On February 21, 1878, a contingent of seven families and three single men left the civilization of Ohio and arrived in the wild west of Offerle on February 24. The seven families were: Joseph Antemeyer, Mathias Droste, Fred Hain, Henry Lampe, August Hessman, Henry Tasset, and Leo Trizler. The three single men were Joe Demming, Anton Bicard, and Henry Zerhusen.[1]
August, Mary, and their three daughters were among the first settlers that arrived on the well-known date, February 24, 1878.
August Lucias Hessman (b.1847) married Mary Agnes Zerhusen (b.1850) in Germany. Mary was the daughter of Elisabeth Zerhusen, a sister to Henrich, and a sister to Josephina Kolbeck. Mary and August joined her brother, mother, and sister in emigrating to America.
August and Mary left Germany shortly after their marriage and landed in New York on October 7, 1864. Then, they went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where the first three of their six children, all daughters, were born.
As a member of those hardy pioneers, August and Mary suffered the same hardships and deprivations. However, it was made more difficult upon the death of August on January 25, 1890, at age forty-two. Mary was left caring for six children aged sixteen to a four-month-old daughter.
August and Mary raised seven children; Rose (Fox), Josephine (Fox), Sophia (Riedlinger), Antoinette (Heiland), Wilhelm (1885-1886), Henry, and Mary (Heiland).
Mary suffered a hip fracture when the wind blew her off a porch step. She died in 1935.
August and Mary's headstones are in the northwest corner of Holy Cross Cemetery.
The rest of the story: August's brothers, William (1832-1910) and Bernard (1844-1878), left Germany with August and his family. However, they remained in Cincinnati to earn money before heading to Kansas. William and Bernard were stone masons, and their services were in high demand. They built many of the stone buildings in Dodge City and Fort Dodge. They are also buried in Holy Cross Cemetery.
August, Mary, and their three daughters were among the first settlers that arrived on the well-known date, February 24, 1878.
August Lucias Hessman (b.1847) married Mary Agnes Zerhusen (b.1850) in Germany. Mary was the daughter of Elisabeth Zerhusen, a sister to Henrich, and a sister to Josephina Kolbeck. Mary and August joined her brother, mother, and sister in emigrating to America.
August and Mary left Germany shortly after their marriage and landed in New York on October 7, 1864. Then, they went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where the first three of their six children, all daughters, were born.
As a member of those hardy pioneers, August and Mary suffered the same hardships and deprivations. However, it was made more difficult upon the death of August on January 25, 1890, at age forty-two. Mary was left caring for six children aged sixteen to a four-month-old daughter.
August and Mary raised seven children; Rose (Fox), Josephine (Fox), Sophia (Riedlinger), Antoinette (Heiland), Wilhelm (1885-1886), Henry, and Mary (Heiland).
Mary suffered a hip fracture when the wind blew her off a porch step. She died in 1935.
August and Mary's headstones are in the northwest corner of Holy Cross Cemetery.
The rest of the story: August's brothers, William (1832-1910) and Bernard (1844-1878), left Germany with August and his family. However, they remained in Cincinnati to earn money before heading to Kansas. William and Bernard were stone masons, and their services were in high demand. They built many of the stone buildings in Dodge City and Fort Dodge. They are also buried in Holy Cross Cemetery.
On February 21, 1878, a contingent of seven families and three single men left the civilization of Ohio and arrived in the wild west of Offerle on February 24. The seven families were: Joseph Antemeyer, Mathias Droste, Fred Hain, Henry Lampe, August Hessman, Henry Tasset, and Leo Trizler. The three single men were Joe Demming, Anton Bicard, and Henry Zerhusen.[1]
August, Mary, and their three daughters were among the first settlers that arrived on the well-known date, February 24, 1878.
August Lucias Hessman (b.1847) married Mary Agnes Zerhusen (b.1850) in Germany. Mary was the daughter of Elisabeth Zerhusen, a sister to Henrich, and a sister to Josephina Kolbeck. Mary and August joined her brother, mother, and sister in emigrating to America.
August and Mary left Germany shortly after their marriage and landed in New York on October 7, 1864. Then, they went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where the first three of their six children, all daughters, were born.
As a member of those hardy pioneers, August and Mary suffered the same hardships and deprivations. However, it was made more difficult upon the death of August on January 25, 1890, at age forty-two. Mary was left caring for six children aged sixteen to a four-month-old daughter.
August and Mary raised seven children; Rose (Fox), Josephine (Fox), Sophia (Riedlinger), Antoinette (Heiland), Wilhelm (1885-1886), Henry, and Mary (Heiland).
Mary suffered a hip fracture when the wind blew her off a porch step. She died in 1935.
August and Mary's headstones are in the northwest corner of Holy Cross Cemetery.
The rest of the story: August's brothers, William (1832-1910) and Bernard (1844-1878), left Germany with August and his family. However, they remained in Cincinnati to earn money before heading to Kansas. William and Bernard were stone masons, and their services were in high demand. They built many of the stone buildings in Dodge City and Fort Dodge. They are also buried in Holy Cross Cemetery.
August, Mary, and their three daughters were among the first settlers that arrived on the well-known date, February 24, 1878.
August Lucias Hessman (b.1847) married Mary Agnes Zerhusen (b.1850) in Germany. Mary was the daughter of Elisabeth Zerhusen, a sister to Henrich, and a sister to Josephina Kolbeck. Mary and August joined her brother, mother, and sister in emigrating to America.
August and Mary left Germany shortly after their marriage and landed in New York on October 7, 1864. Then, they went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where the first three of their six children, all daughters, were born.
As a member of those hardy pioneers, August and Mary suffered the same hardships and deprivations. However, it was made more difficult upon the death of August on January 25, 1890, at age forty-two. Mary was left caring for six children aged sixteen to a four-month-old daughter.
August and Mary raised seven children; Rose (Fox), Josephine (Fox), Sophia (Riedlinger), Antoinette (Heiland), Wilhelm (1885-1886), Henry, and Mary (Heiland).
Mary suffered a hip fracture when the wind blew her off a porch step. She died in 1935.
August and Mary's headstones are in the northwest corner of Holy Cross Cemetery.
The rest of the story: August's brothers, William (1832-1910) and Bernard (1844-1878), left Germany with August and his family. However, they remained in Cincinnati to earn money before heading to Kansas. William and Bernard were stone masons, and their services were in high demand. They built many of the stone buildings in Dodge City and Fort Dodge. They are also buried in Holy Cross Cemetery.
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