Person:Wilhelm Schievelbein (1)

Source: Arapahoe [Nebraska] Public Mirror, July 15, 1897, p. 5, col. 2

Wilhelm Schievelbein died on Tuesday [July 13], aged 83 years. The funeral services take place at 10 a. m. to-day, Rev. Merz officiating. Deceased was the father of Wm. Schievelbein, Mrs. F. Windland [sic.], Mrs. F. Melchert, Mrs. G. Bloch and Mrs. Julius Hinz. The family and relatives have the sympathy of all in their bereavement.

Source: Arapahoe [Nebraska] Pioneer, July, 16, 1897, p. 1, col. 2

W. C. Schiebelbien [sic.], of Elk Creek, Gosper County, died Tuesday [July 13] at the ripe age of 83 years, 2 months and 8 days, surrounded by his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was a good citizen, honored by his friends and neighbors for his fair dealings and many other sterling qualities. He was born in Germany and came to the United States in 1874. A few years ago he settled on Elk Creek, surrounded by his large family. He was laid to rest in the Emanuel [sic.] cemetery in Gosper county, Pastor A. Martz [sic.] officiating. A large concourse of people followed the remains to the cemetery.

Stevens, telling about some early settlers and as an aside writes:

"Those early settlers from beyond the seas were good examples of honesty and thrift, contributing largely to the upbuilding of the community and writing into its history many names that were unmistakably from abroad, such as Albrecht, Breinig, Esslinger, Fahnholz, Huxoll, Haussler, Koelmel, Meyerle, Mues, Noltensmeier, Obermiller, Riepe, Schievelbein, Schwerdtfeger, Stagemeyer, Warner and others not coming to mind at the moment, some hard for a native to spell. In fact I can not vouch for the spelling of those above. They were a devout people, loyal either to the Catholic or Lutheran faith, one conspicuous difference being that while the Catholics maintained one church in town, the Lutherans built rural churches in several communities."