Caroline Huesing^[1]

1842 - 1932  (89 years)

• Name	Caroline Huesing
  Birth	13 Dec 1842	Auglaize County, , Ohio, United States   [2]
  Christening	18 Dec 1842	Minster, Auglaize, Ohio, United States [St. Augustine Catholic Church]
  Gender	Female
  Census	7 Jun 1880	Jackson Township, Auglaize, Ohio, United States   [3]
  	Federal
  Census	1900	Jackson, Auglaize, Ohio, United States   [4]
  	Federal
  Census	1910	Jackson, Auglaize, Ohio, United States   [5]
  	Federal
  Occupation	1910	Jackson, Auglaize, Ohio, United States   [5]
  	Farmer
  Census	1920	Jackson, Auglaize, Ohio, United States   [6]
  	Federal
  Census	1930	Jackson, Auglaize, Ohio, United States   [7]
  	Federal
  Cholera Deaths	Minster, Auglaize, Ohio, United States   [8]
  	Cholera Deaths
  	1849 Cholera deaths. Egypt, OH is just a few miles West of Minster, OH. (From Minster Historical Society timeline.) Frank & Rosa Grieshop shared stories with their granddaughter Sharon Pohl in 1981 when she researched the family tree as her 4-H genealogy project. They remembered Frank's Grandmother Caroline Huesing Grieshop who was orphaned during the 1849 Cholera that killed all her family in the Minster/Egypt area when she was just 7 years old. Caroline was then adopted in by an Erps (Earp) family in the area and she later married Bernard Grieshop whose family had helped make coffins during the Cholera attack. «b»Cholera Attacks the Village of Minster «/b» «b»Image Caption: «/b»A monument to the memory of all cholera victims was erected in 1937. The inscription of the memorial reads: IN PIOUS MEMORY OF ALL OUR CHOLERA VICTIMS, OVER 300, ESPECIALLY IN THE YEAR 1849. «b»Details: «/b» «b»Cholera of 1849«/b» The year of 1849 will ever be remembered in the history of Minster. The cholera epidemic swept over the entire country, taking thousands of lives. In some cases whole families were carried away within a week. The plague descended upon the people of Minster in the latter part of June. During the months of July and August the people died so rapidly that the bodies were collected twice each day and buried in four tiers in two trenches each seven feet wide on the west portion of the cemetery. No funeral arrangements, no religious service, no weeping relatives to follow, just wrapped in a plain shroud, placed in a crude wooden box and taken by some surviving friend to the last resting place. The neighbors would then burn all personal effects in hopes of halting the disease. Any surviving children were taken in by the nearest friend or relative and raised as their own. Thru this, original family names of many were changed, which accounts for the disconnected history of some of our citizens. The cholera took over 250 lives in a short time from Minster. «i»ntblAmsterdam & the Cholera Epidemic The cholera epidemic of 1849 resulted in a high number of deaths. In an account by Charles Boesel (1814-1885), he stated that from a population of about 700 people, there were 150 who died of the disease. Church records of St. Paul and St. Peter's Churches indicate that 122* people died from St. Paul Church and between July 27th and August 18th, 50 from St. Peter's. These were the only two churches in town at that time. A few of these deaths were attributed to scarlet fever, typhoid, or malaria, however the majority of the deaths were caused by cholera. These victims were buried in a mass grave in the village cemetery on Herman Street across from St. Paul Church. [from "The Towpath" - April 1996, April 2006]«/i» «i»[*NOTE: Research shows that «u»109«/u» cholera deaths were recorded in the «u»St. Paul records <http://www.newbremenhistory.org/GENEALOGY/1849_CHOLERA_DEATHS.pdf>«/u» from 7/11/1849-9/9/1849.]«/i» «b»rdrw15rdrsrdrw15rdrs rdrw15rdrs «i»ntblAMSTERDAM - A CHOLERA GHOST TOWN«/b» «b»from "The Evening Leader"«/i» - 10/16/1999«/b» «b»«i»by Katy (Berning) Gilbert«/b»«/i» "The Asiatic cholera epidemic spread across the country and arrived in Auglaize County in June of 1849. Many children were orphaned with no one to care for them. It was reported in Minster that the deaths were so rapid that bodies, in crude coffins, were gathered twice each day and taken to the cemetery for burial without benefit of mourning or religious ceremonies. A simple sign, such as a piece of white cloth hung on the front door, indicated the presence of another victim or victims. The deceased were buried four tiers deep in two trenches, each seven feet wide. The collected coffins were buried twice a week by Joseph Bussing, a man who lived three miles west of Minster, with the aid of a Mr. Rumping and two other helpers. Theodore Dickman, who was a lad at that time, recalled counting 27 lamp-black coffins «b»rdrw15rdrsrdrw15rdrsrdrw15rdrs rdrw15rdrsrdrw15rdrs «i»ntblCholera Plague In New Bremen«/b» «b»As remembered through