Washington County, Illinois
ELISABETH HOFFMAN
(Fifth child of J. Frederick William Hoffmann)
2. Sophie Marie Elisabeth Hoffman - b. Oct. 19, 1813; d. 1893; m. 1838 or before Herman Collmeyer - who died rather young - leaving Elisabeth with a number of young children. Elisa-beth and Herman were among the group who came from Germany to the U. S. in 1838 and are believed to have been married in Germany. Their first home was Lancaster, Ohio, but in 1839 they heard of cheap land in Illinois and several of the men rode horseback to Illinois to investi-gate. Finding the stories true, they purchased land in Southern Illinois., in what is now Wash-ington Co., between what later became New Minden and Nashville, Illinois. Our Washington Co. Historical Museum has a record of these purchases made from the Federal Govt. on Dec. 29, 1839, for $1.25 an acre. The men then returned to Lancaster to bring their families to Illi-nois. They traveled in covered wagons, stopping along the way to wash their clothes in creeks. They had hoped to reach their new home before the birth of Elisabeth and Herman's first baby but were only able to make it to the vicinity of Carlyle. Here their daughter Louise was born in a covered wagon. Elisabeth was attended by a Carlyle doctor and the baby was baptized by a Carlyle minister. After a layover of 3 weeks, the group continued their journey. Elisabeth lived a long and useful life and was said to be a very pious individual, who, in later years, when her children and grandchildren came to see her, always had a little prayer with them before they left. The story is also told by some members of the family, that at the time of her death, the hired hand who was in the barn milking, knew she had passed away because a stream of light could be seen coming from Heaven to the house. The Collmeyers were able to provide a farm for each of their three sons - two of which are still in possession of their descendants. 8 children - Louise; Elizabeth; Christine; Frederick; Henry; William; Caroline; Mary.
Louise Collmeyer - b. March 23, 1840; d. July 30, 1917;
m. Jan. 1860 Herman Sachtleben - b.Nov. 16, 1825; d. Nov. 11, 1889.
Elizabeth Collmeyer - b. Feb. 3, 1842; d. June 13, 1930;
m. Dec. 18, 1863 Henry Koelling b. June 14, 1836; d. March 19, 1890.
Christine Carolina Collmeyer - b. Dec. 17, 1844; d. May 27, 1928;
m. Dec. 8, 1865 Heinrich Christian F. (Hy. C.) Maschoff -
b. July 17,1842; d. July 20,1921.
Frederick Collmeyer - b. 1847; d. 1917; m. Elizabeth Ellerbusch.
Henry Collmeyer - b. March 27,1849; d. Aug. 10, 1929;
m. May 21,1874 Anna Frye - b. Feb. 3, 1854; d. May 31, 1926.
William Collmeyer- b. Sept. 20,1856; d. Dec. 5,1921;
m. Caroline Ellerbusch - b. March 21, 1858; d. May 23, 1925.
Caroline Collmeyer - m. Louis Koelling.
Mary Collmeyer.
3. Louise Collmeyer - b. March 23, 1840; d. July 30, 1917; m. Jan. 1860 Herman Sachtle-ben - b. Nov. 16, 1825; d. Nov. 11, 1889. 11 children - 3 died at an early age - Henry; Frederick; Mary; Caroline; Anna; Herman; William; Lydia.
4. Henry F. Sachtleben - b. Oct. 23, 1862; d. Dec. 19, 1929; m. Nov. 1, 1888, Mary Althoff - b. Feb. 27, 1868 - d. Jan. 30, 1956. 5 children - August; Louise; Albert; Walter; Paul.
6. August Sachtleben - b. Oct. 20, 1889; Retired farmer. M. July 23, 1911, Sophie Frye - b. July 28, 1888; d. May 9, 1967. 1 child - Reinhold.
6. Reinhold Sachtleben - b. Sept. 15, 1915; d. Oct. 25, 1970; m. May 3, 1941, Elda Mattmiller - b. Oct. 26, 1914. 3 children - Carolyn; Elaine; Diane.
7. Carolyn Sachtleben - b. Aug. 17, 1944; m. Nov. 25, 1967, Earl Meier - b. Dec. 16, 194 1. 1 stillborn son - b. Sept. 1968.
