Dwight married Amy Lynn Turney [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Stephen Lee Thompson was born on 14 Nov 1986 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado; died on 31 Oct 1986 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado.
2. Micheal Alexandar Thompson

Dwight married Tara Ann Blackman [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dwight married Lisa Anne Storey [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Logan Jadden Thompson

Notes:

Dwight started to walk on 21 Jun 1927.

Dwight died at 4:58 PM. at Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center.

PallBearers at Dwight's Funeral were:
Abe Gutierrez Sr., Buck Johnson, Cliff McLaughlin, Rusty Tripp, Don Young Jr., Don Young Sr.

Obit:
Dwight Lee Thompson
Retired machinist, 64
Dwight Lee Thompson of Commerce City, a retired machinist, died Tuesday in Denver. He was 64.
Services were yesterday at Olinger Mortuary. Interment was in Highland Cemetery.
He was born Aug. 4, 1926, in Edson, Kan., and served with the Merchant Marine during World War II. On Jan. 30, 1963, he married Virginia E. Schroth in Denver.
Thompson was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 7945 and Eagles Lodge No. 3461.
He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Connie J. Thompson, Scottsdale, Ariz.; three sons, Robert L., Thibodaux, La., Timothy L., Malibu, Calif., and Dwight L. Jr., Commerce City; three stepsons, Charles R. Tripp, Clarksdale, Mo., Sheldon D. Tripp, Oklahoma City, and Michael R. Tripp, Los Angeles; a stepdaughter, Cheryl K. Gutierrez, Commerce City; two brothers, Gerald C., Broomfield, and James, Westminster; 18 grandchildren; and eight great-grandsons.
Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 2255 S. Oneida St., Denver 80224; or the Bonfils Blood Bank, 4200 E. Ninth Ave., Denver 80220.

THOMPSON
Dwight Lee Thompson, Commerce City. Husband of Virginia Thompson; son of Thelma Thompson, Westminster; father of Connie Thompson, Scottsdale, AZ; Robert L. Thompson, Thibodauz, LA; Timothy L. Thompson, Maliba, CA; Dwight L. Thompson, Jr, Commerce City; stepfather of Charles R. Tripp Sr., Clarksdale, MO; Sheldon D. Tripp, Oklahoma City, OK; Micheal R. Tripp, Los Angeles, CA; Cheryl K. Gutierrez, Commerce City; grandfather of 18, great grandfather of eight; brother of Gerald C. Thompson, Broomfield; James Thompson, Westminster, Services 3 p.m. Friday, OLINGER's HIGHLAND CHAPEL, Arrangements by Olinger's Highland Mortuary, 104th & Valley Hiway.

Birth:
Birth Certficate on file.

Died:
Died from Lung Cancer.

Buried:
Victory Lawn Crypt Lot 80, Section D, Space 1 Lower

Dwight married Virginia Emma Schroth on 30 Jan 1963 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado. Virginia (daughter of Roland Harold Schroth and Eva Barbara Ehredt) was born on 18 Jan 1922 in Appleton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin; died on 21 Dec 2011 in Saxton Riverside Care Center, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri; was buried on 28 Dec 2011 in Highland Memorial Cemetery, Thornton, Adams County, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

One of Virginia's best friends through life was Frances Robinson Lego.

Birth:
Birth Registration on file.
Birth Certficate on file.

Buried:
Victory Lawn Crypt Lot 80, Section D, Space 1 Upper

Died:
Obituary in Stewartsville Missouri:
VIRGINIA EMMA SCHROTH-THOMPSON

Virginia Emma Thompson, age 89, was born January 18, 1922 in Appleton, WI the daughter of Roland and Eva (Ehredt) Schroth and passed away December 21, 2011 in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Virginia and Charles J. Tripp were united in marriage September 20, 1941. To this union five children were born. Charles R. Tripp (Cynthia), Stewartsville, Sheldon D. Tripp (Delores), Oklahoma City, Laverle E. Tripp(Deceased), Cheryl K Trip Gutierrez (Abe), Commerce City, CO, Michael R. Tripp, Los Angeles, CA,

Virginia remarried in 1963 to Dwight L. Thompson. To this union a son was born Dwight Thompson Jr., and three step children Connie J. Thompson Bennett (Deceased), Robert L. Thompson, (Thibodaux, LA), Timothy L. Thompson (Santa Monica, CA);

Additional survivors: one sister, Sandy Young (Don), Lakewood, CO; ten grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, step grandchildren, step great-grandchildren, and step great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Virginia is preceded in death by her parents; two husbands, Charles J. Tripp and Dwight Thompson Sr.; one son, Laverle E. Tripp; three brothers, two sisters; one grandson, Sheldon Tripp Jr.; and one daughter-in-law, Cheryl Tripp.

Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Monday, December 26, 2011 at Bram-Turner Funeral Home, Stewartsville. Friend may call on funeral home 10:00 a.m. Monday. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m Wednesday December 28, 2011 at Highland Cemetery, Denver, Colorado.

Obituary in Denver Colorado:
Virginia Emma Schroth
Born 18 January 1922 in Appleton, Wisconsin
Died 21 December 2011 in St Joseph, Missouri
The second of seven children born to Roland Harold and Eva Barbara (Ehredt) Schroth.

Virginia's early childhood was spent in Derinda Center, Illinois and then in Thomson, Illinois.
Virginia graduated from York Community High School Graduating Class of 1940 in Thomson Illinois

In 1941 in a dual wedding Virginia married Charles John Tripp alongside good friends Russell and Francis Lego.
Virginia and Chuck (as he was called) had 5 children from this marriage, Charles Russell, Sheldon David, LaVerle Eugene, Cheryl Kay, Micheal Ray

In 1963 Virginia married Dwight Lee Thompson.
Along with this marriage Virginia gained three step children, Connie Jean, Robert Lee and Timothy Lynn. She had as much love for her step children as she did for her own.
Virginia and Dwight also had one child together, Dwight Lee Jr.

Virginia was a Licensed Psychiatric technician at Colorado General Hospital for more than 25 years. She retired to spend more time with her husband Dwight who was diagnosed with cancer. They spent many years together before his passing in 1991.

Virginia was a very caring and giving person, she was always glad to see you when you came to visit and you always had a place to stay if you needed one.

If you'd like to place a floral order you can either use the website's link and have them delivered to Olinger Highland Mortuary, 10201 Grant Street, Thornton, CO 80229 or you can call the funeral home and we can take the order for you. The phone number is 303-451-6674.

At the time of her passing Virginia clamed 9 Children, 20 Grandchildren, 33 Great Grandchildren and 3 Great-Great Grandchildren.

Virginia is preceded in death by five of her siblings, Eva Mae Josephine, Roland Ehredt, June Lillian, Harold Lee and Donald George, leaving Sandy, the youngest here to morn her passing.
She is also preceded in death by one child LaVerle who passed shortly after birth and two Grand Children.

http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Virginia-Thompson&lc=2551&pid=155139196&mid=4928999&locale=en-US

Notes:

After Dwight Jr. was born there were 2 other pregnancies, but both were miscarriages.

Married:
At some point between 1963 and 1966 Dwight and Virginia were divorced and then remarried again on 23 Jul 1966.

Notes:

Birth:
Birth Certficate on file.

Died:
Elmer died at 7:00 PM. at St. Joseph Hospital, Denver, Denver County, Colorado.

Obit:
Rocky Mountain News, Monday, March 9, 1987, Denver Colo Pg 104.
Elmer A. Thompson, 85, of Westminster died March 6 in St. Joseph Hospital. Services were yesterday in Olinger Mortuary chapel, Wadsworth Boulevard. Burial was in Crown Hill Cemetery. Mr. Thompson was a farmer in western Kansas and eastern Colorado for 30 years. He moved to the Denver area in 1953, where he worked for Cobusco Steel and Gardner Denver until retiring in 1966. He is survived by his wife, Thelma L. Thompson of Westminster; three sons, Dwight Thompson of Commerce City, Gerald Thompson and James Thompson, both of Broomfield; a sister, Idonia Wright of Brewster, Kan.; 13 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

Buried:
Elmer's grave is located in Section 4, Lot 88, Block 48 in Crown Hill Memorial Park.

Elmer married Thelma Loretta Nicholas on 19 Dec 1925 in Goodland, Sherman County, Kansas. Thelma (daughter of John Ralph Nicholas and Mary Marie Reinking) was born on 13 Jun 1906 in Tipton, Mitchell County, Kansas; died on 08 Sep 2003 in Thornton, Adams County, Colorado; was buried on 11 Sep 2003 in Crown Hill Memorial Park, Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1930 Census on file.

