When I was back in Scales Mound in October, I discovered several obituaries in my Grandma Davis‘ genealogy files. I assume she “inherited” them from Viola (Bausman) Davis Hickman after she passed in 1974. Anyway, I’m glad Grandma kept them and didn’t toss’em since Caroline Hebenstreit’s is almost 100 years old. Anna Caroline Hebenstreit was…
Category: Hebenstreit
Percy Davis Public Sale
On December 21, 1937, my great-grandfather Percy Davis retired from farming and held a public sale. The sale was held on the farm of his mother-in-law, Catherine (Hebenstreit) Bausman. I found the poster advertising the sale while looking through pictures at my grandma’s house. Transcription of advertisement: Percy Davis’ Closing Out Sale! As I intend…
Obituary: Catherine (Hebenstreit) Bausman
Catherine (Hebenstreit) Bausman was my gg-grandmother. She was born December 23, 1863, in Shullsburg, Wisconsin to Vitus and Bertha (Schafer) Hebenstreit. She had four siblings, two identified: Andrew and Anna Caroline. I assume her other siblings died in infancy. Until reading Vitus Hebenstreit’s obituary, I was unaware of these children. Catherine married Nicholas Bausman Jr…
Obituary: Vitus Hebenstreit
This obituary is for Vitus Hebenstreit, my maternal ggg-grandfather. He was born January 6, 1835, in the village of Beverstat, Prussia. He married Bertha Schafer; together they had five children: Caroline, Andrew, Catherine, and two unidentified children who probably died in infancy. He is buried in Shullsburg, Wisconsin. His daughter, Catherine (Hebenstreit) Bausman, was my…
Forgotten History 