Person:Joseph Stauffer (3)
Joseph Stauffer
b.2 Aug 1846 Flaxlanden, Haut-Rhin, France
d.3 Jul 1903 Tiskilwa, Bureau, Illinois, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 4 May 1840
  1. Anna Stauffer1841 - 1880
  2. Christian Stauffer1842 - 1922
  3. Barbara Stauffer1843 -
  4. Catherine Stauffer1845 - 1915
  5. Joseph Stauffer1846 - 1903
  6. Mary Stauffer1848 - 1892
  7. Fanny Stauffer1849 - 1922
  8. Emma Stauffer1850 - 1893
  9. Benjamin Stauffer1852 - 1863
  10. Lizzie Stauffer1853 - 1891
  11. Jacob Stauffer1861 - 1923
  12. Henry Stauffer1868 - 1904
  13. Josephine Stauffer
  14. infant twin 1 Stauffer
  15. infant twin 2 Stauffer
Spouse and Children
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m. 31 Jan 1899
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Facts and Events
Name Joseph Stauffer
Gender Male
Birth? 2 Aug 1846 Flaxlanden, Haut-Rhin, Francebirth record
Marriage 31 Jan 1899 Tiskilwa (Bureau Co. ) ILto Mary Bachmann
Death? 3 Jul 1903 Tiskilwa, Bureau, Illinois, United States

He came to America with his parents in 1855. The family originally went to Davis County Iowa and then moved to Illinois. Joseph remained a farmer in Tiskilwa, IL.

From: Herald of Truth, Vol. XL, No. 30, July 23, 1903, Page 240

Stauffer.-On July 8, 1903, near Tiskilwa, Ill., Joseph Stauffer, aged 56 Y., 11 M., 6 D. He was born in Alsace, France, Aug. 2, 1846, married Mary Bachman Jan. 31, 1889. He leaves a bereaved wife, four brothers, three sisters and many friends to mourn their loss. He was a quiet and faithful member of the Amish Mennonite church and was loved by all who knew him. Funeral services at the house by Joseph Burky and Jacob Ringenberg from Psalm 39, and at the M. H. by Andrew Schrock of Metamora in German from 1 Cor. 15:21, 22, and M. V. B. White of Tiskilwa in English from Job 14:10. The meeting house could not admit all who came to pay their last tribute of respect to his memory. Henry V. Albrecht.

Flaxlanden is near Mulhouse in France.

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