7. Elaine Sachtleben -b. July 25, 1948 ; m .June 27,1970 Alfred Meyer- b. March 17, 1947. 1 child - Kirk - b. Oct. 1972.
7 .Diane Sachtleben - b. Nov. 5, 1954.
5. Louise Sachtleben -b. March 1892 ;d. Nov. 28, 893.
5. Albert Sachtleben - b. March 21, 1895. Retired Lutheran Teacher. m. July 21, 1918,Elenora (Ella) Kasten - b. Jan. 18, 1897. 4 children - Carl; Rose; Esther; Paula.
6 .Carl Sachtleben -b .June 24, 1919 ; m .July 23, 1942, Helen Rowaldt -b .Dec .22, 1921. Carl was for a number of years Librarian at Valparaiso University and has recently ac-cepted a position as Librarian at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Mich. 5 children - Carl; Paul; John; Philip; Anita.
7. Carl Ronald Sachtleben - b. Sept. 17, 1943, Lutheran Minister. m. June 25, 1966, Ann Dietz - b. May 25, 194 1. Carl is employed in some capacity by Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo. 1 son - Michael Sachtleben - b. Nov. 29, 1970.
7. Paul Sachtleben -b Jan .9 ,1948; m. Aug .2, 1969, Andrea Dzjrik .No children.
7. John Sachtleben - b. Sept. 16, 1950; m. Jan. 31, 1970, Bobbie Filkins - b. Dec. 4, 1950; d. May 25, 1972.
7. Philip Sachtleben b. Jan. 22, 1953.
7. Anita Sachtleben b. Aug. 8, 1955.
6. Rose Sachtleben - b. Aug. 2, -1921. Lives at Frankenmuth, Mich.; m. Jan. 26, 1946, Hilbert C. List - b. Nov. 8, 1920. 5 children - Lois List - b. Nov. 16, 1946; m. Feb. 3, Thomas A. Hawkins. Stephan List - b. May 18, 1949; is married. Paul List - b. Apr. 3, 1952. Eunice List - b. June 16,1956. Ruth List - b. Jan. 30,1960.
6. Esther Sachtleben -b. July 2, 1925 ; m. June 2l, 1947, Albert L. Mandle -b. March 10, 1924. 3 children - Linda Mandle - b. Feb. 16, 1950; Mark Mandle - b. Sept. 30, 1952; James Mandle - b. Dec. 7, 1957.
6. Paula Sachtleben - b. March 10, 1933; m. June 21, 1958, William von Kampen - b. Oct 27, 1929. 2 children - Susan von Kampen - b, June 26, 1959; Kurt von Kampen - b. July 12, 1960.
5. Walter Sachtleben - b. Apr. 16, 1899; m. June 5, 1921, Pauline Maschoff - b. Sept. 29, 1897. Celebrated their golden wedding June 6, 1971. 2 sons - Richard & Alvin.
6. Richard Sachtleben - b. March 13, 1922. Farms in the Hoyleton area. m. May 23, 1948, Arletta Homan. 4 sons - Dale; Bruce; David; Glen.
7. Dale Sachtleben - b. Aug. 19, 1949. Graduated from the University of Illinois. in 1971 and received his master's June 10, 1972.
7. Bruce Sachtleben - b. Sept. 18, 1952; d. Aug. 31, 1969. Died in an auto accident at age 17. He was a leader in student activities at Nashville Community High School and at the time of his death was serving as president of the local student council as well as pres. of the Kaskaskia District Council.
7. David Sachtleben -b .Feb. 25, 1955. Attends Nashville Comm. H.S.
7. Glen Sachtleben - b. Aug. 1, 1961.
6. Alvin Sachtleben - b. May 29, 1925; m. Sept. 20, 1947, Roberta Harting. Alvin was a member of the Air Corps from Feb. 1944 - Nov. 1945. 3 children - Mary; Kurt; Myra.
7. Mary Sachtleben - b. Sept. 4, 1950. Graduated from Eastern Illinois. U. In 1972 with a BS in Secondary Ed. - major in English. Presently employed by Booth Library on Eastern's Campus.
