William made the move from his homeland in Germany to the United States in 1844. He began living on the farm of a relative, Frederic Bartold, and his wife Sophia. Frederic was the owner of 120 acres in what was known as Deutsch Hollow in western St. Louis County, Missouri, along the road that ran from St. Louis to Jefferson City, Missouri.
A tavern was situated just to the east of the Bartold farm, so they earned extra money by keeping a dozen horses in their stable to be used as fresh teams for those traveling by stage coach or buggy from St. Louis to Jeff City. The road was frequently traveled by rural residents when taking their crops and livestock to the markets in St. Louis.
William married Henrietta S. K. Teidelberg shortly before Frederic and Sophia both died of cholera in 1851. William then inherited their farm.
William and Henrietta's only known children were 2 babies who died in infancy, 1 in 1850 and the other in 1853. Being childless, they took in an orphan named John Wahmgans, Jr. when he was a young boy. John's mother had died 17 days after giving birth to him on Christmas Day 1851, and his biological father had died in 1853. After moving in with the Bartolds, John was known thereafter as John William Bartold.
William had a brother and sister-in-law named Louis and Sophia Bartold, who lived in St. Louis. When Louis died in November of 1859, his daughter, Henrietta W., was only 6 weeks old. William's widowed sister-in-law, Sophia, then married Henry Spüring on 20 Mar 1860 in St. Louis. She died on 09 Mar 1862, leaving William's niece an orphan before she was 2 1/2-years-old. William and his wife then raised little Henrietta W. as their own.
William was over 50 by the time the American Civil War began in 1862. Despite his age, he was eager to join the Union troops, so he enlisted in Company E of the Pacific Battalion of the Missouri Home Guards. He served as the company musician.
He returned to farming his Deutsch Hollow land after the war. His wife died in 1875.
On 29 Oct 1878, the two children the Bartolds had brought up together—John and Henrietta W.—married each other. Though raised in the same home, they were not related to each other by blood. They eventually became the parents of 5 children and continued to make their home with William, so that John could help his father run the farm.
In September of 1880, a reunion of the Home Guard veterans and their families was held in Deutsch Hollow. William was 69-years-old by that time, but was among those recognized for his Civil War service.
William lived until January of 1890, when he died at his home at the age of 79 years, 2 months and 17 days. His death came on the 15th anniversary of the death of another brother, Henry Bartold.
William was survived by his 2 adopted children, John and Henrietta W. Bartold; and 4 grandchildren, Minnie, William, Anna and Albert Bartold. A 5th grandchild, Sophie, was born in the years after William's passing.
William was buried in the family cemetery on 23 Jan 1890.
In 1970, part of Highway 100 near the Bartold farm was widened. The land used as the family burial grounds was needed for the project, so the remains of William and 12 others were reinterred at Bethel United Methodist Cemetery on Old Manchester Road.
Children: 2 sons, 2 daughters.
Father of:
Infant Son Bartold
John William (Wahmgans) Bartold, Sr.*
Sophia F. A. Bartold
Henrietta W. Bartold Bartold*
William's known siblings:
Louis Bartold
Henry Bartold
*Beginning in very early childhood, John William Bartold, Sr. and Henrietta W. Bartold were raised by William and Henrietta S. K. Bartold. It is unknown as to whether they were ever legally adopted by the Bartolds, but they were always regarded and referred to as William and Henrietta S. K.'s own children.
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Newspaper article excerpts:
VETERANS VIS-À-VIS.
Reunion of Ink's Battalion Home Guards at Dutch Hollow.
Some Soldiers Whose Hairs are Now Silvered—Speeches by M. A. Rosenblatt and Others.
When civil war threatened desolation to the happy homes in the hills of the Meramec, Maj. W. C. Ink and Robert C. Allen organised [sic] Ink's Battalion Home Guards, and did valuable service in protecting lives and property from raiders in the Counties of St. Louis, Franklin and Jefferson.
