Baptismal records from St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church on Tug Fork Road, Melbourne, Campbell Co. KY (Baptisms 1861-1865) from the Margaret Hartman Collection at the Campbell County Historical Society list Johann (John) Schwan b 11 Oct 1861 at 5:30 am, baptized on 29 Dec 1862. He is the 6yh child, 4th s/o Jacob from Westhofen, Worms District, Rhenish Hesse, Germany & Friederika (nee Walter) from Beuren, administrative district of Nordingen, Kingdom of Wurttenberg Germany.
Jacob was a private in Company H 106th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers & was enrolled 30 Sept 1862 at Cincinnati, OH. Pastor Schrader mustered him out 12 July 1865 at Nashville TN.
The records state that Freda Walter married him. He stated that she was never married before, but in 1899, when she applied for a widow's pension, she stated that she had been married before & her husband had left in 1850 & had "never been heard of since".
The marriage date for Jacob & Fredericka is in doubt. Jacob said that he was married in New Orleans LA on July 10 1851. He said there were no records because the church burned down. This was documented by a letter from the Dept. of the Interior (certificate no 414179, dtd Jan 15, 1898). After Jacob died, Fredericka said that she had been married before and her husband left and she didn't know where he was. Friederika stated that she remembered very clearly marrying Jacob on the same day as their first born child their son-William Peter Schwan was Baptized which was 3 months after William was born-so that would have been April 1853. They did not marry until then because they did not know what had happen to Friederika's first husband-Fred Martin, but Friederika later learned that Fred Martin had been killed in a steamboat explosion on the Mississippi River.
On his pension record Jacob listed 9 children living- William Peter , Michael, Anna Maria, Frederick T., Katharina Bell, John , Rosina, Jacob C. , and Kunigunde . He did not list Emma as a daughter.
Between 1871-1895 Cullmann brought more than 100,000 immigrants to the South from Europe & other parts of America. Many in the South, who by this time were fed up with Carpetbaggers and the Northern political thieves, who had occupied the land since the end of the Civil War, opposed the immigration.
On September 3, 1883, Jacob received land in Cullman County Alabama. In his pension records, Jacob was described as 5' 9" tall, light complexion, gray eyes, and brown hair. A copy of the Homestead Certificate (no 606 application 50 recorded Vol 2 p 22 dated 13 Sept 1882, signed by Chester A Arthur). After failure to make payments of $113.50 with 8% interest on loan taken out in 1884 from G.A.Prinz, the farm was sold the 10th day of April 1892, "at public outcry to the hightest bidder for cash at the courthouse in Cullman". It was bought for $400 by J. F. Schafer of Cardiff, AL (husband of Kunigunde Schwan Schafer), thus restoring the family farm back into the family.
1870 Census Carthage Campbell Co Kentucky list Jacob SWAN age 45 farmer b. in Hesse Darmstead and Frederica age 42 b. Wurtemberg, with Peter age 16, b. LA, Frederick age 11, rest of children b. in KY, Mary age 13,Katie age 9, John age 7, Jacob age 5, and Rosa age 4.
From Veteran's Pension Application dated 1887 Certificate No. 414279: Was a private in Co. H. 106 Regiment Ohio Volunteers was enrolled 30 September 1862 at Cincinnati, OH. He was mustered out 12 July 1865 at Nashville TN. Stated that Freda Walter married on 10 February 1851 by Pastor Schrader. Record of marriage not available because church was burned down.. He stated that she was never married before. In 1899, when she applied after he had died. She stated that she had been married before and her husband had left in 1850 and has never been heard of since.
In April 1873 Colonel John G. Cullman brought five families from Cincinnati, Ohio to settle the present city of Cullman AL.
