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Frederick William Niehaus was born January 28, 1829, in Filsen- dorf. Westphalia, where he learned the trade of a cabinet maker. In 1852 he came to Quiney, where he for years was engaged as car- penter, being very proficient at his trade. Here he married Maria Anna Menke, born near Herford, Westphalia, who came to Quiney with her parents in 1852. March 18, 1864, Frederick William Nie- haus died, leaving his widow with one son, William, now a farmer in Lewis County, Missouri, and two daughters, Mrs. Hanna Born- mann and Mrs. Wilhelmnine Holzgraefe, both in Quincy. The widow later married John Fohrmann, a farmer in Lewis County, Missouri, who had served in the Sixteenth Illinois Infantry; he died in 1908. The widow later moved to Quincy, where she departed this life in 1916, leaving five sons, Henry, George, John, Frank and Fred Fohr- mann, and one daughter, Emma Fohrmann.
John Henry Heitland, born March 11, 1814, in Heepen, West- phalia, was a linen weaver. He married Henrietta Pankoke, born 1814, and in 1852 the family emigrated, coming by way of New Orleans to Quiney, where they arrived November 25, of said year. Three days later John H. Heitland died of lung fever, which he had contracted during the trip to this eity, his wife followed him in death in 1863. John H. Heitland, the son, born January 25, 1845, eame to Quiney with his parents and later learned the carpenter's trade with Frederick J. Reineeker, the contractor. During the war he served in the One Hundred and Forty-eighth Illinois Infantry. After the war he returned to his trade, and later organized the Heitland Grate and Mantel Company, his sons John and Jesse Heitland being eon- neeted with the business. JJohn HI. Heitland married Mary Voth. born in Germany, who early in life came to Quiney with her parents.
John Wible (Weibel) was born 1811 in Greensburg, Westmore- land County, Pennsylvania, and married Mary Rugh, born 1816 in the same county. In 1852 the family came to Adams County, locating near Menden, where John Wible for many years followed agricultural pursuits. John Wible died 1887, his wife departed this life in 1895. William J. Wible, a son, attended Carthage College for four years, then took a course in the State Normal School and for a number of years was principal of the Golden High School; while the German language had in the course of time been lost to the family, William .J. Wible again learned German, Other sons were: JJacob, Carl. Joseph and Edward Wible; the daughters were: Mrs. Mary Randels, Mrs. Sarah Steinbeek, Mrs. Ella Nichols, Mrs. Margaret Turner and Caroline Wible. David Wible (Weibel), born April 6, 1814, in Westmoreland County, married Anna C. Rumbangh ( Rumbach ), born January 2, 1819, in the same county. In 1852 the family came to Adams County, locating in Ursa Township. Mrs. Wible died Decem- ber 6, 1904, while her husband departed this life later. One son. Josiah, went to Chicago, another son. Frank, to Palmyra, Missouri. Vol. 1-26
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Dr. Henry Ochlmann, born March 12, 1817, in Goslar, Hanover, studied medicine at the University of Jena, graduated and later was appointed surgeon of the royal body guard in Hanover. He married Johanna Herighausen, born April 17, 1819, in Wolfenbuettel, Braun- schweig. In 1852 the family came to Quincy, where Doctor Ochilmann for many years practiced medicine until his death in 1891, his wife having preceded him in death in 1884. Charles Oehlmann, son of Dr. Henry Ochlmann, was born July 21, 1849, in Hanover, came to Quincy with his parents, and on July 1, 1864, secured a position in the drug store of Sellner & Weber, remaining in that store for eleven years through several changes of ownership, becoming an experienced chemist and pharmacist. In 1875 he formed a partnership with Dr. C. F. Durant, and the firm of Durant & Oehlmann continued for thirteen years. As dental supplies were added to the drug trade, Charles Oehlmann in 1888 established the Quincy Dental Depot, which he conducted for a number of years, finally retiring from active business life. December 19, 1878, Charles Oehlmann married Anna Struck at Maryville, Missouri.
