Served in Schleswig-Holstein army 1848-1850; immigrated in 1855; filed intention to become a citizen on October 28, 1856 in Scott County, Iowa; member of 1857 German colony to settle in Hall County.
1860 Nebraska Territory, Hall co., German Settlement, p. 1. Enumerated on 14 July 1860. Indexed as Scherr, Henry 32 from Holstein, Sophia 25 from Mecklenberg and Charles 2 from Nebraska Territory.
Married Maria Becker (second wife) 1 March 1864 by David Schuller at Hall County, NE as documented in the Hall county Clerk minutes. Witnesses: Caroline Hedde & Henry Bachman.
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Grand Island Daily Independent 11 January 1894
Death of Our Old Friend, Henry Schoel
Another of our oldest pioneers is gone. Henry Schoel, a farmer who lived about five miles southwest of Grand Island, died yesterday afternoon after a long illness, having suffered a considerable time with dropsy. the children lose a kind father, his friends a good friend, and the whole community an honest and reliable citizen, who has done his share in building up our county.
The deceased came here with the first colony, which settled in this then wild country on July 4th, 1857, as a young man about 28 years, used to the hard work of a german farm laborer. He had served in the Schleswig-Holstein army in the war from 1848 to 1850, against Denmark, and after the war emigrated to America. The same spirit of courage and persistency, which distinguished him in war, was also displayed by him in the privations and dangers of our young settlement, which never made him lose his cheerfulness and never interfered with his close attention to the work that was to support his family. The greater part of 37 years he has labored hard, during the later years assisted by his children, and has succeeded in raising a family of good an honest children, built up a splendid farm, and accumulated a nice fortune besides.
Having come here a young man with very small means, and having risen to the position of an independent and well to do owner of a fine farm, he has shown what honesty, hard work and saving habits can do in our country, setting an example to those who always shout that farming does not pay, and that our government must come to their assistance, our friend Schoel was one of the farmers who made their piece of land pay, and who now leaves his family in comfortable circumstances. May he now rest in peace from his labors, and may his family be comforted by the sympathy of a large circle of friends and acquaintances.
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Grand Island Daily Independent Sat 13 Jan 1894
Nearly one hundred carriages and wagons were in the funeral procession which followed the remains of Hans Schoel to his final resting place yesterday. It was a fitting tributes to an honored pioneer, whose every acquaintance pioneer, whose every acquaintance was his personal friend.
1860 Nebraska Territory, Hall co., German Settlement, p. 1. Enumerated on 14 July 1860. Indexed as Scherr, Henry 32 from Holstein, Sophia 25 from Mecklenberg and Charles 2 from Nebraska Territory.
Married Maria Becker (second wife) 1 March 1864 by David Schuller at Hall County, NE as documented in the Hall county Clerk minutes. Witnesses: Caroline Hedde & Henry Bachman.
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Grand Island Daily Independent 11 January 1894
Death of Our Old Friend, Henry Schoel
Another of our oldest pioneers is gone. Henry Schoel, a farmer who lived about five miles southwest of Grand Island, died yesterday afternoon after a long illness, having suffered a considerable time with dropsy. the children lose a kind father, his friends a good friend, and the whole community an honest and reliable citizen, who has done his share in building up our county.
The deceased came here with the first colony, which settled in this then wild country on July 4th, 1857, as a young man about 28 years, used to the hard work of a german farm laborer. He had served in the Schleswig-Holstein army in the war from 1848 to 1850, against Denmark, and after the war emigrated to America. The same spirit of courage and persistency, which distinguished him in war, was also displayed by him in the privations and dangers of our young settlement, which never made him lose his cheerfulness and never interfered with his close attention to the work that was to support his family. The greater part of 37 years he has labored hard, during the later years assisted by his children, and has succeeded in raising a family of good an honest children, built up a splendid farm, and accumulated a nice fortune besides.
Having come here a young man with very small means, and having risen to the position of an independent and well to do owner of a fine farm, he has shown what honesty, hard work and saving habits can do in our country, setting an example to those who always shout that farming does not pay, and that our government must come to their assistance, our friend Schoel was one of the farmers who made their piece of land pay, and who now leaves his family in comfortable circumstances. May he now rest in peace from his labors, and may his family be comforted by the sympathy of a large circle of friends and acquaintances.
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Grand Island Daily Independent Sat 13 Jan 1894
Nearly one hundred carriages and wagons were in the funeral procession which followed the remains of Hans Schoel to his final resting place yesterday. It was a fitting tributes to an honored pioneer, whose every acquaintance pioneer, whose every acquaintance was his personal friend.
