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John Theobald Schiff

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John Theobald Schiff Veteran

Birth
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Death
12 Oct 1863 (aged 22)
Colerain Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Colerain Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
Plot
No Marker, Taken From Church Records
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CIVIL WAR VETERAN

Johan "Theobald" Schiff was born March 14, 1841 in Meissenheim, Baden, Germany to Andreas Schiff and Maria Ursula Huser. He immigrated to the U.S. in May 1852 with his brother as part of the "Community of True Inspiration" (later known as the Amana Society) in Ebenezer, New York. He came to Amana, Iowa in September 1855 but in January, 1858 he left Amana with Wilhelm Muller.

He mustered into the Indiana Volunteer Infantry Company G 69th Regiment on August 19, 1862 at Liberty, Indiana. He was wounded during the seige of Vicksburg and was furloughed where he died at home in Mt. Airy, Colerain Township, Hamilton Co. He was buried October 14, 1863 in United Protestant St. Paul's cemetery in White Oak, Colerain Township.

St Paul Evangelical Church is located on the east side of Blue Rock Road, 500' north of Sheed Road, Colerain Township, Ohio
CIVIL WAR VETERAN

Johan "Theobald" Schiff was born March 14, 1841 in Meissenheim, Baden, Germany to Andreas Schiff and Maria Ursula Huser. He immigrated to the U.S. in May 1852 with his brother as part of the "Community of True Inspiration" (later known as the Amana Society) in Ebenezer, New York. He came to Amana, Iowa in September 1855 but in January, 1858 he left Amana with Wilhelm Muller.

He mustered into the Indiana Volunteer Infantry Company G 69th Regiment on August 19, 1862 at Liberty, Indiana. He was wounded during the seige of Vicksburg and was furloughed where he died at home in Mt. Airy, Colerain Township, Hamilton Co. He was buried October 14, 1863 in United Protestant St. Paul's cemetery in White Oak, Colerain Township.

St Paul Evangelical Church is located on the east side of Blue Rock Road, 500' north of Sheed Road, Colerain Township, Ohio

Inscription

John Theobald SCHIK (SCHITH?), born in Meissenheim, Grandduchy Bairen. Died in Colerain Township, OH. Oct. 12, 1863. 22 yrs. 6m. 26 days


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  • Maintained by: Kathy
  • Originally Created by: Joel Reece
  • Added: Nov 14, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31408892/john_theobald-schiff: accessed ), memorial page for John Theobald Schiff (14 Mar 1841–12 Oct 1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31408892, citing Saint Paul Evangelical Churchyard Cemetery, Colerain Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Kathy (contributor 47866553).