A reunion of the surviving members of the command was held yesterday at Dutch Hollow, in St. Louis County, on the Manchester road, thirty miles from St. Louis, under the perfect arrangements of Capt. R. C. Allen and Chris Moerschel, who also belonged to the battalion.
A train leaving the Union Depot at 7 o'clock yesterday morning took out a number of invited guests, among them J. R. Warfield, S. D. Thompson, D. D. Fisher, M. A. Rosenblatt, Judge Robert Schnecko and wife, Valentine Grimm, Thomas G. Allen and Edwin G. Merriam. At 8:10 the party arrived at Glencoe Station, on the Missouri Pacific, and found an escort of seventy-five mounted men and a train of wagons and carriages, decorated with the stars and stripes, ready to convey the St. Louis delegation to the rendezvous, twelve miles distant.
Vehicles from the surrounding neighborhood, filled with happy-faced women and children, swelled the procession that started with a hurrah and music by the Bohemian Band at 8:30. When Dutch Hollow was reached an anvil salute was fired in honor of the patriots as they drove through the village and returned to a beautiful grove, were [sic] the speakers' stand and the dancing floor were in readiness and refreshments in abundance. Fully 1,000 persons were on the grounds and took dinner, which was free to all.
After dinner a bugle blast called the soldiers to the platform, where they formed in line. Capt. Allen, the senior officer of those now peaceful and gray-haired tillers of the soil, addressed them, saying he had not looked into the faces of some for nineteen years, since he had mustered and sworn them into the service under orders of Gen. Lyon. It did his heart good in these days to meet them now, and in behalf of Ink's Battallon [sic] he welcomed them.
THE ROSTER.
The following named silvery haired veterans were introduced by Captain Allen: John Demier, 74 years old; Frederick Steines, Lieutenant Co. C. 78 years of age; Manuel Schuettig, 74 years old; William Bartold, 69 years old; J. Krainenkamp [sic], 63 years old; Peter Geb, 70 years; Christ. Klamp, 78 years.
(St. Louis Globe-Democrat; 26 Sep 1880; p. 6)
Note: All spelling, capitalization and punctuation marks in excerpt are exactly as they appeared in the original text.
A tavern was situated just to the east of the Bartold farm, so they earned extra money by keeping a dozen horses in their stable to be used as fresh teams for those traveling by stage coach or buggy from St. Louis to Jeff City. The road was frequently traveled by rural residents when taking their crops and livestock to the markets in St. Louis.
William married Henrietta S. K. Teidelberg shortly before Frederic and Sophia both died of cholera in 1851. William then inherited their farm.
William and Henrietta's only known children were 2 babies who died in infancy, 1 in 1850 and the other in 1853. Being childless, they took in an orphan named John Wahmgans, Jr. when he was a young boy. John's mother had died 17 days after giving birth to him on Christmas Day 1851, and his biological father had died in 1853. After moving in with the Bartolds, John was known thereafter as John William Bartold.
William had a brother and sister-in-law named Louis and Sophia Bartold, who lived in St. Louis. When Louis died in November of 1859, his daughter, Henrietta W., was only 6 weeks old. William's widowed sister-in-law, Sophia, then married Henry Spüring on 20 Mar 1860 in St. Louis. She died on 09 Mar 1862, leaving William's niece an orphan before she was 2 1/2-years-old. William and his wife then raised little Henrietta W. as their own.
William was over 50 by the time the American Civil War began in 1862. Despite his age, he was eager to join the Union troops, so he enlisted in Company E of the Pacific Battalion of the Missouri Home Guards. He served as the company musician.
He returned to farming his Deutsch Hollow land after the war. His wife died in 1875.
On 29 Oct 1878, the two children the Bartolds had brought up together—John and Henrietta W.—married each other. Though raised in the same home, they were not related to each other by blood. They eventually became the parents of 5 children and continued to make their home with William, so that John could help his father run the farm.
In September of 1880, a reunion of the Home Guard veterans and their families was held in Deutsch Hollow. William was 69-years-old by that time, but was among those recognized for his Civil War service.
