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Biography of Margaret Wetzel Deets
1831-1919 , Whiteside County, Illinois, USA
Copied below is the text of a biography of Margaret Wetzel Deets, the wife of Louis Deets and mother of Charles Tilden Deets. This is from the Whiteside County Biographical Record.
"Nearly forty-five years have rolled away since Mrs. Margaret Deets came to Whiteside County, Illinois and now, after many years of such hardships and privations as only the pioneers know, she is passing the evening time of her life surrounded by the comforts and privileges which were beyond her reach in her young womanhood.
She comes of the sturdy old patriotic stock which laid the foundations of this great republic, "building better than they knew". Her paternal great-grandfather, who owned two large flour mills in Pennsylvania, taxed his mills to their utmost capacity, grinding grain to be made into bread for the army of Washington. On one occasion, when his son, the grandfather of Mrs. Deets, then a youth of seventeen, was engaged in driving a large team of horses, hauling supplies for the army, a squad of British soldiers attacked him, and though he managed to escape, seven bullet holes were found in the wagon bed. The mother of the young patriot did all within her power for the cause of the colonists, and it was not until blindness afflicted her that she ceased to bake bread for the army. The parents of Mrs. Deets were John and Margaret (Reese) Wetzel, natives of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, respectively. They removed to Summit County, Ohio, later to Stark County, same state, and at length came to Whiteside County.
Mrs. Deets is one of thirteen chirldren, she being next to the youngest: Catherine, born August 4, 1813, married Henry Wymer, and both are deceased. They had two children, both of whom have passed away. Polly died in infancy. Daniel, born September 2, 1815, and now a resident of Rock Falls, Illinois, married Mary Beidler, September 15, 1839 and they have six children. Jacob, born December 12, 1816, wedded Susan Beidler in 1842 and with their six children live in Genesee township. John, a resident of Michigan, was born May 29, 1818 and chose Camilla Ward for his wife. They are the parents of four sons. George, born January 18, 1820, married Mary Linerode, February 17, 1849 and two daughters were born to them. The wife and mother died September 18, 1854 and Mr. Wetzel makes his home with his niece, Mrs. Scott, in Rock Falls Illinois. His daughters are married and have children. Elizabeth, born August 17, 1821 became the wife of Cyrus Harting. She departed this life many years ago, and left several children. David R., born April 7, 1823, never married and died September 15, 1894. Andrew, born March 18, 1825, married Sarah Ward and had four children. He has passed to his reward, while his widow resides in Stark county, Ohio. Joseph, born December 9, 1827, married Ellen McKien. Seven children were born to them and Mr. Wetzel now resides with his son Thomas. Hannah, born June 5, 1829, became the wife of Lewis Spots, and of their several children, five survive, the others dying in infancy. Their home is in Lee county, Missouri. Lewis, born June 3, 1837, wedded Mary Lawyer, March 25, 1858 and they had four children. The parents are citizens of Galt, Whiteside county, having retired from their life-work, farming.
The birth of Mrs. Margaret (Wetzel) Deets took place on the 7th of December, 1831 in Summit County Ohio. She was a babe of two months when her parents removed to Stark county, same state. In 1855 she came to Whiteside county and the following year became the wife of Louis Deets, who was a thrifty farmer of Hopkins township. The young couple were economical and rapidly made progress toward a competence, but, when the war of the Rebellion came on, the patriotic husband left his plow and went to the defense of the Union, his brave wife bidding him God-speed. In 1861 he enlisted in the Fifty-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served for three years. Later he resumed his regular calling, and continued to devote himself to his home and business until his death July 14, 1882. Since that time, his widow has carried on the old homestead near Emerson, and has enjoyed the same measure of success as did her esteemed husband in days of yore.
Twelve children came to bless their humble home. The eldest, William Wilson, born December 20, 1857, married Anne Engle, August 31, 1881 and is a resident of this township. Their two sons, aged fourteen and sixteen, are at home. Elizabeth, born November 2, 1859, became the wife of Henry Johnson, and is the mother of four children. Mr. Johnson, who owns a fine ranch of over one thousand acres, situated in the state of Washington, is an extensive dealer in lumber and grain, also. James M., born April 7, 1865, married Olive Carolus, and has four children. Their home is at Emerson, where Mr. Deets is engaged in the trade of a wagon-maker, and in addition to this, owns and operates a large farm in this township. Charles T., born February 6, 1874, married Iona Carolus, November 8, 1896, and they have one child living, another having died in infancy. He is a successful lawyer, of Almira, Washington. Four sons and two daughters died in infancy; Caroline, born in 1860, died in February 1874, and Jennie, born June 6, 1867, died in 1877.