7. Kurt Sachtleben -b. July 4, 1953. Attends Kaskaskia Jr.College.
7. Myra Sachtleben - b. June 29, 1961.
5. Paul Sachtleben - b. Apr. 8, 1908; m. June 27, 1937, Leona Bassen - b. Sept. 3, 1917. Paul has been postmaster at Hoyleton, Illinois., for a number of years. He has served 2 terms as pres. of the Illinois. Branch of the National League of District Postmasters as well as being ac-tive in other civic and church affairs. 2 children - Alice & Roger.
6. Alice Sachtleben -b. June l6,1939; m .June l8,1966, Melvin Holtan of Chi-cago-b. Dec. 23, 1932. Alice is a graduate of River Forest Teachers College and was before marriage for about 5 years a parochial school teacher. They live in the Chicago area. 2 sons - Timothy Holtan - b. March 27,1968; Curt Holtan - b. June 27, 1970.
7. Roger Sachtleben - b. Oct. 21, 1944. Lutheran School Teacher in Florissant, Mo..; m. Joyce Helmkamp - b. Aug. 31, 1945. 1 son - Matthew Sachtleben - b. Sept. 27, 1971.
4. Frederick Sachtleben b. Nov. 28, - is deceased. Lived in Iowa. m. Emma Auer, deceased. 1 child - Emma.
5. Emma Sachtleben b. July 4, 1898. Was killed in an auto accident. m. Carl Lodeburg - 1 son - Richard Lodeburg.
4.Mary Sachtleben - b. Feb. 1, 1870; d. Oct. 2, 1959; m. May 29, 1890, William Twenhafel - b. Apr. 14, 1864; d. July 26, 1922. 5 children - Martin; Oscar; Edwin; Louise; William Jr.
5. Martin Twenhafel - b. Apr. 21, 1893; m. Apr. 11, 1920, Clara Kraus - b. Aug. 3,1892. 3 children - Willard; Pearl; Robert.
6. Willard John Twenhafel - b. Nov. 13, 1923.
6. Pearl D. Twenhafel - b. Sept. 8, 1926.
6. Robert William Twenhafel -b. June l5,1933; m .June l4,1958, Janet Kneschke-B. Oct. 1, 1939. 2 children - Kathleen Kay - b. May 1, 1959; Terry Lee - b. March 15, 1962.
5. Oscar Twenhafel - b. May 20, 1895; d. April 17, 1955; m. Minnie Grote Jan. 20, 1924 -b. Oct. 16, 1893; d. Jan. 16, 1948. 2 children - Roy & Kenneth.
6. Roy Twenhafel -b. March 1925 ; m. Oct .23 ,1948 , Maurine Horstman -b. Sept. 26, 1925. 1 adopted daughter - Sherry Lynn - b. Apr. 26,1961.
6. Kenneth Twenhafel - b. May 25, 1927; m. June 3, 1950, Geraldine Stiegman b. March 25, 1925. 3 children - Debbie; Todd; Brian.
7. Debbie Kay Twenhafel b. Aug. 20, 1955.
7. Todd Kent Twenhafel b. June 8, 1964.
7. Brian Twenhafel b. Oct. 27,1960; d. Oct.27,1960.
5. Edwin Twenhafel -b. May l9,1898; m. June l7, 1923, Charlotte Maschoff -b. March14, 1902. 2 sons - Eugene & Allen.
6. Eugene Earl Twenhafel -b .Jan. 6, 1925. Farmer. M. July 8, 1952, Viola Bart Ung - b. Dec. 19, 1928. 3 children - Donna Jean Twenhafel - b. Oct. 14, 1956. Lori Jane Twenhafel - b. June 8, 1959; Doyle Eugene Twenhafel - b. March 31, 1963.
6. Allen Robert Twenhafel - b. March 18, 1932; m. Feb. 23, 1963, Anita Minion Nacke - b. July 15, 1937. 2 adopted children - Larry Allen Twenhafel - b. Nov. 4, 1966; Liesel Minion Twenhafel - b. Oct. 5, 1968. Allen served in the Air Force from 1952 to 1955. Worked for Beech Aircraft til 1962. 'Now farms.
5. Louise Twenhafel - b. Aug. 7, 1903; m. Apr. 15, 1923, Charles Unverfehrt - b. Sept. 16,1898. 5 children -Ralph; Norma; Alfred; Marie; Eunice.
