HEINRICH DEHNER

St. Mary's/St. Martin's Cemetery
Dubuque County, Iowa
Uploaded 9/3/2013 by
mstillie1952 [Email]


ZUM ANDENKEN AN

HEINRICH DEHNER
GATTEN VON M. E. DEHNER
GEB. ZU WEILHEIM
HOANCOLER DEN 15TEN
JULY A. D. 1813
GEST. DEN 29. JULY
1883
IM ALTER VON 76
JAHREN & 7 TAGEN
~
Kehie ein meine seete, in deine-
der Henn dech gesegnet nab.
Psalm

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Posted on Jan-4-2014 by CHERYL MOONEN
HENRY DEHNER, Cascade; is son of John Dehner & Mary Kounnatz, & was born 7-15-1813, in Hoancoler, Germany; his father was a farmer; Henry was 21 years of age the day in 1834 when he landed in Baltimore from Bremen, with his parents & all their family of seven children; they traveled westward by emigrant wagon, without sleeping in a house until settled on a rented farm in Green Co., Ohio Con't

Posted on Jan-4-2014 by CHERYL MOONEN
he remained with his family until past 32 years of age; they removed in 1836 to Carroll Co., Ind., and bought 900 acres, mostly timber land; for the money paid for this wild land, they could have bought 200 acres where now stands the city of Dayton, Ohio; they stayed in Indiana nineteen years, clearing the woodland and making farms; the father died in 1838, but the sons continued many yrs. Con't.

Posted on Jan-4-2014 by CHERYL MOONEN
to carry on the farm. He was married on the 1-7-1847, to Miss Eve Mary Kenner, dau. of Joseph Kenner, of Berlin, Shelby Co., Ohio; they have had six children, three of whom are now living-John B., Sophia H., Joseph, Mary Ann, Henry L. and Stephen D.; of these Stephen, John & Joseph are dead; Stephen was born 7-4-1857, & died of diphtheria on his fourth birthday, & the and the two older Con't.

Posted on Jan-4-2014 by CHERYL MOONEN
died of the same disease within three weeks of same date. After his marriage, in 1847, Mr. Dehner took charge of the entire farm until 1854, when he bought in Cascade where he now resides; he owns 379 acres; the three remaining children live at home; his only surviving son, Henry, is serving his second term as Justice of the Peace for Cascade Township and is a very worth young man. Con't.

Posted on Jan-4-2014 by CHERYL MOONEN
Mr. D. has served twenty years as Township Trustee, but says he dislikes office, as he is fully occupied in attending to his own business. When on his farm in Indiana, he drew a load of wheat 120 miles to Chicago, & sold it for 50 cents per bushel. He has been the victim of numberless accidents, such as falls, runaways, etc.; has been bruised, crushed, lacerated, and with dislocated limb, Con't.

Posted on Jan-4-2014 by CHERYL MOONEN
but is still cheerful and active. He never sued a man, neither was he ever sued. He is a faithful member of the St. Mary's German Catholic Church; is a conservative Democrat; is a kind, genial gentleman, and a highly respected citizen. “The History of Dubuque County" http://members.tripod.com/~Doreen_3/DBBIOAB.htm

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