C(K)arl Frederick William AHRENDT

Family 1: Hanna Wilhelmina Cardine WILKE
  1. Bertha AHRENDT 
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Died of Cholera just prior to comming to the USA from Germany.

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Mary JOHN

Father: John JOHN
Mother: Catharina ASPER

Family 1: John LOBACH (LOBAUGH)
  1. Joel LOBAUGH 
                    _Thomas JOHN ____
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She was taken to her Grandfather Asper's after her mother died, where she remained some years. Her father married Ruth Day and then took Mary home. Her stepmother did not prove very kind and Mary was removed by her friends. I think I have heard that her older sister, Rachel, helped her to get away. This Rachel was married to Samuel Lobaugh (brother of John) and Mary was then bound to him to remain until of age. This indenture is still in existence among my father's papers. Samuel Lobaugh was a pretty rough man and I have often heard mother tell what a time she had in those days, hunting the cows barefooted on frosty mornings, cutting the ice in the creek for the cattle to drink, and then walking a long distance to school, etc., driven out of doors at night by a hard master. I have heard her tell these things when I was quite young and they made a strong impression on my mind. Notwithstanding these youthful hardships, she never became coarse, but in many respects, exhibited a natural taste far above the average. She was a model housekeeper and the very perfection of neatness. Her love of flowers was great and she had considerable success in cultivating flowering plants, both indoors and out. With more opportunities for culture in early years, she would have developed into a woman of far more than ordinary intelligence and ability, but she was destined through much of her li fe to hard work. Although hardworking and economical, she was also enterprising and when she found the old farm could not be paid for, she bent all her energies to have it abandoned and the removal to Perry County was through her desire. In stature, she was of medium height, rather below than above, of a square, compact frame, denoting strength and endurance. Her hair had probably been chestnut or light when younger, but in my earliest remembrance, it was quite gray. Her appearance was rather blonde. Her Welch blood gave her a temper that sometimes flashed up suddenly and with energy, but her heart was always kind and angry feelings soon subsided. She was always religio usly inclined and her sympathies were with the Methodist Church. She died in the homestead near Smithville. John J. Lobaugh, son. She is buried in the Smithville City Cemetery, Peoria, Illinois.

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