6. Ralph Unverfehrt -b. Aug .25, 1924 ; m .June l5,1947, Dolores Rommelman -b. March 8, 1925 3 children- Sharon Unverfehrt b. Apr. 13,1951; Janis Unverfehrt -b. March 30, 1953; Gary Unverfehrt - b. Aug. 14, 1956.
6. Norma Unverfehrt - b. Apr. 4, 1927; m. Oct. 5, 1947, Clarence Rommelman - b. Aug. 14, 1926. 3 children - Connie; Sandra; Doug.
7. Connie Rommelman -b.J uly 3l, 1950 ; m. Apr.4, 1970, John Schilling -b. Jan. 4, 1950. 1 child - Cory Schilling - b. Sept. 13,1971.
7. Sandra Rommelman - b. Nov. 21, 1953.
7. Doug Rommelman - b. Aug. 9, 1957.
6. Alfred Unverfehrt - b. Apr. 18, 1929; m. Feb. 6, 1955, Verdell Brockmeier - b. May 27, 1934. 4 children - David Unverfehrt - b. Feb. 21, 1957; Karen Unverfehrt - b. Jan. 6, 1959; Julie Unverfehrt - b. Apr. 11, 1963; Jimmy Unverfehrt - Oct. 16, 1967.
6. Marie Unverfehrt - b. Dec. 19, 1930; m. Sept. 15, 1951, Sam Cova - b. Aug. 24, 1929. 5 children - Christine Cova - b. Aug. 20, 1952; Cheryl Cove - b. Aug. 22, 1954; Cindy Cove - b. May 7, 1958 (adopted); Charles Cova - b. May 26, 1966; Craig Cova - b. Dec. 10, 1967
6. Eunice Unverfehrt -b. 22, 1933; m .June 5,1954 ,Robert Brink -b. June 27, 1931. 5 children - Steven Brink - b. Sept. 2, 1955; Kurt Brink - b. Sept. 1, 1956; Randy Brink - b. Feb. 26, 1958; Katherine Brink - b. Dec. 4, 1959; Carol Lynn Brink - b. March 28, 1963.
5. William Twenhafel - b. June 29, 1906; d. May 26, 1961; m. May 6, 1934, FriedaWitte - b. Aug. 5, 1910. 4 children - Rose; Doris; Charles; Grace.
6. Rose Twenhafel - b. Apr. 1, 1936; m. May 4, 1957, Howard Haake - b. Aug. 18, 1936. 4 children -- Gregory Kent Haake - b. June 26, 1958; Michelle Denise Haake - b. Jan. 17, 1961 ; Matthew Charles Haake - b. Feb. 28, 1964; Brian James Haake - b. May 2, 1967. They live at Effingham, Illinois., where Howard is a draftsman for the State Highway Dept.
6. Doris Twenhafel -b. Feb.1 3, 1938 ; m Sept. 26, 1957, Carl Rommelman -b. Nov. 27, 1933. 4 children -- Steven Carl Rommelman - b. March 26, 1959, Bradley Paul Rommelman - b. Aug. 8, 1960, Sara June Rommelman b. July 21, 1962, Jan Renee Rommelman b. Dec. 18, 1966. They live on a farm near Hoyleton, Illinois. Carl also owns and operates Rommelman Electric Heating and Cooling.
6. Charles Twenhafel - b. July 19,1943; m. Dec. 13,1969, Eileen Schneider - b. Nov. 28, 1948. 2 children - twin daughters - b. Dec. 28, 1971 - Kristin Nicole & Kourtney Noelle. The Charles Twenhafels live on a farm north of Hoyleton that has been in the family since about 1888.
6. Grace Twenhafel - b. Nov. 23, 1944; m. Oct. 3, 1970, Larry Dean Hoffman of Sparta - b. March 27, 1945. They live in Collinsville, Illinois. Larry is a C.P.A. 1 daughter - Kara Beth Hoffman - b. July 14, 1971.
