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Regiment, and brother of Matthew Jansen, also deceased; Friederieke (Ruff) Tansmann, wife of Frederiek Tansmann of this eity; and Katie (Ruff) Koeh, widow of William Koch.
SETTLERS OF 1838
Dr. Daniel Stahl was one of the first German physicians that located in Quincy. Born in 1816 in Gilserberg, Principality of Hessen, he studied medicine in the universities of Giessen, Marburg, Munich, and Vienna,-in Munich together with Dr. Michael Roeschlaub, who also was among the early German physicians in Quincy. In 1838 Dr. Daniel Stahl eame from Cleveland, Ohio, and settled in Quiney, where he for many years practiced his profession, his services during two epidemies of cholera being especially valuable. At the beginning of the Civil war he entered the I'nion army as physician and surgeon of the Tenth Illinois Infantry, later on serving in the Seventh Illinois Cavalry Regiment. In October of 1864 he was appointed as chief surgeon of staff and served to the end of the war. Dr. Daniel Stahl was twice married, his first wife being French, his second wife Ameri- can. He died October 26, 1874, in Baden-Baden, where he was buried.
Matthias Ohnemus, born November 15, 1810, in Rust, Baden, eame to America in 1834, locating in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1835 he married Theresia Weber, born October 29, 1810, in Ringsheim, Baden. They came to Quincy in 1838, where Matthias Ohnemus for many years followed his trade as saddler and harnessmaker. He established the first vineyard in Quiney, and for some time conducted a meat market. Matthias Ohnemus died September 16, 1870; his wife de- parted this life December 5, 1900. One son, George Ohnemus, lives in Quiney, where he for many years was engaged as proprietor of a tinshop and galvanized iron works. Daughters of Matthias and Theresia ( Weber) Ohnemus were : Mrs. Marie P. Kreitz, Sister Serva- tia of the Order of Notre Dame, Mrs. Theresia Tenk, Mrs. Elizabeth Glahn, and Mrs. Anna Glass.
Jacob Wagner was born February 25, 1810, in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, where his ancestors, who came from Germany, had settled during early Colonial days. In 1837 he eame West, loeating at Ilannibal, Missouri, where he followed his trade as millwright for nearly two years. In December, 1838, he settled on a farm near Mill Creek in this county. and in September. 1841, married Mary Anna Brown, born October 15, 1824, in Shenandoah County, Virginia. Having received his early education on his father's farm in Pennsyl- vania, Jacob Wagner learned to read both English and German. He departed this life in 1879; his wife died many years ago. Mrs. Belle Petri, wife of the attorney, Thomas Petri in Quiney, is a daughter of Jacob Wagner. Sons were: Frank, who lived on the farm, and Jacob Wagner, Jr., a physician ; both died years ago. One son, Wil- liam Wagner, lives in Wyoming.
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Matthias Obert, horn November 21, 1808, in Burbach, in the Black Forest of Baden, learned the shoemaker's trade and emigrated to America in 1829, locating in Baltimore. In 1830 he was initiated as a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows by Thomas Wildey, founder of the Order in this country. From Baltimore he went to Pittsburgh, following his trade for two years. Then he came to St. Louis, where he married Marie Felsing in 1835. March 14, 1837. a son was born to them, whom they named John. In 1838 the family came to Quiney, where Mrs. Obert died in 1839. April 4, 1841, Matthias Obert married Anna Jahn, born 1810 in the Princi- pality of Hessen. In 1852 he, with his son John, went overland to California, returning to Quincy within a year. In 1862 he went into the grocery business. His wife died in 1882; he departed this life December 28, 1885. At the time of his death Matthias Obert was the oldest member of the Odd Fellows in the world, having been a member for fifty-nine years. Isabelle M. Obert, a daughter, was teacher in the public schools of Quiney, and in 1861 became the wife of Edward Wild, a prominent business man ; Marie, another daughter, was married to Otto Ringier, also prominent in business. All persons mentioned in the foregoing have departed this life years ago, but a number of descendants are among the living.