In his political faith, Mr. Deets was an ardent Republican. He was industrious and enterprising, and, besides providing liberally for his large family, he left a comfortable estate and, what is better, and unblemished named and record to his posterity. Religiously, he was identified with the United Brethren church."
SheilaTraderStanton59 added this on 24 Nov 2009
RideaRealCowboy originally submitted this to Garber Family Tree on 18 Oct 2007
Copied here is the text of a biography of Margaret Wetzel Deets, the wife of Louis Deets and mother of Charles Tilden Deets. This is from the Whiteside County Biographical Record
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Louis Deets B:1836 in Gaugrehweiler, , Bayern, Germany
D:14 Jul 1882 in Emerson, Whiteside, Illinois, United States
Margaret W Wetzel B:7 Dec 1831 in Wilmot, Stark, Ohio, United States
Parents
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American Civil War Regiments
Regiment: 55th Infantry Regiment Illinois
Date of Organization: 31 Oct 1861
Muster Date: 14 Aug 1865
Regiment State: Illinois
Regiment Type: Infantry
Regiment Number: 55th
Officers Killed or Mortally Wounded: 9
Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 2
Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 148
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 127
Regimental Soldiers and History: List of Soldiers
Regimental History ILLINOIS
FIFTY-FIFTH INFANTRY (Three Years)
Fifty-fifth Infantry. -
Cols., David Stuart, Oscar Malmborg;
Lieut.-Cols., Oscar Malmborg, Theodore C. Chandler, Charles A. Andress; Majs., William D. Sanger, Theodore C. Chandler, James J. Hefferman, Giles F. Hand.
This regiment was organized at Camp Douglas, Chicago, and was mustered into service Oct. 31, 1861. It was one of the two regiments raised by David Stuart under act of Congress, and called the "Douglas Brigade," though the two regiments never served together. The 55th Ill. was principally made up from bodies of recruits raised in Fulton, McDonough, LaSalle, Grundy, DeKalb, Kane and Winnebago counties, and its members were largely young men reared upon farms. The regiment left Camp Douglas Nov. 9, 1861, over the Chicago & Alton railroad for Alton, thence by steamboat for St. Louis, and arrived at Benton barracks Nov. 11. It received its baptism of fire at Shiloh, where upon the first day of the battle, with one other regiment, it held an important position for over 2 hours, and after being nearly surrounded and suffering terribly it retreated from point to point and took its position with its organization still complete in the last line formed in the evening near the landing. It participated in the second day's battle, acting on the right, and suffered some loss.
During this terrible conflict, the first in its history, the 55th lost the heaviest of any Federal regiment in that engagement except the 9th Ill., its loss being 1 officer and 51 enlisted men killed, 9 officers and 19O men wounded, and 26 men captured. The regiment was engaged in the advance on Corinth and lost 1 killed and 8 wounded on May 17. In December it descended the Mississippi river, took part in the battle of Chickasaw bluffs, where it lost 2 killed and 4 wounded, and was also at the battle of Arkansas Post in January, losing 3 men wounded. In the spring of 1863 it proceeded with the army to the rear of Vicksburg and was under fire at Champion's hill, but suffered no loss. It participated in the early assaults on Vicksburg, and bore its full share during the siege, losing 14 killed and 32 wounded. It lost 1 man killed while scouting near the Big Black river, and after being present at the surrender of Vicksburg proceeded with Sherman's expedition to Jackson, where it lost 1 killed and 2 wounded. It made the laborious march to East Tennessee, during the night of Nov. 23 with the rest of its brigade it manned a fleet of pontoon boats in North Chickamauga creek; and in the intense darkness crossed the Tennessee and captured the enemy's pickets - one of the most daring operations of the war. At the battle of Missionary ridge the regiment lost 3 wounded. It encamped successively at Bridgeport, Bellefonte and Larkinsville, during the winter, and while at the latter place, after exacting the right to elect officers, the regiment veteranized, at which time the existing field officers all failed of election and at the end of their term quit the service. The veterans were granted a 30-days' furlough and at the opening of the Atlanta campaign the regiment took its place as usual in the 2nd division of the 15th corps. It shared in the manifold labors and dangers of that famous campaign, including the movement on and battle of Jonesboro, losing 36 killed and 86 wounded, which was about one-half of its number engaged. The heaviest loss was at the assault upon Kennesaw mountain, when 14 were killed and 33 wounded. It marched the entire distance on the picnic excursion, termed the march to the sea, thence north, and at the battle of Bentonville it lost 1 man killed, 1 wounded and 6 taken prisoners. After the surrender of Johnston the regiment marched via Richmond for Washington and took part in the grand review. It was then ordered to Louisville, where it remained in camp a few weeks, and then moved to Little Rock, Ark., where it was mustered out Aug. 14, 1865. During the entire period of its service it received less than 50 recruits, hence all its casualties were from its original members. It lost actually killed in battle 108 men, and its total wounded were 339, making an aggregate of 417 struck with the missiles of war. There are no data to state the exact number of mortally wounded though it is known that 35 died from such cause within one year after Shiloh.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 3
Battles Fought
Fought on 6 Apr 1862 at Shiloh, TN.
