A number of Missourians were
present at a reunion of veterans of the Mexican War. They included: James
Brown, 1st Mo. Inf.; A. Ryan, Mo. Light Artillery; Thomas A. Ham, 1st
Missouri; Joseph Bunbury, Laclede Rangers; Enoch Ivester, 2nd Missouri; J.
Risick, 1st Mo. Inf.; R. J. Watson, Doniphan's Regiment; D. Mulholland, 1st
Missouri; Wm. Grunby, 1st Mo. Inf.; P. G. Ferguson, 3rd Mo. Mounted; Henry F.
Dugan, 3rd Mo. Mounted; Holly Thomas, 3rd Mo. Mounted; Phil. Schaffer, 3rd
Missouri; Hyman Block, Laclede Rangers; David Humphrey, Doniphan's Regiment;
Charles Mehl, 1st Mo. Inf.; Henry A. Almstead, 1st Missouri; W. R. Vaughan,
2nd Mo. Mounted; Julius Busch, Mo. Artillery; A. W. Eberhardt, Mo. Battalion;
E. B. Thomas, Mo. Light Artillery; J. T. Massie, Doniphan's Regiment; John S.
Rhodes, St. Louis Bat.; Jacob Auer, 1st Mo. Inf.; W. H. Weightman, St. Louis
Bat.; H. A. Buck, St. Louis Legion; James Lawrence, 1st Mo. Inf.; H. J.
McKellops, 1st Mo. Inf.; M. H. Wash, 3rd Mo.; M. McEnnis, Mo. Light
Artillery; and John Knapp, 1st Mo. Inf.
9 Jan 1880
Mexican War veterans, annual
meeting. Those present: G. W. Gilson, J. P. Shallcross, P. G. Ferguson, Wm.
Charters, J. R. Parker, A. Gebhart, Horace Fox, Frank Merz, J. Spore, T. S.
Wilkes, J. H. Scott, Jacob Auer, John Summers, Francis Holden, P. Stemmel, F.
Husted, S. L. Wells, B. McSorley, Ed Rine, Geo. Pfister, J. Zauck, A. Marsh,
W. W. Ivory, B. Laibold, Geo. Foin, John Meyer, John McBryan, G. W. Hayward,
David Walker, F. Hilderbrand, John Cookley, Chris Koein, G. S. Crane, J. D.
Harrison, R. B. Beck, M. H. Wash, E. W. Paul, B. Reiter, M. H. Wash, Chas.
Kubul, D. C. Coleman, James Waddell, Theo. Ham, John Eisennuth, John S.
Rhodes, Wm. H. Airain, A. W. Eberhardt, Herman Burson, John Saunders, W. H.
Weightman, R. H. Pemberton, C. Baungartner, Peter Huffschmidt, Geo. Bensberg,
Mr. Spore
1 May 1880
Long article about Robert
Gibson, "oldest man in north Missouri," now 114 years old. Born in
Randolp Co. North Carolina in 1766; married Gracy Smith in 1808; two children
born in North Carolina, Stephen and Bathinia. Moved to Wayne Co, Kentucky;
seven more children born, Smith, Millie, Saba, Jackson, William, Nathan, and
Nancy, the last two now dead. In 1832 moved to Randolph Co. Missouri; seven
more children born, Julia, Robert, Asa, Kirah (Kirab), Alberta, two
stillborns. Julia and Alberta are now dead. His son Smith has 19 children by
one wife. Gibson has "more than 130" grandchildren, 125
great-grandchildren; his wife died in 1844. He was a Baptist in North
Carolina, now a member of the Christian Church.
31 May 1880
The Golden Eagle steamer was
destroyed by fire at Barracks Is., 50m north of St. Louis and a number of
passengers were put ashore: Henry Amelung and Mrs. Wilson of St. Louis; Mrs.
Dr. Pepper and little son of Clarksville; R. W. Baxter, wife and child, of
Louisiana, MO.; Charles W. Schneider of St. Louis; A. T. Dexter of St. Louis;
James Lawrence, R. Buchanan, & A. T. Dexter, St Louis; John Fisher and W.
Keithly, Clarksville; Wm. Robins, Hannibal; Charles F. Meier and John F.
Zeisemann, St. Louis; Edward Metcalf, wife & two children, St. Louis;
Mrs. Caldwell, mother and daughter, Hannibal; Nat Emerson, John Bakehouse,
J.L. Wallace, John Smith, St. Louis. Three passengers were reported lost and
missing.