Frank Rettig, born in 1800, in Gross-Biberan, Granddnehy of Hessen, married Elizabeth Merker of the same town. They came to America in 1831, locating in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. In 1838 the family came West, locating in Quincy, where Mrs. Rettig died ; her husband later moved to Perry, Pike County, Illinois, where Frank Rettig, Jr., born November 18, 1833, learned the blacksmith's trade. In 1855 he married Adeline Webb of Morgan County, Illinois. For twenty years he followed blacksmithing in Loraine, this county. When the Civil war broke ont the Rettig family were patriotie. Frank Rettig, Sr., enlisted in Company B. Ninety-ninth Illinois Infantry, and Frank Rettig, Jr., joined Company F, of the same regiment ; two other sons rallied to their country's call. Louis Rettig joined the Third Illinois Cavalry, and Philip Rettig, the Sixth Illinois Cavalry. Nine years ago Frank Rettig. Jr., and his wife entered the Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home in Quincy, where he died the latter part of January, 1918. Three sons survive: Charles, a barber in Shreve- port. Louisiana; Frank. Jr .. a traveling salesman, in Springfield. Missouri: and William Rettig, in Hanford, California.
Philip Schwebel, born September 13. 1813. in Oberhausen, Grand- duchy of Hessen, came to America in 1836, locating in New York City, where he married Elizabeth Scherer. In 1838 they came to Quincy, where Philip Schwebel, who was a master of his trade, did all kinds of fine machine blacksmithing for many years. He died in 1892, his wife having preceded him in death in 1858. William Schwebel, the eldest son, learned the machinist's trade. During the Civil war he
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served in the Union army, as second lieutenant of Company F, Forty- third Illinois Infantry; after the war he went West and opened a machine shop in San Francisco, California. Edward Sehwebel, the second son, served in the One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Illinois Infantry ; he also was a machinist, and later moved to Burlington, Iowa, where he followed his trade. Henry George Sehwebel, the third son, still resides in Quincy, where he has a position as shipping elerk in the Thomas White Stove Foundry.
George Liebig was born 1770 in Gross-Biberan, Grandduchy of Hessen. He was a shoemaker by occupation, and an unele of Prof. Justus Liebig, the German chemist. He married Elizabeth Breit- wieser, born 1779 in Kleestadt, Grandduchy of Hessen. In 1838 the couple eame to Quincy, where Liebig died in the same year, while his wife lived until 1869. Two sons came to this eountry with their parents, both being shoemakers. George P. Liebig located in St. Louis, and John Leonard Liebig, in Belleville, Illinois, where he mar- ried Elizabeth Sehubkegel, and conducted his business until 1849, when he became a victim of cholera. John P. Liebig, a son of John Leonard and Elizabeth (Sehubkegel) Liebig, was born in Belleville, February 2, 1848, and came to Quincy in 1866, where he is estab- lished as a dealer in coal, wood, and ice. He married Hannah Heit- land, and they have three sons and three daughters. George and Eliza- beth (Breitwieser) Liebig, who came to Quiney in 1838, also had three daughters: Elizabeth Barbara, wife of Jean Philip Bert ; Mar- garet, wife of Simon Glass ; and Elizabeth Maria, wife of John Wenzel, all of them residing in this county, where they died many years ago.
Henry Bornmann, born in 1800 in Hatzfeld, circuit of Giessen, Grandduchy of Hessen, was a paper miller, and married Elizabeth Kuhn, born in the eircuit of Wittgenstein. In 1834 they came to America, and located in Mereersburg, Pennsylvania. In 1838 the fam- ily came to Quiney. There being no paper mill here, Henry Born- mann conducted a lime kiln. His wife died in 1849 of eholera and he became a victim of the same plagne in 1851. The eldest son, Henry, born in Germany, was a watchmaker and died of the yellow fever in New Orleans in 1852. Theodore Bornmann, the second son, born September 24, 1843, in Quiney, grew up in this eity, where he for many years was engaged as a painter and paper hanger. In November, 1864, he married Mary Waldhaus, daughter of George F. and Marie (Gasser) Waldhans. She died twenty-six years ago, and a year later Theodore Bornmann married Mrs. Katherine Eisenstein, widow of Louis Eisenstein. Sons of Theodore and Mary (Waldhaus) Bornmann living are: George, Albert, William, Frank, and Frederick; besides one daughter, Cora, wife of Frank Reed, in Ellendale, North Dakota. Two grandsons of Theodore Bornmann, Elmer and August, sons of George Bornmann, are serving in the army of the United States.
