The Family of. George SCHEMMEL and Gertrude SCHLOTTER

! CHAPTER TWO The Family of George SCHEMMEL and Gertrude SCHLOTTER Adam SCHEMMEL m. Elisabetha PFISTER - George SCHEMMEL m. Gertrude SCHLOTTER - Johann George SCHIMMEL m. Theresia ENGESSER - Margaret Gertrude SCHEMMEL m. Stephen Bernard STEINKE - Peter Bernard STEINKE m. Alvina Mary GREVE - Sylvia A. STEINKE m. Urban E. SCHNEIDER SCHEMMEL-SCHLOTTER Page 6

George SCHEMMEL and Gertrude SCHLOTTER George SCHEMMEL b.7/24/1798 Egenhausen, Baden, Wurtemberg, Germany m.12/21/1826 Egenhausen d.bet.april-sept 1850 Pusheta Twp. (Mary in 1850 Census) Gertrude SCHLOTTER b.9/7/1802 Schleerieth, Baden, Wurtemberg, Germany (Bavaria) d.~1868 Pusheta m2. 6/28/1854 Auglaize Co.; by 1860 census, Gabrial & Gertrude were living seperately, & she was again using the SCHIMMEL surname m2.gabriel DISTELRATH b.~1813 (1808?) Birgel Kreis Dren, Rhineland, GER d.5/17/1862 m1.maria (Anna?)J.WINANDS b.~1817 d.9/4/1853 these two are bur. together in Old St.Joseph Cem. Row 1, 3rd-4th grave son:john Gregor DISTELRATH b.1/24/1839 Birgel Kreis Dren d.7/1/1896 Wapak (Gabriel s brother was a Catholic priest) George SCHEMMEL was born on July 24, 1798 in Egenhausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He was the only known child born to Adam SCHEMMEL and Elisabetha (PFISTER) SCHEMMEL. George SCHEMMEL married Gertrude SCHLOTTER on December 21, 1826 in Egenhausen, Baden- Württemberg, Germany. Gertrude SCHLOTTER was born on September 7, 1802 in Schleerieth, Baden- Württemberg, Germany. She was one of three known children born to Laurentius (or Lorenz) SCHLOTTER and Gertrude ROTTMANN, possibly from Schleerieth, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. George SCHEMMEL and Gertrude SCHLOTTER immigrated to America in in the late 1840 s with their eight living children. One child died as an infant. They settled in Pusheta Township, Allen or Auglaize County, Ohio (Pusheta Township become part of Auglaize County in 1848). George SCHEMMEL died between April and September of 1850 in Pusheta Township, Auglaize County, Ohio. He is buried in POSSIBLY Schemmel Cemetery. Gertrude (SCHLOTTER) SCHEMMEL married briefly to Gabriel DISTELRATH on June 28, 1854 in Auglaize County, but by 1860, they apparently were Gertrude SCHLOTTER s Known Family separated and Gertrude was again using SCHEMMEL as her surname. Gertrude (SCHLOTTER) SCHEMMEL died about 1868 in Pusheta Township, Auglaize County, Ohio. She is buried in. George SCHEMMEL and Gertrude (SCHLOTTER) SCHEMMEL had nine known children between 1827 and 1845. Unsure as to who this might be, but Gabriel Distelrath did have a son named Peter, born in Ohio. Perhaps this is him? Peter DISTELRATH b.10/10/1858 GER d.8/17/1932 Lima bur.st.joseph Cem. retired veterinary father:gabriel, mother:unknown Joseph SCHEMMEL Johann George SCHIMMEL George Adam SCHIMMEL Anthony SCHIMMEL Michael SCHIMMEL Mary Anna SCHIMMEL Joseph SCHIMMEL Mary Dorphine Anna SCHIMMEL John Adam SCHIMMEL The spellings of SCHEMMEL & SCHIMMEL were quite often interchanged. Laurentius SCHLOTTER Lorenz SCHLOTTER b. (Mary in 1850 Census) Gertrude SCHLOTTER b.9/7/1802 Schleerieth, Baden, Wurtemberg, Germany (Bavaria) d.