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Descendants of Jacob Henry Schroebel

Generation No. 1

1. JACOB HENRY² SCHROEBEL (JOHN¹) was born March 17, 1801 in Charleston, South Carolina, and died September 21, 1843 in Mobile, Alabama. He married LOUISA ANGELIQUE ANTOINETTE COLZY July 10, 1823 in Charleston, South Carolina, daughter of LOUIS COLZY and ANGELIQUE GUERIN. She was born Abt. February 26, 1804, and died Abt. October 10 in Mobile, Alabama.

Notes for JACOB HENRY SCHROEBEL:
Found Jacob H. Schroebel on 1840 Census for Monroe County, Alabama. Also found record of a couple married by a J. H. Schroebel on 6/14/1838 in Monroe County, Alabama.

From Lookup done by Buel Bell in Alabama:

Jacob Henry Schroebel was a shoemaker and tanner in Claiborne and was converted to the Baptist faith by Alexander Travis. He was born and married in Charleston South Carolina before he came to Claiborne, Monroe county Alabama in 1825. His father is likely John Schroebel of Charleston. Jacob came to Mobile Alabama in 1841 as a Baptist preacher and died in 1843 of yellow fever. His will, tombstone, and obituary are below. His widow Louisa A. remarried in 1848 to Mathew D. Thomason. The 1850 Mobile census for them is below.

MOBILE COUNTY ALABAMA MARRIAGES
Juliana A. Schroebel to John A. Battelle February 7, 1843 OIB/AMC
Henry Alfred Schroebel to Martha V. Schuyler June 30, 1845 8/107B
Louisa A. Schroebel to Mathew D. Thomison March 22, 1848 8/295
Margaret P. Schroebel to Peter Mercer July 17, 1850 11/74
Laura S. Schroebel to Samner (Sumner) Ruggles November 20, 1852 12/67

MOBILE COUNTY ALABAMA WILL BOOK 2 page 89
September 20, 1843 will of J. H. Schroebel leaves everything
to wife Louisa A. Schroebel, 5 slaves and furniture. Probate: February 3, 1844.

BURIALS IN MAGNOLIA CEMETERY, MOBILE, ALABAMA
Rev. Jacob Henry Schroebel
Pastor of the Baptist Church of Mobile
Born in Charleston, South Carolina, March 17, 1801
Died in Mobile, Alabama, September 21, l845 (this is a mistake)

EARLY BAPTIST HISTORY IN MOBILE COUNTY ALABAMA by George W. McRae
St. Anthony Street Baptist Church pages 16-17
At the meeting on the 11th of April, 1841, J. C. Costly, J. N. Gradick and A. B. Couch were chosen deacons. On the 30th of the month, Rev. Jacob Henry Schroebel presented his letter, and assumed the pastoral care of the church, to which he had been invited on March 7th, preceding.

On the 1st of May, the deacons elect were ordained, and the pastor installed.

From this time, for one year, and, it may be added, during the entire pastorate of Bro. Schroebel, the church received constant accessions. We find, from a report to the Association, under the date of September 2nd, 1842, that the number of members at the beginning of '41 was 175; that the church received, by baptism, during the year, 107; that the church received, by letter, during the year, 54; and that eight were restored, making a total of 344, less 45, (12 dismissed, 27 excluded, and 6 dead), leaving at the date mentioned a net membership of 299.

J. C. Borum elected deacon, March 31st, 1843.

In September, 1843, the church lost its beloved pastor, Jacob Henry Schroebel, who died of yellow fever, taken while visiting the sick; thus sacrificing his life for the good of others. At this time the church had a membership of 390. The record shows that during the time in which this brother was permitted to labor with the church, he was eminently successful in building up his Master's Kingdom. He was much beloved by the brethren, and deservedly popular in the community.

March 16, 1848 after 8 years the church disbanded.

1810 CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA CENSUS page 205
John Schrobell 3 1 0 1 0 - 1 1 0 1 0

MOBILE REGISTER AND JOURNAL
Saturday September 23, 1843 page 2 column 4
OBITUARY
Died, on the 21st instant, of yellow fever, the Rev. Jacob Henry Schrobel, Pastor of the Baptist Church in this city. Mr. S. was born March 17th, 1801 in the city of Charleston, S.C., where he married July 10th, 1823. From Charleston, he removed to Claiborne Ala. in 1825. There he professed religion in May 1828 and became a member of the Baptist Church, of which he lived and died an exemplary member and useful minister. He was ordained a Minister of the Gospel, December 19th, 1830 and was called to the pastoral charge of the Church in Claiborne, where he then resided, and where he labored until the year 1841, when he was called to take the pastoral charge of the Baptist Church in this city. Here he labored with great zeal and usefulness until called home to his reward.