5 Dec 1880
Pupils of the Sabbath School of
United Hebrew Congregation celebrated the end of Channucah at Uhrig's Cave.
Entertainment was under the direction of Mr. Jacob Mahler; Mr. J. H. Messing,
rabbi, was in charge. The invocation was spoken by Master Eddie Loewen, and
Master Sam Russach gave an address explaining the feast. Miss Venda Cohen, a
teacher, assisted in directing the entertainment. Mrs. Isaac Jones was
president of the Ladies' Hebrew Relief Association, and asked for votes for
the most popular young lady, and the most popular married lady, in the
congregation, who would receive nice gifts.
5 Sep 1880
Interesting lawsuit. Albert
Harig sued Frances Curry, widow of John W; Harig had lent Curry money and
taken a deed on the Curry farm in Bonhomme Twp. The money was lent under the
impression that Curry was unmarried. Then Harig discovered that Curry was living
with a woman "supposed to be his wife." Curry stated that they were
living together and had a family but were not married. Curry died about a
year ago; Harig bought the property; Mrs. Curry (?) declined to give it up,
citing her dower right. Mrs. Curry said they had been married by a J. P. but
couldn’t find the certificate.
4 Sep 1880
Mary Meyer, wife of the late
Gustave Meyer, is suing Theodore Tamm and Max Tamm, proprietors of a
rendering establishment near Mill Creek. She is the owner of a homestead at
the intersection of Clayton Road and Manchester Road, which was at one time
very valuable. But the Tamms erected a building to render carcasses and
manufacture fertilizer nearby "from which there arises a stench
offensive to the senses" polluting and tainting the air for a great
distance around. The establishment has been condemned by the Board of Health
as a public nuisance but is still in operation.
6 Oct 1880
James Bryan, of Moberly, MO., is
inquiring about his brothers, Jack, aged 18, and Charley, aged 17, who
"have been lost to the family for about 12 years past." When their
father, William, a baker in St. Charles, died, their mother placed Jack and
Charley with the Sisters of St. Joseph in St. Louis (it is believed); it is
thought that they were put out to service with a farmer named Mickie Miller
at a place in Illinois, about 12 miles from Belleville, with a name that
sounded like "Eckert" or "Hackett". But all trace of the
boys has been lost.
19 Nov 1880
Two bodies were found on St.
Louis County highways, both accidental deaths. John Barlach, age 39, a
gardener employed by J. J. O'Fallon, was found dead near Eight Mile House on
St. Charles Rock Road; it was believed that he was "seized by a fit" and fell
from his horse.Henry Charles Ossenfort, "for many years a resident of Fox
Creek" was found near Dutch Hollow schoolhouse. No evidence of violence;
cause of death was believed to be apoplexy. His brother Charles Ossenfort
interred the body. Ossenfort was 65, native of Prussia.
12 Nov 1880
"A remarkable wedding"
- William L. Ambrose and Rosa Schramm, both deaf mutes, were married at the
Church of the Holy Communion. They will live in Branson. Among the mutes in
attendance were: Annie and Mary McCamley, Jennie Patton, Lou Cavanaugh, Della
Cannon, Sylvia Chapin, Mattie Campbell, Tillie Gerhold, Marcella Broe, Sarah
Fisher, Della Pearce, Mrs. Mollie Harden, Mrs. Katie Brown, John J. Smith,
Delos A. Simpson, Charles McKeever, Albert A. Kohlmetz, Wm. T. Campbell, John
H. Woolf, John J. Gill "and others".
21 Jun 1880
A long sad story giving in depth
the last days of Mrs. Hade Brown (Sue) who was married to a condemned man.
She went from Moberly, Missouri to Kansas City with her 3-y-old son, made her
home with friends named Fisher at 1315 Cherry, and shot herself with a
pistol. She left a note which included: goodbye to Chris and his family and
to Moses and those sweet children, also my sister, dear father, and Mr. And
Mrs. Fisher. Another note included these names: Belle Fisher, James is to be
hanged, sister Sarah, and Judy.