4. Caroline Sachtleben - b. Feb. 26, 1872; d. Dec. 20, 1948; m. May 10, 1894, in New Minden Charles Weihe - b. Oct. 27, 1868; d. Feb. 4, 1941. 9 children - all born on a farm 5 miles northwest of New Minden - a grandson, Harold Weihe, now lives on this farm -- Clara; Lydia; Arthur; Julius; Bertha; August; Anna; Frieda; Florence.
5. Clara Weihe -b. May 3l, 1895; m. Sept .21, 1919, William Kraus b. May l5,1897. 4 chil-dren - Irene; Carl; Eric; Pauline.
6. Irene Kraus b. June 30,1920; m. June 1, 1941, Melvin Collmeyer - b. March 10, 1917. 2 children - Helen & Wayne.
7. Helen Collmeyer -b. May 24, 1943 ; m. Dec. 2, 1967, Richard Bisage -b. July 6, 1943. Richard is a graduate of S.I.U. Carbondale, where he majored in Elementary Education. Has also been employed as a basic education assistant in the man power training pro-gram of S.I.U..'s Vocational Technical Institute. Has recently accepted a position as Elementary teacher in the Carbondale School system.
7. Wayne Collmeyer - b. Apr. 17, 1948; m. Nov. 10, 1967, Linda Auld - b. Apr. 7, 1949. stillborn twin sons - Steven & Craig.
6. Carl William Kraus - b. Sept. 25, 1922; d. July 23, 1963; m. Oct. 7, 1945, Arline Frederking - b. Sept. 1923. Carl served in the Infantry during W.W.II II - attaining the rank of Sgt. After returning from service he was employed at National Mine Service, Nashville, Illinois. Also took an active interest in sports - helped with Little League among other things. Died suddenly. Arline is Cashier at Eigenrauch's Tom Boy Market. 4 children -Judith; Robert; Connie; Keith.
7. Judith Kraus -b. Dec. 5,1946; m May 8,1965, Charles Vogt- b. Oct. 31,1942. 2 children - Lori Jean Vogt - b. Oct. 31, 1966; Amy Lynn Vogt - b. Sept. 18, 1967; d. Feb. 27, 1968.
7. Robert Kraus - b. Oct. 26, 1949; m. July 29, 1972, Donna Dick of Okawville, Illinois. - Elementary teacher. Bob is a June, 1971, graduate of S.I.U.., Edwardsville, in the field of business. Presently employed by Riechman Implement Co., Okawville.
7. Connie Kraus - March 8, 1955.
7 Keith Kraus - April 14, 1962.
6. Eric Kraus - b. May 5, 1925; m. Oct. 18, 1953, Ellen Hermsmeyer - b. Aug. 12, 1923. 2 children - Larry Kraus - b. July 2, 1955; Dale Kraus - b. March 20, 1958.
6. Pauline Kraus - b. July 14, 1933; m. Nov. 27, 1952, Gilbert Vogt - b. April 4, 5 children Scott Vogt - b. March 23, 1954; Kevin Vogt - b. Nov. 14, 1956; Denise Vogt - b. March 10, 1959; Pamela Vogt - b. Dec. 18, 1961 ; Joan Vogt - b. Sept. 25, 1963.
5. Lydia Weihe - b. April 23, 1897; m. Jan. 1, 1921, in New Minden - Arthur Maschoff - b. May 1, 1894; d. Aug. 28, 1971. 6 children - Loraine; Vera; Roy; Bernice; Orleen; Ar-Dette. This family lives in Ceylon, Minnesota.
6. Loraine Maschoff - b. and d. Nov. 29,1921.
6. Vera Maschoff - b. Oct. 22, 1933; m. Fritz Detret. 2nd husband - Martin Detret - June 3. 3 children - Krala; Kathy; Kenneth.
7. Krala Detret -b. March 9,1947; m. May 4,1969, Wilhs Duncan.
7. Kathy Detret - b. Apr. 5, 1949.
6. Roy Maschoff -b. Aug. 17, 1925; m Nov .22, 1952, Margaret Becker -b. Feb.15. 1 son - Mark Maschoff - b. March 13,1960.
6. Bernice Maschoff - b. March 3, 1930; m. Jan. 18, 1952, Don Lehman - b. Oct. 20, 1929. 5 children - Jackie; Kim; Jan; Diana; Tom.
