Longtime Allen County resident Catherine Dreisbach dies at 89
Mrs. Catherine Metzgar Dreisbach widow of Isaac Dreisbach of Springfield township died at 11 15 p.m. Saturday at her daughter Mrs. Jonas Astry’s Fort Wayne home after a lengthy decline. She came to Allen county in 1843 with her husband and helped found Springfield township’s first log cabin. Survived by six children, eleven grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and a sister. Funeral at Maysville United Brethren church with burial in Maysville cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Metzgar Dreisbach
Isaac Dreisbach
Springfield Township
Jonas Astry
Hendricks Street
Dreisbach
Allen County
Fort Wayne
Catherine Metzgar
John
Christina Metzgar
Pickaway County
Ohio
Isaac B. Dreisbach
Maysville
Mrs. Astry
Levi W. Dreisbach
Arizona
United Brethren Church
Old United Brethren Church
Benjamin Metgar
John Ziemer
George Ziemer
Henry Gruber
Joseph L. Gruber
Mathias Boger
Miss Ziemer
John Foot
Isaac
Catherine Dreisbach
Foot
Obituary notes two Allen county pioneers Merillat and McNair
Mrs. Sarah McNair widow of Neal McNair aged 84 dies at her daughter’s home near Prairie Grove Wayne township after yearlong illness Born in England she came to America 64 years ago and leaves six children twelve grandchildren and seven great grandchildren Funeral services Tuesday at 1 20 from the residence and 2 from Prairie Grove chapel Rev E W Averill officiating August Merillat a 72 year old Allen county pioneer and Civil War veteran dies on a Jefferson township farm He was born in Switzerland and came to Allen county as a youth Surviving children include John Louis David and more Funeral services were held this afternoon at the Lutheran church in New Haven with interment in the Odd Fellows cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dreisbach
John W. Dreisbach
Nickel Plate Railroad
Leipsic
Ohio
Mary Astry
Levi W. Dreisbach
Glendale
Arizona
Samuel H. Dreisbach
Silverton
Colo
Frank K. Dreisbach
Cincinnati
Joseph Dreisbach
Eliabeth Lake
Coral
Mich
United Brethren Church
Maysville
Astry
New Cemetery
Phillips
Maysville A. 3B
Sarah McNair
Allen County
Neal McNair
Newton Kimmell
Prairie Grove
Wayne Township
J. T. Pool
Pairie Grove Chapel
E. W. Averill
Jefferson Township
August Merillat
Mr. Merillat
Switzerland
America
John
Louis
David Merillat
Fort Wayne
William Pierce
Emily McKeeman
Lizzie Kramer
New Haven
Helen Dodane
George
Jennie
Pearl Merc Hat
Lutheran Church
Odd Fellows
Weiman Found Dead in Fort Wayne Hotel Bath Tub
Sol Weiman a 23 year old Russian Jew was found lifeless in a bathtub at the Annex hotel on West Main Street Sunday morning. Coroner Kesler ruled death from internal hemorrhage due to liver rupture. Weiman, with three companions selling dress goods from house to house, had come to Fort Wayne two weeks earlier. Remains at Schellmann Ulmer morgue awaiting instructions from father D. S. Weiman of Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sol Weiman
Annex Hotel
West Main Street
Joseph Broerman
Kesler
Werman
Fort Wayne
Schellmann & Ulmer
Weiman
Poplar Street
Philadelphia
Zimmermann Passes. Longtime Local Store Clerk Dies
German born Frank L Zimmermann died aged 71 after a life in local retail. He arrived in the U S as a youth and worked in dress goods before joining Wolf Dessauer, remaining with the firm since its start. Surviving are five children including Mrs McAfee and Mrs Miller plus Oscar and Edward in the city. A telegram was sent to Frank L Zimmermann in Cheyenne Wyoming.
