Notes for Cord Holtzen: Not on rosters, but listed 1890 Union Vets Census.
German Settlement of the Cole Camp Area:
Benton Co. was surveyed and sectionalized in 1836 in in Oct. 1837, new German immigrants John Gerken, Henry Holtzen, Henry Gehrs, and Conrad Ringen entered land in the Lake Creek area, Williams Township. By end of October 1839, Gesch & John Boeschen, John Eifert, Peter Gerken, Oelrich Jagels, Gesch Muller and Peter, & Jacobin Timken and son John had joined them. Also arriving in the spring of 1839 were John Knoop & his sons-in-law Claus Albers & Peter Ficken, who even purchased US land in the Williams Creek area S of above. Others who arrived before 1840 were Claus Boeschen, Christoph Gerlt, Cord Meyer, Henry Michaelis and Cord Mueller. These were Lutheran families from the Kingdom of Hanover and that continued to be the origin of most Cole Camp area immigrants, although there were a few smaller groups of Catholics from the Rhineland, and others from varid areas of Germany and Austria. "In 1850, the Benton Co. census list about 40 German-born families, and the settlement extended into SE Pettis Co. and NW Morgan Co. By 1860, there were almost 600 German families and later arrivals probably found the best lands and opportunities taken, as at least six of the families who arrived in 1857 were in the Concordia area of Lafayette Co. by 1870."
Paul F. Scheele * ID: I981 UID: 0DFF5FB1966A3442B5D17151F3B012EA7964
* Note: Cause of death: Nierenleiden u. Alterschwäche (kidney trouble and old age). * Note: Moved to Deshler, NE after retiring from farming in Benton Co., MO * Note: Officiated by John Michael Hahn Minister of Evangelical Lutheran Church. (marriage)
Baptism 6 JULY 1828 Kirchtimke, Hanover, Germany Confirmation 1843 Kirchtimke, Hanover, Germany Immigration 1848 w/parents from Hanover, Germany Military Bet 13 JUN - 13 SEP 1861 German Regiment MO Volunteers Occupation Farmer Retirement 1900 Donated land for Lutheran Church of Holy Buriel 11 MAY 1907 Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Kiowa, NE 3 Miles W & 4 Miles N of Deshler
Early Life in the German Settlement (1) Excerpt from an autobiography written by immigrant Claus Albers in 1889:
"I came to America in 1836. Rebecca Knoop my wife was the second daughter of John & Anna Knoop. Rebecca Knoop came to America with her parents, brothers, and sisters in 1838. My wife's father died of bilious fever in Benton County, Mo in 1843. Her mother died near Versailles, Mo of dropsy of the heart in 1869. We Claus Albers and Rebecca Knoop were united in marriage 1839 in Cincinnati, and moved to St Louis Mo where I engaged in the grocery business for a half year and then removed to a farm in Benton County Mo near my wife's parents and brothers, where we resided about 8 years in the primitive fashion of the pioneers, in a log house first consisting of one room but soon enlarged to two. Here I shot turkeys from the door and deer from the farm yard. At this place in 1844 we united with the German M. E. Church, having previously been members of the Lutheran Church, and our house became a preaching station for the Methodists, until the little society consisting of about eight families built a log church on our farm." (Albers family left Missouri three years later) Complete Transcription
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1. Abbrev: Kirchtimke - Church Records, 1828 Title: LDS Microfilm No. 1188995. Germany, Preußen, Hannover, Kirchtimke - Church Records. Text: 6 Jul 1828, Peter Holsten, Baumann in Westertimbke und Marje geb. Gerken, den 30 Juni Morgen 4 Uhr geboren Sohn, genannt Cord. Gev.: Bösche Gerken, Baumann in Hepstedt, Titje Gerken, Baumann in Westertimbke, Gretje Harms, Ehefrau das Berend Harms, Neubauer in Breddorf. Quality: 3 2. Abbrev: Kiowa Church Death records Title: Xerox copy of the Todten Register from Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Kiowa, Thayer Co, NE. Church was closed down and torn down but cemetery still exists. Author: Rev. John Meyer Page: page 278 Quality: 3 3. Abbrev: Deshler, NE - The First 100 Years 1887-1987. Title: Deshler, NE - The First 100 Years 1887-1987. Author: Deshler Centennial Committee, Harold W. Struve - Chairman Publication: Curtis Media Corp. Dallas, TX - 1987 4. Abbrev: Kirchtimke - Church Records, 1843 Title: LDS Microfilm No. 1188995. Germany, Preußen, Hannover, Kirchtimke - Church Records. Text: Confirmation 1843: Cord Holtzen - Parents: Peter H. Baumann, Marie Gerken. Birth: 30 Juni 1828 Quality: 3 5. Abbrev: Holy Cross Luth. Anniversary Book Title: Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Cole Camp, Missouri 1842-1992. 6. Abbrev: Marriage Records, Morgan Co, MO Title: Record of Marriages, Morgan County, Missouri. 28 Mar 1833 to 20 June 1875 Author: copied by Omega Hutchison Publication: Printed by August F. Barnhouse and Carl G. Kelsey Page: page 11
More About Cord Holtzen: Baptism: 06 Jul 1828, Kirchtimke, Hanover, Germany. Burial: 11 May 1907, Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Kiowa, NE 3 Miles W & 4 Miles N of Deshler. Confirmation: 1843, Kirchtimke, Hanover, Germany. Immigration: 1848, Parents from Hanover to US. Military service: Bet. 13 Jun - 13 Sep 1861, German Regiment MO Volunteers. Occupation: Farmer. Retirement: 1900, Donated land for Lutheran Church of Holy.
More About Cord Holtzen and Rebecka Christiana (Marie) Brase: Marriage: 08 May 1857, Pyrmont Morgan Co MO.
Children of Cord Holtzen and Rebecka Christiana (Marie) Brase are:
Cord Holtzen (b. 30 Jun 1829, d. 09 May 1907)
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