~1868 Pusheta Gertraud ROTTMANN b. Groom Augustus DIESTEBRATH, Gabriel DOUTE, Picket e-mail from Jeanne Gomer - Here is the content of the will as close as I can make it out: last will and testiment of Gertrude Schimel: can't read?? my last will and testiment that all my just debts shall be paid out of my personal property. I will and bequeth to my beloved son John Schimel 1 feather bed and 1 large pillow and 2 pillows. I will and bequesth to my beloved daughter Mary Kohler all the balance of my personal property and all money in my possession. also all the money coming to me from in Germany which is now in the hands of my brother in Germany.Should my son John not call for or want the feather bed it is my will that it should fall to my daughter Mary Kohler. signed Gertrude Schimel below says signed sealed and acknowleded in the presence of? George and looks like This ish Steinke Signed and dated the 23rd day of November of 1868 a brother still in Germany was mentioned in Gertrude SCHLOTTER-SCHEMMEL s will Anna Maria SCHLOTTER b.11/11/1809 Schleerieth d.7/4/1842 Zeuzleben Johannes Michael STROBEL b.10/28/1803 Zeuzleben m.4/25/1837 d. 10/18/1856 Zeuzleben m2.anna Maria WALTER b.8/25/1815 Opferbaum? Dok? AUGLAIZE COUNTY MARRIAGES, 1853-1855 Barbara Adams & Gene Mozley* GEORGE SCHEMMEL Gest. --------- Only part of this stone remains. Could it belong to this George Schemmel? (b.~1795 d.1850) Johann STROBEL b.1/27/1840 Michael STROBEL b.4/9/1838 Maria Eva STROBEL b.4/22/1842 Adam STROBEL b.8/9/1845 Barbara STROBEL b.3/14/1847 Br ide Date Minister/JP Vo l. I page SCHEMMEL, Gertrude WATKI NS, Elizabeth 28 Jne 1854 C. Barr JP 380 7 Jne 1854 B. B. Gordon, St. Marys 371 SCHEMMEL-SCHLOTTER Page 7

Children of George SCHEMMEL and Gertrude SCHLOTTER - Joseph SCHEMMEL Joseph SCHEMMEL b.2/25/1827 Egenhausen d.1/2/1828 Egenhausen Joseph SCHEMMEL was born on February 25, 1827 in Egenhausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He was the first of nine known children born to George SCHEMMEL and Gertrude (SCHLOTTER) SCHEMMEL. Joseph SCHEMMEL died on January 2, 1828 in Egenhausen, Baden-Wurtemberg, Germany. He was just over ten months old. I have found no further information on Joseph SCHEMMEL. Children of George SCHEMMEL and Gertrude SCHLOTTER - Johann George SCHEMMEL Johann George SCHIMMEL b.11/26/1828 (or ~1836) Egenhausen m.12/6/1853 Auglaize pos.d.bef.1880 Theresia ENGESSER b.~1838 Wurttemberg GER pos.d.bef.1880 George W. SCHIMMEL Frank SCHIMMEL Mary Kunigunda SCHIMMEL Catherine Kate SCHIMMEL Mary Theresia SCHIMMEL John Joseph SCHIMMEL Matilda SCHIMMEL Margaret Gertrude SCHEMMEL George SCHEMMEL and Theresa ENGERSON were married 12-6-1853 by Conrad Schemmel, who was Justice of the Peace, and probably related. Johann George SCHEMMEL was born on November 26, 1828, in Egenhausen, Baden- Württemberg, Germany. (The 1860 US Census lists his age as 24, meaning he was born about 1836.) He was the second of nine known children born to George SCHEMMEL and Gertrude (SCHLOTTER) SCHEMMEL. Johann George SCHEMMEL went by the name of George. He married Theresia ENGESSER on December 6, 1853 in Auglaize County. Corad SCHEMMEL was the Justice of the Peace who married them. Theresia ENGESSER was born about 1838 in Württemberg, Germany. She was the daughter of and. Johann George SCHEMMEL was listed as a Saw Miller in the 1860 Census. When his father died, he was appointed guardian of many of his brothers and sisters. Johann George SCHEMMEL died, probably before 1880. Theresia (ENGESSER) SCHEMMEL died, probably before 1880. More information on this family is in the next Chapter: George SCHEMMEL and Theresia ENGESSER. Children of George SCHEMMEL and Gertrude SCHLOTTER - Michael SCHEMMEL Michael SCHIMMEL b.9/18/1830 Egenhausen M ichael SCHEMMEL was born on September 18, 1830 in Egenhausen, Baden- Württemberg, Germany. He was the third of nine known children born to George SCHEMMEL and Gertrude (SCHLOTTER) SCHEMMEL. Michael SCHEMMEL had moved away from his parent's home by the time he was twenty, as he is not listed with them in the 1850 Census. In 1854 there is a record showing that he sold his 1/8 interest in his father's farm to his brother, George. Michael SCHEMMEL died on, in. Nothing else is known of Michael SCHEMMEL. SCHEMMEL-SCHLOTTER Page 8