Thelma passed away in her sleep about 5:50 AM on 08 Sep 2003 at the Elms Haven Nursing Home in Thornton, Colorado.

Obit:
Thelma Thompson
THOMPSON, THELMA LAURETTA Westminster, 97 She was born June 13, 1906 in Tipton, Kansas to John Ralph and Mary Marie (Reinking) Nicholas. She passed away September 8, 2003 at Elms Haven Nursing Home. She married Elmer Alexander Thompson on December 19, 1925. He preceded her in death on March 8, 1987. Preceded in death are also three sons Ralph, Dwight, and Gerald; two sisters, Kathryn and Inez and one granddaughter, Connie. She is survived by her son, Jim; her sister, Nina; two daughters-in-law; three former daughters-in-law; 12 grandchildren; 26 great grandchildren; 14 great-great grandchildren. We will all truly miss her. Visitation today 4-8 p.m.; funeral Thursday 3 p.m.; both at Olinger Crown Hill Mortuary and Cemetery.
Published in the Denver Newspaper Agency on 10 Sep 2003.


Birth:
Birth Certficate on file.

Baptized (LDS):
Mrs. Emma Guhn and Mrs. Anna Tonne were both listed as being at Thelma's baptism.

Died:
Social Security Death Index about Thelma L. Thompson
Name: Thelma L. Thompson
Last Residence: 80020 Broomfield, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
Born: 13 Jun 1906
Died: 8 Sep 2003
State (Year) SSN issued: Colorado (1951-1952)

Notes:

Roland was born at 3:00 PM.

Birth record is located in Volume 8 of B. on page 392 in Outagamie County, Wisconsin.

1930 Census shows Rolands mother as being born in Wisconsin.

SAVANNA TIMES JOURNAL, SAVANNA ILLINOIS
20 Nov 1918
YOUNG COUPLE
WEDDED SUNDAY
At high noon at the M. E. parsonage in this city Sunday occurred the marriage of Roland Schroth of this city and Miss Eva Ehredt of Derinda Center. Rev. Davis Crues afficiating. Only the necessary witnesses were present at the ceremony. The bride was charmingly attired in a gown of navy blue ****line.
The bride is a popular young lady of Derinda, being a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Ehredt and is a sister of Night *****in William Ehredt of this city. She is a young lady who commands the esteem and respect of a large circle of friends in the vicinity where she resides and is popular in the social circles of the young people there.
Mr. Schroth is a young man of excellent character and is well thought of in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Schroth will reside on a farm in Derinda Center.
The good wishes and congradulations of a large circle of friends and aquaintances is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Schroth.

Birth:
Birth Certficate on file.

Died:
Death Certficate on file.

Roland married Eva Barbara Ehredt on 17 Nov 1918 in Savanna, Carroll County, Illinois. Eva (daughter of Martin John Ehredt and Sophia Groezinger) was born on 30 Oct 1901 in Derinda Center, Jo Daviess County, Illinois; died on 17 Jun 1970 in Thomson, Carroll County, Illinois; was buried on 20 Jun 1970 in Lower York Cemetery, Thomson, Carroll County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1920 Census on file.
1930 Census on file.

SAVANNA TIMES JOURNAL, SAVANNA ILLINOIS
20 Nov 1918
YOUNG COUPLE
WEDDED SUNDAY
At high noon at the M. E. parsonage in this city Sunday occurred the marriage of Roland Schroth of this city and Miss Eva Ehredt of Derinda Center. Rev. Davis Crues afficiating. Only the necessary witnesses were present at the ceremony. The bride was charmingly attired in a gown of navy blue ****line.
The bride is a popular young lady of Derinda, being a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Ehredt and is a sister of Night *****in William Ehredt of this city. She is a young lady who commands the esteem and respect of a large circle of friends in the vicinity where she resides and is popular in the social circles of the young people there.
Mr. Schroth is a young man of excellent character and is well thought of in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Schroth will reside on a farm in Derinda Center.
The good wishes and congradulations of a large circle of friends and aquaintances is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Schroth.

Lived in Savanna, Illinois in 1927.