7. Jackie Lehman - b. March 31, 1954; m. Feb. 1972, Steve Houfer.
7. Kim Lehman b. May 24, 1956.
7. Jan Lehman b. Aug. 31, 1957.
7. Diana Lehman - b. Oct. 10, 1960.
7. Tom Lehman - b. Aug. 30, 1962.
6. Orleen Maschoff - b. May 26, 1932; m. Aug. 25, 1954, Robert Flohr - b. Feb. 6, 1933. 2 children - Steven Flohr - b. June 14, 1956; Leah Marie Flohr - b. July 12, 1957
6. Ardette Maschoff -b. Sept. 28, 1934; m. Nov.24, 1954 , Jerry Schley -b Aug. 19, 1933; 1 son - John Schley - b. Jan. 8, 1966.
5. Arthur Weihe - b. Feb. 1, 1900; m. May 18, 1924, Pearl Hoffman - b. Apr. 13, 1900. 4 children - Robert; Ervin; Harold; Cornelia.
6. Robert Weihe -b. Nov. 5, 1925 ;d. Nov 8, 1925.
6. Cornelia Weihe - b. Dec. 22, 1935; m. Oct. 17, 1954, Alfred Huge - b. Apr. 17, 1926. 1 child - a stillborn baby - b. & d. March 16,1956.
5. JuliusWeihe -b .Jan .23,1902; m .Jan.1, 1927, Marie Schultz in Fairmont ,Minn.- b. Sept. 2, 1904. 4 children - Irene; Joel; Henry; Charles.
6. Irene Weihe -b. March 22, 1928 ; m. Feb.19, 1950, Harold Niss -b. March19, 1927. No children.
6. Joel Weihe - b. Sept. 8, 1934; m. June 1, 1956, Peggy Anderson - b. Sept. 16, 1938. 4 children -- Christane - b. March 4, 1957 ; Steven b. Apr. 1, 1958; Tammy b. Jan. 11, 1963; Brian - b. Feb. 4, 1969
6. Henry Weihe - b. May 30, 1937; m. March 10, 1957, Joan Miller - b. Sept. 27, 1938. 4 children -- Tony - b. Dec. 29, 1958 ; Timmy - b. Sept. 23, 1960 ; Tory - b. Sept. 10, 1965 Julie Ann - b. June 19, 1969.
6. Charles Weihe - b. June 24, 1942; m. Sept. 6, 1963, Marolyn Baumhvefer - b. Feb. 7, 1945. 4 children -- Daniel Charles Weihe - b. Apr. 22,1965; d. Apr. 23,1965.; Kelly Weihe - b. Jan. 1, 1966; d. Jan. 2,1966.; Cary Charles Weihe - b. Feb. 25, 1967 (Adopted); Kim Marie Weihe - b. Nov. 30, 1967.
5. Bertha Weihe - b. Apr. 5, 1904; d. Aug. 16, 1963. Did not marry and after her mother's death made her home with her sister, Florence.
5. August Weihe -b. Dec. 3, 1905 ; m. Aug. 28, 1937, Lauretta Brinkman -b. Sept. 19, 1911. 3 children - Howard; Vera; Rosemary.
6. Howard Weihe -b. Apr .4, 1939; m. Aug.13, 1966, Jana Muelkenin Bellville -b. Nov. 8, 1946. No children.
6. Vera Weihe - b. Apr. 13, 1943; m. Aug. 31, 1968, Ted Miller - b. March 22, 1939. 1son - Eric Miller - b. May 1, 1971.
6. Rosemary Weihe -b. March 30, 1948; m. Duane Miller on Aug.8, 1970-b. May 7, 1948. No children.
(The two Miller boys are no relation - Ted from Penn. - Duane from Neb.)
5. Anna Weihe - b. July 30, 1908; m. Aug. 28, 1932, Gus Witte - b. Sept. 21, 1905. 2 chil-dren - Mary Ann & Richard.
6. Mary Ann Witte - b. Nov. 21, 1935; m. Nov. 23, 1960, Don Strett - b. Dec. 14. 2 adopted daughters -- Susan Strett b. Dec. 25, 1966 Linda Strett b. Oct. 28, 1969.
