Jacob Abendschoen immigrated from Schweigern, Wurtemberg, Germany to Marietta, Ohio, in 1847, followed the next year by his brother Frederick ( # 11093588) Frederick's wife and two children.

(The surname in German is spelled with an umlaut mark over the "o" of Abendshon to equal the "oe" sound that then is spelled in English that way, Abendschoen, without the umlaut mark.)

Jacob and Fredericka Reiner Abendshoen were the parents of five young children who died in Germany, plus Johanna Catherine Abendshon Ebinger, who shares this tombstone with them, along with her husband Jacob Ebinger; plus son Johan Jacob "John J." buried as AbendshAN in Colorado.

(Thank you to Schwaigern, Germany, researcher Ulf Hartmann for clarification of the Abendschon-Ebinger associations in Germany.)

Jacob and his brother Frederick had immigrated from Germany to the Watertown area of Washington County outside of Marietta and then to the heavily German Harmar neighborhood of Marietta. Frederick is buried in Harmar Cemetery there.

The Jacob Sr. and Jr. Abendshons were in the saddle, harness, leather, tannery and glue businesses. Most city directory references to that referred to the younger Jacob, who then moved away.

Confusingly, there also were two contemporary related Fredericka Abendshons in Marietta then. One was wife of this immigrant Jacob, Fredericka Reiner Abendschoen. The other one was the daughter-in-law of this Jacob Sr.'s brother Frederick in Harmar Cemetery, Fredericka Kyriss Abendschoen. Tombstones, city directories and censuses unhelpfully omit the women's maiden names, and they are easily confused without it.

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Schwaigern, Germany, researcher Ulf Hartmann reported that Jacob and family immigrated in May 1847, on the D'Orleans, with Jacob's wife, son, daughter and Ebinger son-in-law. Father Jacob's brother Frederick immigrated a year later with his wife Magdalena, Henry and Johanna Abendshon on the Claiborne from Le Havre, France, to New York on 29 May 1848.

Jacob also was joined his same year by a Jacob Boger of Schwaigern. Although his surname was the same as that of Frederick Abendschoen's wife, Jacob doesn't appear to be a near relative of either immigrant Jacob or Frederick or either wife. More likely, simply a neighbor coming for similar reasons and glad to have someone from home to re-start out with.

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Findagrave contributor "Fran" # 47001337 provided this additional record showing Frederick Abendschon of Harmar Cemetery and this Jacob of Mound as brothers, and provides their parents' names and the baptism records of the family. That also added the maiden name of this Jacob's wife Frederika and a list of their young children who had died in Germany before the surviving family moved to Ohio:

(Ulf Hartmann added the parents of this Jacob's son-in-law Jacob Ebinger - not Abendschoen - as the son of Johann Jakob Ebinger and Christian Friderika Breitenbucher.)

Christening record familysearch.org
Name: Jacob Abendschoen
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 25 Aug 1801
Christening Place: Schwaigern, Württemberg, Germany
Birth Date: 24 Aug 1801
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Heinrich Abendschoen
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Rosina Sehnerin
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C91736-1
System Origin: Germany-EASy
GS Film number: 1184789
Reference ID: Bk4 L-6

The couple had two children named Johanna Regina, born in 1836 and 1834.

Name: Johanna Regina Abendschön
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 24 Jan 1836
Christening Place: Schwaigern, Württemberg, Germany
Birth Date: 19 Jan 1836
Birthplace:
Death Date: 05 Jan 1837
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Jacob Abendschön
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Friederika Reiner
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C00432-4
System Origin: Germany-EASy
GS Film number: 1184789
Reference ID: Bk 6 1836-6

Second Child Johanna Regina Born 1834

Name: Johanna Regina Abendschön
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 04 Jan 1835
Christening Place: Schwaigern, Württemberg, Germany
Birth Date: 30 Dec 1834
Birthplace:
Death Date: 20 Jan 1835
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Jacob Abendschön
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Friederike Reinerin
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C00432-4
System Origin: Germany-EASy
GS Film number: 1184789
Reference ID: Bk5 1835-85

Name: Johann Matthäus Abendschön
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 01 Apr 1838
Christening Place: Schwaigern, Württemberg, Germany
Birth Date: 23 Mar 1838
Birthplace:
Death Date: 31 Jul 1838
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Jacob Abendschön
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Friederika Reiner
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C00432-4
System Origin: Germany-EASy
GS Film number: 1184789
Reference ID: Bk 6 1838- 18
Name: Christian Heinrich Abendschön
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 19 Jun 1825
Christening Place: Schwaigern, Württemberg, Germany
Birth Date: 16 Jun 1825
Birthplace:
Death Date: 03 Jul 1825
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Jakob Abendschön
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Friderika Reiner
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C00432-4
System Origin: Germany-EASy
GS Film number: 1184789
Reference ID: Bk5 1825-32

Name: Wilhelm Heinrich Abendschön
Gender: Male
Burial Date: 17 Aug 1833
Burial Place:
Death Date: 15 Aug 1833
Death Place: Germany, Württemberg, Schwaigern
Age: 3
Birth Date: 10 May 1830
Birthplace:
Occupation:
Race:
Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Jakob Abendschön
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Friderika Reiner
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B91736-2
System Origin: Germany-EASy
GS Film number: 1184790
Reference ID: 1833-59

Name: Christian Heinrich Abendschön
Gender: Male
Burial Date: 05 Jul 1825
Burial Place:
Death Date: 03 Jul 1825
Death Place: Germany, Württemberg, Schwaigern
Age: 0
Birth Date: 16 Jun 1825
Birthplace:
Occupation:
Race:
Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Jakob Abendschön
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Friederika Reinerin
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B91736-2
System Origin: Germany-EASy
GS Film number: 1184790
Reference ID: 1825-30

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This couple's son Johan Jacob (John J.) operated a tannery and fertilizer business in Marietta before moving west to Kansas and then Colorado. He spelled the family surname differently (Abendshan). Marietta city directories also spell it variably.