Served in Schleswig-Holstein army 1848-1850; immigrated in 1855; filed intention to become a citizen on October 28, 1856 in Scott County, Iowa; member of 1857 German colony to settle in Hall County.
1860 Nebraska Territory, Hall co., German Settlement, p. 1. Enumerated on 14 July 1860. Indexed as Scherr, Henry 32 from Holstein, Sophia 25 from Mecklenberg and Charles 2 from Nebraska Territory.
Married Maria Becker (second wife) 1 March 1864 by David Schuller at Hall County, NE as documented in the Hall county Clerk minutes. Witnesses: Caroline Hedde & Henry Bachman.
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Grand Island Daily Independent 11 January 1894
Death of Our Old Friend, Henry Schoel
Another of our oldest pioneers is gone. Henry Schoel, a farmer who lived about five miles southwest of Grand Island, died yesterday afternoon after a long illness, having suffered a considerable time with dropsy. the children lose a kind father, his friends a good friend, and the whole community an honest and reliable citizen, who has done his share in building up our county.
The deceased came here with the first colony, which settled in this then wild country on July 4th, 1857, as a young man about 28 years, used to the hard work of a german farm laborer. He had served in the Schleswig-Holstein army in the war from 1848 to 1850, against Denmark, and after the war emigrated to America. The same spirit of courage and persistency, which distinguished him in war, was also displayed by him in the privations and dangers of our young settlement, which never made him lose his cheerfulness and never interfered with his close attention to the work that was to support his family. The greater part of 37 years he has labored hard, during the later years assisted by his children, and has succeeded in raising a family of good an honest children, built up a splendid farm, and accumulated a nice fortune besides.
Having come here a young man with very small means, and having risen to the position of an independent and well to do owner of a fine farm, he has shown what honesty, hard work and saving habits can do in our country, setting an example to those who always shout that farming does not pay, and that our government must come to their assistance, our friend Schoel was one of the farmers who made their piece of land pay, and who now leaves his family in comfortable circumstances. May he now rest in peace from his labors, and may his family be comforted by the sympathy of a large circle of friends and acquaintances.
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Grand Island Daily Independent Sat 13 Jan 1894
Nearly one hundred carriages and wagons were in the funeral procession which followed the remains of Hans Schoel to his final resting place yesterday. It was a fitting tributes to an honored pioneer, whose every acquaintance pioneer, whose every acquaintance was his personal friend.
1860 Nebraska Territory, Hall co., German Settlement, p. 1. Enumerated on 14 July 1860. Indexed as Scherr, Henry 32 from Holstein, Sophia 25 from Mecklenberg and Charles 2 from Nebraska Territory.
Married Maria Becker (second wife) 1 March 1864 by David Schuller at Hall County, NE as documented in the Hall county Clerk minutes. Witnesses: Caroline Hedde & Henry Bachman.
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Grand Island Daily Independent 11 January 1894
Death of Our Old Friend, Henry Schoel
Another of our oldest pioneers is gone. Henry Schoel, a farmer who lived about five miles southwest of Grand Island, died yesterday afternoon after a long illness, having suffered a considerable time with dropsy. the children lose a kind father, his friends a good friend, and the whole community an honest and reliable citizen, who has done his share in building up our county.
The deceased came here with the first colony, which settled in this then wild country on July 4th, 1857, as a young man about 28 years, used to the hard work of a german farm laborer. He had served in the Schleswig-Holstein army in the war from 1848 to 1850, against Denmark, and after the war emigrated to America. The same spirit of courage and persistency, which distinguished him in war, was also displayed by him in the privations and dangers of our young settlement, which never made him lose his cheerfulness and never interfered with his close attention to the work that was to support his family. The greater part of 37 years he has labored hard, during the later years assisted by his children, and has succeeded in raising a family of good an honest children, built up a splendid farm, and accumulated a nice fortune besides.
Having come here a young man with very small means, and having risen to the position of an independent and well to do owner of a fine farm, he has shown what honesty, hard work and saving habits can do in our country, setting an example to those who always shout that farming does not pay, and that our government must come to their assistance, our friend Schoel was one of the farmers who made their piece of land pay, and who now leaves his family in comfortable circumstances. May he now rest in peace from his labors, and may his family be comforted by the sympathy of a large circle of friends and acquaintances.
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Grand Island Daily Independent Sat 13 Jan 1894
Nearly one hundred carriages and wagons were in the funeral procession which followed the remains of Hans Schoel to his final resting place yesterday. It was a fitting tributes to an honored pioneer, whose every acquaintance pioneer, whose every acquaintance was his personal friend.
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