6. Richard Witte -b.Oct.21,1933; m.July7,1963, in St.Louis,Joyce Rethemeyer- b. Nov. 3 children -- Richard Jr. b. March 3, 1964 Scott David b. July 23, 1965 Christh Brian - b. Dec. 24, 1971.
5. Frieda Weihe - b. Oct. 3, 1910; m. June 9, 1935, Albert Witte - b. Dec. 1, 1907. No children.
5. Florence Weihe - b. Feb. 1, 1915; m. Apr. 30, 1939, Richard Brinkmann - b. Jan. 5, 1913. 2 children - Doris & Marvin.
6. Doris Brinkmann- b. Sept .9, 1940 ; m .July l,1963, Jim Davis -b. March 6,1934. Jim had two daughters by a previous marriage - Dianne & Kim - and they are the parents of a son born July 11, 1972, in Louisville, Ky., where they live.
7. Dianne Davis - b. June 11, 1952; m. in St. Louis Jan. 13, 1971, John Peters.
7. Kim Davis - b. July 18, 1956.
6. Marvin Brinkman - b. Sept. 10, 1943; d. Sept. 25, 1969, as the result of an auto acci-dent.
4. Anna Sachtleben - b. about 1874 or 1875; d. June 7, 1907; m. June 2, 1898, Henry W. Weihe - b. Oct. 13, 1873; d. June 7, 1907. Anna and Henry and two of their three sons, Theodore and Edwin, were killed when a cyclone hit New Minden on June 7, 1907. Although Herman's life was spared, he was severely injured, having suffered a broken arm, one leg broken in two places, and a head injury. 3 sons - Theo-dore; Herman; Edwin.
5. Herman Weihe - b. Aug. 27, 1901; m. Oct. 8, 1932, Linda Heseman - b. Feb. 12, 1904. Herman worked for 10 years for New Minden Stone Quarry of which he was part owner. He then became an employee of Washington Co. Farm Service Co. - a position he
held for 31 years and from which he recently retired. Linda was for 10 years before her marriage a teacher in St. John's Lutheran School, New Minden. 1 adopted daughter - Mary Jane.
6. Mary Jane Weihe - b. Jan. 19, 1944; m. Aug. 15, 1964, Carl Karg - b. Apr. 10, 1931. Mary Jane is a beautician, having graduated from the Coiffure School of Beauty Culture, Belleville, Illinois. She was employed before marriage at the Beauty Box Styling Salon, E. St. Louis, ILL. Carl is engaged in Dairy Farming. 4 children -- Kevin Karg - b. July 11, 1965 Michael Karg - b. Jan. 10, 1967 Christian Karg - b. Dec. 25, 1968 Linda Karg - b. Aug. 29, 1970.
4. Herman Sachtleben - b. Nov. 27, 1878 - Deceased. m. Rosa Welp - b. July 18, 1883 De-ceased. Lived in later years in Corpus Christi, Texas. 3 children - Ruth; Roy & Pearl (twins).
5. Ruth Sachtleben - b. July 22. Died recently. Lived in St. Louis. m. E. W. Blackburn. 1 son - James Blackburn - b. Dec. 12.
5. Roy Sachtleben - b. Sept. 8, 1918. Roy is with the Internal Revenue Dept. in Austin, Texas, where they live. m. Jean - b. July 8. 3 children - Shirley; Don; Wayne.
6. Shirley Sachtleben -b. Sept .2, 1944 ; m. June 3 ,James Savage -b.Dec.27.
6. Don Sachtleben -b. Aug. 27,1946; m .June l5, 1969, Barbara Herin.
6. Wayne Sachtleben - b. June 29, 1961.
5. Pearl Sachtleben - b. Sept. 9, 1918. Executive with Corpus Christi Bank - recently mar-ried.
4. William Sachtleben-b.Dec.11,1880;d.May23,1954; m.Oct.25,1908,AnnaWeihe - b. June 13, 1884; d. Jan. 5, 1971. 2 children - Mabel & Wilbert. The William Sachtlebens lived on a farm east of New Minden where Wilbert now lives.
