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From: "Mike Schwitzgebel" <>
Subject: Re: [KansasCity] Conrad SCHAEFER d. 3 January 1884 - Kansas City, MO
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 20:47:23 -0500
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John O'Brien <> wrote:
| "The Kansas City Journal" Friday, January 4, 1884
|
| DIED.
| SCHAEFER -- In this city January 3, 1884, at
| 6 a.m., Conrad SCHAEFER, aged 68 years,
| at his residence, 1204 Main Street.
|
| Funeral will take place Sunday, January 6,
| from late residence at 2:30 p.m. Friends of the
| family invited.

Very interesting you came up with this, just now. Only a few days ago, I
stumbled across a reference to our friend Peter SCHWITZGEBEL in a capsule
biography of George SCHAEFER, son of Conrad SCHAEFER. In this biography,
Peter is mentioned as the husband of Conrad's step-daughter, Wilhelmina
"HALE" (in fact, HOEHLE).

You may recall that I had a bit of a mystery in Wilhelmina, as one of our
earlier sources claimed Peter's first wife was Wilhelmina LONG. It turns
out that Wilhelmina's older sister, Catherine (also a HOEHLE), *married* a
LONG and I think this is the source of the confusion.

To bring this posting back on topic, the following is the information about
Conrad SCHAEFER, excerpted from George SCHAEFER's biography:

"Mr. Schaefer was born on the 17th of February, 1844, in Germany, and is a
son of Conrad and Sophie (Wilke) Schaefer, also natives of Germany. In 1846
they crossed the Atlantic to America, and for one year resided in New
Orleans. Then locating in St. Louis, they remained there until 1855, when
they took up their residence in the small though thriving town of Kansas
City, where the father followed the blacksmith's trade until 1866, when,
having acquired a comfortable competence, he retired from active business
life. In 1857 he established a home at the corner of Main and Twelfth
streets, where the Bernheimer block now stands, and remained there until his
death, which occurred January 4, 1884. The mother of our subject was twice
married and by the first union (to Mr. Hale) had three children. The
eldest, Catherine, is the wife of Charles Long, who resides at the corner of
Fifteenth and Central streets in Kansas City, and they have seven children.
Wilhelmina became the wife of Peter Schwitzgebel, and died in 1870, leaving
six children. Henry was killed by the Indians near Fort Laramie in 1864.
The mother of our subject died in March, 1883. By her second marriage her
children were: George, our subject; and John, who died in 1884. The parents
were both members of the St. Paul and Peter's Evangelical Lutheran church,
and the father was quite and active and prominent worker therein. He served
as a member of the Paw Paw militia during 1864-5."

Source Information:
"A Memorial and Biographical Record of Kansas City and Jackson County, Mo."
Chicago: Lewis Publishing, 1896. Page 434.


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