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George Jacob Waldhaus, born 1797 in Oberau, Grandduchy of Hessen, married Katherine Vonderschmitt, born in the same town, December 31, 1792. In 1837 the family emigrated, landing in New Orleans New Year's night 1838. In July of the same year the family located in Quiney, where Mrs. Waldhaus died June 6, 1863, her hus- band departing this life JJuly 26, 1869. George Frederick Waldhaus, son of George Jacob and Katherine (Vonderschmitt) Waldhaus, born May 23. 1819, in Klein-Biberau, came to Quincy with his parents. le learned the cooper's trade, and for many years conducted a shop in this city. In 1840 he married Marie Gasser, born March 1, 1824, in Baden. George Frederick Waldhaus served in the Mormon war of 1844 as a member of the German Gnards. For many years he was prominent in public life, holding many offiees of honor and trust. In 1854-55 he was city marshal : in 1856-57 eity treasurer; in the spring of 1865 he was elected mayor of the eity; from 1874 nntil 1879 he represented the Third Ward in the board of supervisors. In 1890 George Frederick and Marie Waldhaus celebrated their golden wed- ding, attended by a great number of relatives and personal friends. Mrs. Waldhaus died September 21, 1892; her husband, February 3, 1899. Three sons survive : Henry W. Waldhaus, born September 13, 1842, who at the age of fifteen drove a mail wagon, receiving twenty- five dollars a month. Later he learned the cooper's trade. In 1866 he was elected as street commissioner, For thirty years he was assistant assessor of the Town of Quiney. His wife, Caroline, nee Weber, died many years ago. Fred Waldhaus, the second son, a machinist by trade, is at present engineer in the house of correction. Edward, the third son, is a paper hanger by trade and located in the eastern part of this county.
George Philip Beilstein, born June 29, 1805, in Lichtenberg, Grand- duehy of Hessen, was a baker. In March, 1831, he emigrated to America and located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. There he met and married Anna Elizabeth Klingler, born 1805 in Reichelsheim, Grand- dnehy of llessen. In 1838 the family eame to Quiney, where George Philip Beilstein went to work in the Star Mills as fireman and then as engineer. Two years later he went to farming near Mill Creek. ITis wife died in 1867, while he departed this life in 1888, Two sons, Philip and George, grew up on the farm and followed agriculture. Philip died in 1902, George in 1918. Philip Beilstein related the following interesting reminiscenees about country life in the early days : " Within a stretch of three miles there were nine mills on Mill Creek, serving as saw mills and grist mills, and run by water power. Corn and wheat were simply ground without separating the bran from the four, and the meal thus secured was tasteful and wholesome. Occasionally it would happen that the mills were put out of com- mission, owing to the lack of water, and then we had to resort to our coffee mill to grind the grain. Some of the dwellings were built of logs and others by using slabs or elapboards. Wooden pegs were
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used in connecting the frame work. Matches were a commodity not known in those days, and fires had to be started by the aid of flint and steel. in connection with punk. This being very tedious, people were careful to keep the fire on the hearth alive; when retiring for the night, ashes were heaped on the glimmering coal, to be removed in the morning, when wood placed on the live coal would soon result in a blazing fire. But it sometimes happened that the fire was out in the morning, and then some member of the family had to start out with an iron kettle to "borrow fire" from the next neighbor, which, of course, was not pleasant when the temperature was way below zero." Besides the two sons mentioned above, George Philip and Anna Elizabeth (Klingler) Beilstein had three daughters: Marie, the wife of C. F. A. Behrensmeyer, building contractor and later proprie- tor of a general store. Elizabeth, wife of Peter Scheer, Slater, Mis- souri; and Pauline, wife of William Wenzel, farmer on the Payson prairie in this county. All of them have departed this life years ago ; many descendants are among the living.