5 Sep 1880
Two young ladies were drowned in
the Meramec Friday afternoon: Eva Rayburn, age 15, daughter of A. M. Rayburn,
2211 N. 10th, had been helping Mrs. A. K. Johnson, of Glendale Station, with
her housework and Mrs. Maggie Mullery, wife of Peter Mullery, 104 S. 11th,
had been living with the Johnson family for some time past. Eva and Maggie
went to the river to bathe, with Mrs. Johnson and her two children; Eva lost
her balance and fell, Maggie also lost her footing, and they drowned before
help could reach them.
3 Nov 1880
"Popcorn George" Hall
applied for a divorce from his wife, Sarah, whom he had married in New
Hampshire. They had settled in Wisconsin and he made his living selling
popcorn and traveling with a show featuring colored chickens, which he had
dyed in various colors. On a return home he learned that his wife was
involved with one Barton; she subsequently left Hall, who then moved to St.
Louis. Two of their four children had married but Hall was granted a divorce
and custody of the younger children.
20 Sep 1880
Jacob Cashmeyer and Mrs. Roger
Plant came into the police station escorted by a couple of patrolmen…Jacob
had a couple of scalp wounds which exposed the bone and his clothing was
smeared with blood. He claimed to have been transacting some business with one
of Mrs. Plant's boarders when she hit him over the head with something he
described as "about a foot long with a big knob on the end." After
they had filed cross-charges, he was locked up and she was bailed out by her
husband.
27 Apr 1880
Christian Reichman petitioned
for a divorce from his wife Henrietta; married 9 May 1874, but she had other
husbands. She married Ferdinand Schultz 30 June 1861 and John Baker, alias
Becker, on 20 July 1865; she left a husband in Germany. She admits that she
married Martin Henry Rolf in Germany and came with him to this country in
1861; he died "in service of this country" in 1862; she admits
marriage to Achuktz, who was arrested but fled; claims to have divorced
Becker.
28 Aug 1880
Justice Young refused to
"tie the marriage knot" for John D. Winn and Eliza Ann Westbrook,
both of Christian County., Illinois. because he thought Eliza wasn't over 15
though she claimed to be 18. They were a runaway couple, her parents having objected
to the marriage. However, they went to Judge Smyth;s office and were married.
Winn is "about 40 years of age and his hair and beard are sprinkld with
gray." It is understood that they will live in Kansas City.
12 Apr 1880
Michael Nestman, of 1131 Benton
St., was shot by William Fitzgerland, age 45y, in the presence of their wives
and children. The upper floor was occupied by Nestman, his wife and four
children, his father-in-law Alex Nichols, and a gentleman boarder named
Slade, age 24y. It had apparently been a family feud. Nestman was 32, his
oldest child a 10-y-old daughter, the youngest a baby. Fitzgerland had been
married twice and had a daughter and stepdaughter.
14 Feb 1880
St. Charles: Dr. E. A. McArthur
and his wife were arrested on the complaint of near relatives, Miss Clayton
of St. Louis. Concerns prostitution. Attorney for McArthur: Thomas
Cunningham. His wife was born in Leeds, England. 28 years ago; her maiden
name was Augusta Curtz; she married the doctor in Leeds 6 years ago.
Attorneys for the prosecution: Senator Edwards of St. Charles, Messrs. Lodge
& McGinnis of St. Louis.
29 Dec 1880
Burial permit: Capt. Henry
Tiemeyer, an employee of the Post Office, shot himself in Picker's Cemetery.
The body was found by William Winnig. He had been distressed and complained
in a final note to his wife of the "chicanery" in the Post Office
and "it seems they are all conspiring against me." He was born in
Muenster, Prussia in 1833. [Note: see John H. Tiemeyer on 30 Dec 1880.]
3 Dec 1880
George Childers of Carondelet
returned home Tuesday evening and discovered that his wife and small son were
missing, along with all the furniture - everything except a bundle of his
clothes and a note from his wife stating that she was leaving him and wouldn't
return. A truckman, Charles Watkins, admitted that he had removed the items
but refused to say where they had been taken.
21 Aug 1880
"Herman R. Mead, of East
Carondelet, Illinois., whose hais has been silvered by the frost of 60
winters, came to the city the 19th inst. To claim the heart and hand of a
blushing young maiden of only 18 summers. Her name was Eliza M. Long, a
native of Middleton, Montgomery County., Missouri., but for some time past
she has been learning the millinary art of 2125 Olive St."
2 Sep 1880
An account of the Stoeckli
trial; it was the second. The murder took place at Hog Hollow on 27 June,
1879; Stoeckli was tried and convicted but appealed and was granted a new
trial. Testimony by the murdered woman's husband, William: he had hired
Stoeckli to help with the wheat harvest, left his farm to go to St. Louis,
and learned of the murder on the way home.