Peter Henry Boschulte, born in 1801 in Hoerst, Westphalia, mar- ried Maria Elizabeth Springmeier, born April 4, 1804, in the same town. The family came to America in 1852, and located in Quincy, where Peter H. Boschulte died July 31, 1855, while his wife lived for many years, her death occurring July 16, 1887. Sons were : Herman, born in 1835, for many years was a member of the firm Henry Durholt & Company, manufacturers of soda water, later mov- ing to Nebraska, where he died; William Boschulte, born 1837, also was a member of the firm Henry Durholt & Company; during the Civil war he was orderly sergeant of Company II, Forty-third Illi- nois Infantry, and after the war again was active in the soda-water business, until his death, December 21, 1904; Henry Boschulte, born October 22, 1840, served through the Civil war in Company A, Twenty-seventh Illinois Infantry, and after the war returned to his trade, that of a stove molder; he died some years ago; August Boschulte, born 1843, also served through the Civil war in Company A, Twenty-seventh Illinois Infantry, and after the war was active in public life as street commissioner of Quincy, later moving to Kansas, where he still lives; Charles Boschulte, born in 1845, served in Company H, Forty-third Illinois Infantry, returned to this city and later moved to Nebraska, where he lives at the present time.
John Henry Bitter, born August 3, 1834, in Laar, Westphalia, came to Quincy in 1852, where he located and learned the trade of stone cutter, and later for many years was a member of the F. W. Menke Stone and Lime Company, contractors and builders. In 1855 he married Anna Menke, who came to Quincy with her parents in 1852. John II. Bitter died in 1891, and his wife departed this life in 1917. Dr. J. W. Edward Bitter, born April 4, 1863, attended
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St. Jacobi Parochial School, then Franklin School, at that time the high school of Quincy, going through all the different grades. Hle learned stone entting. but later decided to become a member of the medical profession, and entered Chaddock College, then attended Quincy College of Medicine, from which he graduated. Later he took a eonrse in the Philadelphia Polyclinic and graduated in Novem- ber, 1898. Since that time he has been practicing medicine in Quincy. Dr. J. W. Edward Bitter in 1886 married Joanna Lnella Beatty, of Maysville, Missouri. Their sons are: Arthur Bitter, who was a graduate of Columbia University, Columbia, Missouri, then took a regular course in the medical department of the Pennsylvania State University, from which he graduated; Milton Bitter, a graduate of Quincy High School. The daughters of Dr. J. W. Edward and Joanna Luella (Beatty) Bitter are: Eleanor : Laura, wife of Percy C. Henry; Florence, nurse in Blessing Hospital; and Agnes at home. The other children of John Henry and Anna (Menke) Bitter are: Henry Bitter, who for a mimber of years was mail carrier: Lina, wife of Gerhard Arends, vice president Quincy National Bank ; Minna, wife of Henry P. Behrensmeyer, artist penman, and principal of normal penmanship department, Gem City Business College, Quincy ; and Lydia, wife of Wilbur MeKim, St. Louis.
John Bernard Hener, born 1799 in Goesfeld, Westphalia. came to Cineinnati in 1845. Ilis wife, Elizabeth, nee Wolter, born in 1807 in Coesfeld, with her three children joined her husband in 1846. The children were two sons, Bernard and Henry, and one daughter, Elizabeth. . Inly 18, 1852, the family came to Quincy, where John Bernard Heuer died July 4, 1853, while his wife lived for many years, her death occurring November 1. 1894. The son, Bernard, died November 8, 1890; the other son, Henry, for many years was engaged as entter with the John B. Schett Saddlery Com- pany. Elizabeth, the daughter of John Bernard and Elizabeth (Wolter) Heuer, on February 28, 1867, was married to Henry A. Oenning, Rev. H. Schaefermeyer performing the ceremony in St. Boniface Church. Henry A. Oenning was born May 9, 1834, in Nord Vehlen, Westphalia, where he learned the trade of carpenter and cabinet maker. He came to Quiney in 1856 and worked at his trade until 1860, when he became a teacher in St. Boniface School, being engaged as such until 1866. Then he formed a partnership with John Benning, under the firm style Benning & Oenning, general merchants. Several years later he purchased his partner's interest, and ceasing to deal in general merchandise, he confined his attention to the trade in books, glass and picture framing. In 1891 the firm name was changed to H. A. Oenning & Company, and in 1900 the business was incorporated under the name Oenning Glass & Book Company, with II. A. Oenning as president : George Wewer, secre- tary ; and Alfred Kurz, treasurer. Besides dealing in books, pictures, stationery, etc., they also did a wholesale business in window glass,
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ever maintaining a foremost place in business circles, and known for strict reliability. Henry A. Oenning departed this life January 24, 1908. Mrs. Elizabeth Oenning, the widow, who has been a con- tinuous member of St. Boniface Church since the arrival of her family in this city, is a woman unassuming in life, a woman of charity, doing many things for poor deserving people, and all char- itable purposes.
