Son of Jakob Götz and Anna Maria Hürster, Daniel Götz was baptized on January 17, 1827 in the evangelische Kirche at Ichenheim, Baden. His family settled in Campbell County, Kentucky, where his father married his second wife, the widow Elizabeth Krick, on January 1, 1842. In September 1842 his father was granted U.S. citizenship, having resided in the U.S. five years, and in Kentucky one year. Shortly thereafter his father and step-mother settled in Green Township, Hamilton County, Ohio where they were enumerated in the 1850 and 1860 censuses. Daniel enlisted on April 30, 1847 at Cincinnati as a private in Co. I, 4th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and saw active duty in the Mexican War. He was discharged on July 18, 1848 at Cincinnati, where he married his first wife Nancy Griffin on October 9, 1849. He was listed in the Cincinnati City Directory from 1850 to 1856, working as a cooper and machinist. In 1858 he relocated his young family to Columbus, Indiana, where he worked at the William Brinkley Furniture Factory. He later moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where his first wife Nancy died from consumption in 1866. He returned to Bartholomew County, Indiana, where he married his second wife Mary on February 7, 1867 and settled three and a half miles northwest of the town of Hope, and was a charter member of the Hope Baptist Church.
His aunt Maria Ursula Nußbaum Uhl (1805-1891) of Camp Springs, Campbell County, Kentucky was a half-sister of his mother.
Sources consulted: Albert Kôbele & Hans Scheer's Ortsippenbuch Ichenheim - Gemeinde Neuried Ortenaukreis in Baden (Grafenhausen bei Lahr, 1978); Campbell County Marriage Bonds, Alexandria, KY, 1842; Campbell County Court Order Book 1842-1848, p. 7 (sub Naturalizations); Williams' Cincinnati Directories 1850-1855; Hamilton County, OH censuses (1850, p. 455 & 1860, p. 344); Hamilton County Will Book 19, pp. 344-346; Obituary of Daniel Wm. Gates (Hope Star, March 17, 1911 & Columbus Evening Republican); Daniel W. Gates Family Bible; "Mexican War" (as told by Daniel W. Gates); and genealogical notes & correspondence of two of Daniel's descendants, Col. Ralph Winfred Rogers and Todd Allan Whitesides.
[Biography compiled by Daniel's 3rd-great-grandson Todd Whitesides.]
His aunt Maria Ursula Nußbaum Uhl (1805-1891) of Camp Springs, Campbell County, Kentucky was a half-sister of his mother.
Sources consulted: Albert Kôbele & Hans Scheer's Ortsippenbuch Ichenheim - Gemeinde Neuried Ortenaukreis in Baden (Grafenhausen bei Lahr, 1978); Campbell County Marriage Bonds, Alexandria, KY, 1842; Campbell County Court Order Book 1842-1848, p. 7 (sub Naturalizations); Williams' Cincinnati Directories 1850-1855; Hamilton County, OH censuses (1850, p. 455 & 1860, p. 344); Hamilton County Will Book 19, pp. 344-346; Obituary of Daniel Wm. Gates (Hope Star, March 17, 1911 & Columbus Evening Republican); Daniel W. Gates Family Bible; "Mexican War" (as told by Daniel W. Gates); and genealogical notes & correspondence of two of Daniel's descendants, Col. Ralph Winfred Rogers and Todd Allan Whitesides.
[Biography compiled by Daniel's 3rd-great-grandson Todd Whitesides.]
Son of Jakob Götz and Anna Maria Hürster, Daniel Götz was baptized on January 17, 1827 in the evangelische Kirche at Ichenheim, Baden. His family settled in Campbell County, Kentucky, where his father married his second wife, the widow Elizabeth Krick, on January 1, 1842. In September 1842 his father was granted U.S. citizenship, having resided in the U.S. five years, and in Kentucky one year. Shortly thereafter his father and step-mother settled in Green Township, Hamilton County, Ohio where they were enumerated in the 1850 and 1860 censuses. Daniel enlisted on April 30, 1847 at Cincinnati as a private in Co. I, 4th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and saw active duty in the Mexican War. He was discharged on July 18, 1848 at Cincinnati, where he married his first wife Nancy Griffin on October 9, 1849. He was listed in the Cincinnati City Directory from 1850 to 1856, working as a cooper and machinist. In 1858 he relocated his young family to Columbus, Indiana, where he worked at the William Brinkley Furniture Factory. He later moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where his first wife Nancy died from consumption in 1866. He returned to Bartholomew County, Indiana, where he married his second wife Mary on February 7, 1867 and settled three and a half miles northwest of the town of Hope, and was a charter member of the Hope Baptist Church.
His aunt Maria Ursula Nußbaum Uhl (1805-1891) of Camp Springs, Campbell County, Kentucky was a half-sister of his mother.
Sources consulted: Albert Kôbele & Hans Scheer's Ortsippenbuch Ichenheim - Gemeinde Neuried Ortenaukreis in Baden (Grafenhausen bei Lahr, 1978); Campbell County Marriage Bonds, Alexandria, KY, 1842; Campbell County Court Order Book 1842-1848, p. 7 (sub Naturalizations); Williams' Cincinnati Directories 1850-1855; Hamilton County, OH censuses (1850, p. 455 & 1860, p. 344); Hamilton County Will Book 19, pp. 344-346; Obituary of Daniel Wm. Gates (Hope Star, March 17, 1911 & Columbus Evening Republican); Daniel W. Gates Family Bible; "Mexican War" (as told by Daniel W. Gates); and genealogical notes & correspondence of two of Daniel's descendants, Col. Ralph Winfred Rogers and Todd Allan Whitesides.
[Biography compiled by Daniel's 3rd-great-grandson Todd Whitesides.]
His aunt Maria Ursula Nußbaum Uhl (1805-1891) of Camp Springs, Campbell County, Kentucky was a half-sister of his mother.
Sources consulted: Albert Kôbele & Hans Scheer's Ortsippenbuch Ichenheim - Gemeinde Neuried Ortenaukreis in Baden (Grafenhausen bei Lahr, 1978); Campbell County Marriage Bonds, Alexandria, KY, 1842; Campbell County Court Order Book 1842-1848, p. 7 (sub Naturalizations); Williams' Cincinnati Directories 1850-1855; Hamilton County, OH censuses (1850, p. 455 & 1860, p. 344); Hamilton County Will Book 19, pp. 344-346; Obituary of Daniel Wm. Gates (Hope Star, March 17, 1911 & Columbus Evening Republican); Daniel W. Gates Family Bible; "Mexican War" (as told by Daniel W. Gates); and genealogical notes & correspondence of two of Daniel's descendants, Col. Ralph Winfred Rogers and Todd Allan Whitesides.
[Biography compiled by Daniel's 3rd-great-grandson Todd Whitesides.]
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