William lived until January of 1890, when he died at his home at the age of 79 years, 2 months and 17 days. His death came on the 15th anniversary of the death of another brother, Henry Bartold.
William was survived by his 2 adopted children, John and Henrietta W. Bartold; and 4 grandchildren, Minnie, William, Anna and Albert Bartold. A 5th grandchild, Sophie, was born in the years after William's passing.
William was buried in the family cemetery on 23 Jan 1890.
In 1970, part of Highway 100 near the Bartold farm was widened. The land used as the family burial grounds was needed for the project, so the remains of William and 12 others were reinterred at Bethel United Methodist Cemetery on Old Manchester Road.
Children: 2 sons, 2 daughters.
Father of:
Infant Son Bartold
John William (Wahmgans) Bartold, Sr.*
Sophia F. A. Bartold
Henrietta W. Bartold Bartold*
William's known siblings:
Louis Bartold
Henry Bartold
*Beginning in very early childhood, John William Bartold, Sr. and Henrietta W. Bartold were raised by William and Henrietta S. K. Bartold. It is unknown as to whether they were ever legally adopted by the Bartolds, but they were always regarded and referred to as William and Henrietta S. K.'s own children.
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Newspaper article excerpts:
VETERANS VIS-À-VIS.
Reunion of Ink's Battalion Home Guards at Dutch Hollow.
Some Soldiers Whose Hairs are Now Silvered—Speeches by M. A. Rosenblatt and Others.
When civil war threatened desolation to the happy homes in the hills of the Meramec, Maj. W. C. Ink and Robert C. Allen organised [sic] Ink's Battalion Home Guards, and did valuable service in protecting lives and property from raiders in the Counties of St. Louis, Franklin and Jefferson.
A reunion of the surviving members of the command was held yesterday at Dutch Hollow, in St. Louis County, on the Manchester road, thirty miles from St. Louis, under the perfect arrangements of Capt. R. C. Allen and Chris Moerschel, who also belonged to the battalion.
A train leaving the Union Depot at 7 o'clock yesterday morning took out a number of invited guests, among them J. R. Warfield, S. D. Thompson, D. D. Fisher, M. A. Rosenblatt, Judge Robert Schnecko and wife, Valentine Grimm, Thomas G. Allen and Edwin G. Merriam. At 8:10 the party arrived at Glencoe Station, on the Missouri Pacific, and found an escort of seventy-five mounted men and a train of wagons and carriages, decorated with the stars and stripes, ready to convey the St. Louis delegation to the rendezvous, twelve miles distant.
Vehicles from the surrounding neighborhood, filled with happy-faced women and children, swelled the procession that started with a hurrah and music by the Bohemian Band at 8:30. When Dutch Hollow was reached an anvil salute was fired in honor of the patriots as they drove through the village and returned to a beautiful grove, were [sic] the speakers' stand and the dancing floor were in readiness and refreshments in abundance. Fully 1,000 persons were on the grounds and took dinner, which was free to all.
After dinner a bugle blast called the soldiers to the platform, where they formed in line. Capt. Allen, the senior officer of those now peaceful and gray-haired tillers of the soil, addressed them, saying he had not looked into the faces of some for nineteen years, since he had mustered and sworn them into the service under orders of Gen. Lyon. It did his heart good in these days to meet them now, and in behalf of Ink's Battallon [sic] he welcomed them.
THE ROSTER.
The following named silvery haired veterans were introduced by Captain Allen: John Demier, 74 years old; Frederick Steines, Lieutenant Co. C. 78 years of age; Manuel Schuettig, 74 years old; William Bartold, 69 years old; J. Krainenkamp [sic], 63 years old; Peter Geb, 70 years; Christ. Klamp, 78 years.
(St. Louis Globe-Democrat; 26 Sep 1880; p. 6)
Note: All spelling, capitalization and punctuation marks in excerpt are exactly as they appeared in the original text.
