Johann Henrich Schmersahl (1839 - 1869)

Born 12 Feb 1839 in Holte, Hannover, Germany

Ancestors

Husband of Henriette (Fritz) Schmersahl — married 7 Apr 1863 in Saint Clair, Illinois, United States

Died 12 Nov 1869 at age 30 in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Johann Henrich Schmersahl. Given Name: Johann Henrich. Surname: Schmersahl. Nickname: Henry. A Given name was found in addition to a first name in the NAME tag.

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Note: JOHANN HEINRICH SCHMERSAHL was born on 12 Feb 1839 in Holte, Hannover, Germany. He died on 12 Nov 1869 in St. Clair County, IL. He married Henriette Unknown on 07 Apr 1863. Johann Heinrich Schmersahl was baptized on 17 Feb 1839 in Holte, Hannover, Germany. He was buried in Fayetteville, IL old cemetery. He served in the military (He was a Union soldier in the Civil War.). 2 Notes for Johann Heinrich Schmersahl: His nickname was Henry. 2 He was discharged early from being a soldier in the Civil War suffering from consumption. He did marry, but never had children. His Godparents included: Gerhard Heinrich Plogmann, Heinrich Phillipp Tusilmann & Catherine Elizabeth Depenthal. He was three years old when he came to America. On the 1850 Federal Census, he was listed as a laborer on the farm of Henry Knepp next door to his family's farm. On the 1860 Census, he was listed as a laborer at the resdience of Georg Petri, his brother-in-law. On August 15,1861, in Cairo, IL., Henry Schmersahl was mustered into Company F, 9th Regiment of the Illinois Infantry for a three-year period. However, on June 11, 1862 he was discharged in St. Louis as a casualty, the cause being he had comsumption. During his short military career, he saw active duty.nOn September 5, 1861, his regiment was ordered to Paducah, Kentucky, where it remained until the following February. During this time, it underwent hard drilling and reconnoitering in the surrounding area, which contained hostile bands of Confederate soldiers. On February 4, 1862, the regiment was ordered up the Tennessee River to Fort Henry where from February 12-15, it captured the Fort, an act General Ulysses S. Grant had demanded. Thirty-eight of the men were killed and 179 were wounded, many of whom later died. Following this victory, the regiment moved back to Paducah and prepared for an invasion into Misissippi, where it disembarked at Pittsburgh Landing near Corinth on March 18. By April 6, an army under General Grant's command numbered 40,000 and began advancing on the enemy. The battle was bloody; of 26 officers and 520 enlisted men in the 9th, 20 officers and 324 enlistees were casualties, either killed or wounded. Ten months after his discharge, Henry Schmersahl got married. On April 7, 1863, Schmersahl and Mrs. Henriette Fritz were married by Charles Palme. The bride was a widow with a son, August Fritz. The couple had no children together. Henry Schmersahl obviously went back to farming. 2 Notes for Henriette Unknown: Henriette married a third time after Henry died and she lived many more years.

Marriage Husband Hermann Heinrich Schmersahl. Wife Maria Katherina Holtgraese. Child: Johann Christolph Schmersahl. Child: Gerhard Heinrich Schmersahl. Child: Anna Maria Schmersahl. Child: Juergen Henrich Schmersahl. Child: Catrerine Elizabethe Schmersahl. Child: Maria Elizabethe Schmersahl. Child: Christolph Heinrich Schmersahl. Child: Maria Engeline Wilhelmine Schmersahl. Child: Johann Henrich Schmersahl. Child: Johann Schmersahl. Marriage 5 JAN 1797. Holte, Osnabrueck, Germany. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S2743

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 22 September 2017, 02:22), entry for Johann Henrich Schmersahl(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LTYF-ZHZ); contributed by various users.
• Fetterling-18 will add sources 9/17/17