16 Aug 1880
Isaac Reed, of Hillsboro, Mo.,
attacked Henry Post with a club and fractured his skull. Medical attendants
John Morris and Hugh Berkley say Post will not survive; he has a wife and two
children, Reed a wife and five children. They live "in sight of each
other" on the Iron Mountain RR about a mile from Horine Station. The
attack was the result of an old feud.
10 Dec 1880
The divorce case of George Ukele
vs Hannah was attracting attention. They had been married for 20 years; he
charged that she had a jealous disposition, an ungovernable temper, and an
inclination to throw things at his head. Hannah said he was addicted to drink
and running after strange women, spending money on fishing excursions and
neglecting his family.
15 Nov 1880
Tobe Laughlin, an engineer on
the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific RR, was shot and killed, allegedly by
James F. Flanagan, in Flanagan's saloon at Broadway & Montgomery. His
brother, Dan was also shot in the same incident. The trouble apparently started
over an argument about non-payment for drinks. Laughlin was 35 and had a wife
and two children in Canada.
25 Nov 1880
Archibald S. Rutherford, a
prominent citizen, died of paralysis. He was born in Kelso, Scotland, 14
April 1816, and had lived in St. Louis for 43 years. His wife, the former
Cornelia Shackford, died in1873, and his oldest son, John, died last April.
Survivors included a son, Robert, and daughters Mrs. Frederick Mott,
Cornelia. & Bertha.
6 Feb 1880
Died: in Alton, Illinois, Dr.
Frederick Daum of injuries. He was a German physician, native of Darmstadt,
formerly a Colonel in the regular army, a surgeon in the Austrian army.
Wounded in the Battle of Solferino. Came to this country in 1864. Settled in
Alton in 1877. His widow is a daughter of Henry Brockmeyer of Jersey Co.,
Illinois.
18 Mar 1880
Kansas City: elopement of Joe
Hort & Rosa Entorff, well-known German residents. He is the father of a
family and well along in years, she is 14, daughter of Edward Entorff. Hort's
real name is Guigisberg; years ago in St. Louis he married a second wife
after buring his first; third and last wife a widow named Manger with 7
children.
1 Sep 1880
Mrs. Freida Bosse commenced a
divorce suit against her husband, Louis Bosse; they were married the past 27
July. He kicked her, beat her, compelled her to present his food to him on a
tray, on bended knees, called her a pack of bones, said he would sell her for
two drinks, tried to make her drown herself. He is a drunkard, she says.
2 Oct 1880
William B. Roseberry, a
"highly esteemed" young citizen of Maryville, MO died as a result
of a gun accident - he was riding in a buggy with his wife on a trip to
gather hickory nuts and possibly shoot squirrels when a sudden jolt caused
his shotgun to fire. He was a brother of Hon. M.G. Roseberry, of a prominent
Nodaway Co. family.
9 Nov 1880
Judge Lindley declined to award
a divorce to Nellie and/or Eugene B. Gregory, dismissing the plaintiff's bill
and the defendant's cross-bill. He thought they should go to housekeeping
"like sensible people." He had previously denied a divorce to
another couple who are now happily married with one child and another one on
the way.
1 Dec 1880
The Liberal Literary Club met at
the home of Francis Minor with a large attendance. The exercises opened with
a piano solo by Mrs. Lucy B. Ralston. Dr. G. A. Bowman read a selection
"The Razor Seller," and Mr. & Mrs. O. F. Girard favored the
club with a vocal duet. Subsequently, Mr. Thomas Curtis read an essay on
Pauperism.
21 May 1880
William and Mary Theresa Sander,
husband and wife, instituted a suit against Jacob Ambs. Mary was an orphan,
raised in the home of Ambs; she attained majority in 1863. Until 1873, when
she married Sanders, her employer did not pay her but was supposed to deposit
money for her in a bank each week. Apparently he didn't do so.
21 Oct 1880
Mrs. Mary Blake of 2206 Division
St. leaned too hard on the baluster of her porch and fell. While she was
being treated by Dr. Hendrix her 3-year-old daughter leaned against another
part of the railing and also fell. Mrs. Blake has five small children and is
in quite a destitute situation; her husband is absent in Chicago.