hearsay«/b» «b»By Mrs. Finke «/i»------«/b» She Was Rescued As A Babe In Her«b» «/b»Dead Mother's Arms «b»«i»[from the N.B. Sun - April 6, 1939]«/b»«/i» «b»------«/b» Referring to a picture in a recent issue of the «i»SUN«/i» of the monument on the St. Augustine Cemetery at Minster erected in memory of the victims of this Section who died during the cholera epidemic over three-quarters of a century ago, Mrs. Charles Garmhausen of Warren, Ohio, writes the «i»SUN«/i» to call attention to the fact that her mother, Mrs. Louise Finke, who several weeks ago celebrated her 90th birthday, is perhaps the only resident of New Bremen today who has recollection of incidents harking back to the dreadful times following the ravages of the much feared malady of those early pioneer days. Of the actual suffering and sorrow, Mrs. Finke cannot remember anything «b»rdrw15rdrs «i»ntblAMSTERDAM REMEMBERED «/i»by St. Marys Native, David Armstrong (1833- )«/b» «b»«i»[New Bremen Sun - 9/6/1928]«/b»«/i» «b»The following historical sketch was written for the "Lima Star" by Daniel F. Mooney of St. Marys,«/b» «b» former Ambassador and Minister Plenipotentiary to Paraguay, South America.«/b» «b»rdrw15rdrs «i»ntblAmsterdam Remembered«/b» "Onerous is the task of a person who attempts to write of a one-time participant in the affairs of a locality of which no physical evidence whatever remains. In such a case, resort must be had to vanishing tradition and folk lore, both of which are always wanting in accuracy. I had to so advise myself as to Amsterdam, once a promising village in what is now Auglaize County. Historical Highway The most historical highway in northwestern Ohio and northeastern Indiana is the Fort Wayne and Piqua Road (now designated as Route 66), established before the eviction of the Indians from its locality, when both Fort Wayne and Piqua were fortified and garrisoned Indian trading points. Among those who traveled that road when a primitive blazed trail are General ("Mad") Anthony Wayne, Simon Kenton, the Girty brothers, Johnny Appleseed, Gen. William Henry Harrison (later president of the United States, who was for a season stationed at St. Marys) and numerous o
  		Monument to the cholera deaths _TYPE: PHOTO
  Federal	Jackson, Auglaize, Ohio, United States   [9]
  	Federal
  	Role: Household Member
  Minster Post	Minster, Auglaize, Ohio, United States   [10]
  	Minster Post
  		Obituary _TYPE: PHOTO
  Death	2 Jan 1932	Egypt, Auglaize County, Ohio, United States   [2, 11, 12]
  Burial	5 Jan 1932	Egypt, Auglaize, Ohio, United States [St. Joseph Cemetery]   [2]
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  Person ID	I15	Emmert-Tipton
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	Johanna Joseph Ghestng
  Mother	Magdaline Maria Helena Siemers
  Family ID	F36	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bernard Grieshop,   b. 22 Aug 1836, Egypt, Jackson Township, Auglaize, Ohio, United States d. 2 Feb 1875, Egypt, Jackson Township, Auglaize, Ohio, United States (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	13 Sep 1859	Egypt, Auglaize, Ohio, United States [St. Josept Catholic Church]   [13]
  Children	1. Bernard Henry Grieshop,   b. 12 Aug 1860, Egypt, Auglaize County, Ohio, United States d. 4 Mar 1935, Ft. Recovery, Mercer, Ohio, United States (Age 74 years) + 2. Anton John Grieshop,   b. 12 Mar 1862, Egypt, Auglaize County, Ohio, United States d. 7 Aug 1932, Osgood, Darke County, Ohio, United States (Age 70 years)   3. Maria Grieshop,   b. 22 Sep 1864, Egypt, Auglaize County, Ohio, United States   4. Henry Joseph Grieshop,   b. 22 Oct 1866, Egypt, Auglaize County, Ohio, United States d. 2 Jan 1921 (Age 54 years)   5. Henry John Grieshop,   b. 19 Dec 1868, Egypt, Auglaize County, Ohio, United States d. 3 Mar 1934, San Antonio, , Pasco, FL (Age 65 years)   6. Charles Joseph Grieshop,   b. 13 Mar 1871, Egypt, Auglaize County, Ohio, United States d. 4 Nov 1939 (Age 68 years)   7. William August Grieshop,   b. 6 May 1873, Egypt, Auglaize County, Ohio, United States d. 22 Apr 1939 (Age 65 years)   8. Josephine Schuch,   b. 1875, Auglaize County, , Ohio, United States   9. Sophia Grieshop,   b. 6 Jul 1875, Egypt, Auglaize County, Ohio, United States d. 5 Aug 1879 (Age 4 years)
  Family ID	F33	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 13 Dec 1842 - Auglaize County, , Ohio, United States Christening - 18 Dec 1842 - Minster, Auglaize, Ohio, United States [St. Augustine Catholic Church] Marriage - 13 Sep 1859 - Egypt, Auglaize, Ohio, United States [St. Josept Catholic Church] Death - 2 Jan 1932 - Egypt, Auglaize County, Ohio, United States Burial - 5 Jan 1932 - Egypt, Auglaize, Ohio, United States [St. Joseph Cemetery]  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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