He was a man of good mind, of undying energy, and great ministerial zeal and enterprise. Faithful to his flock and vigilant in his pastoral duties, he added many to his charge.
But hoping some one whose opportunities have been better than mine, of an intimate acquaintance with his life and labors, will give a more satisfactory detail of circumstances, I shall content myself with only further stating that our brother S. as a faithful sentinel fell at his post. He remained with his Church, in the city, visiting and praying with the sick and dying, exposed to the prevailing epidemic (yellow fever) until Friday evening last when he fell sick, and retired to his summer residence on Cottage Hill - and after a few days violent sickness, expired, amidst the tears of his bereaved family and a large circle of his pastoral charge. The writer frequently visited him - and on introducing the subject of his change and prospects beyond the grave, found him calm and triumphant. Indeed it has indeed been my privilege to witness so much firmness and assurance of faith in the struggle of death as was exhibited. "Sir, said he, I have not an intervening doubt - my way is clear." He often expressed himself thus, and finally gave his dying charge to his family and the church of which he was pastor (for many of them were around his bed) and rendered up his charge as a faithful watchman. He died, as a minister of God, strong in faith, and full of immortal hope.

"Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord".
Jesse Boring

G. F. Heard was called to begin the pastorate February 14, 1836.

"At that time they had no house of worship, but met in the court house, and for a time they met in the house belonging to the African Baptist Church. The African Church is in a prosperous condition; their number is about 90."

In this city and county the colored people had more liberty and better treatment than in any other section of the State. The free people and those who hired their time often supported schools for the education of their children. Revs. Wm. Dossey, P. Stout, A. Travis, J. H. Schroebel, Mr. Hawthorne and Mr. Spence (all white) are mentioned as pioneers and fathers of the work at this point. Near this old French town, June 13, 1845, the writer was born, and in this county and city he spent the first fourteen years of his life, and many years since. For some years prior to the late civil war, the Stone Street and St. Louis Street churches (colored) were both noted for their numbers and their financial strength.

Published in the Alabama Baptist by A. B. Couch 8/26/1880:

Bro. Teague's articles "Their Way and End" are interesting and instructive and ventilate a subject that has been to much neglected. But in his communication in the insite of our paper of Aug. 12 he exhibits a want of correct acquantance with the history of Eld. Jacob Henry Schoebel and family.

It was through the influence of Eld. Alexander Travis not Watson, that he was brought into the Baptist church at Claiborne, Alabama. As regards his tannery, preaching, and demise, Bro T is correct. His widow kept boarding house in Mobile for several years after the death of her husband and with what she had to start with and the assistance of friends such as Thos P Miller, Claiborne, I have learned she made a comfortable living. She married a Methodist Preacher named Thomason but remained a member of the the Baptist church to the day of her death. She had no children by her second husband.

His only son, Henry (Note: actually Charles Henry), went to California when quite a young man where he has lived ever since. His eldest daughter, Julianna, married John R. Battelle, a brother-in-law of Thos P Miller. Bro. Battelle was a prominent grocer in the city for many years. His wife and himself were bothe members of the Baptist church. His second daughter Laura, married a Mr. Ruggles of Mobile. Mr. Ruggles was a respected and industrious man, and made a good living for his family. His widow is the very efficient and popular matron of the Protestand Orphan Asylum of this city. They were both members of the Baptist church. His third daughter Margaret, married a steam boat man named Mercer, who made a good living for his family up to the time of his death. His widow raised her children in Mobile, where she was a member of the Baptist chuch up to a short time ago, when she and her children went to California, where her brother Henry is. His fourth daughter Jane, is the present wife of Samuel E. Stokes, a prominent citizen and thriving merchant on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay. They are both members of the Baptist church. His grand children so far as I know are Baptists.

Thus his influence as a Baptist preacher is extending and widening and will continue to be felt in future ages. His son Henry has never been a member of any church. Sister Schroebel, as Bro. Schroebel, died a triumphant death, and at the request of her children, I preached her memorial in the St. Francis Street Church in this city. I have known the family intimately since the year 1837

More About JACOB HENRY SCHROEBEL:
Burial: Unknown, Magnolia Cemetary, Mobile, Alabama

Notes for LOUISA ANGELIQUE ANTOINETTE COLZY:
Louisa's grandmother was a lady in waiting for the French Queen Marie Antoinette, during the fall of the Bastil.

Louisa A. Schroebel to Mathew D. Thomison March 22, 1848 8/295

1850 MOBILE COUNTY ALABAMA CENSUS
#77 M. D. Thomason 57 minister Georgia
Louisa A. Thomason 45 South Carolina

Information below was found August 6, 2004 by Kevin Eberle ROAGK.org volunteer in Charleston, South Carolina.

Had Frank Guerin 27 and Margaret J. Guerin 25 from South Carolina living with her and Matthew in the 1860 census. May be Family.

