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Friedrich Minger
b.15 Aug 1833 Mulchi, Canton Bern, Switzerland
d.4 Jan 1906 Eureka, Woodford, Illinois, USA
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m. 25 Jun 1825
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OBITUARY: Unlabeled & undated FREDERICK MINGER DEAD An Old Resident Died Friday and Was Buried Yesterday. Frederick Minger died at his home in the east part of this city last Friday morning at 3 o'clock in the 74th year of his age. Mr. Minger has been apparently as well as usual until last Thursday. On that day he ate his dinner as usual but during the afternoon he suffered from a stroke of paralysis and died the following morning. The funeral was held from the Apostolic Church, northeast of this city yesterday afternoon. Frederick Minger was born Aug. 15, 1833, in Canton Bern, Switzerland. He emigrated to the United States with his parents, John and Mary (Hoffer) Minger in 1846. He went to Ohio, where he lived three years, then worked on steamboats on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers until 1854, at which time he returned to Ohio, where he lived one year. In 1855 he removed to Guttenberg, Clayton Co., Iowa, and kept a wood yard, supplying Mississippi steamers with wood. Mr. Minger was married Nov. 28, 1856, to Mary Beer. Mr. & Mrs. Minger have five children living. Franklin A. lives at West Bend, Iowa; Adolph P. lives at Boise, Idaho; Mrs. John Martin lives north of Eureka; Mrs. Chas Anliker lives at West Bend, Iowa; Edward G. lives at Roanoke. They lost 4 children in 1880 within eight days of each other, with diptheria. In 1862 Mr. Minger enlisted in Co H., 38 Iowa Volunteers, being mustered in at Dubuque, and serving three years and two months. He was disabled at Vicksburg, and was mustered out at Houston, Texas. He then returned home near Elgin, Iowa, and engaged in farming. In 1869, Mr. Minger went to Kossuth, Co., Iowa. He purchased land, which was then a new and wild country. He remained there 31 years. During that time, he took active part in building up and assisting in developing the country. In politics he was a republican. In 1900 he came to Eureka and purchased a home located in the west part of the city. BIOGRAPHY: Written by Mae Brown Siemers Rand. Friedrich (Fredrick) Minger, born 15 August 1833 in Mulchi, Switzerland, was the fifth child of Johann Ulrich and Anna Maria (Hofer) Minger. Dates for his birth vary; the 15th of August seems to be the one more generally used. He was batized in Messen, a neighboring village to Mulchi. Frederick was eleven years old when he immigrated to America with his family where they settled on a farm near New Philadelphia, Ohio. In the 1850 Tuscarawas County, Ohio census, Frederick is listed as being 16 years old and states that he had attended school during the year. In a book owned by Reuben White, Guttenberg, Iowa (grandson of Frederick's brother Johann) there is an entry which reads, "April 21, 1853, Working on the Railroad, Fredrick Minger-one day", with a similar entry for the following day. As a young man Frederick steamboated on the Ohio and Mississippi River, and also worked as a cable driver on a canal where he drove a horse or mule on the tow-path which ran along the side of the canal. In the spring of 1856 Frederick's parents moved to Guttenberg, Iowa and it is thought that Frederick went with them at this time, although he may have gone a year earlier. On 10 November 1856, when Frederick was 23 years old, he was married to Maria Beer who had immigrated to America from Switzerland at the age of 18. The young couple made their home at Cassville, Wisconsin where their first child, Franklin, was born. The family moved back across the Mississippi River to Turkey River, Iowa, (directly across from Cassville). They took all their belongings across the river in a skiff. A second son, Adolph, was born in Turkey River. |