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Note: From Edna Bentz' notes: "Johann Heinrich Meyer - "G�tler" - means small proprieter. Katharina Barbara Sch�pf (sometimes spelled Catharina) Meyer's youngest brother Georg Andreas came to the United States arriving 1 June 1882. he wrote back in answer to his sister's questions of 'How many chickens does the government allow you to have and how much firewood does the government allow?' that there were no restrictions, one could have as many as they wanted. It was then that they decided to come to America. When I was in Ottenhofen in 1987, I was told that Georg Andreas (Andrew George) Sch�pf was a knecht (hired hand) for an old lady in Ottenhofen. Knowing the law that the oldest son inherited the land, she urged him to go to America and paid his way. She felt that was his only chance. Johann Heinrich Meyer and his wife Katharina Barbara and two daughters, Margarete Barbara and Anna Sophia came to the United States arriving in March 1883. They also brought Johann Heinrich Hahn, aged 9 with them. He was the son of Johann Heinrich Meyer's sister Margarete Barbara Meyer Hahn. George Meyer said that his father's sister had so many children, they could not feed them all so his father brought Johann Heinrich Hahn, aged 9 with them to America. Our grandfather was also his sponsor. When we were in a few years ago, Margarete Hahn F�hnlein, the niece of Johann Heinrich Hahn, told us the story from the Hahn side. When henry Hahn went back to visit his mother Henry said to her 'They got 30 pieces of silver for Jesus but you got $100 pieces of gold for me.' So our grandfather paid his sister to bring Johann Heinrich to America with him. Knowing that they would probably be farming, he needed a son and he had two daughters. Katharina Barbara Sch�pf's father Johann Leonhard Sch�pf came to America with them." Will - "The State of Alabama, Cullman County. Know all men by these presents, That, I, Henry Meyer of Hanceville, Cullman County, Alabama, being in failing health, but of sound mind, do make and publish this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former wills heretofore at any time by me made. As to my worldly estate, and all the real, personal or mixed property of which I shall die seized an possessed, or to which I shall be entitled to at the time of my death, I devise, bequeath, and dispose of in the manner following, to-wit:- First: - My will is that all my just debts and funeral expenses shall by my Executor hereinafter named, be paid out of my estate, as soon after my death as convenient. Second: - I give, devise and bequeath to my beloved wife, Barbara Meyer my homestead, consisting of 120 acres of land, and all the personal property on the farm, and everything I possess of every kind and description, to be theirs absolutely. Third: - I nominate and appoint my wife, Barbara Meyer, to be the Executor of this Will, and exempt her from bond. In testimony of all which, I, the said, Henry Meyer, have to this my last will and testament, subscribed my name, this 14th day of June, 1907. HENRY MEYER Signed, sealed and declared by the said Henry Meyer as his last will and testament in the presence of us, who, at his request, and in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have subscribed out names as witnesses hereto. J.H. Palzens F. Fehler " Obituary - "John Henry Meyer Died October 24th Near Hanceville Saturday, October 24th, at 6 p.m., the death angel came and rook from this earth a dear father and companion, who was loved by all who knew the useful life he lived. John Henry Meyer was born in Bavaria, , June 20, 1845, and Married Miss Katherine Barbara Schopf August 28, 1877, and hearing of the golden opportunities of this country, he and his bride came to America in March, 1883, to seek their fortune, settling in Cullman county near Hanceville, Ala., and has lived at his home place, where he settled 47 years ago, until his death. Mr. Meyer departed from this world at the age of 86 years, four months and four days. He was the father of eleven children and reared a nephew from the age of nine, bringing him with them from . He is survived by his widow and seven children: three daughters, Mrs. J.E. Brendel of Hanceville; Mrs. A.W. Grusnick of Birmingham; Mrs. L.A. Hamrick of Hanceville, and four sons: Mr. George Meyer of Omaha, Neb.; Henry Meyer of Houston, Texas; Max Meyer of Hanceville, and Paul Meyer of Akron, Ohio; one nephew, J.H. Hahn of Birmingham and fifteen grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Hanceville Trinity Lutheran church Monday at 2:30 p.m., by Rev. Henry Meyer, and his body laid to rest in Hopewell Cemetery."
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