Well, I have good news for you. I went to the Charleston County Library's South Carolina Room and did some research on your family last night and found some useful information.

First, on May 5, 1799, Mr. Lewis Charlemagne Colzy married "the agreeable Miss Angelique Guerin." (According to The CIty Gazette, May 8, 1799.) He apparently went by different names. For example, according to a notice in the City Gazette on June 26, 1819, friends and acquaintances were invited to attend the funeral of "Charles Colzy." According to that same notice, he was a resident of 48 Church St. (but that might have been a reference to 43 Church St. as explained below). On the other hand, the interment records of St. Mary's Catholic Church recorded his name as Charlemain Colzy. The church records listed his age at the time of his death as 49 and reported that he was a native of Lyons, France. (So his first name was probably Louis and not Lewis; the newspaper back then was pretty loose on spellings.) His will had been written on June 24, 1819, leaving his estate to this wife for the duration of her life and then to the couple's children. The will was admitted on June 30, 1819. Unfortunately, the will did not name his children.

Fortunately, Angelique's will did. But, I'm getting ahead of myself. First, Angelique died on July 24, 1837, in Charleston and is, like her husband, buried at St. Mary's. According to the City of Charleston Death Records, she was 60 years, six months of age when she died of cancer. (Sorry to have to be the one to tell you that you have a family history of cancer!) She had lived in Charleston for 45 years, but she had been born in Martinique.

Now, back to her will. Angelique's will has some great information about her family. She devised her estate in various percentages to her children and grandchildren. She left 1/4th to her son Theodore and 1/4th to her son Adolphe. Then, 1/12th went to her daughter Margaret Drege, the wife of Peter Drege. (There is an accent mark over the second e in Drege, but I don't know how to type that.) A 1/6th interest was given to her daughter Louisa, the wife of �Jacob Schrobel of Alabama.� Then, a 1/12th interest was to be divided between the two unnamed children of her son Eugene. Finally, a 1/12th interest was left to each of the unnamed children of her daughter Eugenia Guerin. (I'll save you the adding of the fractions and tell you that Eugenia must have had two children for the entire estate to add up to 12/12ths.) The will was written on July 14, 1837, and proved on October 19, 1837. (Admitted and proved are terms we lawyers in Charleston still use to refer to the submission of a will to the Probate Court for recognition by the Court.)

Those, however, were not the Colzys only children. On August 2, 1821, the City Gazette ran a notice stating that the friends and acquaintances of Mrs. A. Colzy (Charlemagne/Charles was already dead) and of her son John F. Colzy were invited to attend the funeral of the latter. That notice gave John's last address as 43 Church St. According to the City Death Records, John (whose name was listed in the city records as John B.F. Colzy) died at the age of 18 on August 2, 1821 of bilious fever and was buried at St. Mary's.

As an aside, let me say that the City records can often be off a bit. It seems unlikely that a funeral was planned and that a notice was put in the newspaper on the same day John Colzy died! I'll also throw out that I suspect that the newspaper was wrong about either John or his father's address. If John died at 18, it is unlikely that he was already living by himself on lower Church St. (a nice section of town even then) and the fact that the two addresses were 43 and 48 makes me wonder whether one or the other was a scrivener's error. Maybe your information from the City Directories can answer that.

So, what about those other children? I'm glad you asked, because I found some information about them too. Well, not all of them. I didn't find any other references to Theodore. Adolphe, though, showed up in the City Death Records. His name there was listed as Adolphus P. Colzy (although I would put more stock in his mother's spelling from her will). He died at 18 years, 2 months, 16 days old on December 4, 1837, from consumption and is buried at St. Patrick's Burial Ground. He was a native of Charleston.

Next, Margaret's middle name was given as Felicite according to a newspaper notice announcing her marriage to Peter Drege of Charleston on February 3, 1816. (The CIty Gazette, Feb. 7, 1816)

The only information I could find about Louisa was that blurb about her marriage to Jacob in her mother's will. I don't know if the "of Alabama" reference in the will meant Jacob was originally of Alabama or whether he was living there at the time.

So, that leaves Eugenia Guerin Colzy and Eugene Colzy. Based on their mother's will, we know that each of them had had at least two children by the time their mother wrote her will. The City Death Records include a reference to a 24 year old named E. Colzy who had been born in Charleston and who died of consumption on December 29, 1831. The E. Colzy was buried at St. Mary's. That could be either Eugene or Eugenia, but I'll suggest that it was probably Eugene since otherwise it means that Eugenia was still going by her maiden name when she died even though she had two children.