Fought on 7 Apr 1862 at Shiloh, TN.
Fought on 17 May 1862 at Russell's House, MS.
Fought on 21 Oct 1862 at Shelby Depot, TN.
Fought on 28 Dec 1862 at Chickasaw Bayou, MS.
Fought on 29 Dec 1862 at Chickasaw Bayou, MS.
Fought on 10 Jan 1863 at Arkansas Post, AR.
Fought on 19 May 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 22 May 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 19 Jun 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 25 Jun 1863 at Walnut Hills, MS.
Fought on 2 Jul 1863 at Vicksburg, MS.
Fought on 14 Jul 1863 at Jackson, MS.
Fought on 14 Aug 1863 at Black River, MS.
Fought on 3 Nov 1863.
Fought on 19 Jun 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 23 Jun 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 24 Jun 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 27 Jun 1864 at Kenesaw Mountain, GA.
Fought on 22 Jul 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 28 Jul 1864 at Ezra Church, GA.
Fought on 3 Aug 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 4 Aug 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 10 Aug 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 12 Aug 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 13 Aug 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 14 Aug 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 22 Aug 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 26 Aug 1864 at Atlanta, GA.
Fought on 31 Aug 1864 at Jonesboro, GA.
Fought on 1 Sep 1864 at Jonesboro, GA.
Fought on 31 Oct 1864 at Jonesboro, GA.
Fought on 15 Mar 1865 at North Carolina.
Fought on 19 Mar 1865 at Bentonville, NC.
Fought on 20 Mar 1865 at Bentonville, NC.
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Margaret (Wetzel) Deets2 about 1890, Whiteside County, Sterling, Illinois
Margaret (Wetzel) Deets2 about 1890, Whiteside County, Sterling, Illinois SheilaTraderStanton59 added this on 24 Nov 2009 Flobinius originally submitted this to Deets Family Tree on 20 Aug 2007 |
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LewisDeetsResearchP1
LewisDeetsResearchP1 SheilaTraderStanton59 added this on 24 Nov 2009 Flobinius originally submitted this to Deets Family Tree on 9 Oct 2007 |
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1857 Lewis Deets and Margaret Wetzel marriage license
1857 Lewis Deets and Margaret Wetzel marriage license 10 August 1857 , Whiteside County, Illinois SheilaTraderStanton59 added this on 24 Nov 2009 Flobinius originally submitted this to Deets Family Tree on 17 Sep 2007 Category Type: Portrait / Family Photo Wedding License |
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Wilhelm&LudwigDietz,1833, Gaugrehweiler, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany,
Wilhelm&LudwigDietz,1833, Gaugrehweiler, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany, SheilaTraderStanton59 added this on 24 Nov 2009 Flobinius originally submitted this to Deets Family Tree on 5 Oct 2007 The christening of Lewis Deets' brother, William, 7 March 1833 in Gaugrehweiler, Germany. FHL record 0193857 for the year 1833. Father: Wilhelm Dietz,… |
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LewisDeetsPhoto5, Before 1882 , Whiteside County, Illinois
LewisDeetsPhoto5, Before 1882 , Whiteside County, Illinois SheilaTraderStanton59 added this on 24 Nov 2009 Flobinius originally submitted this to Deets Family Tree on 29 Jun 2009 |
- [S1708] Public Member Trees, recovered, Wetzel Family Tree - francesethelking72 Record for John Wetzel (11) facts This John Jr marrying Susannah Jacoby is the wrong person,.
Record for John Wetzel (11) facts
20200721HAv- Note- This John Jr marrying Susannah Jacoby is the wrong person,
Wetzel Family Tree - francesethelking72
John Wetzel 1797-1860 {son of John & Barbara Printz, m Marg Reese}
BIRTH 8 APR 1797 • Greensburg, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania,
DEATH 18 SEP 1860 • Whiteside, Illinois,
From Wetzel and Carnegie Family Tree references:
Move from Ohio to Illinois
Following his marriage to Margaret Reese, John settled in Greensburg, Stark, OH, and had twelve children. Eventually the family moved to a farm in Illinois where John died, survived by his wife.