John Breitwieser, born July 9, 1816, in Kleestadt, Grandduchy of Hessen, learned the shoemaker's trade with George Liebig in Gross- Biberan. The latter part of 1837 he emigrated and came to America, landing in Baltimore. Later he came West, arriving in Quincy May 17, 1838, where he settled for life. In the same year the first German Protestant church, St. John's Church, was built in this city and John Breitwieser assisted in the construction of the building, which was erected on the east side of South Seventh Street, between York and Kentucky, on the site where at present St. John's Lutheran Church stands. In 1842 John Breitwieser, with William Dickhnt and Robert Benneson, went overland to Wisconsin in a wagon drawn by four horses. Prairie chickens were so numerous that they could kill them with clubs. They traveled 600 miles before they reached the first sawmill, conducted by Frank Biron, a Frenchman, six miles north of Grand Rapids on the Wisconsin River. After trading their horses and wagon for 30,000 feet of lumber, and constructing a raft, they started down stream, bound for Quiney, an Indian serving as pilot. En route the voyagers lost their course, getting into a "blind alley." The water rushing over the raft, the three men had to stand in the water up to their hips for two days, when a steamboat came along, noticed their distress, and rescued them by dragging the raft into the regular channel, they then continuing their trip to Quiney. John Breitwieser served in the Mormon war as a member of the Quincy German Guards. For many years he was in the employ of Dickhut & Benneson. the lumber dealers. also as teamster of the Eagle Mills. John Breitwieser was twice married ; his first wife was Marie Huenecke, born near Bremen, Germany ; his second wife, Amalie Reinecker, from Muehlhausen, Thuringia. September 15, 1901, he died a widower aged over eighty-five years. Children living are: Charles William Breit- wieser, Mrs. Mary Buerkin, and Miss Emilie Breitwieser, all in Quincy.
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Charles William Breitwieser, the son, born March 5, 1862, left school when thirteen years of age to learn the cigarmaker's trade, but a year later accepted a position in a retail store. Remaining sixteen years he scenred a comprehensive knowledge in every department and in 1892 bought the grocery business from William Evers, which he continned for twelve years. In 1904 he sold out and for a number of years has been manager of the Gem City Transfer Company. In 1882 he married Clara Rothgeb, a daughter of the old German pioneer Henry Rothgeb.
Frederick Wellmann, born April 9, 1815, in Ankum, Hanover, was a painter, emigrated in the fall of 1835, and landed in Baltimore in the spring of 1836, the trip having required ninety days on the Danish sailing vessel Caledonia. The passengers had to subsist on black hard tack, potatoes being an unknown luxury. Four passengers «lied of smallpox. From Baltimore, Frederick Wellmann came to St. Louis, where he married Elizabeth Bueter, of Herzberg, Hanover. In 1838 they came to Quiney, where the wife died in 1852. Later he married Antoinette Bockhoff, born in Prussia. In 1838 there were only two brick houses in Quiney ; all other dwellings were built of logs or frame. Frederick Wellmann was a member of the Quiney Jaeger, a German militia company. For two years, 1853 and 1854, he repre- sented the Second Ward in the city council. In conversation with the writer of this narrative, fifteen years ago, Mr. Wellmann related the following interesting reminiscence, showing the condition of one of the main streets seventy and more years ago: "I had attended a meeting of the city council as one of the spectators, and it was late when I wended my way homeward. While passing along Hampshire, between Ninth and Tenth streets, at that time an idyllie part of the city, known under the name. 'Bremer Hafen' (Harbor of Bremen), char- acteristic of the great pools of water which gathered there after heavy rains, I noticed a Innan being in the middle of the 'lagoon,' wrestling for his life. Immediately arousing William Schreiber, who lived in the bloek, we both went to work and resened the man, who probably would have drowned, had it not been for our timely arrival. The man was Michael Mast, the first German settler in Quiney and a promi- nent figure in the history of this community for many years." Wil- liam Wellmann, born in Ankum, Hanover, in 1811, married Sophia Dombree of the same town. They emigrated in 1837 and located in Quincy in 1838. Wellmann was a locksmith, but found little to do in his line of business. most people not finding locks necessary, fasten- ing their doors with latches, and pulling the latehstring in when they retired for the night; consequently he went to farming near Mill ('rerk. IJe also served in the Mormon war as a member of the Ger- man Gnards. Finally returning to town, he died in 1891; his wife in 1895. Sons were : Frank, farmer near Mill Creek: William, har- nessmaker in White Sulphur Springs, Montana ; Frederick, farmer in Oklahoma : and John B. Wellmann, for many years painter in Quincy.