From the Alabama Tribune of Cullman Al dated Thursday Oct 11 1877: "How a Farmer Gets Along in Our Colony"
By an invitation of Mr. Armbruster, the gentlemanly proprietor of "Armbruster's Hall", we had last Sunday's pleasant ride to Mr. Jacob Schwan's farm. We were astonished and delighted at the prosperous conditions in which we found this place. Mr. Schwan is one of the early settlers of our colony; the writer of this came with him to Cullman, then a place of but a few houses, about four years ago, and in his company and under the guidance of the "pathfinder" Mr. John Fromhold, went into the "wild" country, examining land. Mr. Schwan selected land about four miles east of Cullman, and though having little capital, started into farming at once. He is now in possession of a pair of horses, tow yoke of working cattle, three milch cows, fifteen or twenty hogs, etc. he has a large field in corn, one in cotton, one in timothy, one in tobacco and a vineyard of several acres, planted three years ago, of which he has made this year already over 200 gallons of excellent wine. It is remakable to this country that many of the vinces are bearing a second crop, of which Mr. Schwan expects to make 10 gallons more. All his crops are in a splendid condition. He raises all kinds of vegetables, has a loarg orchard, a fine flower garden, raises rice, a sample of which can be seen in our office, has castobeans hemp, figtrees, etc. And besides working his farm he has delivered to the R. R. Company the last year $900 work of ties. This is the way that industrious men get along here. To all those who think they can not make anything in the South we say: Go to Mr. Schwan's place, examine it and do likewise!
The above was written by some one else, and I will be changing this info as it is incorrect.
NOTE: To all Schwan family researchers, I purchased the pension records for Jacob and Friederika Schwan from the "NATIONAL ARCHIEVES" in Washington, D.C. and in the pension records was a "5 page deposition" that Friederika gave about her life from the time she left Germany at the age of 16 to the date of the deposition of 1902. Wonderful information is in this disposition. I am in the process of researching all the facts that Friederika gave, I have found out that the church that "burned down" that Jacob talks about, did NOT BURN DOWN but still is a church today. Friederika mentions that the court house in Gretna burned down, but that did not happen either. Friederika and Jacob lived in GRETNA, JEFFERSON PARISH, LA, and not New Orleans, LA as thought-per the pension records. William Peter Schwan was born in Gretna, and was
Baptized in New Orleans, LA.
Rebekah Scheinert Younce
Jacob was a private in Company H 106th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers & was enrolled 30 Sept 1862 at Cincinnati, OH. Pastor Schrader mustered him out 12 July 1865 at Nashville TN.
The records state that Freda Walter married him. He stated that she was never married before, but in 1899, when she applied for a widow's pension, she stated that she had been married before & her husband had left in 1850 & had "never been heard of since".
The marriage date for Jacob & Fredericka is in doubt. Jacob said that he was married in New Orleans LA on July 10 1851. He said there were no records because the church burned down. This was documented by a letter from the Dept. of the Interior (certificate no 414179, dtd Jan 15, 1898). After Jacob died, Fredericka said that she had been married before and her husband left and she didn't know where he was. Friederika stated that she remembered very clearly marrying Jacob on the same day as their first born child their son-William Peter Schwan was Baptized which was 3 months after William was born-so that would have been April 1853. They did not marry until then because they did not know what had happen to Friederika's first husband-Fred Martin, but Friederika later learned that Fred Martin had been killed in a steamboat explosion on the Mississippi River.
On his pension record Jacob listed 9 children living- William Peter , Michael, Anna Maria, Frederick T., Katharina Bell, John , Rosina, Jacob C. , and Kunigunde . He did not list Emma as a daughter.
Between 1871-1895 Cullmann brought more than 100,000 immigrants to the South from Europe & other parts of America. Many in the South, who by this time were fed up with Carpetbaggers and the Northern political thieves, who had occupied the land since the end of the Civil War, opposed the immigration.
