U.S. CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS, 1861-1865:
Name: John C. Schermer
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Illinois
Regiment Name: 33rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry
Company: B
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Private
John Schermer emigrated from the village of Beckedorf , which in the 19th century was part of the Grafschaft (county) Schaumburg, which was an exclave of Kurfürstentum Hessen-Kassel. (Beckedorf is now part of the state of Lower Saxony, Federal Republic of Germany.) He arrived in America in 1858, served in the Civil War, returned home, married Anna Johnston (1845-1872), and then in 1869 returned to the United States for good. The couple settled in DuPage County, Illinois, where John’s sister Marie Schermer Senf and brother Henry Christoph Schermer also colonized.
John worked as a farm laborer with the goal of owning his own farm. In the meantime, Anna gave birth to four children: Helena Anna Schermer Sargent (1878-1915), Otto Schermer (1867-1952), Friedrich "Fred" A. Schermer (1869-1937), and Mary Schermer Elmore (b. 1871).
After Anna's death, John married Hannah Frosch (1845-1926) and in 1878-79 moved his family to Franklin County, Iowa, where he achieved his dream of farm ownership. Iowa was probably picked as the destination because during that era its fertile land was relatively inexpensive. Franklin County was chosen because -- according family legend -- the train line ended there.
John and Hannah experienced more their share of difficulties and untimely deaths: four of their young sons died during the diphtheria epidemic of 1881. Their children were: Edward Schermer (1874-1881), William Schermer (1876-1881), Lewis Schermer (1878-1881), Henry Schermer (1879-1881), Herman George Schermer (1882-1968), Emma W. M. Schermer Dreyer (1883-1964), and Malinda "Linda" Schermer Mensing (1878-1971).
Both of John’s siblings also migrated to Franklin County and farmed in the Latimer area. Two daughters of brother Henry Christof Schermer also succumbed to diphtheria in 1881.
John and Hannah farmed for many years. He died at age 80 and she at 81.
Name: John C. Schermer
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Illinois
Regiment Name: 33rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry
Company: B
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Private
John Schermer emigrated from the village of Beckedorf , which in the 19th century was part of the Grafschaft (county) Schaumburg, which was an exclave of Kurfürstentum Hessen-Kassel. (Beckedorf is now part of the state of Lower Saxony, Federal Republic of Germany.) He arrived in America in 1858, served in the Civil War, returned home, married Anna Johnston (1845-1872), and then in 1869 returned to the United States for good. The couple settled in DuPage County, Illinois, where John’s sister Marie Schermer Senf and brother Henry Christoph Schermer also colonized.
John worked as a farm laborer with the goal of owning his own farm. In the meantime, Anna gave birth to four children: Helena Anna Schermer Sargent (1878-1915), Otto Schermer (1867-1952), Friedrich "Fred" A. Schermer (1869-1937), and Mary Schermer Elmore (b. 1871).
After Anna's death, John married Hannah Frosch (1845-1926) and in 1878-79 moved his family to Franklin County, Iowa, where he achieved his dream of farm ownership. Iowa was probably picked as the destination because during that era its fertile land was relatively inexpensive. Franklin County was chosen because -- according family legend -- the train line ended there.
John and Hannah experienced more their share of difficulties and untimely deaths: four of their young sons died during the diphtheria epidemic of 1881. Their children were: Edward Schermer (1874-1881), William Schermer (1876-1881), Lewis Schermer (1878-1881), Henry Schermer (1879-1881), Herman George Schermer (1882-1968), Emma W. M. Schermer Dreyer (1883-1964), and Malinda "Linda" Schermer Mensing (1878-1971).
Both of John’s siblings also migrated to Franklin County and farmed in the Latimer area. Two daughters of brother Henry Christof Schermer also succumbed to diphtheria in 1881.
John and Hannah farmed for many years. He died at age 80 and she at 81.
U.S. CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS, 1861-1865:
Name: John C. Schermer
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Illinois
Regiment Name: 33rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry
Company: B
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Private
John Schermer emigrated from the village of Beckedorf , which in the 19th century was part of the Grafschaft (county) Schaumburg, which was an exclave of Kurfürstentum Hessen-Kassel. (Beckedorf is now part of the state of Lower Saxony, Federal Republic of Germany.) He arrived in America in 1858, served in the Civil War, returned home, married Anna Johnston (1845-1872), and then in 1869 returned to the United States for good. The couple settled in DuPage County, Illinois, where John’s sister Marie Schermer Senf and brother Henry Christoph Schermer also colonized.
John worked as a farm laborer with the goal of owning his own farm. In the meantime, Anna gave birth to four children: Helena Anna Schermer Sargent (1878-1915), Otto Schermer (1867-1952), Friedrich "Fred" A. Schermer (1869-1937), and Mary Schermer Elmore (b. 1871).
After Anna's death, John married Hannah Frosch (1845-1926) and in 1878-79 moved his family to Franklin County, Iowa, where he achieved his dream of farm ownership. Iowa was probably picked as the destination because during that era its fertile land was relatively inexpensive. Franklin County was chosen because -- according family legend -- the train line ended there.
John and Hannah experienced more their share of difficulties and untimely deaths: four of their young sons died during the diphtheria epidemic of 1881. Their children were: Edward Schermer (1874-1881), William Schermer (1876-1881), Lewis Schermer (1878-1881), Henry Schermer (1879-1881), Herman George Schermer (1882-1968), Emma W. M. Schermer Dreyer (1883-1964), and Malinda "Linda" Schermer Mensing (1878-1971).
Both of John’s siblings also migrated to Franklin County and farmed in the Latimer area. Two daughters of brother Henry Christof Schermer also succumbed to diphtheria in 1881.
John and Hannah farmed for many years. He died at age 80 and she at 81.
Name: John C. Schermer
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Illinois
Regiment Name: 33rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry
Company: B
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Private
John Schermer emigrated from the village of Beckedorf , which in the 19th century was part of the Grafschaft (county) Schaumburg, which was an exclave of Kurfürstentum Hessen-Kassel. (Beckedorf is now part of the state of Lower Saxony, Federal Republic of Germany.) He arrived in America in 1858, served in the Civil War, returned home, married Anna Johnston (1845-1872), and then in 1869 returned to the United States for good. The couple settled in DuPage County, Illinois, where John’s sister Marie Schermer Senf and brother Henry Christoph Schermer also colonized.
John worked as a farm laborer with the goal of owning his own farm. In the meantime, Anna gave birth to four children: Helena Anna Schermer Sargent (1878-1915), Otto Schermer (1867-1952), Friedrich "Fred" A. Schermer (1869-1937), and Mary Schermer Elmore (b. 1871).
After Anna's death, John married Hannah Frosch (1845-1926) and in 1878-79 moved his family to Franklin County, Iowa, where he achieved his dream of farm ownership. Iowa was probably picked as the destination because during that era its fertile land was relatively inexpensive. Franklin County was chosen because -- according family legend -- the train line ended there.
John and Hannah experienced more their share of difficulties and untimely deaths: four of their young sons died during the diphtheria epidemic of 1881. Their children were: Edward Schermer (1874-1881), William Schermer (1876-1881), Lewis Schermer (1878-1881), Henry Schermer (1879-1881), Herman George Schermer (1882-1968), Emma W. M. Schermer Dreyer (1883-1964), and Malinda "Linda" Schermer Mensing (1878-1971).
Both of John’s siblings also migrated to Franklin County and farmed in the Latimer area. Two daughters of brother Henry Christof Schermer also succumbed to diphtheria in 1881.
John and Hannah farmed for many years. He died at age 80 and she at 81.
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