August Friedrich Emil Schenck was on December 6, 1834 in Herborn, Hesse, Germany. He immigrated to the United States after the Civil War settling in Iowa. He married Rachel and they had four children with one dying at an young age. He like to put on his census forms that he was a gardener for an occupation but he was much more. He owned a restaurant, sold insurance through the Metropolitan Life Insurance company, at one time a florist shop and he was communicating secretary for the German American Society in Des Moines, Iowa. When he died in Wyoming his body was brought back to Des Moines, Iowa to be buried with his wife and son.
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[2] * Year: 1870; Census Place: Union, Des Moines, Iowa; Roll: M593_388; Page: 539A; Image: 370503; Family History Library Film: 545887: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
[3] * Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp.. Iowa, Select Marriages, 1851-1900 Marriage Date: 4 Dec 1873
[4] * Year: 1880; Census Place: Des Moines, Polk, Iowa; Roll: 360; Family History Film: 1254360; Page: 348A; Enumeration District: 163; Image: 0216: enth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
[5] * Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925: Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.
[6] * Year: 1900; Census Place: Des Moines, Polk, Iowa; Roll: 453; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0075; FHL microfilm: 1240453: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
[7] * Year: 1910; Census Place: Bloomfield, Polk, Iowa; Roll: T624_418; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 0064; FHL microfilm: 1374431: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.
[8] URL https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5295390/the_des_moines_register/?xid=637 August Schenck's obituary published in The Des Moines Register in Des Moines, Iowa on Tuesday, May 9, 1916.
[9] URL http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=134720872&ref=acom U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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