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Zimmermann
Germany
Frank Dry Goods
Wolf
Wolf & Dessauer
Harry McAfee
G. V. Miller
Oscar
Edward W. Zimmermann
Frank L. Zimmermann
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Mrs Maria Elizabeth Walker Dies In Fort Wayne
Mrs Maria Elizabeth Walker aged 67 years 4 months and 9 days died Wednesday at 9 at 232 East Butler Street Fort Wayne. Wife of Edwin F Walker she moved from Spencerville to Fort Wayne four weeks ago. She was a lifelong Lutheran and leaves six children including Mrs William Miller of Spencerville Mrs Jennie Braybrook Rose Walker Percy A Frederick and Roy Walker all of Fort Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Elizabeth Walker
Edwin F. Walker
East
Butler Street
Spencerville
Fort Wayne
Deaths of Mrs Emma Keplinger and Joseph Sorg in Fort Wayne
Mrs Emma Keplinger wife of Vice President Harry A Keplinger of the First National Bank dies at Lutheran hospital from tuberculosis after about three years illness She was about 28 and survived by husband father William LeFevre and brothers James and Harold Sorg Joseph F Sorg 19 son of John Sorg dies after a illness at home He was born in Fort Wayne June 11 1889 and worked at Harkenrider restaurant He leaves father sister Colette and grandmother Mrs Barbara Sorg with funeral services planned from the grandmother's residence and Cathedral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Keplinger
Harry A. Keplinger
First National Bank
Lutheran Hospital
Denver
Fort Wayne
William LeFevre
Troy, O
James LeFevre
Chicago
Harold LeFevre
Troy
Ohio
Joseph F. Sorg
John Sorg
Lafayette Street
Brother’s
Harkenrider
East Main Street
Young Men’s Sodality
Cathedral
Colette Sorg
B rbara_ Sorg
Stirling Rites Held for DeKalb County Resident
DeKalb county mourns 53 year old Mr. Stirling after a brief pneumonia illness. Born February 15, 1856 in Lake township Allen county he taught in St. Joseph township and worked at A. R. Walter’s on Calhoun street. He moved seven years ago to the old home farm where he died. Survived by widow and children Clifford and Frank Stirling and daughter Mrs. A. G. Emrick, with many brothers and sisters including Alfred and Joseph Stirling in Missouri, John G. Stirling of Hoagland, Mrs Metsker, Mrs. Perry Goheen and Mrs. Stophlet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeKalb County
Stirling
Lake Township
Allen County
St. Joseph Township
A. R. Walter
Calhoun Street
M. E. Church
A. G. Emrick
Clifford
Frank Stirling
Alfred
Joseph Stirling
Missouri
John G. Stirling
Hoagland
Metsker
South Broadway
Perry Goheen
Stophlet
Kansas City
Mrs Kate Archbold Dies After Operation
Mrs Kate Archbold 32 wife of C H Archbold of 1844 Wheeler street died at 11 30 Saturday at St Josephs hospital after a surgical operation, survived by husband two sons Frank and Maurice, mother Mrs Elizabeth Screen and sisters Bessie Lillian and Minnie Screen. She was a Bethany Presbyterian church member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Archbold
C. H. Archbold
Wheeler Street
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Archbold
Frank
Maurice Archbold
Elizabeth Screen
Bessie
Lillian
Minnie Screen
Bethany Presbyterian Church
Death of Bolyard Infant at Five Days
Wilbur Gerald Bolyard died Friday at the family home on the Maysville road from exhaustion. He was five days old. Funeral services will be held Sunday morning at 10 o'clock from the residence of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Bolyard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Gerald Bolyard
F. S. Bolyard
Maysville Road
Pennsylvania Engineer Bailey S. Hedges Dies at 51
Bailey S. Hedges, 51, longtime Fort Wayne resident and former Pennsylvania Railroad engineer, died at St. Joseph's hospital after an bowel obstruction operation. Survived by widow and seven children Thomas, Louis, Irma, Irene, Albert, Frances and Robert Hedges. He belonged to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey S. Hedges
Pennsylvania
St. Joseph's Hospital
Mr. Hedges
Fort Wayne
Thomas H
Louis E
Irma
Irene
Albert
Frances
Robert Hedges
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Death of William A Loos in Fort Wayne
William A Loos engineer for the Pennsylvania died at his Fort Wayne home at 2426 Smith street aged 35. Native of Butler Ohio he is survived by his widow and two children Manude and Richard plus his mother sister and brother. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at his residence with interment in Butler Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Loos