Newspaper Clipping:
CARD OF THANKS - We would like to take this means to thank everyone who remembered us with cards, flowers, and expressions of sympathy during our recent bereavement. A special thanks to Rev. Mahnke, the pallbearers, those who sent food, or helped out in any way. Your thoughtfulness will never be forgotten.
The family of Mrs. Gartus Christiansen
Thomson
120 6-25x


Died:
Social Security Death Index about Eva Christiansen
Name: Eva Christiansen
SSN: 343-18-1398
Last Residence: 61285 Thomson, Carroll, Illinois, United States of America
Born: 30 Oct 1901
Died: Jun 1970
State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (Before 1951)

Notes:

Elmer Thompson's birth certificate says William was born in Illinois, 1860 Census says Missouri. Mercer County, Missouri is where a lot of this family was born.

Died at 9:00 AM.

Obit:
William Sheldon Thompson was born April 28, 1860, in Mercer county, Missouri, and departed this life at Brewster, Feb. 17, 1946, age 85 years, 10 months and 17 days.
He was united in marriage to Nancy Ann Cox in 1882. She preceded him in death Feb. 3, 1937. To this union six sons and three daughters were born. One son, William Esma, passed on in August, 1924.
Mr. Thompson united with the Baptist church in early life. On coming to Kansas he united with the Methodist church at Prairie Gem in the neighborhood where the family was reared.
He leaves to mourn his passing his sons, Burton, Charley and Fred of Brewster; Ivan and Alex of Edson; his daughters, Mrs. Bessie Bear and Idonia Wright of Brewster, and Mrs. Addie McAdams of Laird, Nebr.; a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Beckner, Brewster; one half-brother, Elmer Thompson of Portis; two half-sisters, Mrs. Mary Graham and Mrs. Idonia Thompson of the Dalles Ore.; 26 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held from the Brewster Methodist church, Conducted by Rev. J. E. Gruver, with a large attendance of relatives and friends. He was laid to rest by the side of his wife in the Brewster cemetery.

Died:
Death Certficate on file.

William married Nancy Ann Cox on 31 Aug 1882 in Mercer County, Missouri. Nancy (daughter of Minister John Willis Burton Cox and Mary Jane Rockhold) was born on 05 Jan 1859 in Mercer County, Missouri; died on 03 Feb 1937 in Rawlins County, Kansas; was buried on 04 Feb 1937 in Brewster Cemetery, Brewster, Thomas County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Have also seen name as Nancy Anne Cox.

Death Certificate shows Nancy died in Rawlins County, Kansas.

Obit:
Nancy Ann Cox was born Jan. 5, 1859 in Mercer County Mo., and departed this life Feb. 3, 1937, at the age of 78 years and 28 days.
She spent her girlhood in the community in which she was born and was converted at the age of 17 and became a member of the Fairhaven Baptist Church.
On Aug. 31, 1882, she was united in marriage to W. S. Thompson who mourns her loss. To this union were born six boys and three girls: Burton Thompson of Brewster; Charlie Thompson of the home place; Mrs. Bessie Bear of the home community; Mrs. Addie McAdams of Laird, Nebr.; Ivan C. Thompson of Edson, Kansas; Fred Thompson of Brewster; Mrs. Idonia Tracy of the home community; and Alec Thompson of Edson, Kansas. Willie Thompson preceded his mother in death having passed away in 1924. There are 25 grandchildren and one great grandchild who survive.
A kindly spirited wife and mother has passed on. Her going is great loss but while here among her fellow beings and caring for her family she was a blessing to all. She knew her Lord and let Him lead her into the valley of the shadow of death - but no fear possessed her.
The funeral service was held in the M. E. Church at Brewster and conducted by the Rev. Fred W. Martin assisted by the Rev. Simpson, pastor of the church.

Died:
Death Certficate on file.

Notes:

Ralph died at 12:50 PM. at the Plaza Park Nursing Home.