27 Nov 1880
David Nicholson, a prominent
citizen, died as a result of a carbuncle on the back of his neck. He was born
at Fowlis Wester, in Perthshire, Scotland on 9 Dec. 1813 and came to St.
Louis in 1836. His wife, the former Jane McHendrie, survives with a son, David,
and daughters Mrs. John H. Tracey, Jane, and Nellie.
8 Jan 1880
Married: Marie Louise Garrison,
daughter of A. B. Garrison of Kirkwood, Missouri to Charles Johnson Norris of
Denver, Colorado. Bridal party: Lillie G. & Orville Mann; Kate Orr &
Samuel Tuitt; Carrie G. & E. W. Douglas; Mary Fleming & Louis
Fishback; Alice Taylor. The groom was formerly of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
17 Dec 1880
Levi Pettibone, the city's
oldest resident, celebrated his 100th birthday. He was born in Connecticut 17
Dec 1780, son of Giles Pettibone, a member of the Connecticut Legislature. He
has been living with his only daughter, Mrs Frank Burnett, for three years;
prior to that, had lived in Pike Co., Mo.
11 Feb 1880
Tragedy in Peoria, Illinois.
Mrs. Cramer, a widow, and her daughter Belle moved to the area 8 years ago.
Mrs. Cramer married Jacob Frye, who was born in Washington County.,
Pennsylvania 52 years ago and came to Illinois in 1838. Belle married Luther
McKinney, a brutel man who has killed Jacob Frye.
26 Sep 1880
Emil U. Huguain, "an old
and well-known citizen" died Friday. He was a native of the Canton of
Neufchatel, Switz., emigrated about 50 years ago to Philadelphia, where he
married Susannah Kern. He had lived in St. Louis about 30 years and was survived
by his wife, six children and 22 grandchildren.
9 Jan 1880
Mexican War veterans, annual
meeting. Those who had died the previous year: Jacob Whorie, J. L. Howard, S.
R. Wetmore, Louis LeCompte, C. G. Weber, J. H. Hines, W. F. Owens, M. Fagan,
Jacob Sylvia, W. A. Smith, Wm. Davis, James, Gen. Shields, Alois Schumacher,
T. J. Bartholow, George Robinson
1 Aug 1880
Coroner Auler yesterday held an
inquest on the body of Charles B. Cottrill, age 8, late of 1607 Sullivan, who
drowned on 26 July when he fell from a raft. An inquest was also held on
Martin Zoellner, age 60, who fell from a scaffold. He was born in Bavaria and
left four sons and a daughter.
19 Jan 1880
Died: William C. Taylor came to
St. Louis from Kentucky as a young man. He married a daughter of Mr. Kennedy.
The panic of 1873 brought his fortune to almost nothing. He leaves a wife,
granddaughter of the late Dr. Saugrain, and four children, the youngest the
wife of Mortimer F. Taylor
22 Jun 1880
A long article concerning the
death from gangrene of William Hammond, Jr., on 19 June. Question: did he die
from extremely poor health or from an injury at the hands of Police Officer
Grady, who had stopped a fight in which Hammond was involved. The boy was 16y
5m old, born in Ireland.
9 Apr 1880
The Langdon-Cammon adultery
case: A warrant was sworn out about two weeks ago against Mrs. F. D. Camman,
wife of a lumber contractor, and W. D. Langdon, a rival contractor. The
sheriff found Mrs. Camman at the home of her mother, Mrs. Carlin, on Cass Ave.
The case will be tried Monday.
4 Mar 1880
Texarkana, Arkansas: orphan
daughter of Charles Lewis Stevenson seeking relatives. He was from Cass or
Pike County. Missouri, moved to Kansas 1856-8, then a single man. At the time
of his death she was adopted. He had a brother James and a sister Fanny. Notice
by Mrs. L. D. Bramble.
16 Oct 1880
Divorce cases: A long account of
the divorce suit of Ellen Gregory vs. Eugene. She was the daughter of John
Tobin "an old and honored citizen." They were married in 1874 and
had separated, been reconciled, separated, etc. and he had filed a crossbill
when she sued fro divorce.
15 Aug 1880
Officers elected at a meeting of
the Emerald Social Club: President, P. T. Callahan; Vice-Pres., Edward F.
Butler; Financial Secretary, Thomas Ward; Recording Secretary, Thomas T.
