Person:George Shultz (16)

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George Shultz, Sr.
b.16 Apr 1822 Rheinbairen
d.19 Sep 1877 Wabash County, Indiana
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Catharine Shultz1819 - 1896
  2. George Shultz, Sr.1822 - 1877
  3. Jacob Shultz, Sr.1824 - 1884
  4. Sophia Christine Shultz1827 - 1906
  5. Maria Elisabeth Shultz1830 - 1876
  6. Peter Shultz1831 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 22 Feb 1846
  1. Elizabeth Shultz1846 - 1886
  2. John ShultzEst 1847 -
  3. Catharine Shultz1850 - 1916
  4. Peter ShultzEst 1852 - Bef 1901
  5. Sophia ShultzEst 1854 - Bef 1914
  6. Jacob A. Shultz1857 - 1923
  7. Mary Shultz1859 -
  8. Philomena ShultzEst 1860 - Bef 1914
  9. Sarah Shultz1863 - 1889
  10. George Shultz, Jr.1865 - 1891
  11. Frederick Shultz1868 - 1905
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Facts and Events
Name[7] George Shultz, Sr.
Gender Male
Birth[7] 16 Apr 1822 Rheinbairen
Marriage 22 Feb 1846 Tuscarawas County, Ohioto Catherina Karns
Census[8] 1850 Lagro Township, Wabash County, IndianaAge 27
Religion[9] 1851 Lagro (township), Wabash, Indiana, United States
Death[7] 19 Sep 1877 Wabash County, Indiana
Burial[7] Urbana, Wabash, Indiana, United StatesUrbana Cemetery

GEORGE migrated to America in 1843, settling in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. There is a story that his "father paid a Jew $125 to smuggle him out of Prussia, after 1 year in that army".

He and his family then migrated Wabash County in 1848. He may have been in the Daniel Lower group, or he may have in fact lead the group to Wabash County, from Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The history is silent on this.

George was one of the reported 18 (or 21) founders of St. Peter's Church.

George's wife, and John Jacob Lower's wife were sisters. Both were daughters of Jacob Karns. Three of George's daughters married Speicher brothers.

George has the tallest tombstone in the Urbana Cemetery, which is visible in the cemetery photograph.

--White Creek 15:21, 28 August 2012 (EDT)

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URBANA CEMETERY 1963
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References
  1.   Metcalfe, Howard Hurtig. Forty north: lineages of some early settlers along the fortieth parallel : being the ancestry of Barbara Lenore Snowberger, including her parental lineages of Snowberger, Paul, Brumbaugh, Metzger, Covalt, Gustin, Cory, and Davis, and her maternal lineages of Barnes, Lee, Wagoner, West, Lippicott, Keaffaber, Haupert and Schultz. (Decorah, Iowa: Anundsen, c1997).

    The book is available at the Wabash Carnegie Library, and the ACPL in Ft. Wayne.

  2.   History of Wabash County, Indiana: a narrative account of its historical progress, its people, and its principal interests. (Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1914).
  3.   Wabash County Atlas (1875).
  4.   Donna Mylrea.
  5.   Fred Spycher of Switzerland.
  6.   Sandra (RootsWeb.com).
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Haupert, James. St. Peter's Cemetery Records
    1978.
  8. ↑ 1850 Federal Census.

    George was enumerated in this census with people he was related to, and people he probably migrated with two years before. At this period of time, George probably lived to the southeast of the future town of Urbana. George (and his family) were enumerated as #17. The next entry (#18) was the Daniel Lower family, including Daniel's son John Jacob, and his wife and family. John Jacob Lower's wife, and George Shultz's wife were sisters! #19 on this census page was Peter Lower, brother of John Jacob. #16 on the page was Samuel Leech, whose wife was born Elizabeth Lower, a daughter of Daniel Lower.

  9. ↑ Helm, T. B. History of Wabash County. (Chicago: JOHN MORRIS, 1884).

    The book describes the founding of the "Evangelical (German) Church" at Urbana. George is one of the 18 listed. There is another list which contains 3 others. Of the 21, at least 20 are related!

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