St. Mary's is still in operation at exactly the same place right in downtown Charleston. The church burned in 1838 and was rebuilt right away. Some of the graves from before the fire might have been destroyed, but I'll bet that some other family markers are still there. I rode my bike to my office this morning and stopped by, but the gates were still locked. I'll check it out this weekend. St. Patrick's is also still here, but I don't know anything about its cemetery.

So, I hope that all this helps and that some of this is new to you. I'll check and see if I can find anything about Angelique's parents. Based on the information from the various sources, Angelique arrived in Charleston in about 1792 at the age of about 15. It is highly unlikely that a 15 year old from Martinique would arrive in Charleston in 1792 without a family. If so, maybe her parents are also buried at St. Mary's. I think doing much more research at St. Mary's might be a problem though because its records were written in French until the 1820s and lots of the gravestones are in French. A big portion of its congregation came from the Caribbean as refugees from slave revolts in the late 18th century. Any way, other than that, I'm sort of out of leads, but I'll check up on anything else you need.

All I ask is that if you need to send someone to the Caribbean or south of France to do any more research on Charlemagne or Angelique, keep me in mind!

Kevin Eberle

More About LOUISA ANGELIQUE ANTOINETTE COLZY:
Census: 1810, Shows Charlemain Colzey Charleston, SC

Children of JACOB SCHROEBEL and LOUISA COLZY are:

2.	i.	JULIANA ANGELIQUE³ SCHROEBEL, b. April 13, 1825, Claiborne, Monroe County, Alabama; d. Unknown.
3.	ii.	CHARLES HENRY SCHROEBEL, b. March 12, 1827, Claiborne, Monroe County, Alabama; d. December 26, 1902, Milton, California.
	iii.	ALEXANDER TRAVIS SCHROEBEL, b. February 16, 1829, Claiborn, Alabama; d. February 23, 1829.
	iv.	MARY EUGENIA COLZY SCHROEBEL, b. February 14, 1830, Claiborn, Alabama; d. July 10, 1833.
	v.	LAURA LOUISA SCHROEBEL, b. January 18, 1832, Claiborn, Alabama; d. Unknown; m. SUMNER STRATTON RUGGLES, November 20, 1852, Mobile, Alabama; b. November 26, 1821, Dorchester, Sulfolk County, New Hampshire; d. March 01, 1877, Mobile, Alabama.

Notes for LAURA LOUISA SCHROEBEL:
Laura S. Schroebel to Sumner Stratton Ruggles November 20, 1852 12/67

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Name: Laura RUGGLES
Age: 48
Estimated birth year: <1832>
Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: Matron
Relation: Other
Home in 1880: Mobile, Mobile, Alabama
Marital status: Widower
Race: White
Gender: Male
Head of household: William REUFIELD
Father's birthplace: SC
Mother's birthplace: SC
Cannot read/write: View image
Blind: View image
Deaf and dumb: View image
Otherwise disabled: View image
Idiotic or insane: View image
Image Source: Year: 1880; Census Place: Mobile, Mobile, Alabama; Roll: T9_25; Family History Film: 1254025; Page: 496A; Enumeration District: 143; Image: 0716.

school or children's home listed on the 1880 Mobile County, 8th Ward, Census. The following adults were listed: Laura Ruggles, matron; V.W. Tatum, asst. matron; Mary Barkuloo, teacher; and Mary Shinger, servant. There were 21 girls with ages ranging from 1-15, all white. There were 23 boys with ages ranging from 4-13, all white. The children's surnames included: Farlon (Farlow), Bachellas, McKenzie, Williams, Geoffery, Copperthwait, Shinger, Maloy, Allen, Rose, McKinley, Robertson, Bailey, Ostrum, Belouse, Finlinsen, Harrison, Reufield, Belease, Connor, Pond, Stephens, Pierosky, Polson, Bacheller, Prel, Chambeau, Osleum

Notes for SUMNER STRATTON RUGGLES:
[ruggles.FTW]

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S S Ruggles
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Name: S S Ruggles
Age in 1870: 48
Estimated Birth Year: 1821
Birthplace: New Hampshire
Home in 1870: Mobile, Mobile, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: View Image
Post Office: Mobile
Roll: M593_31
Page: 47
Image: 94
Year: 1870

More About SUMNER STRATTON RUGGLES:
Record Change: March 05, 2001

4.	vi.	MARGARET PAMELIA SCHROEBEL, b. November 21, 1833, Claiborne, Monroe County, Alabama; d. Abt. 1913.
	vii.	EDWARD LEDYARD SMITH SCHROEBEL, b. Abt. January 03, 1838, Claiborn, Alabama; d. Unknown.
5.	viii.	JANIE THEODORA SCHROEBEL, b. October 24, 1838, Claiborn, Alabama; d. February 1930.
	ix.	CLARA PALMER SCHROEBEL, b. November 26, 1842, Claiborn, Alabama; d. Abt. August 16, 1843.

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