William made the move from his homeland in Germany to the United States in 1844. He began living on the farm of a relative, Frederic Bartold, and his wife Sophia. Frederic was the owner of 120 acres in what was known as Deutsch Hollow in western St. Louis County, Missouri, along the road that ran from St. Louis to Jefferson City, Missouri.
A tavern was situated just to the east of the Bartold farm, so they earned extra money by keeping a dozen horses in their stable to be used as fresh teams for those traveling by stage coach or buggy from St. Louis to Jeff City. The road was frequently traveled by rural residents when taking their crops and livestock to the markets in St. Louis.
William married Henrietta S. K. Teidelberg shortly before Frederic and Sophia both died of cholera in 1851. William then inherited their farm.
William and Henrietta's only known children were 2 babies who died in infancy, 1 in 1850 and the other in 1853. Being childless, they took in an orphan named John Wahmgans, Jr. when he was a young boy. John's mother had died 17 days after giving birth to him on Christmas Day 1851, and his biological father had died in 1853. After moving in with the Bartolds, John was known thereafter as John William Bartold.
William had a brother and sister-in-law named Louis and Sophia Bartold, who lived in St. Louis. When Louis died in November of 1859, his daughter, Henrietta W., was only 6 weeks old. William's widowed sister-in-law, Sophia, then married Henry Spüring on 20 Mar 1860 in St. Louis. She died on 09 Mar 1862, leaving William's niece an orphan before she was 2 1/2-years-old. William and his wife then raised little Henrietta W. as their own.
William was over 50 by the time the American Civil War began in 1862. Despite his age, he was eager to join the Union troops, so he enlisted in Company E of the Pacific Battalion of the Missouri Home Guards. He served as the company musician.
He returned to farming his Deutsch Hollow land after the war. His wife died in 1875.
On 29 Oct 1878, the two children the Bartolds had brought up together—John and Henrietta W.—married each other. Though raised in the same home, they were not related to each other by blood. They eventually became the parents of 5 children and continued to make their home with William, so that John could help his father run the farm.
In September of 1880, a reunion of the Home Guard veterans and their families was held in Deutsch Hollow. William was 69-years-old by that time, but was among those recognized for his Civil War service.
William lived until January of 1890, when he died at his home at the age of 79 years, 2 months and 17 days. His death came on the 15th anniversary of the death of another brother, Henry Bartold.
William was survived by his 2 adopted children, John and Henrietta W. Bartold; and 4 grandchildren, Minnie, William, Anna and Albert Bartold. A 5th grandchild, Sophie, was born in the years after William's passing.
William was buried in the family cemetery on 23 Jan 1890.
In 1970, part of Highway 100 near the Bartold farm was widened. The land used as the family burial grounds was needed for the project, so the remains of William and 12 others were reinterred at Bethel United Methodist Cemetery on Old Manchester Road.
Children: 2 sons, 2 daughters.
Father of:
Infant Son Bartold
John William (Wahmgans) Bartold, Sr.*
Sophia F. A. Bartold
Henrietta W. Bartold Bartold*
William's known siblings:
Louis Bartold
Henry Bartold
*Beginning in very early childhood, John William Bartold, Sr. and Henrietta W. Bartold were raised by William and Henrietta S. K. Bartold. It is unknown as to whether they were ever legally adopted by the Bartolds, but they were always regarded and referred to as William and Henrietta S. K.'s own children.
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Newspaper article excerpts:
VETERANS VIS-À-VIS.
Reunion of Ink's Battalion Home Guards at Dutch Hollow.
Some Soldiers Whose Hairs are Now Silvered—Speeches by M. A. Rosenblatt and Others.
When civil war threatened desolation to the happy homes in the hills of the Meramec, Maj. W. C. Ink and Robert C. Allen organised [sic] Ink's Battalion Home Guards, and did valuable service in protecting lives and property from raiders in the Counties of St. Louis, Franklin and Jefferson.