Hinrich R. Emminga, born in 1829 in Ostfriesland, was a mill- wright. He married Margaret H. Franzen, who was born in 1824. In 1851 the family emigrated, coming by way of New Orleans, and in 1852 located on what was called the Golden Prairie, today the Town of Golden, in this county, arriving there in February. Hin- rich R. Emminga built several windmills in this county for the grinding of grain, which he operated. In 1863 he returned to Ger- many, where his wife died in 1868. In 1872 he again came to Amer- ica, but seven years later returned to Germany where he departed this life in 1888. Harm H. Emminga, the son born December 25, 1850, in Wiesens, Ostfriesland, came with his parents and grew up in this county, in the course of time becoming one of the most prom- inent citizens of Golden. In 1872 he married Marie Gembler, born December 12, 1854, in San Antonio, Texas, daughter of John J. Gembler, one of the German pioneers who located in Texas in 1847. Harm H. Emminga was a miller, and in 1879 went into the grain business, in which he was very successful. In 1889 he built a mill, modern in every respect, with the full roller process and a capacity of 200 barrels per day, which he named the New Era Mills. He then opened direct communication with the West Indies, England, France, Holland and other foreign countries. Golden being in need of a bank. Harm H. Emminga on July 1, 1894, opened the Peoples Exchange Bank, which proved successful, and in 1905 he erected a modern bank building covering an era of 40 by 50 feet, a model of its kind. Harm H. Emminga traveled extensively in the course of years, partly on account of business, and partly for pleasure, from an inclination to see and learn something of the world and its peo- ple. He crossed the Atlantic between America and Europe a num- ber of times. In 1910 he took a trip to Palestine and the Holy Land of the Bible, the land where the scenes of the oldest history of the human race were laid and enacted, spending three months in that trip. His trip at that time was of a philanthropie nature, he being interested in the work of Dr. Ludwig Schneller, the founder of the Syrian Orphan Home at Jerusalem, a work to which Mr. Emminga in the course of years had contributed considerable of his means. Mr. Em- minga was a friend of books and in the course of time acquired a great collection of rare and valuable works. Harm H. Emminga departed this life December 9, 1915, mourned by a large circle of relatives and friends. He was survived by his wife, one son, John
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J. Emminga, cashier of the Peoples Exchange Bank, and one daughter, Margaret Emminga.
