Veteran: Civil War (Union)
h/o Sophie Dorothea Engelmann.
Birth: Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
~ Education: University of Jena & Heidelberg then in America, Transylvania University where he met Mary Todd.
Immigrated from Germany aboard Le Havre in 1833 to America, 1st to Saint Louis, Missouri, then settling with other Germans in Saint Clair county, Illinois gaining his citizenship in 1838.
~ elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1842.
Census: 1850, age 40 Belleville, Saint Clair county, Illinois with wife & six children, a lawyer.
~ Lieutenant Governor Illinois 1853-1857.
Census: 1860, age 50 Township 1, Range 8, Saint Clair county, Illinois with wife & six children, a lawyer.
~ Civil War: served as a Colonel & Brigadier General in Union Army in 43rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment under Gen Fremont.
~ Served as: Abraham Lincoln's Minister to Spain during the Civil War, 1862-1864.
~ Passenger aboard vessel Germania from Hamburg, Germany to New York, 20 AUG 1864 with wife & three children.
~ served as a pallbearer at Abraham Lincoln's funeral.
Census: 1870, age 60 Belleville, Saint Clair county, Illinois with wife, one child & a niece, a lawyer.
~ an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Illinois in 1872.
Census: 1880, age 70 Belleville, Saint Clair county, Illinois with wife & adopted daughter, a lawyer.
Death: in Belleville, Saint Clair county, Illinois.
Father: Bernhard Koerner (1776-1829).
Mother: Maria Magdalene Kample (1776-1847).
Marriage: Sophie Dorothea Engelmann b: 16 OCT 1815 Electorate of the Palatinate, Germany.
Married: 17 Jun 1836 Belleville, Saint Clair county, Illinois.
Known Children
Theodore Koerner b: 1837 Illinois.
Margaret Koerner b: 1838 Illinois.
Mary Koerner b: 1839 Illinois.
Augusta Koerner b: 1842 Illinois.
Gustavus Adolphus Koerner b: 1845 Illinois.
Paulina B Koerner b: 17 FEB 1847 Illinois.
Caroline Koerner b: 1848 Illinois.
Frederick Koerner b: 1849 Illinois.
Victor Koerner b: 1853 Illinois.
Transferred 08/22/2014 prepared in part by Bill Boggess.
h/o Sophie Dorothea Engelmann.
Birth: Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
~ Education: University of Jena & Heidelberg then in America, Transylvania University where he met Mary Todd.
Immigrated from Germany aboard Le Havre in 1833 to America, 1st to Saint Louis, Missouri, then settling with other Germans in Saint Clair county, Illinois gaining his citizenship in 1838.
~ elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1842.
Census: 1850, age 40 Belleville, Saint Clair county, Illinois with wife & six children, a lawyer.
~ Lieutenant Governor Illinois 1853-1857.
Census: 1860, age 50 Township 1, Range 8, Saint Clair county, Illinois with wife & six children, a lawyer.
~ Civil War: served as a Colonel & Brigadier General in Union Army in 43rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment under Gen Fremont.
~ Served as: Abraham Lincoln's Minister to Spain during the Civil War, 1862-1864.
~ Passenger aboard vessel Germania from Hamburg, Germany to New York, 20 AUG 1864 with wife & three children.
~ served as a pallbearer at Abraham Lincoln's funeral.
Census: 1870, age 60 Belleville, Saint Clair county, Illinois with wife, one child & a niece, a lawyer.
~ an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Illinois in 1872.
Census: 1880, age 70 Belleville, Saint Clair county, Illinois with wife & adopted daughter, a lawyer.
Death: in Belleville, Saint Clair county, Illinois.
Father: Bernhard Koerner (1776-1829).
Mother: Maria Magdalene Kample (1776-1847).
Marriage: Sophie Dorothea Engelmann b: 16 OCT 1815 Electorate of the Palatinate, Germany.
Married: 17 Jun 1836 Belleville, Saint Clair county, Illinois.
Known Children
Theodore Koerner b: 1837 Illinois.
Margaret Koerner b: 1838 Illinois.
Mary Koerner b: 1839 Illinois.
Augusta Koerner b: 1842 Illinois.
Gustavus Adolphus Koerner b: 1845 Illinois.
Paulina B Koerner b: 17 FEB 1847 Illinois.
Caroline Koerner b: 1848 Illinois.
Frederick Koerner b: 1849 Illinois.
Victor Koerner b: 1853 Illinois.
Transferred 08/22/2014 prepared in part by Bill Boggess.
