Frederick was born in Berg, Rhein Pfalz Bavaria, Germany in 1839, the son of Anton and Barbara (Weiss) Theiring (also spelled Tyring). He came to the United States with his parents when he was about 8 years of age. When the Civil War came along, he enlisted as a member of Company B, 91st Indiana Infantry along with his older brother Jacob. He contracted measles in April 1863, and apparently stood picked duty in the cold and snow despite his illness. He spent two months in the hospital. A family story tells of a time "that he was separated from his unit and was deep in the enemy lines. He found a small cave and wriggled in under some spider webs and hid there for several hours. The Confederate soldiers passed the cave by because the spider webs were undisturbed, so they thought no one could have gone in there." He apparently was in and out of the hospital several times during his service, before eventually being discharged from the regiment in June 1865. He married Lisette Andrecht in 1886, and had 11 children. He was a member of G.A.R. Post 178, and farmed land near Spurgeon, Indiana until his death.
Frederick was born in Berg, Rhein Pfalz Bavaria, Germany in 1839, the son of Anton and Barbara (Weiss) Theiring (also spelled Tyring). He came to the United States with his parents when he was about 8 years of age. When the Civil War came along, he enlisted as a member of Company B, 91st Indiana Infantry along with his older brother Jacob. He contracted measles in April 1863, and apparently stood picked duty in the cold and snow despite his illness. He spent two months in the hospital. A family story tells of a time "that he was separated from his unit and was deep in the enemy lines. He found a small cave and wriggled in under some spider webs and hid there for several hours. The Confederate soldiers passed the cave by because the spider webs were undisturbed, so they thought no one could have gone in there." He apparently was in and out of the hospital several times during his service, before eventually being discharged from the regiment in June 1865. He married Lisette Andrecht in 1886, and had 11 children. He was a member of G.A.R. Post 178, and farmed land near Spurgeon, Indiana until his death.
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