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Daughters were : Sophia, wife of the farmer Frank Klingle; Katherine, wife of the machinist John Gredell; Theresia, wife of the butcher Frank Kerkmann; and Wilhelmina, wife of the farmer Joseph Asehe- mann near Mill Creek. Frank Wellmann, a brother of the above men- tioned William Wellmann, was one of the first painters in this city and followed his trade until 1849, when he, his wife, and their children became victims of cholera. Only one son, Frank B. Wellmann, sur- vived, and for many years was engaged as painter and paperhanger in this city.
Among the early German pioneers was John Paul Epple, born June 29, 1803, in Herboldsheim, Baden. He was induced to come to Quincy because they needed a blacksmith, relatives and friends having repeatedly requested him to make this city his home. In 1837 he with his wife, Anna Marie, nee Raes, and one son, Alexander, came to New York and from there to Buffalo, where the son became seriously ill and died. The trip overland was tedious, they traveling in a wagon drawn by oxen, until they arrived in Chicago, where they acquired a team of horses and made better progress, arriving in Quincy in the spring of 1838. John Paul Epple bought a lot near the city spring, where he with his own hands built a small log cabin and a smithshop, the dwelling eovering an area of sixteen feet square, while the smithshop measured fourteen feet square. Six months later, in a dreary winter night, the shop burned down, but was rebuilt, larger and better, in the following spring. Being successful in his business, John Paul Epple later bought a lot on Hampshire, between Third and Fourth streets, where he erected a larger and more commodious work- shop. There was another smith and wagonmaker in Quincy, Timothy Rogers, who aecasionally went east with John Paul Epple, where they bought earriages in New York, and hickory wood in Indiana. The first carriage manufactured in Quiney, made complete in all its parts, was built by John Paul Epple for O. H. Browning, one of our promi- nent attorneys, later senator of Illinois and member of President Lin- coln's cabinet. John Paul Epple was the first market master of Quincy, an office which he held from 1844 to 1852, and it was due to his efforts that the first market house was built at Third and Hamp- shire streets, where the eity hall now stands. The necessity of a hall for entertainments being apparent, John Paul Epple had a two-story brick building erected on Hampshire, between Third and Fourth streets, eovering an area of 60 by 125 feet, known as Epple's Hall. Many shows, both English and German, were given there, besides family reunions, etc. About 1870 John Paul Epple retired from active business and moved to Twenty-fifth Street, between Maine and Broadway, his death oeeurring October 14, 1877, his wife following him in death April 18, 1881. Besides the son Alexander, who died in Buffalo, the children were: Caroline, wife of J. H. Broekschmidt; Catherine, wife of Amandus Fendrich; Marie, wife of Michael Arnold ; Elizabeth, wife of Caspar Arnold; and John H. Epple.
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SETTLERS OF 1839
Louis Lambur, born 1816 in Brueckenwald, Alsace, came to Amer- iea in 1833, learned the cooper's trade in Evansville, Indiana, and came to Quiney in 1839. In 1841 he married Barbara Combaise, born 1822 in Oberkandel, near Strassburg, Alsace. For many years he condueted a cooper shop in Quincy until his death in 1887. Louis Lambur, Jr., a son born in Quiney, learned the cooper's trade. Early in 1865 he enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-eighth Illinois Infantry, serving to the end of the war. Later he for a number of years served as constable. In 1864 he married Catherine Gutapfel, daughter of the pioneer smith George Gutapfel ; descendants in Quincy now write the name Goodapple. Louis Lambur died in 1917, the widow resides in the Illinois Soldiers' Home.
Xavier Flaiz, born 1819 in Gruol, Sigmaringen, was a shoemaker. In the fall of 1839 he came to Quiney, and in 1841 married Maria Gesina Bernzen, born in Lotten, Hanover, in 1820. Xavier Flaiz was an expert at his trade, being known for his splendid workmanship in fine ladies' shoes. Ile also did quite a business in real estate. May 20. 1894, he died, while his wife lived until February 12, 1906. Two sons are among the living, Frederick and Eugene Flaiz, both in the grocery business. One daughter also survives, Mrs. Wilhelmina Weltin, widow of Michael Weltin, the miller, for many years manager of the Farmers Mill in Quincy.