Herman Henry Menke, born in 1803 near Herford, Westphalia, and his wife, Hannah Friederike, nee Reeksick, born 1807 in the same place, emigrated in 1852. They left Bremen in October of said year, and with the sailing vessel Edmund came to New Orleans, the trip taking nine weeks. December 13, 1852, they arrived in Quincy. Herman Il. Menke, who was a veterinarian, died in 1859, and his wife departed this life in 1882. Frederick William Menke, the eldest son, born April 21, 1832, came with his parents and learned the trade of stone eutter with Wendelin Weber. In 1863 he went into the con- tracting business, and the firm F. W. Menke & Company was organ- ized, the members being Frederick William Menke, George Goetsche, William Tiemann and John Henry Bitter. While they in the begin- ning did all the work themselves. the business of the firm grew so rapidly that they soon were compelled to seeure assistance and hire help, in the course of time employing 150 men, acquiring stone quar- ries, ereeting lime kilns, dealing in cement and carrying out building contraets. Many were the courthouses, public library buildings, hos- pitals, Government buildings, state buildings, churches, schools, hank buildings, hotels, factories, business houses, and private residences erceted by the company in Illinois, lowa and Missouri. Frederick William Menke also served in the city council, representing the Fourth Ward for thirteen years. His wife was Friedericke Lonise, nee Wulfmeyer, born February 23, 1837, near Herford. Westphalia ; he died in 1908, and his wife departed this life in 1916. Children living are: George William Menke, Edward H. Menke, and Frederick C. Menke, sons : and Mrs. Emilie Hagenbruch, and Anna F. Ruff, wife of Edward Ruff, daughters. George William Menke, ellest son of Frederick William and Friederike Louise (Wulfmeyer) Menke, in 1884 married Sophia Brehm, of Warsaw; they have two sons, Edgar and Ralph Menke, and one daughter, Helen, the wife of William Rupp, Jr., eashier of the Illinois State Bank. Edward H. Menke, the next son, married Mathilde Diek, daughter of the pioneer, John Dick ; she died April, 1898, leaving her husband with two children, Edward and Louise Menke ; they now reside in Los Angeles, California. Fred- erick (. Menke, the youngest son, married Hannah Mathers, and they have three sons and two daughters. George William Menke is presi- dent : Harold F. Metzger is secretary ; and Frederick C. Menke is treas- urer of the Menke Stone and Lime Company.
Many were the hardships and trials of the old pioneers, some of them suffering a great deal more than others. John Frederick Ileid- breder, born 1797 in the Altstaetter Feldmark near Herford, West- phalia, married Anna Maria Elizabeth Hufendick, horn 1805. John Ileidbreder had a large family, eight sons and one daughter. In 1852 he sold his estate in the fatherland, intending to found a home for
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his family in the new world. They came to New Orleans with the sailing vessel Edmund, arriving in Deeember. Continuing their trip up the Mississippi, they landed at Quincy shortly before Christmas. Here John F. Heidbreder bought forty aeres of woodland south of Curtis Creek near Twelfth Street, where the family settled in the spring of 1853. In June of that year John F. Heidbreder was taken down with typhoid fever and on July 12, he died. August 19, the son, John Frederick, Jr., aged twenty-one, followed his father in death; November 4 Mrs. Heidbreder died; Gottlieb Frederick, aged fifteen, followed November 11, while Joseph, a younger son, had died in the meantime-five members of the family within four months ! Those were sad times for the remaining members of the family. John Henry Heidbreder, the eldest son, born July 27, 1827, married Johanna Schaeffer, born in Elverdissen near Herford, and he for many years was engaged in teaming; then on February 15, 1875, he with his son, Angust Ilenry Heidbreder, went into the drug business, which proved very successful. In 1898 John Henry Heidbreder retired from aetive business, which was continued by his sons, August H. and George H. Heidbreder.
August Henry Heidbreder born March 6, 1856, attended St. Jacobi Parochial School, then Irving School, and finally Gem City Business College, graduating in 1873. Ile went to work for the druggist, Herman Schroeder, as prescription clerk in 1874, and in 1875 went into business for himself with his father, and has continued in business ever since. August 24, 1876, August HI. Heidbreder mar- ried Maria Niekamp, the daughter of an old German pioneer. Their children are : Albert, the eldest son, is a member of the firm Heidbreder Bros. & Co .; Charles Heidbreder, the seeond son, is secretary and treas- urer of the Quincy Stove Manufacturing Company; Frank H. died eight years ago: Herbert H .; and Edgar P. Heidbreder, now at Camp Dodge in the service of the Government. All the sons were graduates of pharmacy and are engaged in the different Heidbreder stores, five in all. Minna, the eldest daughter of August H. and Maria (Niekamp) leidbreder, is the wife of William Evers, with the Quincy Stove Company; and Ella, the youngest daughter, is the wife of Albert Niemeyer, associated with the Heidbreder drug stores. August H. Heidbreder, besides being the founder of five drug stores in this city, also was the promoter of the Quincy Stove Manufactur- ing Company, of which he has been the president up to the present time, and is interested in other industrial enterprises. George H. Heidbreder, the other son of John Henry and Johanna (Schaeffer) Ileidbreder, born October 19, 1870, was a member of the firm. He married Julia Beamer, who preceded him in death six years, while he departed this life July 9, 1917. There are two sons, Grant Ileid- breder, a druggist, and Chester K. Heidbreder. Grant is in the navy, and Chester a sergeant in Camp Logan. The daughter, Grace, is with her aunt, Mrs. H. Westerbeek, Kansas City, Missouri.
