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John Thierer

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John Thierer

Birth
Ogden, Riley County, Kansas, USA
Death
12 Sep 1877 (aged 19)
Ogden, Riley County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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John Thierer was born in 1858 in Ogden, son of Jacob Thierer I and Mary Margaret 'Bentz'. He was their first child born in Kansas.

John was employed by C.M. Dyche who was a wood contractor in Junction City. John drowned while attempting to cross the Republican River on horseback where a bridge had been.

He died in 1877 at the age of 18 1/2 years. He was buried in the Thierer Family Cemetery.

(This information came from Bill & Mary Montgomery Wilson who visited the Thierer Cemetery and from an article about his death in the Junction City Weekly Union, 15 Sep 1877, Page 5, Column 3: from FindAGrave contributor 'Mary A 'Beavers' Reed.)
John Thierer was born in 1858 in Ogden, son of Jacob Thierer I and Mary Margaret 'Bentz'. He was their first child born in Kansas.

John was employed by C.M. Dyche who was a wood contractor in Junction City. John drowned while attempting to cross the Republican River on horseback where a bridge had been.

He died in 1877 at the age of 18 1/2 years. He was buried in the Thierer Family Cemetery.

(This information came from Bill & Mary Montgomery Wilson who visited the Thierer Cemetery and from an article about his death in the Junction City Weekly Union, 15 Sep 1877, Page 5, Column 3: from FindAGrave contributor 'Mary A 'Beavers' Reed.)

Gravesite Details

s/o Jacob (Thierer) & Margaret (Mary Margaret Bentz)



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  • Maintained by: MGlazeHart
  • Originally Created by: zadalew
  • Added: May 7, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69476927/john-thierer: accessed ), memorial page for John Thierer (1 Mar 1858–12 Sep 1877), Find a Grave Memorial ID 69476927, citing Thierer Family Cemetery, Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by MGlazeHart (contributor 48526081).