COLFAX DEUTSCHLAND PLATTE ANCESTORSUpdated May 3, 2009 |
William Arthur Ehlers 9543 Birch Street Box 211 Overland Park, KS 66207 A-United States 913-636-7686 Fax: 913-400-2604 mrbillatvillamed@yahoo.com |
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| This web site is dedicated to the spirit of one of my Great-great Grandfathers, JOHANN WILHELM KUMPF, who emigrated from Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany and settled near Shell Creek in Colfax County, Nebraska. He died in November or December of 1863 during a winter storm which had been swirling about the region for days. On Shell Creek northeast of Columbus, John Kumpf set out with John Marohn to go to the county seat for supplies. The storm, which had been swirling in the region for days, grew worse and Kumpf, who had delayed longer in Columbus to await for the mail, was lost on the return trip. He was found the next day, frozen to death in the snow, clutching a crucifix as he knelt in a final desparate prayer. (From "The History of Platte County, Nebraska" by Margaret Curry, Published 1950.) The KUMPF FAMILY information can be found in the MICHAEL ERB FAMILY File Link below. **************************************************************** As far as can be determined, at this time, the GROTELUSCHEN Family (link below)is the LARGEST FAMILY ever to settle in the STATE of NEBRASKA. |
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