding a horse. The 47th Infantry organized at Camp Randall in Madison, Wisconsin. Ask your mom about the little guard house from Camp Randall that still stands on the university campus.
Peter left Wisconsin with his unit in February of 1865 and went to Louisville, KY and then to Tullahoma, Tenn., where his unit was employed in drill and guard duty for several months until the war was over. He never had to be in any battles. After the Civil War Peter came home to be with his family and care for his farm in Georgetown near his parents farm. His wife Dorothy helped to keep the family fed with her sewing skills which she had learned from her mother and taught to her daughters. In those days families would have a dressmaker come every spring and every fall and make all the clothes for the whole family. Nothing was brought ready made. There was always a market for women with good sewing skills
Here is how we are related to Peter. Peter and Dorothy Nicklas had Addie Nicklas. Addie grew up and married William Wesley White and had Helen White. Helen (that’s Nana) grew up and married Harold Stevens and they had Paul and Lois. Paul grew up and married Dianne Zimmerman (me!) and they had Dawne, Jon, Heather, and Uncle Danny. Dawne grew up and married Jason and had Sarah, Hannah, and Tim, you guys!
So that’s the story of your great-great-great-grandfather who joined the army to be in the Civil War but never had to fight. Hooray for Peter Nicklas!
Love, Granny
1900 shows Wes and Adie living in Rush Twsp, Jo Daviess County in the same house with Adie's parents and sister. The census says Wes is a farmer and he owns the home, not his father-in-law Peter, who is retired.
Geo. Nicklas age 44 b. Ger
Catharine " 42 "
Peter " 16 Penn
Elizabeth " 14 "
John " 11 Ill
Catharine " 8 "
Geo. " 6 "
Wm. " 4 "
Caroline " 2 Wisc
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Nicholes, Peter age 45 Farmer b. Penn f.b. Hesse Darmstadt m. b. Hesse Darmstadt
Dorothy 39 wife Hanover Hanover Hanover
George L. 17 son - works on farm WI PA "
Evlina 13 dau" " "
Anna 8 dau" " "
Census, Federal - 1900 - Jo Daviess Co., Illinois, Rush Twsp, ED 41, Ancestry p. 14 of 19.
"line 84 dwelling house # 151 family # 182
White, Wesley, head 36 occupation farmer
White, Addie wife 27
White, Wilbur son 8/12 (should be 3/12)
line 87 dwelling #151 family # 183
Nicklas, Peter head 65 occupation retired
Nicklas, Dorthea wife 58
Nicklas, Evilina dau 33."
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Nicholas, Peter B. age 36 Farmer personal estate $400 b. Penn.
Dorothy 28 Keeping House Hanover
George 8 at home WI
Lena4 " WI
George Nickles
Males under 5 - 1
5 & under 10 - 1
30 & under 40 - 1
Females under 5 - 1
30 & under 40 - 1
70 & under 80 - 1
Line 10
Peter Nicholas age 24 Farm laborer b. Pennsylvania
[529] This Peter Nicholas is working on the farm of John Metcalf. His wife is not to be found.
_Thomas STEVENS ______+
| (1758 - 1812)
_William STEVENS ____|
| (1785 - 1869) m 1810|
| |_Nancy Agnes ELLIOTT _+
| (1758 - 1838)
|
|--William STEVENS
| (1822 - ....)
| _Philip HIGGINS ______+
| | (1753 - 1845) m 1777
|_Hannah HIGGINS _____|
(1787 - 1869) m 1810|
|_Mary CROWELL ________+
(1756 - 1833) m 1777