Veteran: Civil War (Union)
h/o Sophie Dorothea Engelmann.
Birth: Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
~ Education: University of Jena & Heidelberg then in America, Transylvania University where he met Mary Todd.
Immigrated from Germany aboard Le Havre in 1833 to America, 1st to Saint Louis, Missouri, then settling with other Germans in Saint Clair county, Illinois gaining his citizenship in 1838.
~ elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1842.
Census: 1850, age 40 Belleville, Saint Clair county, Illinois with wife & six children, a lawyer.
~ Lieutenant Governor Illinois 1853-1857.
Census: 1860, age 50 Township 1, Range 8, Saint Clair county, Illinois with wife & six children, a lawyer.
~ Civil War: served as a Colonel & Brigadier General in Union Army in 43rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment under Gen Fremont.
~ Served as: Abraham Lincoln's Minister to Spain during the Civil War, 1862-1864.
~ Passenger aboard vessel Germania from Hamburg, Germany to New York, 20 AUG 1864 with wife & three children.
~ served as a pallbearer at Abraham Lincoln's funeral.
Census: 1870, age 60 Belleville, Saint Clair county, Illinois with wife, one child & a niece, a lawyer.
~ an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Illinois in 1872.
Census: 1880, age 70 Belleville, Saint Clair county, Illinois with wife & adopted daughter, a lawyer.
Death: in Belleville, Saint Clair county, Illinois.
Father: Bernhard Koerner (1776-1829).
Mother: Maria Magdalene Kample (1776-1847).
Marriage: Sophie Dorothea Engelmann b: 16 OCT 1815 Electorate of the Palatinate, Germany.
Married: 17 Jun 1836 Belleville, Saint Clair county, Illinois.
Known Children
Theodore Koerner b: 1837 Illinois.
Margaret Koerner b: 1838 Illinois.
Mary Koerner b: 1839 Illinois.
Augusta Koerner b: 1842 Illinois.
Gustavus Adolphus Koerner b: 1845 Illinois.
Paulina B Koerner b: 17 FEB 1847 Illinois.
Caroline Koerner b: 1848 Illinois.
Frederick Koerner b: 1849 Illinois.
Victor Koerner b: 1853 Illinois.
Transferred 08/22/2014 prepared in part by Bill Boggess.
h/o Sophie Dorothea Engelmann.
Birth: Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
~ Education: University of Jena & Heidelberg then in America, Transylvania University where he met Mary Todd.
Immigrated from Germany aboard Le Havre in 1833 to America, 1st to Saint Louis, Missouri, then settling with other Germans in Saint Clair county, Illinois gaining his citizenship in 1838.
~ elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1842.
Census: 1850, age 40 Belleville, Saint Clair county, Illinois with wife & six children, a lawyer.
~ Lieutenant Governor Illinois 1853-1857.
Census: 1860, age 50 Township 1, Range 8, Saint Clair county, Illinois with wife & six children, a lawyer.
~ Civil War: served as a Colonel & Brigadier General in Union Army in 43rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment under Gen Fremont.
~ Served as: Abraham Lincoln's Minister to Spain during the Civil War, 1862-1864.
~ Passenger aboard vessel Germania from Hamburg, Germany to New York, 20 AUG 1864 with wife & three children.
~ served as a pallbearer at Abraham Lincoln's funeral.
Census: 1870, age 60 Belleville, Saint Clair county, Illinois with wife, one child & a niece, a lawyer.
~ an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Illinois in 1872.
Census: 1880, age 70 Belleville, Saint Clair county, Illinois with wife & adopted daughter, a lawyer.
Death: in Belleville, Saint Clair county, Illinois.
Father: Bernhard Koerner (1776-1829).
Mother: Maria Magdalene Kample (1776-1847).
Marriage: Sophie Dorothea Engelmann b: 16 OCT 1815 Electorate of the Palatinate, Germany.
Married: 17 Jun 1836 Belleville, Saint Clair county, Illinois.
Known Children
Theodore Koerner b: 1837 Illinois.
Margaret Koerner b: 1838 Illinois.
Mary Koerner b: 1839 Illinois.
Augusta Koerner b: 1842 Illinois.
Gustavus Adolphus Koerner b: 1845 Illinois.
Paulina B Koerner b: 17 FEB 1847 Illinois.
Caroline Koerner b: 1848 Illinois.
Frederick Koerner b: 1849 Illinois.
Victor Koerner b: 1853 Illinois.
Transferred 08/22/2014 prepared in part by Bill Boggess.
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