Children of George SCHEMMEL and Gertrude SCHLOTTER - George Adam SCHEMMEL George Adam SCHIMMEL b.2/ /1833 Bavaria m1.2/1/1860 Auglaize d.3/15/1904 Piqua m1.barbara FRANZ b. Sept 1840 m2.mary Ann KELLEY m2.6/21/1894 Piqua b.7/8/1830 PA d.7/28/1914 Piqua widow of Christopher REDMAN George Adam SCHEMMEL was born on February, 1833 in Egenhausen, Baden- Württemberg, Germany. He was the fourth of nine known children born to George SCHEMMEL and Gertrude (SCHLOTTER) SCHEMMEL. George Adam SCHEMMEL married Barbara FRANZ (or FRANTZ) on February 1, 1860 in Auglaize County. Barbara FRANZ (or FRANTZ) was born in September of 1840 in, Ohio. She was the daughter of MIchael FRANTZ and Margaret WEHNER. The FRANTZ s and WEHNER s immigrated in 1834 and are believed to be a pert of a group known as the SCHEMMEL Immigrants. George Adam SCHEMMEL and Barbara (FRANZ) SCHEMMEL had one known daughter around 1863. The 1870 Census shows Barbara s uncle(?), Nicholas FRANTZ, living with them. Barbara (FRANZ) SCHEMMEL died sometime before 1894. George Adam SCHEMMEL married to Mary Ann KELLEY in Piqua, Ohio on June 21, 1894. Mary Ann KELLEY was born on July 1850 Census - Pusheta Township, Auglaize Co, OH 8, 1830 in Pennsylvania. She was the This is nine-year-old Barbara Frantz and her family in 1850. widow of Christopher REDMAN, and the daughter of James KELLY, (born in Ireland) and Elizabeth (CURTZ) KELLY, (born in Pennsylvania). George Adam SCHEMMEL died on March 15, 1904, in Piqua, Ohio. Children of George SCHEMMEL and Gertrude SCHLOTTER - Anthony SCHEMMEL Anthony SCHIMMEL b.8/11/1835 Egenhausen d.8/7/1864 in Cival War in Atlanta GA bur. Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, GA Anna SCHIMMEL b.~1863 d.bef.1904 Nicholas FRANTZ b.~1814 Bavaria Living w/ Adam, Barbara & Anna SCHIMMEL in 1870 Census SCHEMMEL Immigrants It is said that Conrad SCHEMMEL helped many immigrants travel to Auglaize County by paying the way from Germany for them, and their families, as long as they agreed to pay him back by becoming indentured servants. They agreed to work on his farm, clearing land, etc, for as long as it took to pay back their debts. Those who brought large families with them may have spent two or three years working for him until their debt was payed off. Conrad SCHEMMEL was a wealthy land owner, and Justice of the Peace in Allen/Auglaize County. I have not found any lists of Schemmel Immigrants, but have found several references to this. Anthony SCHEMMEL was born on August 11, 1835 in Egenhausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He was the fifth of nine known children born to George SCHEMMEL and Gertrude (SCHLOTTER) SCHEMMEL. Anthony SCHEMMEL was a Private in Company E, Regiment 113, of the Ohio Infantry in the Civil War. He died on August 7, 1864, during the battle at Utio Creek, Georgia. The battle at Utio Creek was part of General Sherman s campaign to capture Atlanta, and Atlanta itself fell on 1 September 1864. Apparently, the dead were buried at Utoy Creek, and later removed to the Marietta National Cemetery in Marietta, Georgia. Anthony SCHEMMEL s name was on a ledger which seems to identify where the bodies were found, his was located 150 yds S of the above under a large pine tree. Anthony SCHEMMEL is buried in Section E, Grave Number 6300 of the Marietta National Cemetery in Marietta, Georgia. SCHEMMEL-SCHLOTTER Page 9