Obituary:
Ralph J. Nicholas
Funeral services for Ralph J. Nicholas, retired farmer, will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Olinger Mortuary, Boulder st. Burial will be in Crown Hill.
Mr. Nicholas, who lived at 2760 W First ave., died Tuesday in Plaza Park Nursing Home, Westminster. He was 88.
Born on Sept. 7, 1878, in Rippey, Iowa, he attended schools there. He married Miss Mary Reinking in Tipton, Kan., in 1904. After her death, he married Miss Bertha Mayhood in Columbus, Kan., in 1921.
Mr. Nicholas homesteaded in Baca County before moving to Lincoln County, where he operated a nursery. He moved to Denver in 1949 following retirement.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Kathryn Inness of Karvel, Mrs. Nina B. Eason of Denver, Mrs. Thelma Thompson and Mrs. Inez Schroeder, both of Westminster; a sister, Mrs. Addie Mullen of Kansas City, grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

Eastern Colorado Plainsman
Thursday, 27 July 1967,
Hugo, Colorado
Memorial Services Are Held For Ralph J. Nicholas
Services for Ralph J. Nicholas were held at 1:00 p.m. July 21 in the Olinger Mortuary at Denver. Burial was in Crown Hill.
Mr. Nicholas died Tuesday, July 11, in Plaza Park Nursing Home in Westminster. He was born September 7, 1878, in Rippey, Ia.
He married Mary Reinking in Tipton, Kans., in 1904 and she died two years later. In 1911 he married Bertha Mayhood in Columbus, Kans. They homesteaded about eleven miles southwest of two buttes in Baca County. Later he lived in Lincoln County and established the Oasis Nursery.
His greatest satisfaction was in doing for others. One of his happiest moments was the opportunity to furnish some of the trees for the Bucklen Cemetery north of Karvel.
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas retired in Denver in 1949. Mrs. Nicholas died November 4, 1964, three years after they had celebrated theirgolden wedding anniversary.
Survivors include four daughters; Mrs. Thelma Thompson and Mrs. Inez Schroeder, both of Westminster, Mrs. Nina B. Eason, Denver and Mrs. Kathryn Inness, Karvel; one sister, Mrs. Addie Mullen, Kansas City, Mo.; nine grandchildren; twenty-five great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren.

Nicholas -
Ralph J. Nicholas of 2760 W. First ave. Father of Kathryn Inness, Karvel, Colo., Thelma Thompson and Inez Schreoder, both of Westminster, Colo., and Nina B. Eason of Denver; brother of Addie Mullen of Kansas City, Mo.; also survived by nine grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. Services, Drawing Room, Sixteenth at Boulder Friday, 1 p.m. To Crown Hill Cemetery.

Died:
Death Certficate on file.

John married Mary Marie Reinking on 04 Apr 1904 in Tipton, Kansas. Mary (daughter of Christian Frederick Reinking and Catharina Elizabeth Guhn) was born on 24 Dec 1884 in Tipton, Mitchell County, Kansas; died on 16 May 1908 in Tipton, Mitchell County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary's Daughter Thelma has said that her mother had died in childbirth with a boy who also died. Both were buried in the same grave.

Family lore says that Mary's family didn't really like Ralph and when she died, they wanted to take Catherine and Thelma and he wouldn't let them, so he took the girls by wagon and left.

Notes:

On the 1910 Census it says Adam came to the United States in 1849.

===
Newspaper Article, May 23, 1965, Sunday Post-Crescent, Page 8
Historically Speaking

Albert Schroth Is Veteran 'By Proxy'
By Lillian Mackesy, Post-Crescent Staff Writter

When Albert Schroth, 1318 N. Oneida St., Appleton, makes his annual Memorial Day pilgrimage to the trim little cemetery near Seymour, he will be remembering both his Civil War veteran father and some of the most exciting moments of his boyhood.
The retired Appleton postal worker is more than a Civil War buff. In a sense, the 68-year-old is a Civil War veteran by proxy.
As a youngster in Seymour, he rememmbers vividly the stolen hours spent crouched on the family staircase or behind a door while he reveled in the war talk going on in the parlor. There his father, Adam Schroth of Company A, Second Missouri Regiment, held forth with his war cronies as they swapped yarns of camp life freely and recalled military life in bivouac and battle.
It was not talk "for young pitchers," so Albert, his brothers and sisters were shooed away when the"old boys in Blue" got together behind closed doors. The elder Schroth either never knew or pretended he didn't know about Albert's listening.
For Albert these were thrilling hours and he got so he could spin a soldier's yarn as readily and as accurately as the combatants behind the parlor doors.