-- from the History Of Stark County Ohio (1881)
Change Date: 27 FEB 2004 at 06:19:48
Father: John Wetzel b: AUG 1770 in Big Wheeling Creek,Marshall Co.,WV
Mother: Barbara Printz b: 1770
franking72 added this on 24 Oct 2010
krl60 originally submitted this to Wetzell/Pollock Family Tree on 3 Sep 2009
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Ohio to Illinois:
ID: I1574
Name: John Wetzel
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1792 in Westmoreland,PA
Death: 18 SEP 1860 in IL
Note: Following his marriage to Margaret Reese, John settled in Greensburg, Stark, OH, and had twelve children.
Eventually the family moved to a farm in Illinois where John died, survived by his wife.
-- from the History Of Stark County Ohio (1881)
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Father: John Wetzel b: AUG 1770 in Big Wheeling Creek, Marshall Co.,WV
Mother: Barbara Printz b: 1770
Marriage 1 Margaret Reese b: Abt 1793 in Westmoreland Co.,PA
Married: 1811 in Lewis Co.,WV
franking72 added this on 24 Oct 2010
krl60 originally submitted this to Wetzell/Pollock Family Tree on 7 Sep 2009
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Biographical Record of Whiteside County 1900, page 231.
HENRY WETZELL, who lives on section 35, Hume township, Whiteside County, Illinois, owns and operates a fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres, whose neat and thrifty appearance well indicates his careful supervision. Substantial improvements are surrounded by well tilled fields, and many of the accessories and conveniences of a model farm are there found.
Mr. Wetzell was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, November 11, 1843, a son of Jacob and Susanna (Beidler) WETZELL, also natives of the Buckeye state. The paternal grandparents, John and Margaret (Reese) WETZELL, were born, reared and married in Pennsylvania, and the latter lived to the advanced age of over ninety-six years. The father of our subject followed farming in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, until 1855, when he came to Whiteside County, Illinois, and bought one hundred and sixty acres in Genesee township, which he converted into a good farm. Subsequently he purchased more land and now resides on the second farm at the age of eighty-five yearsÂ-an honored and highly-respected old man.
The subject of this sketch was a lad of twelve years when he came with the family to this county, and he assisted in opening up and improving the home farm. When his services were not needed at home, he attended the common schools of the neighborhood, and the knowledge thereby acquired has been greatly supplemented by subsequent reading and observation. On the 11th of May, 1864, he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Fortieth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, for one hundred daysÂ’ service, and was with the Army of the Tennessee. He participated in some skirmishes, but was mainly engaged in guarding railroads in Tennessee and Mississippi. For six weeks he lay ill in the field hospital, and was then honorably discharged in November, 1864.
Returning to his home, Mr. Wetzell was married in Genesee township, January 19, 1865, to Miss Catherine Overholser, a native of Holmes county, Ohio, and a daughter of Martin Overholser, who came to this county in 1853. Mr. and Mrs. Wetzell have a family of ten living children, namely:
James Frank, who is married and engaged in farming in Hume township;
Cerena, at home;
John L. and William, who own a farm and also rent land, so that they now operate two hundred and forty acres;
Christopher, a successful teacher, who died at the age of twenty-four years;
Jennie, wife of Frank Milligan, of Tampico township;
Rebecca, Lloyd, Oscar P., Lillian and Henry L., all at home; and
Lola V., who died at the age of seventeen months.
After his marriage Mr. Wetzell continued his residence in Genesee township until 1872, when be removed to his present farm on section 35, Hume township, though at that time he only owned eighty acres. He built a good residence, which he has since enlarged, and also erected a barn and other outbuildings, and later purchased an adjoining eighty-acre tract, so that he now has one hundred and sixty acres of well-improved land.
At national elections Mr. Wetzell has affiliated with the Republican party since casting his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln in 1864, but in local politics he is independent, always supporting the men whom he believes best qualified to fill the offices regardless of party lines. He has been honored with a number of offices, having served as highway commissioner two or three years, assessor two years, and supervisor for nine consecutive years. While a member of the county board he served on a number of important committees, including those on equalization, claims and the poor farm. He has also been an efficient member of the school board twenty-one years and is now president of the district. Socially he belongs to the Grand Army post of Sterling and the Knights of the Globe, and religiously his wife is a member of the United Brethren church, and most of his children belong to the Methodist Episcopal church. He is widely and favorably known, and is one of the most popular and influential men of his community.
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krl60 originally submitted this to Wetzell/Pollock Family Tree on 16 Sep 2009
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Record for John Wetzel (11) facts
20200721HAv- Note- This John Jr marrying Susannah Jacoby is the wrong person,
Wetzel Family Tree - francesethelking72
John Wetzel 1797-1860 {son of John & Barbara Printz, m Marg Reese}
BIRTH 8 APR 1797 • Greensburg, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania,
DEATH 18 SEP 1860 • Whiteside, Illinois,
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Record for George WETZEL
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Record for Jacob Wetzell
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