A son of Harman Telgemyer, Henry was born September 29, 1828, in Prussia, Germany, where he lived until about eleven years old. In 1839, accompanied by his wife and children, Harman Telgemyer immigrated to this country, and for a year lived in Missouri. Coming then to that part of Clay county bordering on Owen county, he entered land from the government and had begun the improvement of a homestead when, seven years later, both he and his good wife died. He married Elizabeth Ahlemeyer, a widow with three children, and to them two children were born; namely Henry, the subject of this sketch, and Mena, who died in 1907.
On November 4, 1875, Henry Telgemyer married Celincla Ahlemeyer, who was born in Washington township, February 25, 1844, a daughter of Henry and Lydia (Bauman) Ahlemeyer. Her father was born in Prussia, Germany, and her mother in Pennsylvania, and after their marriage, in 1838, in Union, Indiana, they settled in Clay county. Mrs. Telgemyer was a widow when she married Mr. Telgemyer, and had two children by her first husband, August Haug, namely: Catherine Haug,
who died at the age of nineteen years, and Joseph A. Haug, of Harrison township, Clay county. To Mr. and Mrs. Telgemyer five children have been born, namely: Clara E., wife of Robert Kirby, of Louisiana; Ida Mary, wife of Roscoe Tapy, of Terre Haute; Estella M., wife of Oscar Keiser, of Washington township; Harry F., of the same township; and
Roscoe W., who died in 1891, aged five years.
From: Biography from History of Clay Co., Indiana, Vol. II,
William Travis, publ. 1909
On November 4, 1875, Henry Telgemyer married Celincla Ahlemeyer, who was born in Washington township, February 25, 1844, a daughter of Henry and Lydia (Bauman) Ahlemeyer. Her father was born in Prussia, Germany, and her mother in Pennsylvania, and after their marriage, in 1838, in Union, Indiana, they settled in Clay county. Mrs. Telgemyer was a widow when she married Mr. Telgemyer, and had two children by her first husband, August Haug, namely: Catherine Haug,
who died at the age of nineteen years, and Joseph A. Haug, of Harrison township, Clay county. To Mr. and Mrs. Telgemyer five children have been born, namely: Clara E., wife of Robert Kirby, of Louisiana; Ida Mary, wife of Roscoe Tapy, of Terre Haute; Estella M., wife of Oscar Keiser, of Washington township; Harry F., of the same township; and
Roscoe W., who died in 1891, aged five years.
From: Biography from History of Clay Co., Indiana, Vol. II,
William Travis, publ. 1909
A son of Harman Telgemyer, Henry was born September 29, 1828, in Prussia, Germany, where he lived until about eleven years old. In 1839, accompanied by his wife and children, Harman Telgemyer immigrated to this country, and for a year lived in Missouri. Coming then to that part of Clay county bordering on Owen county, he entered land from the government and had begun the improvement of a homestead when, seven years later, both he and his good wife died. He married Elizabeth Ahlemeyer, a widow with three children, and to them two children were born; namely Henry, the subject of this sketch, and Mena, who died in 1907.
On November 4, 1875, Henry Telgemyer married Celincla Ahlemeyer, who was born in Washington township, February 25, 1844, a daughter of Henry and Lydia (Bauman) Ahlemeyer. Her father was born in Prussia, Germany, and her mother in Pennsylvania, and after their marriage, in 1838, in Union, Indiana, they settled in Clay county. Mrs. Telgemyer was a widow when she married Mr. Telgemyer, and had two children by her first husband, August Haug, namely: Catherine Haug,
who died at the age of nineteen years, and Joseph A. Haug, of Harrison township, Clay county. To Mr. and Mrs. Telgemyer five children have been born, namely: Clara E., wife of Robert Kirby, of Louisiana; Ida Mary, wife of Roscoe Tapy, of Terre Haute; Estella M., wife of Oscar Keiser, of Washington township; Harry F., of the same township; and
Roscoe W., who died in 1891, aged five years.
From: Biography from History of Clay Co., Indiana, Vol. II,
William Travis, publ. 1909
On November 4, 1875, Henry Telgemyer married Celincla Ahlemeyer, who was born in Washington township, February 25, 1844, a daughter of Henry and Lydia (Bauman) Ahlemeyer. Her father was born in Prussia, Germany, and her mother in Pennsylvania, and after their marriage, in 1838, in Union, Indiana, they settled in Clay county. Mrs. Telgemyer was a widow when she married Mr. Telgemyer, and had two children by her first husband, August Haug, namely: Catherine Haug,
who died at the age of nineteen years, and Joseph A. Haug, of Harrison township, Clay county. To Mr. and Mrs. Telgemyer five children have been born, namely: Clara E., wife of Robert Kirby, of Louisiana; Ida Mary, wife of Roscoe Tapy, of Terre Haute; Estella M., wife of Oscar Keiser, of Washington township; Harry F., of the same township; and
Roscoe W., who died in 1891, aged five years.
From: Biography from History of Clay Co., Indiana, Vol. II,
William Travis, publ. 1909
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