Fought Throughout War

Adam Schroth was a powerful man, 6 feet 5 1/2 inches tall and rawboned. His military service spanned the entire war from the day after the firing on Ft. Sumter in Charleston Harbor April 12, 1861, to the week after Lee surrendered in April, 1865, at Appomattox Court House. His last official photograph in uniform was taken the day he was honorably discharged in Indianapolis, Ind., from his missouri regiment.
He came to Appleton after the war--relatives already had settled in the area--but his stay was brief. The restless soldier took off for 10 roaming years in the west, presumably buffalo hunting. His next stay in Appleton as a logger and carpenter lasted long enough to meet, woo and wed Fredericka Fiestedt of the Town of Center. Then came years of homesteading in the Red River Valley, the family living in a sod house with ammunition and firearms furnished by the government for protection against marauding Indians. Selling his land at a handsome profit because of the new railroad, Adam brought his family to Seymour, where he settled down to the carpentry trade and lived out his life.
Adam was German-born, coming to this country as a youngster of 14 in 1846. He worked for his passage on a sailing ship and when he arrived he turned to stevedoring. He was a wharfman in New Oreans, eating with a policeman friend in an oyster house when news came that Fort Sumter was under bombardment. Adam's reaction was immediate and loud.

In Trouble

"Why, that's treason." he exclaimed. His friend agreed just as loudly. "Adam, you're right!"
One glance about the room told the pair to leave their coveted oysters in a hurry. The word went out that two yankees were on the docks. They had to sneak out of port on the last packet north to St. Louis to avoid being lynched.
That's how Adam became a Union soldier from Missouri. It also was the start of an enlistment that started out for 90 days and streched on across the country eastward into four full years, a fact none of the boys ever figured on.
Adam was wounded twice, both times severely. He nearly died from the musket ball wound he received in the battle of Chickamauga Creek. He was behind a stump on the skirmish line when he was hit in the stomach. He crawled 300 yards back to the line before being picked up and put on a strecher. He was hospitalized for a long period before returning to his unit, just in time to take part in the famous "Battle above the Clouds" on Lookout Mountain, Tenn.
This time he got a musket ball in his left shin during one of the charges and the soldier carried the bullet in his leg until his death in 1912.

Lookout Mountain

"You could tell there was going to be a battle . . . it was in the air." Adam and his cronies always used to say as a preface to Lookout Mountain. Then would come the story of his bunk mate . . . how he gave Adam all his papers because he knew he was going to be killed. "In that charge up the mountain, he hollered as he went . . . he was shot and he kept right on going until he fell dead," Adam would say of his buddy.
These were the sort of stories young Albert, Adam's middle son, listened to from his hiding place. There were others, too, that had to do with the good times and carefree moments of camp life rather than grim business of soldiering. Like the time Adam "liberated" a big box of crackers from a rebel store across the river. While bullets dropped all around him, the soldier crawled across the bridge, hanging onto the crackers, his buddies cheering him on.
"Weren't you scared?" came the question. "Well, I was going almost as fast as those bullets!" was the reply.
These many-told tales of a war long before his time will live again for Albert Schroth when he visits his father's grave with its simple, official Civil War marker. Lettered within its stone shield are the words "Adam Schroth, Co. A, 2 Mo. Inf."
===

On Adam's Naturalization paperwork it stated that he arived in New York in 1849 from Germany.

Died:
Death Certficate on file.

Adam married Fredericka Louise Fiestedt on 11 Jan 1883 in Appleton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin. Fredericka (daughter of Joachim Joseph Fiestedt and Fredericke Herman) was born on 04 Nov 1864 in Tonawanda, Erie County, New York; died on 24 May 1914 in Seymour, Outagamie County, Wisconsin; was buried on 26 May 1914 in Seymour, Outagamie County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Land owned at the time of death was Lots 6 and 7 of Block 33 City of Seymour Wisconsin

Birth:
1910 Census shows birth place as Niagra New York

Died:
Wisconsin, U.S., Death Index, 1808-1907
Name: Fiestedt
Death Date: 30 Jul 1905
Death Place: Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
Volume: 03
Page number: 0325
Reel: 105
Image: 0925
Sequence Number" 1

Buried:
Seymour Cemetery, Seymour, Outagamie County, Wisconsin
Plot: Sect AA Row 12

Notes:

1900 Census on file.

Have also seen name as Johonn Martin Ehredt.