Pennsylvania
Smith Street
Loos
Butler, O
Fort Wayne
Manude
Richard
Cardilla. Loos
Jacob Loos
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
Lee A
Death of Mrs Mary A Gross at 29 in Van Wert origin
Mrs Mary A Gross wife of Anthony Gross a plasterer at the Anthony hotel died at 10 o clock Friday from puerperal fever after a ten day illness. Born in Van Wert Ohio she was 29 years 10 months 9 days old. Survived by husband two children parents four sisters and two brothers. Funeral service to be held at the residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Gross
Anthony Gross
Pine Street
Anthony Hotel
van Wert
Roussey Woman Dies at 25 in Besancon Family Home
Mrs Ellen Roussey wife of Edward Roussey died Saturday at 815 Coombs street from a complication of diseases aged 25. She was a devout Catholic and leaves a husband and three month old son. Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at the Catholic church in Besancon with the funeral party departing at 7 04 over the Lima interurban line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Roussey
Edward Roussey
Coombs Street
Rahdert Pioneer Resident Dies at 72 in Allen County
Frederick C. Rahdert a longtime Allen county resident died at 5 45 pm Tuesday at 712 Madison street aged 72 He was born in Preuss Minden Germany July 10 1836 and came to America over fifty years ago Survived by his wife and seven children Funeral set for Sunday with services at his home and St Pauls Lutheran church conducted by Rev Jacob Miller
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick C. Rahdert
Allen County
Madison Street
Preuss-Minden
Germany
Rahdert
America
Washington Township
Coldwater Road
Fort Wayne
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Christian R. Rahdert
Frederick Rodenbeck
Frederick Kiel
Kendallville
Charles Solomon
Anna
Emilie
Emma Rahdert
Jacob Miller
Diphtheria Claims Life Of Rudolph Krull's Son
The 3 year old son Norbert J. B. Krull died Sunday evening at 738 East Washington street after a one day illness. Funeral services were held privately at 4 o clock this afternoon.
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Norbert J. B. Krull
Rudolph Krull
East
Washington Street
Bergmann Brother Dies in Hoagland Home
Martin Bergmann age 23 died Thursday at his brother Henry Bergmann's Hoagland home after living there a year. He was from Fort Wayne, son of George D. Bergmann who ran a South Hanna street grocery. Father recently left for California. Remains brought to Fort Wayne Friday and laid at brother William M. C. Bergman’s 2024 Brookside Street residence.
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Martin Bergmann
Henry Bergmann
Hoagland
George D. Bergmann
Fort Wayne
Hanna Street
California
William M. C. Bergman
Brookside Street
Infant Koepf Dies of Meningitis at One Year
Alice Christina Koepf infant daughter of Mr and Mrs H F Koepf of 417 Dawson Street died at 1 35 am Friday from meningitis aged one year one month and four days Funeral services will be Sunday at 1 30 pm from the Salem Reformed Church with Rev E B A Kielsmeier officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Christina Koepf
H. F. Koepf
Dawson Street
Salem Reformed Church
EB. A. Kielsmeier
Inmate Caroline Rabel Dies at County Infirmary
Caroline Rabel, an inmate of the county infirmary, died at noon Sunday from apoplexy, about fifty years old. The body lies at Getz & Ca hill morgue awaiting word on relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Rabel
Getz & Cahill
Carpenter falls from ladder during foundry addition
George F. Battenburg a carpenter for Henry Honeck at the Bass foundry fell eighteen feet while assisting with timbers for a Wallace street foundry addition. He struck brick pavement, sustained a broken right arm and severe head injuries. Dr A J Kesler treated him then he was taken to Lutheran hospital where further care was given and internal injuries feared but not confirmed. Battenburg is single and boards at 518 Madison Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Battenburg
Henry ©. Honeck
Bass Foundry
Wallace Street
Lutheran Hospital
Kesler
Battenburg
Madison Street
Pennsylvanian flagman fatally injured at Hobart switch
Cassius Elmer Rowe, a Pennsylvanian flagman with Conductor W. E. Burt's crew, was fatally injured at Hobart when backing freight train No. 7332s wheels severed both legs after his foot caught in a frog. He died at 4 35 this afternoon. Rowe, born November 1881 in DeKalb County, lived at 607 Masterson Avenue with his family. Funeral plans unspecified pending interment in DeKalb County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassius Elmer Rowe
