Name: ehlerawa -- Colfax-Deutschland-Platte Ancestors

Updated: 10-24-2019 09:10:30. Owner: William A. Ehlers


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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. John Kumpf: Birth: 26 JUN 1858 in Platte County, NE.. Death: 2 FEB 1888 in Rural Columbus, NE.

  2. Louisa Kumpf: Birth: 22 JUN 1859 in Platte County, NE.. Death: 7 AUG 1927 in Columbus, NE.

  3. Katharina Kumpf: Birth: 19 DEC 1860 in Platte County, NE.. Death: 10 FEB 1945 in Columbus , NE.

  4. Charles Kumpf: Birth: 31 MAY 1862 in Shell Creek; Colfax County, NE.. Death: 14 MAR 1917 in Leigh, NE.


Sources
1. Title:   FAMILY OF JOHN KUMPF,SR. 1830-1995
Author:   Leona Loseke
2. Title:   UNITED STATES CENSUS-1860

Notes
a. Note:   The Kumpf name in Germany may be spelled KAMPF.
  John Kumpf's parents were probably not married. In a letter from Jurgen Wermich; Berlin, Germany, March 24, 1996 he relates that he found a document with a note regarding hearings at the guardianship court from December 20, 1833 to May, 9, 1834 and a judgement from September 2, 1834 that Johann Wilhelm should get "all the rights of legitimate children." This may concern the right to become an heir to his father.
  John Kumpf came to the US in about 1855 or 1856, settling for a short time in Ohio before coming to Platte County, Territory of Nebraska in 1857. He settled in the Shell Creek area. In March 1869, the Nebraska Legislature divided the huge County of Platte and formed a new county to the east, naming it Colfax and Shell Creek became one of its townships.
  John Kumpf died in November or December of 1863 during a winter storm which had been swirling in the region for days. As reviewed in "The History of Platte County, Nebraska" by Margaret Curry, published in 1950, page 44:
  On Shell Creek northeast of Columbus, John Kumpf set out with John Marohn to go to the county seat for supplies. The storm, which had been swirling about the region for days, grew worse and Kumpf, who had delayed longer in Columbus to wait for the mail, was lost on the return trip. He was found the next day frozen in the snow, clutching a crucifix as he knelt in a final desperate prayer.

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