Adam Stuckert and wife, Eva Marie, nee Stork, of Rheinheim, Granddnehy of Hessen, emigrated in 1838 and located in New Orleans, where Stuekert died in 1839 of the yellow fever. In November of the same year the widow with her daughter Marie Margaret, born in New Orleans January 25, 1839, eame to Quincy, and later became the wife of Ludwig Rapp, a widower. Later they located near Mill Creek, where they went to farming. Mr. Rapp died in 1862, and her husband in 1868. Marie Margaret Stuckert, the daughter born in New Orleans, became the wife of John Henry Michelmann, the boiler maker, Deeem- ber 17, 1857, and they celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of their wedding December 17, 1917.
Pantaleon Sohm, born July 30, 1811, in Schelingen, Baden, came to America by way of New Orleans in 1838, locating in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1839 he came to Quincy, loeating here for life. Being a cooper, he worked for John Abbe, who in 1848 was mayor of Quincy. Later he opened a shop of his own at Third and York streets, often employing from forty to fifty men, barrels being in great demand. owing to the mills, distilleries, and packing houses conducted in Quiney in those days. Sohm's cooper shop was also used for religions meetings, Rev. Philip J. Reyland conducting services there, and the Quincy German Guards used it as an armory. Pantaleon Sohm was lieutenant of the company, taking part in the Mormon
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war of 1844, he being in Carthage when Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon Church, was shot June 27, 1844. In 1860 he retired and opened a grocery store at Third and York streets, which he eon- ducted until his death in 1885. Pantaleon Sohm in 1840 married Rosina Specht, born in Forchheim, Baden, who came to Quiney in 1834 with her parents, Paul and Theresia (Mast) Specht, her mother being a sister of Michael Mast, the first German who located in Quincy. After the death of her husband she continued the grocery business for ten years. She then retired and spent her time visiting with her children until her death October 3, 1913, at the high old age of eighty- eight years. Edward Sohm, the eldest son, born in Quincy October 2, 1845, received a good education and at the age of eighteen became a teacher in St. Boniface School. August 13, 1867, he married Bar- bara Helmer, born in St. Louis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Helmer. At that time he entered a business career as a member of the firm H. Ridder & Co., queensware merchants. In 1884 the com- pany was dissolved and the firm Sohm, Ricker & Weisenhorn organ- ized. This company in 1913 became the Roantree China Company. Edward Sohm has been prominent in financial circles for many years. The Ricker Bank was organized in 1881, and, with the exception of three years, he has been connected with that bank during all that period up to the present time, for the first three years as viee president, and then as president, continually succeeding himself in that position, a record of which he may well be proud. Besides this he is identified with various other financial, industrial, and mercantile establishments as stockholder or director. When the Germania Printing and Pub- lishing Company was organized in 1874, Edward Sohm was elected as treasurer of the company, a position which he held for many years. He was one of the organizers of the Quincy Freight Bureau and its treasurer, also treasurer of the Firemen's Benevolent Association. In every movement of public importance he at all times was one of the most effective workers and most valuable advisers. Though repeatedly tendered prominent public offices he steadfastly refused, devoting him- self entirely to business and to the upbuilding of the city of his birth. Children living are: Mrs. Theodore Heidemann of Quincy ; Will H. Sohm, manager of the Belasco Theater in Quincy; Edward Sohm, Jr., of Waterloo, Iowa; Mrs. Theresa Brockmann, of Mount Sterling, Illinois, and Dr. Albert Sohm, dentist, in Quincy. Joseph HI. Sohm, the second son of Pantaleon and Rosina (Specht) Sohm, was born in Quiney September 12, 1850. After he had grown to man- hood he for some time condueted a retail grocery business. Then he entered the employ of Henry Ridder & Co., as traveling salesman. Later he was traveling salesman for Sohm, Ricker & Weisenhorn, and in 1884 became a partner in the business until his death, six years ago: his widow, Theresia, nee Weltin, lives in California. Joseph H. and Theresia (Weltin) Sohm had two sons, Ferdinand, in a bank in Chicago, and Joseph, traveling salesman for a wholesale eoffee house in St. Louis, and two daughters, Bertha, wife of Frank J. Reim-
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