Pennsylvania
Hobart
W. E. Burt
Mr. Rowe
Fort Wayne
Masterson Avenue
Fairfield Township
Brakeman Falls From Freight Train Near Antwerp
George Freshour, a brakeman on westbound freight No. 62, fell from a moving car and nearly an hour was spent before he was found unconscious in a water pool three miles east of Antwerp. He recovered consciousness after medical aid and was taken to a Peru hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Antwerp
George Freshour
Knoxdale
Peru
Osterman Victor Dies After Illness at 73
Henry Osterman aged 73 died at 4 PM Tuesday at St Josephs hospital after an extended illness from complications. Surviving relatives include nephews and nieces George Osterman Fort Wayne Tony Heidrich Arcola and Mrs Edward Martin Fort Wayne. He was a member of St Marys Catholic church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Osterman
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Mr. Osterman
George Osterman
Fort Wayne
Tony Heidrich
Arcola
Edward Martin
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Death of Anthony Beugnot at Monroeville after long illness
Anthony Beugnot aged 71 died Thursday at the home of his son in law Jacob Schaab in Monroeville after several months illness following a stroke. He was a large real estate owner in Paulding County Ohio and formerly ran a stave factory at Cecil. He moved to Monroeville years ago and is survived by his wife and a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Beugnot
Jacob Schaab
Monroeville
Beugnot
Paulding County
Cecil
Death of longtime Wolf & Dessauer clerk Zimmermann
Frank E. Zimmermann a familiar dry goods clerk in this city died suddenly at his home 835 Baker Street at 1 p m Thursday of an ulcer in the throat. He had been at his post in the dress goods department until Wednesday evening when illness sent him home. Death followed a night of deteriorating condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Zimmermann
Baker Street
Zimmermann
Wolf & Dessauer
Stirling Pioneer Dies at Butler Township Homestead
Allen G. Stirling formerly of Fort Wayne died Saturday morning at the old Stirling homestead in Butler township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen G. Stirling
Fort Wayne
Stirling
Butler Township
Kendallville Seeks Municipal Bath House at Bixler Lake
Kendallville residents flooded the city council with a monster petition urging a municipal bath house at Bixler lake. City Attorney Barr received the petition and jokingly noted personal ties to the mayor and a past rescue at Rome City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendallville
Bixler Lake
Barr
Jim Graves
Rome City
Simpson Church to form Men's Brotherhood at New Year banquet
Preliminary steps toward forming a Men s Brotherhood at Simpson Methodist Episcopal church unfolded at a Friday meeting. Plans call for a formal launch at a New Year s banquet on January 1 with three committees to organize the club and the banquet. Rev Loren M Edwards chairs the organizing committee joined by Dr William Enslen and John Butler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church
Loren M. Edwards
William Enslen
John Butler
Jacob Krick
Frank Hickman
Frank Enslen
W. F. Dinius
A. P. Double
James E. Graham
Plans for New English Lutheran Church Edifice
After three years the English Lutheran Church of the Redeemer asks Fort Wayne architects to draft plans for a new church to cost about 35000 dollars. The 60 by 110 foot building would seat 800 to 1000 and be modern in design. The current church at Washington boulevard west and Fulton streets will be moved and used during construction under Rev. Theo. Hahn's guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Boulevard West
Fulton Streets
Fulton Street
Hahn
Ask For His Return At First Methodist Conference