On September 3, 1883, Jacob received land in Cullman County Alabama. In his pension records, Jacob was described as 5' 9" tall, light complexion, gray eyes, and brown hair. A copy of the Homestead Certificate (no 606 application 50 recorded Vol 2 p 22 dated 13 Sept 1882, signed by Chester A Arthur). After failure to make payments of $113.50 with 8% interest on loan taken out in 1884 from G.A.Prinz, the farm was sold the 10th day of April 1892, "at public outcry to the hightest bidder for cash at the courthouse in Cullman". It was bought for $400 by J. F. Schafer of Cardiff, AL (husband of Kunigunde Schwan Schafer), thus restoring the family farm back into the family.
1870 Census Carthage Campbell Co Kentucky list Jacob SWAN age 45 farmer b. in Hesse Darmstead and Frederica age 42 b. Wurtemberg, with Peter age 16, b. LA, Frederick age 11, rest of children b. in KY, Mary age 13,Katie age 9, John age 7, Jacob age 5, and Rosa age 4.
From Veteran's Pension Application dated 1887 Certificate No. 414279: Was a private in Co. H. 106 Regiment Ohio Volunteers was enrolled 30 September 1862 at Cincinnati, OH. He was mustered out 12 July 1865 at Nashville TN. Stated that Freda Walter married on 10 February 1851 by Pastor Schrader. Record of marriage not available because church was burned down.. He stated that she was never married before. In 1899, when she applied after he had died. She stated that she had been married before and her husband had left in 1850 and has never been heard of since.
In April 1873 Colonel John G. Cullman brought five families from Cincinnati, Ohio to settle the present city of Cullman AL.
From the Alabama Tribune of Cullman Al dated Thursday Oct 11 1877: "How a Farmer Gets Along in Our Colony"
By an invitation of Mr. Armbruster, the gentlemanly proprietor of "Armbruster's Hall", we had last Sunday's pleasant ride to Mr. Jacob Schwan's farm. We were astonished and delighted at the prosperous conditions in which we found this place. Mr. Schwan is one of the early settlers of our colony; the writer of this came with him to Cullman, then a place of but a few houses, about four years ago, and in his company and under the guidance of the "pathfinder" Mr. John Fromhold, went into the "wild" country, examining land. Mr. Schwan selected land about four miles east of Cullman, and though having little capital, started into farming at once. He is now in possession of a pair of horses, tow yoke of working cattle, three milch cows, fifteen or twenty hogs, etc. he has a large field in corn, one in cotton, one in timothy, one in tobacco and a vineyard of several acres, planted three years ago, of which he has made this year already over 200 gallons of excellent wine. It is remakable to this country that many of the vinces are bearing a second crop, of which Mr. Schwan expects to make 10 gallons more. All his crops are in a splendid condition. He raises all kinds of vegetables, has a loarg orchard, a fine flower garden, raises rice, a sample of which can be seen in our office, has castobeans hemp, figtrees, etc. And besides working his farm he has delivered to the R. R. Company the last year $900 work of ties. This is the way that industrious men get along here. To all those who think they can not make anything in the South we say: Go to Mr. Schwan's place, examine it and do likewise!
The above was written by some one else, and I will be changing this info as it is incorrect.
NOTE: To all Schwan family researchers, I purchased the pension records for Jacob and Friederika Schwan from the "NATIONAL ARCHIEVES" in Washington, D.C. and in the pension records was a "5 page deposition" that Friederika gave about her life from the time she left Germany at the age of 16 to the date of the deposition of 1902. Wonderful information is in this disposition. I am in the process of researching all the facts that Friederika gave, I have found out that the church that "burned down" that Jacob talks about, did NOT BURN DOWN but still is a church today. Friederika mentions that the court house in Gretna burned down, but that did not happen either. Friederika and Jacob lived in GRETNA, JEFFERSON PARISH, LA, and not New Orleans, LA as thought-per the pension records. William Peter Schwan was born in Gretna, and was
Baptized in New Orleans, LA.
