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SPRECHER FAMILY GROUP SHEET

HUSBAND: George SPRECHER
BORN: 22 Oct 1808 PA
MARRIAGE: 20 Aug 1843 OH
MILITARY SERVICE: Civil War 34th Ohio Volunteers Oct 1861
DIED: 29 Nov 1901 NE, buried Schuyler City Cemetery
FATHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: John SPRECHER 13 Oct 1778 PA
MOTHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Mary PFEFFER 3 Apr 1782 PA
NOTES: John SPRECHER moved his family to Darke Co., OH around 1830 George SPRECHER moved family to Colfax Co., NE in 1872 1880 Census: Midland, Colfax Co., NE
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WIFE: Sarah Ann RENSHAW
BORN: 21 Jan 1826 PA
DIED: 18 Jun 1899 NE, buried Schuyler City Cemetery
FATHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Peter David RENSHAW b. 4 Jul 1797 PA
MOTHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Rachel MCDONALD b. 9 Feb 1806 PA
NOTES: 1880 Census: Midland, Colfax Co., NE
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CHILD 1: Mary Rachel
SEX: F
BORN: 27 Apr 1844 OH
MARRIAGE: 1st 1862 Samuel BUCH b. 3 Sept 1836
OTHER MARRAGES: 21 Jan 1876 to George W. THOMAS b. 25 Oct 1851
DIED: 25 Feb 1935
NOTES: After divorce from BUCH took SPRECHER name; 1880 Census: Union, Douglas Co., NE; Son John C. SPRECHER founded the Schuyler Quill in 1886 and was State Senator 12th District in 1895
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CHILD 2: John Peter
SEX: M
BORN: 15 May 1845 OH
MARRIAGE: 1894 Ida D.
MILITARY SERVICE: Civil War 34th Ohio Volunteers
DIED: 2 Jul 1922
NOTES: Colfax Co. Superintendent Public Institution 1878 & 1879; 1880 Census: Midland, Colfax Co., NE
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CHILD 3: Henry Scott
SEX: M
BORN: 15 May 1845 OH
MARRIAGE: Martha Ann NEEDS b 1850 England
MILITARY SERVICE: Civil War 110 Ohio Inf.
DIED: 1936
NOTES: 1880 Census: Scott, Madison, IA
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CHILD 4: Benjamin Franklin
SEX: M
BORN: 17 Jan 1849 OH
MARRIAGE: Emma VANCE b 1858 IA
MILITARY SERVICE: Civil War 152 Ohio
DIED: 17 Aug 1911 CA
NOTES: 1880 Census: Midland, Colfax Co., NE
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CHILD 5: Sarah Ann
SEX: F
BORN: 11 Mar 1851 OH
MARRIAGE: 30 Mar 1876 NE James Osgood DANE b. 16 Jan 1836 NH
DIED: 16 Mar 1920 CA
NOTES: 1880 Census: Grant, Colfax Co., NE
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CHILD 6: Philip Fredrick
SEX: M
BORN: 5 Jan 1853 OH
MARRIAGE: Lydin
DIED: 8 Nov 1932
NOTES: 1880 Census: Fogg House (Hotel), Schuyler, Colfax Co., NE
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CHILD 7: Aurelia Matilda
SEX: F
BORN: 28 Jan 1855 OH
DIED: 11 Feb 1861 OH
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CHILD 8: Caroline Joseph
SEX: F
BORN: 1857 OH
DIED: 9 May 1861 OH
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CHILD 9: George Theodore
SEX: M
BORN: 27 Feb 1859 OH
MARRIAGE: 18 Jun 1890 Theodora WILLIAMS 7 Apr 1867 MO-12 Mar 1952 NE
DIED: 23 Nov 1942 NE
NOTES: 1880 Census: Fogg House (Hotel), Schuyler, Colfax Co., NE
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CHILD 10: Edward Samuel
SEX: M
BORN: 11 Aug 1861 OH
MARRIAGE: Louise Jane COVENTRY b. Nova Scotia, Canada
DIED: 11 Jul 1905 WY
NOTES: 1880 Census: Midland, Colfax Co., NE; Their sixth child, Laurence R. SPRECHER b. 1899 NE, was my grandfather. He married Freda SATTLER b. 1899 Plattsmouth, Cass Co. NE
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CHILD 11: Mary (Margaret) Elizabeth
SEX: F
BORN: 22 July 1865 OH
MARRIAGE: 1880 John O. DANE b. 1834 NH
DIED: 17 Mar 1924
NOTES: 1880 Census: Midland, Colfax Co., NE; John O. DANE was brother to Sarah Ann SPRECHER husband James Osgood DANE
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CHILD 12: David Clarence
SEX: M
BORN: 16 Jun 1868 OH
MARRIAGE: Hanrietta b. 1869 IN
NOTES: 1880 census: Midland, Colfax Co., NE
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SUBMITTED BY: Jonathan Sprecher
DATE: January 7, 2004
E-MAIL ADDRESS: sprecher@bendbroadband.com

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