A reunion of the surviving members of the command was held yesterday at Dutch Hollow, in St. Louis County, on the Manchester road, thirty miles from St. Louis, under the perfect arrangements of Capt. R. C. Allen and Chris Moerschel, who also belonged to the battalion.
A train leaving the Union Depot at 7 o'clock yesterday morning took out a number of invited guests, among them J. R. Warfield, S. D. Thompson, D. D. Fisher, M. A. Rosenblatt, Judge Robert Schnecko and wife, Valentine Grimm, Thomas G. Allen and Edwin G. Merriam. At 8:10 the party arrived at Glencoe Station, on the Missouri Pacific, and found an escort of seventy-five mounted men and a train of wagons and carriages, decorated with the stars and stripes, ready to convey the St. Louis delegation to the rendezvous, twelve miles distant.
Vehicles from the surrounding neighborhood, filled with happy-faced women and children, swelled the procession that started with a hurrah and music by the Bohemian Band at 8:30. When Dutch Hollow was reached an anvil salute was fired in honor of the patriots as they drove through the village and returned to a beautiful grove, were [sic] the speakers' stand and the dancing floor were in readiness and refreshments in abundance. Fully 1,000 persons were on the grounds and took dinner, which was free to all.
After dinner a bugle blast called the soldiers to the platform, where they formed in line. Capt. Allen, the senior officer of those now peaceful and gray-haired tillers of the soil, addressed them, saying he had not looked into the faces of some for nineteen years, since he had mustered and sworn them into the service under orders of Gen. Lyon. It did his heart good in these days to meet them now, and in behalf of Ink's Battallon [sic] he welcomed them.
THE ROSTER.
The following named silvery haired veterans were introduced by Captain Allen: John Demier, 74 years old; Frederick Steines, Lieutenant Co. C. 78 years of age; Manuel Schuettig, 74 years old; William Bartold, 69 years old; J. Krainenkamp [sic], 63 years old; Peter Geb, 70 years; Christ. Klamp, 78 years.
(St. Louis Globe-Democrat; 26 Sep 1880; p. 6)
Note: All spelling, capitalization and punctuation marks in excerpt are exactly as they appeared in the original text.
A tavern was situated just to the east of the Bartold farm, so they earned extra money by keeping a dozen horses in their stable to be used as fresh teams for those traveling by stage coach or buggy from St. Louis to Jeff City. The road was frequently traveled by rural residents when taking their crops and livestock to the markets in St. Louis.
William married Henrietta S. K. Teidelberg shortly before Frederic and Sophia both died of cholera in 1851. William then inherited their farm.
William and Henrietta's only known children were 2 babies who died in infancy, 1 in 1850 and the other in 1853. Being childless, they took in an orphan named John Wahmgans, Jr. when he was a young boy. John's mother had died 17 days after giving birth to him on Christmas Day 1851, and his biological father had died in 1853. After moving in with the Bartolds, John was known thereafter as John William Bartold.
William had a brother and sister-in-law named Louis and Sophia Bartold, who lived in St. Louis. When Louis died in November of 1859, his daughter, Henrietta W., was only 6 weeks old. William's widowed sister-in-law, Sophia, then married Henry Spüring on 20 Mar 1860 in St. Louis. She died on 09 Mar 1862, leaving William's niece an orphan before she was 2 1/2-years-old. William and his wife then raised little Henrietta W. as their own.
William was over 50 by the time the American Civil War began in 1862. Despite his age, he was eager to join the Union troops, so he enlisted in Company E of the Pacific Battalion of the Missouri Home Guards. He served as the company musician.
He returned to farming his Deutsch Hollow land after the war. His wife died in 1875.
On 29 Oct 1878, the two children the Bartolds had brought up together—John and Henrietta W.—married each other. Though raised in the same home, they were not related to each other by blood. They eventually became the parents of 5 children and continued to make their home with William, so that John could help his father run the farm.
In September of 1880, a reunion of the Home Guard veterans and their families was held in Deutsch Hollow. William was 69-years-old by that time, but was among those recognized for his Civil War service.