William Heidbreder, born October 21, 1829, learned the cooper's
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trade and also was a brickmason, being engaged for many years as a building contractor. Later he went to farming in Ellington Town- ship. His wife was Mary Lehmann, born in Hanover, she died many years ago. Ile married for the second time, choosing the widow of Henry Meyer as his wife, she preceded him in death, while William Heidbreder died in 1917. Children were : William II. Heidbreder the druggist : Edward, farmer at Palmyra, and Mrs. William Schacht- sick in St. Louis. John Philip Ileidbreder, born April 27, 1836, for many years was engaged as a cooper in Quincy. During the Civil war he served as a corporal in Company II, Forty-third Illinois In- fantry. His wife Friederike, nee Stockhecke, died 1899, and he departed this life June 15, 1901. One son, JJohn Heidbreder, is in Santa Anna, California : Henry is a farmer; George is a member of the Gem City Pattern Company; William is a printer; the daughters are : Mrs. Charles Gay, Miss Amanda, and Mrs. Thomas Reidy. Her- man Ileidbreder, born March 7, 1842, early in life felt what it means to lose parents and three brothers within a brief period of four months. When but ten years of age he drove an ox team for about three months, a feat to which he later in life always referred with pride. At the time of his parents' death, C. II. Bastert, proprietor of a store, was appointed administrator of the estate, and adopted the boy, who remained with him until 1856, when Mr. Bastert sold his store. Herman Heidbreder remained as employee in the store through three successive changes, working for $6 a month and board until 1860, when he entered the employ of Frank II. Kehlenbrink, as elerk, at $35 per month. This was a grocery and dry goods store, in which he remained until September 1, 1863, when he bought out the busi- ness and thus became a merchant, being engaged as such until 1885, when he went into the real estate business, and five years later, with other prominent men, established the State Street Bank, a venture which proved successful from the beginning, and today ranks with the solid financial institutions of Quincy. In October, 1866, Herman Heidbreder married Anna Junker, a nieee of Frank II. Kehlenbrink. August 28, 1907. Herman Heidbreder departed this life, and March 18, 1911, his widow followed him in death. Children living are : Wil- liam, the eldest son, is president of the Gem City Stove Company ; Walter is assistant cashier of the State Street Bank: and Harry is teller of the same bank. Clara, the eldest daughter, is the wife of Henry C. Sprick, cashier of the State Street Bank: Minnie is the wife of Charles Seifert, the merchant ; and Alma is the wife of Monroe M. Iless, the electrician.
Charles Henry Heidbreder, born December 8, 1843, grew up in Quincy, during the Civil war was instrumental in raising Company H. Forty-third Illinois Infantry, and in February, 1865, was elected as captain of said company. After the war he became a partner in the business of his brother, Herman Heidbreder, and later married Emma Rothgeb, a daughter of the pioneer Frank Rothgeb. April 6,
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1868, Charles H. Heidbreder departed this life, while his widow, Mrs. Emma Heidbreder, lives in Quincy today.
SETTLERS OF 1853
Jacob Ebert, born November 24, 1827, in Wnerttemberg, came to Quincy in 1853, and for many years was engaged as contractor of stone work. When John Wood built his fine mansion, Jaeob Ebert was engaged as foreman, and many were the buildings erected by him in the course of time. Jacob Ebert married Mary Schaefer, born July 28, 1836, in the Grandduchy of Hessen. He died November 25, 1882, while his wife departed this life years later. A number of descendants are among the living.