Children of George SCHEMMEL and Gertrude SCHLOTTER - Mary Anna SCHEMMEL Jacob KOHLER b.3/15/1834 Wurttemberg GER d.3/13/1890 Wapak bur. Greenlawn Cem. Wapakoneta m2. Mary GACK b. m2. Dec. 1870 Edward VANDALL b.5/8/1826 Tyler, WV Civil War 153rd militia d.5/1/1895 Arkansas? Margaret WADE b.~1835 Tyler, WV m.4/28/1850 Gallipolis, OH d.8/31/1864 Washington, OH George C. KOHLER b.8/5/1862 OH d.9/23/1923 Sidney par:andrew KOHLER & Mary MAULICK Carrie Mary KOHLER b.12/11/1857 OH d.6/2/1927 Sidney Edward Ellis VANDALL b.1/9/1858 WV d.8/19/1934 Gibsonburg OH bur.gibsonburg Cem. Mary B. KOHLER b.4/22/1860 Coffeyville KS d.11/27/1927 Gibsonburg OH bur.gibsonburg West Union Cem. Ida VANDALL b.~1887 Gibsonburg OH d.1/31/1935 Gibsonburg OH VANDALL family served in the Revolutionary War in 1776. They immigrated from Holland to New York in 1642: http:// www.vandalfamily.org/vandal/index/html I could not find their stones in the West Union Cem. Mary Anna SCHIMMEL b.3/31/1838 Egenhausen m.3/7/1857 Shelby Co. d.7/15/1870 Pusheta George J. KOHLER b.12/8/1864 Fryburg d.8/11/1935 Wapak Mary Elizabeth AGUE b.7/29/1863 Fayette Co.OH d.1/22/1927 Toledo par:james AGUE & Margaret WITTGOTT John Jacob KOHLER b.11/7/1869 Auglaize d.11/16/1925 Wapakoneta Elizabeth IMMEL b.4/21/1871 Wapak d.11/1/1938 Wapak par:valentine IMMEL & Sarah WALTZ M ary Anna SCHEMMEL was born on March 31, 1838 in Egenhausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She was the sixth of nine known children born to George SCHEMMEL and Gertrude (SCHLOTTER) SCHEMMEL. Mary Anna SCHEMMEL married Jacob KOHLER on March 7, 1857 in Shelby County, Ohio. Jacob KOHLER was born on March 15, 1834 in Württemberg, Germany. He was the son of and. Mary Anna (SCHEMMEL) KOHLER died on July 15, 1870 in Pusheta Township, Auglaize County, Ohio. Jacob KOHLER died on March 13, 1890 in Wapakoneta, Auglaize County, Ohio. He is buried at Greenlawn Cemetery in Wapakoneta, Ohio. Jacob KOHLER and Mary Anna (SCHEMMEL) KOHLER had four known children. Children of George SCHEMMEL and Gertrude SCHLOTTER - Joseph SCHEMMEL Joseph SCHIMMEL b.10/16/1840 Egenhausen J oseph SCHEMMEL was born on October 16, 1840 in Egenhausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He was the seventh of nine known children born to George SCHEMMEL and Gertrude (SCHLOTTER) SCHEMMEL. Joseph SCHEMMEL died on, in. He is listed in the 1850 Census as age 12, living with his family, but nothing else is known of Joseph SCHEMMEL. SCHEMMEL-SCHLOTTER Page 10

Children of George SCHEMMEL and Gertrude SCHLOTTER - Mary Dorphine Anna SCHEMMEL Samual Alexander THOMPSON unsure if married LOUIS SCHMIDT b.5/7/1837 Bavaria m.1/1/1866 Auglaize Co. immigrated in 1845 Farmer - Stationary Engineer d.6/18/1913 Piqua bur.forest Hill Cem. father: George SCHMIDT Mary Dorphine Anna SCHIMMEL b.2/23/1843 Bavaria immigrated in 1848 d.4/23/1914 Piqua bur.forest Hill Cem. Rose Anna FRENCH b.9/12/1868 OH They divorced by 1920. Joseph Thomas THOMPSON (SCHMIDT?) b.8/16/1864 Fryburg George Adam SCHMIDT b.9/17/1866 Fryburg m2.emmanuel Joseph LEY b.2/19/1869 Delphos OH lived at 994 Roscoe Blvd. Los Angeles d.6/7/1953 Orange Co.CA m1.charles F.MARSH they divorced Barbara Gertrude SCHMIDT b.2/4/1872 Lawrenceburg TN lived at 994 Roscoe Blvd. Los Angeles d.6/8/1950 Orange Co. CA William Albert SCHMIDT b.6/23/1874 Piqua d.7/19/1946 Columbus, OH m1.hattie Maud ROWE b.3/9/1875 Piqua m2.ella Margaret REED b.5/13/1882 Philadelphia PA d.2/8/1958 Delaware Co.OH d.bef. 1900 Gladis MARSH b2/ /1891 Glen MARSH b.11/ /1892 M ary Dorphine Anna SCHEMMEL was born on February 23, 1843 in Egenhausen, Baden- Württemberg, Germany. She was the eighth of nine known children born to George SCHEMMEL and Gertrude (SCHLOTTER) SCHEMMEL. Mary Dorphine Anna SCHEMMEL married Louis SCHMIDT on January 1, 1866 in Auglaize County, Ohio. Louis SCHMIDT was born on May 7, 1837 in Bavaria, Germany. He was the