Rebekah Scheinert Younce
Baptismal records from St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church on Tug Fork Road, Melbourne, Campbell Co. KY (Baptisms 1861-1865) from the Margaret Hartman Collection at the Campbell County Historical Society list Johann (John) Schwan b 11 Oct 1861 at 5:30 am, baptized on 29 Dec 1862. He is the 6yh child, 4th s/o Jacob from Westhofen, Worms District, Rhenish Hesse, Germany & Friederika (nee Walter) from Beuren, administrative district of Nordingen, Kingdom of Wurttenberg Germany.
Jacob was a private in Company H 106th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers & was enrolled 30 Sept 1862 at Cincinnati, OH. Pastor Schrader mustered him out 12 July 1865 at Nashville TN.
The records state that Freda Walter married him. He stated that she was never married before, but in 1899, when she applied for a widow's pension, she stated that she had been married before & her husband had left in 1850 & had "never been heard of since".
The marriage date for Jacob & Fredericka is in doubt. Jacob said that he was married in New Orleans LA on July 10 1851. He said there were no records because the church burned down. This was documented by a letter from the Dept. of the Interior (certificate no 414179, dtd Jan 15, 1898). After Jacob died, Fredericka said that she had been married before and her husband left and she didn't know where he was. Friederika stated that she remembered very clearly marrying Jacob on the same day as their first born child their son-William Peter Schwan was Baptized which was 3 months after William was born-so that would have been April 1853. They did not marry until then because they did not know what had happen to Friederika's first husband-Fred Martin, but Friederika later learned that Fred Martin had been killed in a steamboat explosion on the Mississippi River.
On his pension record Jacob listed 9 children living- William Peter , Michael, Anna Maria, Frederick T., Katharina Bell, John , Rosina, Jacob C. , and Kunigunde . He did not list Emma as a daughter.
Between 1871-1895 Cullmann brought more than 100,000 immigrants to the South from Europe & other parts of America. Many in the South, who by this time were fed up with Carpetbaggers and the Northern political thieves, who had occupied the land since the end of the Civil War, opposed the immigration.
On September 3, 1883, Jacob received land in Cullman County Alabama. In his pension records, Jacob was described as 5' 9" tall, light complexion, gray eyes, and brown hair. A copy of the Homestead Certificate (no 606 application 50 recorded Vol 2 p 22 dated 13 Sept 1882, signed by Chester A Arthur). After failure to make payments of $113.50 with 8% interest on loan taken out in 1884 from G.A.Prinz, the farm was sold the 10th day of April 1892, "at public outcry to the hightest bidder for cash at the courthouse in Cullman". It was bought for $400 by J. F. Schafer of Cardiff, AL (husband of Kunigunde Schwan Schafer), thus restoring the family farm back into the family.
1870 Census Carthage Campbell Co Kentucky list Jacob SWAN age 45 farmer b. in Hesse Darmstead and Frederica age 42 b. Wurtemberg, with Peter age 16, b. LA, Frederick age 11, rest of children b. in KY, Mary age 13,Katie age 9, John age 7, Jacob age 5, and Rosa age 4.
From Veteran's Pension Application dated 1887 Certificate No. 414279: Was a private in Co. H. 106 Regiment Ohio Volunteers was enrolled 30 September 1862 at Cincinnati, OH. He was mustered out 12 July 1865 at Nashville TN. Stated that Freda Walter married on 10 February 1851 by Pastor Schrader. Record of marriage not available because church was burned down.. He stated that she was never married before. In 1899, when she applied after he had died. She stated that she had been married before and her husband had left in 1850 and has never been heard of since.
In April 1873 Colonel John G. Cullman brought five families from Cincinnati, Ohio to settle the present city of Cullman AL.