William lived until January of 1890, when he died at his home at the age of 79 years, 2 months and 17 days. His death came on the 15th anniversary of the death of another brother, Henry Bartold.
William was survived by his 2 adopted children, John and Henrietta W. Bartold; and 4 grandchildren, Minnie, William, Anna and Albert Bartold. A 5th grandchild, Sophie, was born in the years after William's passing.
William was buried in the family cemetery on 23 Jan 1890.
In 1970, part of Highway 100 near the Bartold farm was widened. The land used as the family burial grounds was needed for the project, so the remains of William and 12 others were reinterred at Bethel United Methodist Cemetery on Old Manchester Road.
Children: 2 sons, 2 daughters.
Father of:
Infant Son Bartold
John William (Wahmgans) Bartold, Sr.*
Sophia F. A. Bartold
Henrietta W. Bartold Bartold*
William's known siblings:
Louis Bartold
Henry Bartold
*Beginning in very early childhood, John William Bartold, Sr. and Henrietta W. Bartold were raised by William and Henrietta S. K. Bartold. It is unknown as to whether they were ever legally adopted by the Bartolds, but they were always regarded and referred to as William and Henrietta S. K.'s own children.
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Newspaper article excerpts:
VETERANS VIS-À-VIS.
Reunion of Ink's Battalion Home Guards at Dutch Hollow.
Some Soldiers Whose Hairs are Now Silvered—Speeches by M. A. Rosenblatt and Others.
When civil war threatened desolation to the happy homes in the hills of the Meramec, Maj. W. C. Ink and Robert C. Allen organised [sic] Ink's Battalion Home Guards, and did valuable service in protecting lives and property from raiders in the Counties of St. Louis, Franklin and Jefferson.
A reunion of the surviving members of the command was held yesterday at Dutch Hollow, in St. Louis County, on the Manchester road, thirty miles from St. Louis, under the perfect arrangements of Capt. R. C. Allen and Chris Moerschel, who also belonged to the battalion.
A train leaving the Union Depot at 7 o'clock yesterday morning took out a number of invited guests, among them J. R. Warfield, S. D. Thompson, D. D. Fisher, M. A. Rosenblatt, Judge Robert Schnecko and wife, Valentine Grimm, Thomas G. Allen and Edwin G. Merriam. At 8:10 the party arrived at Glencoe Station, on the Missouri Pacific, and found an escort of seventy-five mounted men and a train of wagons and carriages, decorated with the stars and stripes, ready to convey the St. Louis delegation to the rendezvous, twelve miles distant.
Vehicles from the surrounding neighborhood, filled with happy-faced women and children, swelled the procession that started with a hurrah and music by the Bohemian Band at 8:30. When Dutch Hollow was reached an anvil salute was fired in honor of the patriots as they drove through the village and returned to a beautiful grove, were [sic] the speakers' stand and the dancing floor were in readiness and refreshments in abundance. Fully 1,000 persons were on the grounds and took dinner, which was free to all.
After dinner a bugle blast called the soldiers to the platform, where they formed in line. Capt. Allen, the senior officer of those now peaceful and gray-haired tillers of the soil, addressed them, saying he had not looked into the faces of some for nineteen years, since he had mustered and sworn them into the service under orders of Gen. Lyon. It did his heart good in these days to meet them now, and in behalf of Ink's Battallon [sic] he welcomed them.
THE ROSTER.
The following named silvery haired veterans were introduced by Captain Allen: John Demier, 74 years old; Frederick Steines, Lieutenant Co. C. 78 years of age; Manuel Schuettig, 74 years old; William Bartold, 69 years old; J. Krainenkamp [sic], 63 years old; Peter Geb, 70 years; Christ. Klamp, 78 years.
(St. Louis Globe-Democrat; 26 Sep 1880; p. 6)
Note: All spelling, capitalization and punctuation marks in excerpt are exactly as they appeared in the original text.
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