Kiely; Treasurer, Joseph F. Clancy; Trustee; James J. Maloney; Sergeant-at-Arms,
Matthew King.
20 May 1880
"Four little orphans in
great destitution" live at 1338 N. 8th. They are the children of John
Nugent, who died at City Hospital last Friday. Their mother died 4 or 5
months ago; their grandmother, Mrs. Hart, is trying to care for them. She is
blind. The youngest is two.
26 Jun 1880
Charles F. Wieland, a traveling
salesman for the wholesale liquor house of Charles Wenzel, St. Louis, died at
the Lindell House in Denver on 25 June, of "congestion of the lungs,
general nervous prostration, and unnecessary exposure on the evening preceding
his death."
6 Feb 1880
Legal war: Margaret and Ellen
Tumilty of Manchester vs their brother Richard. He had married a Miss Duggan
against their will and several personal encounters followed. The girls were
suing Richard and his father-in-law, Michael Duggan, for wounds made 4 Sept.
1879.
7 Sep 1880
"Mrs.
Edward Berning, more familiary known as Amy Grone" committed suicide by
strychnine. She was a servant in the home of Conrad W. Fries, age about 19,
secretly married; apparently her husband hadn't treated her well. She said
she "had her troubles."
13 Feb 1880
Fire at the Pond Post Office
destroyed a building and killed a child. The house that burned belonged to
John Hoy but was occupied by Jacob Neu, his wife and 5 children. The oldest
child, Christina, age 10, and a servant girl, Mary Mey, died in the blaze.
23 Oct 1880
Frank Simons applied for a writ
of habeus corpus to obtain custody of his daughter Amelia, age 16, residing
with her mother on Spring St. He says he left his wife several years ago for
cause and that she is not a fit person to have custody of the girl.
25 Feb 1880
Wills: John Boggs, mentions
sister Julia of Steubenville Ohio, sisters Jane Jordan, Sarah Waiters, Mary
Graham; cousins Mrs. Jane Wells of Steubenville, Mary Ann and Eliza Boggs;
Annie Boggs, adopted daughter of his brother Harry; nephew Thomas Jordan.
21 Sep 1880
Mrs. James Costello, age 35, and
her daughter Annie, age about 19, were severely burned when Mrs. Costello was
cleaning a closet by candle light and set fire to her dress. Mrs. Costello is
the mother of 10 children; her husband a railroad watchman.
1 Sep 1880
Charles H. Marshall is suing
Henry McNichols for damages. McNichols was tried in Criminal Court for
disposing of mortgaged property; he was acquitted but Marshall says that
injuries to his reputation and character resulted from the McNichols case.
17 Dec 1880
Thomas Stanton, a single man,
was killed instantly in an accident at Schickle & Harrison's Iron Pipe
Foundry when a large vat fell on him. Charles Lynch, a married man with six
children, was injured in the same accident and died a few hours later.
16 Mar 1880
Frank Demetry, age 18y, was
awarded damages of $7500 from Gregoire Aubuchon, a Florissant constable.
Demetry was shot in a case of mistaken identity and lost a leg. The man
wanted was Louis Holscher, wanted for robbing the Fee Fee Baptist Church.
20 Feb 1880
A daughter of Henry Alt, living
in Franklin County. near the Fox Creek Post Office, burned to death when she
and her 9-year-old brother were playing with fire. She was six years old. A
neighbor, M. Dickens, tried unsuccessfully to rescue her.
8 Aug 1880
Catharina Mauer filed suit to
divorce her husband, Max. They were married in Milwaukee in 1859; he has been
cruel to her, beating her, threatening to pour coal oil on her clothes and
set them afire. She asks for custody of their six children.
9 Apr 1880
Courts: Criminal court will be
occupied with the trial of Joseph Michael Kotovsky, the young Bohemian who
murdered Augusta Simon because she refused to marry him. He was a bartender
and she was a servant of Dr. Kolbenheyer, 8th & Chouteau.
5 Feb 1880
Other divorces: Christian
Riechmann vs. Henrietta; married 9 May 1874. On 30 June 1864 she married Fred
Schulz; on 20 July 1865 she married John Baker alias Becker; had come from
Germany, where she left a husband. Has a 4-year-old child.
2 Jul 1880
George Herwig, age 27, drowned
while on a fishing excursion on Canteen Creek. He was a shoemaker, lived at
24th-Franklin, left a widow and two children. His brother-in-law, George
Sutter, was rescued but is in a very critical condition.