From the Alabama Tribune of Cullman Al dated Thursday Oct 11 1877: "How a Farmer Gets Along in Our Colony"
By an invitation of Mr. Armbruster, the gentlemanly proprietor of "Armbruster's Hall", we had last Sunday's pleasant ride to Mr. Jacob Schwan's farm. We were astonished and delighted at the prosperous conditions in which we found this place. Mr. Schwan is one of the early settlers of our colony; the writer of this came with him to Cullman, then a place of but a few houses, about four years ago, and in his company and under the guidance of the "pathfinder" Mr. John Fromhold, went into the "wild" country, examining land. Mr. Schwan selected land about four miles east of Cullman, and though having little capital, started into farming at once. He is now in possession of a pair of horses, tow yoke of working cattle, three milch cows, fifteen or twenty hogs, etc. he has a large field in corn, one in cotton, one in timothy, one in tobacco and a vineyard of several acres, planted three years ago, of which he has made this year already over 200 gallons of excellent wine. It is remakable to this country that many of the vinces are bearing a second crop, of which Mr. Schwan expects to make 10 gallons more. All his crops are in a splendid condition. He raises all kinds of vegetables, has a loarg orchard, a fine flower garden, raises rice, a sample of which can be seen in our office, has castobeans hemp, figtrees, etc. And besides working his farm he has delivered to the R. R. Company the last year $900 work of ties. This is the way that industrious men get along here. To all those who think they can not make anything in the South we say: Go to Mr. Schwan's place, examine it and do likewise!
The above was written by some one else, and I will be changing this info as it is incorrect.
NOTE: To all Schwan family researchers, I purchased the pension records for Jacob and Friederika Schwan from the "NATIONAL ARCHIEVES" in Washington, D.C. and in the pension records was a "5 page deposition" that Friederika gave about her life from the time she left Germany at the age of 16 to the date of the deposition of 1902. Wonderful information is in this disposition. I am in the process of researching all the facts that Friederika gave, I have found out that the church that "burned down" that Jacob talks about, did NOT BURN DOWN but still is a church today. Friederika mentions that the court house in Gretna burned down, but that did not happen either. Friederika and Jacob lived in GRETNA, JEFFERSON PARISH, LA, and not New Orleans, LA as thought-per the pension records. William Peter Schwan was born in Gretna, and was
Baptized in New Orleans, LA.
Rebekah Scheinert Younce
Jacob was a private in Company H 106th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers & was enrolled 30 Sept 1862 at Cincinnati, OH. Pastor Schrader mustered him out 12 July 1865 at Nashville TN.
The records state that Freda Walter married him. He stated that she was never married before, but in 1899, when she applied for a widow's pension, she stated that she had been married before & her husband had left in 1850 & had "never been heard of since".
The marriage date for Jacob & Fredericka is in doubt. Jacob said that he was married in New Orleans LA on July 10 1851. He said there were no records because the church burned down. This was documented by a letter from the Dept. of the Interior (certificate no 414179, dtd Jan 15, 1898). After Jacob died, Fredericka said that she had been married before and her husband left and she didn't know where he was. Friederika stated that she remembered very clearly marrying Jacob on the same day as their first born child their son-William Peter Schwan was Baptized which was 3 months after William was born-so that would have been April 1853. They did not marry until then because they did not know what had happen to Friederika's first husband-Fred Martin, but Friederika later learned that Fred Martin had been killed in a steamboat explosion on the Mississippi River.
On his pension record Jacob listed 9 children living- William Peter , Michael, Anna Maria, Frederick T., Katharina Bell, John , Rosina, Jacob C. , and Kunigunde . He did not list Emma as a daughter.
Between 1871-1895 Cullmann brought more than 100,000 immigrants to the South from Europe & other parts of America. Many in the South, who by this time were fed up with Carpetbaggers and the Northern political thieves, who had occupied the land since the end of the Civil War, opposed the immigration.
