Friedrich Carl Franz Hecker (1811 - 1881)

Born 28 Sep 1811 in Eichtersheim, Bezirksamt Sinsheim, Baden

Husband of Maria Josephina Carolina (Eisenhardt) Hecker — married 30 Aug 1839 in Mannheim, Baden, Deutschland

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Died 24 Mar 1881 at age 69 in Summerfield, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Friedrich Hecker is Notable.

Friedrich was born in 1811 as son of Joseph Hecker and his wife Wilhelmina Lüder in Eichtersheim.^[1][2]

On 30 August 1938 he married Josephina Eisenhard in Mannheim.^[3]

"Friedrich Hecker, who appealed to the Frankfurt Assembly for a German Republic and German unity, was a popular figure in the German uprising of 1848. His popularity in America was by no means restricted to German immigrants, and more than 20,000 New Yorkers welcomed him in a sea of black-red-gold banners when he arrived in 1848 to raise funds for the continuation of the struggle. Even though he had been defeated at Kandern, he was honored as if he were a victor. On April 12, 1848, he had called for a popular uprising in Konstanz, expecting that tens of thousands would join his march for freedom, following the example of peasant uprisings. Only 75 responded, however, and he marched with them. He proudly observed , "I always went alone, whether someone came along or not."

Hecker again returned to Germany, but only reached Strassbourg, because the course of the German revolution had come to an end at Rastatt.

Unlike most of the Forty-Eighters, Hecker did not remain in a city, but bought a farm in Summerfield near Belleville, Illinois and prospered. He remained active intellectually and politically, gave lectures, founded the Turnverein in Cincinnati, played a significant role in the founding of the Republican Party and in the election of Lincoln, and was strongly committed to the cause of abolition.

At the outbreak of the Civil War, he and his son volunteered. He first served as a private under General Sigel, who had come from Baden. He was subsequently appointed colonel and commanded the 24th Illinois Infantry regiment, a position he resigned after differences with his superiors. He was then commissioned to recruit the 82nd Illinois Regiment, using his own funds in part for the purpose, which he commanded long and successfully. Hecker was severely wounded at Chancellorsville. In 1873, he paid a visit to his hometown, where he was welcomed with torchlight processions and shadowed by police. Although he was asked to remain, he did not. Hecker died on his farm on March 4, 1881.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "Deutschland, Baden, Erzbistum Freiburg, katholische Kirchenbücher, 1678-1930"
   citing Digital film/folder number: 008101701_003_M9XJ-XVH; Image number: 96
   FamilySearch Record: 7M4B-VMT2 (accessed 20 February 2024)
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   Friedrich Carl Franz Hecker baptism on 28 Sep 1811, son of Joseph Hecker & Willhelmina Luder, in Eichtersheim, Sinsheim, Baden, Deutschland.
2. ↑ * Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe, 390 Nr. 4736, 1 Band/ Eichtersheim, katholische und israelitische Gemeinde: Standesbuch 1810-1839, picture 16, #290/#16
3. ↑ "Deutschland, Baden, Erzbistum Freiburg, katholische Kirchenbücher, 1678-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHS-GLT9 : 18 June 2018), Friedrich Hecker and Josephina Eisenhard, 30 Aug 1839; citing Marriage, Mannheim, Baden, Deutschland, 71, Erzbischöfliches Archiv Freiburg (Archbishop's Archives), Germany.
4. ↑ Gerard Wilk, Americans from Germany, Second Printing, German Information Center, Second printing 1987(copywrite 1976), page 15

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85M-Z2B : 4 April 2020), Frederick Hecker, St. Clair county, part of, St. Clair, Illinois, United States; citing family 225, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXH5-LW5 : 11 November 2020), Fred Hecker, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXK6-91Q : 12 November 2020), Friederich I. Hecker, St. Clair, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 51, sheet 470B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,247.

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