John J. Metzger, born 1843 in Kuenzelsau, Wuerttemberg, came to this country with his parents, Martin and Margaret (Wilhelm) Metzger, the family locating at Brownsville, Texas, in 1846. Con- ditions there being unsafe at that time, the family soon came North and located at Edwardsville, Illinois, where Martin Metzger went to farming until he died in 1853. Then the widow came to Quincy, where she died in 1882. John Metzger, the son, joined the volunteer fire department, and in 1872 was elected as chief by popular vote. In 1873 he was appointed to the office by Mayor Frederick Rearick ; in 1884 he was appointed to the same office by Mayor James Jar- rett ; and in 1893 he again was appointed by Mayor John P. Mikesell, serving four terms in all as chief of the Quincy fire department. He died years ago.
John C. Roller was born in 1833 near Stuttgart, Wuerttemberg, where he learned to be a confectioner. In 1853 he came to Quincy and was employed by William Buehrer, the confectioner. In 1862 John C. Roller opened a confectionery of his own in this city. In 1863 he married Charlotte Behrensmeyer, born in Westphalia, and in 1878 the family moved to Waco, Texas, where John C. Roller started an ice factory, he being among the very first who introduced the ammonia refrigerator process in the manufacture of artificial ice in America, which at that time sold at $50 a ton. In 1883 he started an ice factory in Terrell, Texas, and in 1893 the family moved to Buena Park, California, where they raised oranges on a large scale. John C. Roller died February 3, 1911, survived by his wife and children.
Edward Levi, born April 15, 1835, in Ober-Urf, Principality of Hessen, attended the high school at Cassel, and then was engaged in a hardware store in Giessen. In 1853 he came to Quiney upon the request of his unele, Dr. Daniel Stahl. Here he became a elerk in the store of James T. Baker, and later with A. & L. Budde. From 1858 to 1860 he was bookkeeper of the Washington brewery and the
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mill of Martin and George Grimm. At the beginning of the Civil war he was manager of the government bakery at Cairo. Later he returned to Quiney, being engaged as railway mail agent. In 1874 and 1875 he was comptroller of Quiney. In 1854 Edward Levi married Wilhelmina Aumann, who proveded him in death in 1900, while he departed this life April 29, 1911. The elder son. George D. Levi, for many years was engaged by Dun's Commercial Ageney, and at present is manager of their office in this city; he also is president of the Quiney Chamber of Commerce: Walter, the other son, is engaged in the eigar business.
John L. Soebbing is among the men who made their mark in this city. llis father, Anton Soebbing, came to Quincy in 1853, and his mother in 1847. John L. Soebbing was born February 2, 1861, and received a good common school education. When a mere boy he worked for Dr. J. F. Rittler, then for P. Carus, the druggist, later for C. R. Oliver, the grocer, and for John J. Metzger, who induced him to take a thorough commercial course. After leaving the busi- ness college he worked for different firms. In the spring of 1884 he accepted a position with John Altmix, and in 1887 engaged in the groeery business, three years later building a spacions store of his own. In 1896 he retired from the retail trade and became inter- ested in the wholesale house of the N. Kohl Groeer Company, being eleeted as secretary. In 1900 the Quincy Groeer Company was or- ganized, of which John L. Soebbing is treasurer; he also is presi- dent of the Quincy Mercantile Bank; besides he was interested in other important business enterprises. In 1889-90 he served on the board of supervisors, and was elected as a member of the eouneil at three different times. October 30, 1883, John L. Soebbing married Clara Altmix, a daughter of the old pioneer John Altmix. Their sons are : John R., who travels for the Quiney Grocer Company; Leo A .. cashier of the company; Ralph, elerk of the company: Robert J., assistant cashier of the Mereantile Bank: George, bookkeeper of the Quincy Grocer Company; and Engene, the youngest, a student in Quincy College.
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