On September 3, 1883, Jacob received land in Cullman County Alabama. In his pension records, Jacob was described as 5' 9" tall, light complexion, gray eyes, and brown hair. A copy of the Homestead Certificate (no 606 application 50 recorded Vol 2 p 22 dated 13 Sept 1882, signed by Chester A Arthur). After failure to make payments of $113.50 with 8% interest on loan taken out in 1884 from G.A.Prinz, the farm was sold the 10th day of April 1892, "at public outcry to the hightest bidder for cash at the courthouse in Cullman". It was bought for $400 by J. F. Schafer of Cardiff, AL (husband of Kunigunde Schwan Schafer), thus restoring the family farm back into the family.
1870 Census Carthage Campbell Co Kentucky list Jacob SWAN age 45 farmer b. in Hesse Darmstead and Frederica age 42 b. Wurtemberg, with Peter age 16, b. LA, Frederick age 11, rest of children b. in KY, Mary age 13,Katie age 9, John age 7, Jacob age 5, and Rosa age 4.
From Veteran's Pension Application dated 1887 Certificate No. 414279: Was a private in Co. H. 106 Regiment Ohio Volunteers was enrolled 30 September 1862 at Cincinnati, OH. He was mustered out 12 July 1865 at Nashville TN. Stated that Freda Walter married on 10 February 1851 by Pastor Schrader. Record of marriage not available because church was burned down.. He stated that she was never married before. In 1899, when she applied after he had died. She stated that she had been married before and her husband had left in 1850 and has never been heard of since.
In April 1873 Colonel John G. Cullman brought five families from Cincinnati, Ohio to settle the present city of Cullman AL.
From the Alabama Tribune of Cullman Al dated Thursday Oct 11 1877: "How a Farmer Gets Along in Our Colony"
By an invitation of Mr. Armbruster, the gentlemanly proprietor of "Armbruster's Hall", we had last Sunday's pleasant ride to Mr. Jacob Schwan's farm. We were astonished and delighted at the prosperous conditions in which we found this place. Mr. Schwan is one of the early settlers of our colony; the writer of this came with him to Cullman, then a place of but a few houses, about four years ago, and in his company and under the guidance of the "pathfinder" Mr. John Fromhold, went into the "wild" country, examining land. Mr. Schwan selected land about four miles east of Cullman, and though having little capital, started into farming at once. He is now in possession of a pair of horses, tow yoke of working cattle, three milch cows, fifteen or twenty hogs, etc. he has a large field in corn, one in cotton, one in timothy, one in tobacco and a vineyard of several acres, planted three years ago, of which he has made this year already over 200 gallons of excellent wine. It is remakable to this country that many of the vinces are bearing a second crop, of which Mr. Schwan expects to make 10 gallons more. All his crops are in a splendid condition. He raises all kinds of vegetables, has a loarg orchard, a fine flower garden, raises rice, a sample of which can be seen in our office, has castobeans hemp, figtrees, etc. And besides working his farm he has delivered to the R. R. Company the last year $900 work of ties. This is the way that industrious men get along here. To all those who think they can not make anything in the South we say: Go to Mr. Schwan's place, examine it and do likewise!
The above was written by some one else, and I will be changing this info as it is incorrect.
NOTE: To all Schwan family researchers, I purchased the pension records for Jacob and Friederika Schwan from the "NATIONAL ARCHIEVES" in Washington, D.C. and in the pension records was a "5 page deposition" that Friederika gave about her life from the time she left Germany at the age of 16 to the date of the deposition of 1902. Wonderful information is in this disposition. I am in the process of researching all the facts that Friederika gave, I have found out that the church that "burned down" that Jacob talks about, did NOT BURN DOWN but still is a church today. Friederika mentions that the court house in Gretna burned down, but that did not happen either. Friederika and Jacob lived in GRETNA, JEFFERSON PARISH, LA, and not New Orleans, LA as thought-per the pension records. William Peter Schwan was born in Gretna, and was
Baptized in New Orleans, LA.
Rebekah Scheinert Younce
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