5. Mabel Sachtleben - b. May 18, 1918; d. Feb. 22, 1951; m. Dec. 1940, Paul Haake -b. Apr. 11, 1913. 2 children - Betty Mae & Charles. Mabel died Feb. 22, 1951. Her son, Charles, was delivered by Dr. Charles Longwell after his mother had died. Paul at one time worked for Washington Co. Service Co. and is now with Na-tional Mine Service Co. His second marriage was to Edna Stellhom - b. Sept. 21, 1913. Edna has AB and MA degrees from Washington U. - a BS in Library Science from the U. of Illinois. and is a member of Delta Phi Alpha (German Honorary) and Sigma Tau Delta (English honorary). She, before marriage, worked as librarian at Concordia Teachers College, Seward, Neb., as librarian and instructor in German at Shurtleff College, Alton, Illinois., and reference li-brarian at Washington U. and has in later years taught at the elementary, and high school levels in Nashville.
6. Betty Mae Haake - b. Feb. 24, 1949; m. Aug. 21, 1971, Nathan R. Wadewitz - Lutheran Minister. Betty Mae attended Washington University for 2 years and graduated from the U. of Kansas School of Nursing with a BS in August 1971. Was elected to Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honorary. She has her R.N. and is employed at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Mo. Nathan was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil - graduated from Concordia Seminary, Springfield, Illi-nois., and is a candidate for a Masters Degree in 1972. He is Ass't. Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Mission, Kan. They live in Fairway, Kansas.
6. Charles Haake - b. Feb. 22, 1951. Charles attends Murray State University, where he is majoring in history and political science and is a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and Phi Alpha Theta History Honorary.
5. Wilbert Sachtleben - b. Apr. 15, 1921; m. March 17, 1946, Violet Rixman - b. Apr. 4, 1924. Wilbert is Cashier of Hoyleton State & Savings Bank. He spent three years in the army, having spent most of this time in the European Theatre of combat, during W.W.IIII. They live on the Sachtleben farm in the New Minden area. 3 children - Larry; Carol; Kathryn.
6. Larry Sachtleben - b. Sept. 24, 1950; m. July 22, 1972, Betty Kraft - b. Nov. 22, 1951. Larry is a 1972 graduate of the S.I.U. Carbondale School of Agriculture, with a major in Ag-ricultural Industries. Betty is a beautician and has a beauty shop in Hoyleton with Nancy Renth as partner.
6. Carol Sachtleben -b. Nov. 4, 1951 ; m. Aug. 29, 1970 ,Roger Morrison -b. Aug.1, 1950. Carol attended S.I.U., Carbondale one year and was majoring in music. She is now em-ployed as bookkeeper for Champaign Co. Bank & Trust Co. Roger is a 1972 graduate of the University of Illinois. with a degree from the School of Agriculture and a major in Animal Sci-ences. He plans to continue work toward his masters.
6. Kathryn Sachtleben - b. March 10, 1958 - the first baby born in the new St. Mary's Hos-pital, Centralia. Attends St. John's School in New Minden.
4. Lydia Sachtleben - m. Fred Brink, a Lutheran teacher. Lived in Decatur, Illinois. Both deceased. 5 children - Marie; Kurt; Ruth; Carl; Marvin.
5.Marie Brink - Teacher; m. Carl Chametzki of Tuscola, Illinois. Chemist. 2 children Jan, who is married and has 2 boys, and Ann, who is married.
5. Kurt Brink - Lutheran Pastor; m. Martha Scharl - Albuquerque, New Mexico. 4 children
6. Lois Brink who is married and teaches at Lombard, Illinois. 6. David Brink - is married and has I daughter. Live at Ft. Wayne, Ind. 6. Ruth Brink - Lutheran teacher in Texas. 6. Paul Brink - Student at St. John's, Winfield, Kansas. 5. Ruth Brink - m. Leroy Haas - Lutheran Pastor. The Haas' were missionaries in Japan and China. They now live in Lincoln, Neb., where he is Chaplain and a student at the University. 4 children (names unknown).
5. Carl Brink - Math teacher in high school in Decatur, Illinois. 5 children - Carol Brink (has studied in Europe), student at Valparaiso University; Mark; Susan; John; Tom.
5. Marvin Brink - Lutheran High School Teacher, St. Louis. m. Barbara, a registered nurse. 4 children - James; Karen; Kathy; Nancy.
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