The First Methodist Episcopal church may retain Rev. Charles A. Rowand for another year pending state conference votes next year. The quarterly conference on Monday night approved the motion and heard committee reports noting the church’s satisfactory condition. Officers for the next year were elected including trustees T. R. Spalding G. W. Brackenridge J. A. Bookwalter F. G. Parham Dr. J. Hetrick N. Medsker T. L. Comparet Chester Scarlet J. W. Wisehart stewards E. B. Robinson E. L. Feustel H. BE Noble W. H. Ringwall O. E. Mohler A. R. Hirons Beldon Eckenrode H. M. Beaver T. L. Compar et W. J. Robinson M. V. B. Archbold C. W. Catshall W. C. McFarland class leaders George W. Brackenridge John Spice C. W. Church Dr. John Ogle W. A. Bell district steward O. E. Mohler recording steward H. M. Beaver. Elected committee members included Auditing I. N. Medsker W. C. McFarland W. J. Robinson church music F. C. Parham I. N. Medsker H. E. Noble Dr. J. Hetrick Sunday school Dr. H. L. Jamieson J. J. Hewitt Miss Cecelia Hoffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Charles A. Rowand
T. R. Spalding
G. W. Brackenridge
J. A. Bookwalter
F. G. Parham
Dr. J. Hetrick
N. Medsker
T. L. Comparet
Chester Scarlet
J. W. Wisehart
E. B. Robinson
E. L. Feustel
H. BE. Noble
W. H. Ringwall
O. E. Mohler
A. R. Hirons
Beldon Eckenrode
H. M. Beaver
W. J. Robinson
M. V. B. Archbold
C. W. Catshall
W. C. McFarland
George W. Brackenridge
John Spice
C. W. Church
John Ogle
W. A. Bell
I. N. Medsker
H. E. Noble
J. Hetrick
H. L. Jamieson
J. J. Hewitt
Cecelia Hoffer
Man Loses Leg After Prolonged Injury at Pennsylvania Docks
Ten months after being badly injured at Pennsylvania coal docks, Peter Kettern had a second operation at St Joseph hospital. The leg was amputated just below the knee by the company surgeon. Kettern, a married man, resides at 2505 Euclid Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Kettern
Pennsylvania
Joseph Hospital
Kettern
Euclid Avenue
Scaffolding Collapse Hurts Two Plasterers at Markie Church
Twenty feet of scaffolding in the new Christian church under construction at Markie collapsed on Tuesday. Plasterers C. Shoreyer and Victor Fentin were painfully hurt in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Christian Church
Markie
C. Shoreyer
Victor Fentin
Old Fairfield Center Hotel Torn Down in De Kalb County
One of northern Indiana’s oldest hotels, built about 50 years ago at Fairfield Center in De Kalb County, has been demolished. The structure was timber framed with yellow poplar plank and stood during Fairfield Center’s brief boom as a promising metropolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Fairfield Center
DeKalb County
Poyser Held for Grand Larceny and Possible Forgery Sentence
In city court Fred E Poyser pled guilty to grand larceny and was held to the circuit court on 500 dollar bond. A suspended sentence for forgery may be imposed in Jeffersonville. He stole 45 dollars from Harry Wilson during a Miami club basketball game and confessed. Detective Lenz had previously caught him. he had little money left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred E Poyser
Jeffersonville
Harry Wilson
Miami
Poyser
Lenz
Quiet Toledo wedding and area society news recap
Miss Harriet Die ther wed Mr. William Gous in Toledo on Dec 12 without public notice. Miss Ruby Fraiken and Mr. John H. Dressel married Dec 15 at the Franken home with about thirty guests. Numerous local birthdays, reunions, and gatherings follow, including the Mooney family reunion and birthday celebrations across Fort Wayne area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Diether
Edwart Diether
Union and
Pritchard Streets
William Gous
Montpelier
Toledo
Gous
Ruby Fraiken
John H. Dressel
Oscar Franken
East
Jefferson Street
E. Q. Landeman
Hazel Rowe
Dressel
Art Glass Company
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Allen Bounty
Cathreine Dreisbach
Mrs
M'Nair
Tate
Merillat
Walker
Keplinger
Sorg
Bolyards
Hedges
Roussey
KRULL
Bergmann
Rabel
Carpenter
George Battenberg
Gadolus E Rowe
Osterman
Stiring
Baptist Church Officers
First Baptist Church
F. R. Dulin
E. D. Eggimann
L. F. Johnson
C. H. Davies
A. Carter
George Miller
Mable Carter
M. Harrod
C. A. Wood
Mary Palmer
Laura Polhamus
Lutheran Church of Redeemer
Rev. Rowand
John Marcus
William Hicks
George Stanton
Martin Oehse
Decatur
Thomas Oramus
Gous—Diether
Mayme Bohde
Clara
Clara Korte
Amelia Dannenfelser
Carrie Moehring
Margaret Gillie
Alma Lehman
Emma Bohde
Esther Wolff
Louise Schaeffer
Sophia Goeglein
Emma Busching
Anna Goeglein
Amanda Bullerman
Clara Bohde
Lucy Lehman
Amanda Bohde
Alma
Joseph Miller
Adams Township
Tina
Ralph Mills
Belle
Nellie
Clarence
Calvin
Ralph
Willie
Georgia
Wylie Miller
A. Hazelet
Will
William F. Grodman
Russell
Maples
Ind
Daniel Null
Theodore Null
Theodore
August W. Grodman
Frederick Gable
Charles Middleton
Newton
May
A. C. Grodman
Mildred
Johnson Mooney
William, Lillie
Winifred
Walter
Nora
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