1823 - Birth at Allendorf
1826 - Move to Schlierbach with family
Schooling at Homburg - Teacher's Seminary
1843-54 - Schoolmaster in Volksmarsen
1854 - Marriage to C. Emilie Clasing in Hemeringen
1854-73 - Teacher in Merxhausen
1873 - job and home lost - Prussion Union, Renitenz
1873-81 - Family given shelter at flour mill by brother-in-law, Carl Schaumloeffel. Scheffer, director of hospital for mental patients may have employed him as chaplain.
1887 - Emigration to U.S. Arrived in March in New York.
1887-94 - Resided with son Herman in Waverly, IA. Gave piano lessons.
1894 - Moved to Clinton, IA. Lived with daughter Kuhlmann
1899 - Death at Clinton, IA. Buried at Springdale Cemetery, Clinton, IA.
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