Notestein Seyb

Date: 1722 [unknown]
Location: Iowa, Missouri, Colorado, Ohio, Pennsylvania
Surname/tag: Notestein, Seyb

There has been quite a bit of family history collected over the years. In one of the packets belonging to Verne and Evelyn Notestein, it contained correspondence with other people around the country and it was discovered that as early as 1914 Stella Notestein (who was roughly 16 years old at the time) was asking Notesteins living in Pennsylvania if they knew the origin of her grandfather Andrew. Her and her pen pal kept in touch as late as 1957 but no one was able to find information on Andrew's family during that time.

Interestingly, even Charles knew very little about his father's family. All his siblings died at an early age, so any knowledge the oldest brother Winfield would have died with him in 1898.

Jon and John Notestein both provided some family charts that finally connected the family branch Andrew came from.

Below is just a summary of information.

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Photo	Generation	Name	Born In	Age	Summary	Children
	1st	Jonas Nothstein & Mary Heckert	Bahlingen, Emmendingen, Freiburg, Baden, Germany		Immigrated to American Colonies in 1772 and had 10 children. It was said he fought in the American revolution, but no concrete evidence to support that yet. In one of the letters sent by Stella's pen pal, she mentions that Jonas left Germany because Lutherans were persecuted fom the Catholic church	They had 10 children; 1. Rebecca 2. Mary 3. Jacob 4.Catharine 5.Elizabeth 6. Jonas 7. Barbara 8. Peter 9. David 10. Samuel
	2nd	Jacob Notestine & 1. Sarah Harsh 2. Susanna Ridenour	Pennsylvania, United States	60	Married Sarah Harsh in Pennsylvania and had 8 children. Moved to Canaan, OH in early 1830's. Sarah died in 1836 and Jacob married Susanna Ridenour in 1838.	1. Delilah 2. Jonas 3. Heinrich 4. Catharine 5. Levi 6. Andrew 7. Mary 8. Barbara
	3rd	Andrew Notestein & Mary Hotchkiss	Andrew-Pennsylvania, United States Mary-New York	Andrew-75 Mary-61	Married in 1844 and moved around several times. They lived in Salem, IA; Missouri, Minnesota, then back to Missouri. They had 5 children. Andrew was an inventor and Farmer.	1. Winfield Scott 2. Elizabeth Iola 3. William R 4. Mary E 5. Charles O
	4th	Charles O Notestein & Annie Power	Both Charles and Annie were born in Missouri. Charles in Clark county and Annie in Arbela	Charles-62 Annie-81	They lived mostly in Missouri with a brief time in Arcadia, NE. Charles owned a livery business and farmed; he then bought a peach orchard in Palisade, CO	1. William Earl 2. Nellie Blanch 3. Stella M
	5th	William Earl & Maude Cunningham	Both William and Maude were born in Missouri; William in Memphis and Maude in Arbela.	William-83 Maude-37	They lived in Missouri, Iowa, Colorado, Texas and back to Iowa. William and Maude suffered plenty of hardship. Maude suffered 9 years with ulcers that ultimately ended her life short. Their youngest, Eloise, caught pneumonia that later institutionalized her for the remainder of her life.	1. Juanita Ruth 2. Annie Earlene 3. Leslie Verne 4. Mary Madeline 5. Carrie Eloise
	6th	Mary Madeline & 1. Leo Seyb 2. Earl Magoon	Madeline was born in Arbela, MO and Leo was born in ??	Madeline-85 Leo-??		They had ? children and ? grand-children

Notable Family (or otherwise interesting family facts)

Photo	Name	Event	What Happened
	Levi Notestine	Death in the family	Levi outlived many of his family. He had two daughters die as toddlers. His oldest son died from battle wounds in the civil war (more below). Two of his sons worked for the railroad and both died in train accidents (more below). He outlived two wives.
	William Finley Notestine	Civil War Hero	William somehow had demonstrated leadership when he enlisted in the 11th Missouri infantry regiment; since they enlisted him as a sergeant. After 2 years when he reenlisted, his records say he was already acting sergeant major. After 6 months he was given a commission, jumping two junior officer ranks, to captain. His heroics have been recorded in a couple books, but he led a literal uphill charge against a rebel fort and captured it. He was then shot by a sniper in the leg and eventually succumbed to his wound,
	James R Notestine	Train Accident	James fought alongside his brother in the 11th Missouri infantry unit during the civil war. After the war he went to work for the railroad. All that is found to date is that on December 31st of 1889 he died of shock as a result of a train accident. No details of the accident has been found.
	Horace G Notestine	Train Accident	Horace is also a son of Levi and half brother to William and James. Horace worked as a locomotive engineer and met his fate when a rod broke and caught on a railroad tie forcing his train over the side of a bridge he was crossing. The train hit the bottom and exploded killing he and the fireman instantly. He was 62.
	Andrew Notestein	Inventor	Andrew received two U.S. Patents for inventions.
	Andrew Notestein & Mary Hotchkiss	Died Young	Most of Andrew and Mary's children died young. Only 3 made it to their 50's and 2 made it to early 60's. Also, several grandchildren never made it their 50's.
	George W Notestine	Arrested	George W was the son of Henry and cousin of our ancestor Andrew. Henry had moved his family from Ohio to Kirksville, MO. In 1873 his son George owned a billiard room and he was approached by a man where he could get something to drink. George said he did not know, but said he could find some. He then went to the drugstore and bought medicated whiskey for the gentleman. He gave the man his change then was arrested for selling intoxicants without a license. https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/JudicialRecords/Detail.aspx?id=202502
	Florence Notestine	Doctor	Florence was the daughter of George W Notestine and also lived in Kirksville, MO (no profile set up for her yet). She was born in 1870 and was inspired by her maternal grandfather to become a physician. She became a prominent osteopathic physician in Missouri
	Wallace G Notestein	Peace Negotiator	Wallace was a prominent historian at the University of Minnesota. When the armistice was declared at the end of WWI he was invited by the U.S. State Department to be an advisor during the peace conference due to his extensive knowledge of Germany
	Col James Notestein	War Crimes Trial	James was a career infantry soldier and by WWII he was a commanding officer of an infantry regiment during the Italian campaign. After the war James was invited to sit in as a member of the first war crimes trial conducted after the war. On trial was German general Anton Dostler who had executed American prisoners of war.
	Raymond Notestein	B-17 Bomber Pilot	Raymond's B17 was struck by a German ME-109 fighter on his 7th bombing mission. The collision broke the aircraft in two and all the airmen in the tail section perished, that included the tail gunner, waist gunners and ball turret gunner. The top turret gunner was also killed. Raymond ordered the co-pilot to have the crew bailout while he remained at the controls to keep the damaged aircraft as steady as possible. He died trying to save his crew. Only 4 airmen of 10 survived.