Obit for Martin Ehredt:
Ehredt funeral held at home in Derinda Center.
Lifelong resident of Jo Davies County had 38 Grandchildren.
Funeral services for Martin Ehredt Senior who passed away at his home in Derinda Center, Jo Davies County Sunday January 2 after an illness of Diabetes and complications was held Wednesday afternoon Jan 5th At the family home there were German services at 10:00 and in the afternoon English services at the Lutheran Church at Derinda Center. Both services were largely attended. Rev. R. Reichen pastor of the Church was in charge. The casket was attended by Messrs(?) John Ploech, Roy Diehl, Frank Randecker, Fred Eberly, George Wurster, William Krug, Louis Randecker, Louis Heer(?). There were many beautiful floral offerings.

Born in Galena, Martin John Ehredt was the son of Martin and Elizabeth (Hutschel) Ehredt both deceased was born February 11, 1862 at Galena Illinois and died at the age of 64 years 10 months and 21 days. When young his parents moved to a farm in Guilford township. Mr. Ehredt was married about 44 years ago to Sophia Groezinger at Galena Ill. With his family he moved to Derinda Center and made his home there for the past 34 years. He was the father of 13 children, ten of whom with the wife survive. The couple also raised three foster children. Three of their children died in infancy. The children that survive are Theodore Ehredt of Dubuque Iowa. William Ehredt of Savanna, "Carrie" Mrs. Frank Haas of Mossback, "Annie" Mrs. William Grapes of Manchester Iowa, "Louisa" Mrs. Emil Shulte of Dubuque Iowa, Frank Ehredt of Round Lake Ill. "Bertha" Mrs. John Schnitzler of Mount Hope Ill. "Lizzie (Elizabeth)" Mrs. George Grinnel of Savanna, "Eva" Mrs. Roland Schroth of Savanna, Ill. Martin Ehredt Jr. of Savanna (3 Foster Children) William Heisler of Savanna, Mrs. Gertrude Church of Normal Ill., Leslie Harris of Derinda Center; Two brothers Fred Ehredt of Galena, Henry Ehredt of Rock Island, Three sisters "Carrie" Mrs. George Morrison of Elizabeth, :Lily" Mrs. George Crilly of Evenston Ill., "Annie" Mrs. John Bowers of Milwaukee Wisconsin, 38 Grandchildren and one Great Grandchildren.

Mr. Ehredt had made Jo Davies County his lifelong home. He worked at Farming, Carpentry, the Blacksmith trade and also was in business. For the past 20 years he conducted the General Merchandise Store at Derinda Center. Mr. Ehredt was a member of the Lutheran Church.


Died:
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Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
about Martin John Ehredt Name: Martin John Ehredt
Birth Date: 11 Feb 1862
Birth Place: Derinda Twp , Illinois
Death Date: 2 Jan 1927
Death Place: Derina, Jo Daviess, Illinois
Burial Date: 5 Jan 1927
Death Age: 64
Occupation: Store-Keeper
Race: White
Marital Status: M
Gender: Male
Father Name: Martin Ehredt
Father Birth Place: Germany
Mother Name: Elizabeth Hullshue
Mother Birth Place: Germany
Spouse Name: Sophia Ehredt
Comments: 64y 10m 21d of this place
FHL Film Number: 1613726

Martin married Sophia Groezinger on 13 May 1883 in Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois. Sophia (daughter of Christopher Adam Grözinger and Doretha Acceas) was born on 07 Jul 1863 in Derinda Center, Illinois; died on 10 Dec 1928 in Derinda Center, Illinois; was buried on 13 Dec 1928 in Derinda Lutheran Cemetery, Derinda Center, Jo Davies County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1900 Census on file.

Name:
Have also seen name as Christine Sophia Groezinger, Christiana Groetzinger, and sometimes with Barbara.

Died:
Sophia passed away at 8:20 PM 10 Dec 1928.

Notes:

Martin and Sophia also raised as Foster children:
William Heisler, who lived in Savanna, Illinois in 1927.
Gertrude Church, who lived in Normal, Illinois in 1927.
Leslie Harris, who lived in Derinda Center, Illinois in 1927.

EHREDT, JOHN M. married GROETZINGER, CHRISTIANA, 05/13/1883, E/368, JO DAVIESS.

Married:
Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940
Name John Martin Ehredt
Gender Male
Marriage Date 13 May 1883
Marriage Place Jo Daviess, Illinois, USA
Spouse Christiana Sophia Groetzinger