12 Apr 1880
Died: Henry Fischer, age 9y, was
killed while playing in the yard of the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific RR.,
residence, 1208 Broadway; sister Minnie & cousin Fritz Silk mentioned.
Interred Copp's Cemetery. Charles Colvin was the engineer.
26 Aug 1880
Adam Puchta, "an old
Bohemian" (ae 64) committed suicide by slashing his arm with a razor
after failing to shoot himself with a pistol which missed fire. He had
attempted suicide two years before but was restrained by his son Joseph.
23 May 1880
Charles Bechtold, age 86, who
came to St. Louis in 1840, is a Napoleonic veteran. Born in Alsfeldt, village
of Romrad, Hesse-Darmstadt, he entered the army in 1812 ( 1 June ) and served
until 1821. He was in Capt. Wachter's Company.
7 Oct 1880
Lena Spengelman, aged 17,
daughter of John Spengelman, grocer, was killed when she fell or jumped from
a streetcar which had lost its brakes and jumped the track. Daniel Hayford,
conductor, and Daniel Brennan, driver, were arrested.
19 Nov 1880
William A. Summers filed suit
for divorce from Nellie, who hit him with a poker and locked him out of the
house, plus other equally unpleasant acts later on. He intimated that a
curly-haired bartender had alienated her affections.
7 Sep 1880
A disastrous fire resulted in
the death of two firemen - Michael Lynch and Ed Sanderson, and serious
injuries for several others. Sanderson left a wife and two children; Lynch
was married "a few months ago" but had no children.
14 Dec 1880
The slander suit of Henrietta
Stamm vs Carl was in court; she asked for $10,000 damages for slander and
false imprisonment. He had her arrested for stealing some store fixtures;
they had been divorced after 30 years of marriage.
2 Nov 1880
Died: James Flint, 3630 Papin
St., of concussion of the brain caused by falling down a flight of stairs.
Note: A coroner's inquest on James Flint referred to him as an old man living
with his daughter, Sarah Shook. He was 78.
1 Jun 1880
Circuit Court (1 Jan 1880):
Administrator of John Hett vs Julius Schladenbach. Plaintiff claims John Hett
died 1 June 1860 leaving widow and two children as heirs; widow married
defendant and took possession of the property.
9 Jan 1880
Died: In Citronville, Alabama.,
Thomas D. Harris, bookkeeper for the Post-Dispatch, age 34y, native of
Canada. Left wife and two children. Widow, daughter of Rev. D. B. Woods and
sister of D. W. Woods. Lived in Carondelet.
6 Dec 1880
Officer Michael Walsh was shot
to death in front of John Lionberger's residence, 16th-Olive. He was 36, had
been married three years, and left a wife and two young children. [Note: see
Dr. Thomas O'Reilly on 10 Dec 1880.]
14 Oct 1880
Hugh J. Gallagher, a police
officer in the 4th District, shot himself in Bellefontaine Cemetery. No known
reason for the suicide. He had married Mary O'Brien in April; she was
pregnant when he died. Gallagher was 27.
7 May 1880
Gustav Older Anton Otto asks for
a divorce from his spouse, Albina Ercatius Nathalie. They were married 29
April 1873 in Magdsburg, Prussia, where she remains. He came to St. Louis in
1878. They have three children.
28 Jan 1880
"A
bouquet of brides:" Dr. Wm. Reilly & Charlotte McEnnis, Wm. Buie and
Clara Lord, James M. Gettys & Emily B. Blanke, Rev. Irving Davis &
Clara F. Leet married at Kirkwood. ( Description of wedding and guests.)
3 Mar 1880
St. Charles: wedding of Joseph
K. Ashby of Ft. Worth Texas and Fannie Boyd of St. Charles at the home of
Alexander Garvin. They met for the first time minutes before the ceremony
having met through correspondence.
20 Nov 1880
Thaddeus Bader was on trial for
the murder of Lizzie Schoendler and her old mother. Defense claimed that
Bader was from a family "particularly characterized by the number of its
insane or mind diseased members."
6 Jan 1880
Circuit Court: Administrator of
John Hett vs Julius Schladenbach. Plaintiff claims John Hett died 1 June 1860
leaving widow and two children as heirs; widow married defendant and took
possession of the property.