son of George SCHMIDT and. Louis SCHMIDT was farmer in Dinsmore Township, Shelby County, Ohio. It appears that Mary Dorphine Anna SCHEMMEL had one son from a prior relationship with Samual Alexander THOMPSON. This son was Joseph Thomas THOMPSON, born in 1864, but by the 1870 Census, his surname was listed as SCHMIDT. By 1900, Louis and Mary SCHMIDT lived at 1022 Camp Street, Piqua, along with their daughter, Barbara (SCHMIDT) MARSH, and her two living children, Gladis and Glen. Louis SCHMIDT was a Stationary Engineer, and he owned his home, but there was still a mortgage owed on it. Louis SCHMIDT died on June 18, 1913 in Piqua, Ohio. He is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Piqua. Mary Dorphine Anna (SCHEMMEL) SCHMIDT died on April 23, 1914 in Piqua, Ohio. She is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Piqua. 1870 Census - Dinsmore Township, Shelby County, Ohio In 1870 Dinsmore Twp. Census June 23, 1870; Louis & Mary SCHMIDT, living with them were: sons Joseph & George, AND Theresa (ENGESSER) SCHEMMEL (age 33), with children Francis, John, & Matilda, (and pregnant with Margaret - born 7/17/1870). Neighbors were George & Mary (MEYER) STEINKE (Pg B7), w/ their children Elizabeth & Margaret. 1900 Census - Piqua City, Miami County, Ohio The 1900 Census for Piqua, Washington Township, Miami County, Ohio showed Louis and Mary SCHMIDT living at 1022 Camp Street, Piqua, along with their daughter, Barbara (SCHMIDT) MARSH, and her two living children, Gladis and Glen. Louis SCHMIDT s occupation was listed as Stationary Engineer, and he owned his home, but there was still a mortgage owed on it. SCHEMMEL-SCHLOTTER Page 11

Children of George SCHEMMEL and Gertrude SCHLOTTER - John Adam SCHEMMEL John Adam SCHIMMEL b.12/23/1845 Egenhausen living in Franklin Co. in 1900 census, with Flora and Lucy Josephine HESSLER was in the Columbus State Hospital by 1900, and there until she died in 1934. Josephine HESSLER b.8/22/1854 Columbus d.1/16/1934 Columbus Caroline SCHIMMEL b.1876 OH Sophia SCHIMMEL b.4/ /1876 d.2/6/1965 Columbus Hattie SCHIMMEL b.10/8/1878 Columbus d.11/15/1953 Franklin Co John SCHIMMEL b.11/7/1888 OH d.4/22/1969 Galena OH Anna SCHIMMEL b.9/ /1880 OH? Samuel DARDINGER b.1/12/1865 d.4/21/1951 Columbus Emma Elizabeth SCHIMMEL b.5/23/1873 d.12/11/1963 Franklin Co Flora SCHIMMEL b.4/ /1883 Ohio d.2/27/1961 Columbus William REHM Samuel Russel DARDINGER b.8/20/1904 d.11/21/1927 Columbus bur.green Lawn Cem. Columbus Lena? b. b. Helen Florence REHM b.5/21/1921 d.9/23/1921 Columbus bur.green Lawn Cem. Columbus Lucy SCHIMMEL b.8/ /1885 Columbus Ohio J ohn Adam SCHIMMEL was born on December 23, 1845 in Egenhausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He was the ninth of nine known children born to George SCHIMMEL and Gertrude (SCHLOTTER) SCHIMMEL. John Adam SCHIMMEL married Josephine HESSLER on in. Josephine HESSLER was born on August 22, 1854 in Columbus, Ohio. She was the daughter of John HESSLER and Racheal KNEISS. The 1900 Census shows John Adam SCHIMMEL and Josephine (HESSLER) SCHIMMEL were living in Columbus, with their two youngest daughters still living with them. Josephine (HESSLER) SCHIMMEL died of a cerebral hemmorage, on January 16, 1934 in the Columbus State Hospital. She is buried in Greenlawn Cemetery in Columbus. John Adam SCHIMMEL died May 5, 1913 in Columbus. He is buried in Greenlawn Cemetery in Columbus. John Adam SCHIMMEL and Josephine (HESSLER) SCHIMMEL had eight children. 1870 Census - Dinsmore Township, Shelby County, Ohio The 1870 Dinsmore Twp. Census included a description of the soil of the Township: SCHEMMEL-SCHLOTTER Page 12

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