Born in Langenhausen, Gnarrenburg, Hanover. To Cincinnati, Ohio ca. 1837. Married Gesche Knoop 1839, came west to Benton County with Knoop family, and homesteaded southeast of Cole Camp. Gesche (Knoop) Ficken died 1852 and Peter married Helene Dorothea "Lena" Beckman in 1853.
Peter's aged parents John Peter and Gesche (Ehlen) Ficken immigrated mid-1840s, but died at Peter's homestead early 1850s.
(Birth day on both stones should be 7 December, not 1 or 14)
Served in Benton Co. German Regiment 1861
Peter's aged parents John Peter and Gesche (Ehlen) Ficken immigrated mid-1840s, but died at Peter's homestead early 1850s.
(Birth day on both stones should be 7 December, not 1 or 14)
Served in Benton Co. German Regiment 1861
Born in Langenhausen, Gnarrenburg, Hanover. To Cincinnati, Ohio ca. 1837. Married Gesche Knoop 1839, came west to Benton County with Knoop family, and homesteaded southeast of Cole Camp. Gesche (Knoop) Ficken died 1852 and Peter married Helene Dorothea "Lena" Beckman in 1853.
Peter's aged parents John Peter and Gesche (Ehlen) Ficken immigrated mid-1840s, but died at Peter's homestead early 1850s.
(Birth day on both stones should be 7 December, not 1 or 14)
Served in Benton Co. German Regiment 1861
Peter's aged parents John Peter and Gesche (Ehlen) Ficken immigrated mid-1840s, but died at Peter's homestead early 1850s.
(Birth day on both stones should be 7 December, not 1 or 14)
Served in Benton Co. German Regiment 1861
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