Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 77 Bio of FREDERICK WILLIAM EVERSMEYER,
On the 28th of June, 1910, Mr. Eversmeyer was united in marriage to Miss Harriet B. Kempter, KEMPTNER
a daughter of EDWARD G. and ELIZA LEWIS Kempter, the former of whom was born in Germany and the latter in Pennsylvania.
Mr. and Mrs. Kempter were early settlers of Muscatine, the mother having arrived here in 1851, and they are still living in this city.
Mr. Kempter was a soldier in the Civil war, serving in the First Iowa Volunteers and later in the Thirty-fifth Iowa Volunteers.
There were seven children in their family:
Samuel, Catharine Christina, Ewing Lewis, Isabelle, Mary Anna, Jennie and Harriet B. Samuel and Jennie died in early childhood.
The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Eversmeyer was Samuel G. Lewis, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Iowa in 1851 and died in Muscatine as he landed here. His wife was Mary (FISCHER ) Lewis, and they were the parents of five children: John M., Ewing B., Ruth, Eliza G./MRS KEMPTNER and William.
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 77 Bio of FREDERICK WILLIAM EVERSMEYER,
On the 28th of June, 1910, Mr. Eversmeyer was united in marriage to Miss Harriet B. Kempter, KEMPTNER
a daughter of EDWARD G. and ELIZA LEWIS Kempter, the former of whom was born in Germany and the latter in Pennsylvania.
Mr. and Mrs. Kempter were early settlers of Muscatine, the mother having arrived here in 1851, and they are still living in this city.
Mr. Kempter was a soldier in the Civil war, serving in the First Iowa Volunteers and later in the Thirty-fifth Iowa Volunteers.
There were seven children in their family:
Samuel, Catharine Christina, Ewing Lewis, Isabelle, Mary Anna, Jennie and Harriet B. Samuel and Jennie died in early childhood.
The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Eversmeyer was Samuel G. Lewis, a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Iowa in 1851 and died in Muscatine as he landed here. His wife was Mary (FISCHER ) Lewis, and they were the parents of five children: John M., Ewing B., Ruth, Eliza G./MRS KEMPTNER and William.
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