18 Nov 1880
Died: Funeral of William Walton,
age 71, from the home of his son-in-law J.W. Worthington. (A news item states
that he had died of apoplexy while riding on a street car, with another
son-in-law, John V. Haslam.)
1 Aug 1880
Court notes: William Milton of
southeast Missouri had a hearing before Commissioner Selby on charges of
selling liquor and tobacco without a license. He will appear in the next term
of the U. S. District Court.
2 Feb 1880
Springfield, Illinois: a
worthless husband. Mr. And Mrs. Charles Warnes ( she of Chicago ) resided in
Mason City after their marriage. He was a cigar maker, now arrested for
frequenting a house of ill fame.
19 Nov 1880
Henry and Ernestine Newland sued
the Iron Mountain RR in the death of their son Martin, a cripple. He had gone
to work for the RR as a brakeman without their consent on 10 Oct. and was
killed the next day.
25 May 1880
Memoriam for Mary Ann Fine, only
remaining child of Thomas Forrester and wife of Andrew Fine; age 32y,
separated from her husband, " died of a broken heart. " Left
daughter Anna age 8, son Tommy age 5.
11 Aug 1880
Three hod-carriers were injured,
but not dangerously, when they fell from a scaffold at Temme & Evers
stove foundry. They were John Henning, age 45; Charles Richart, age 40;
Patrick Mulligan, age 30.
20 Mar 1880
Mrs. Uphouse of Concordia,
Missouri celebrated her 100th birthday at the home of her son-in-law H. C.
Westerhouse. Came to this country from Prussia in 1847. Sons mentioned:
Herman, Peter, Caspar H.
3 Nov 1880
Margaret Richardson received a
divorce from James, "a bobtail driver and a hard case." He had
formed an alliance with one Bertha and took her to Chicago, deserting
Margaret and their two children.
21 Jun 1880
A family squabble between
Patrick Ford and his wife at 120 Plum St. involved the police of Central
District; Officer Blue, who allegdly shot Mrs. Ford; Sgt. Brown, Sgt. Mueller
and Officer Moss.
19 Mar 1880
Conrad Heyman killed his wife
and stabbed his infant child. Others mentioned: children Frank age 9y, Eddie
age 8y. Willie, Henry; Uncle John, cousin Willie; Mrs. Mary Leuter, next-door
neighbor.
24 Dec 1880
H. C. Johnston, traveling
salesman of Dodd, Brown & Co., St. Louis, and Alice R. Griffin of
Mascoutah, Illinois were married at the residence of Rev. G. W. Hughey,
pastor of Trinity M.E. Church.
22 May 1880
Kansas City: the wife of Hade
Brown, the Randolph Co. murderer ( who had killed his in-laws ) arrived
accompanied by her little son. She had been Miss Parrish; Brown was under
sentence of death.
25 Sep 1880
Willie Handelman, age 7, struck
by a rock thrown by John Riedemeyer, died yesterday. His funeral notice is in
the same issue; he was the son of William and Mary, age 7 years 3 months and
6 days.
17 Mar 1880
Courts: Joseph Stoeckli charged
with the murder of Mrs. Will Dieckmann; the families were neighbors, on farms
off of Olive St. Road. Mrs. Dieckmann left children; Stoeckli had a wife
& stepson.
24 Mar 1880
Edward Nugent, wife murdered,
visited his two daughters in St. Ann Orphanage. One of them - Susie, age 11y
- is dying. The other is Lizzie age 5y. They were admitted to the home four
years ago.
10 Apr 1880
Funeral of George R. Taylor,
lists pallbearers and his children: Adolph, George, Ida, Lulu, Agnes, &
Theresa; Mrs. A. A. Mitler, Jr., a married daughter: Mrs. Klippstein of
Virginia., a sister.
15 Mar 1880
Jacob Fortmeyer, contrary to the
orders of the watchman, drove a cart over the railroad tracks. He and the
horse survived but the cart, owned by Mrs. Ellen Smith, 1717 N. Main - was
demolished.
27 Feb 1880
Wedding of Miss Jennie, youngest
daughter of S. M. Wiley, one of the oldest pilots running between St. Louis
& New Orleans, and Mr. Charles How. Attendants: Hugh Romanowski and Miss
Cora Perry.
27 Mar 1880
Peter Frei attempted to murder
his wife Margaretha on Lami St.; he is 70, they were married two years ago.
She had been a widow Guenther. He was born in Alsace and had been in the
French Army.
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