Obit: Schwantes, August (1874 - 1936)

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Surnames: Schwantes, Stapel, Cammers, Manthe, Greeler, Pockat, Bruss, Naedler

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Wood Co., Wis.) Monday, 21 Sept. 1936

----Schwantes, August (9 Dec. 1874 - 20 Sept. 1936)

Spencer - Funeral services will be held Wednesday, at 2 p.m. at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran church for August Schwantes, who died of a cerebral hemorrhage at 12:30 Sunday at his farm home four miles east of Spencer, in the town of Brighton. The Rev. A. C. Stapel will officiate, and burial will be made in the North cemetery. A service at 1:30 p.m. will be held at home.

August Schwantes was born Dec. 9, 1874, at Mayville, Wis. For the past 40 years, he farmed in this vicinity, with the exception of about six years when he resided in the village of Spencer. On June 16, 1898, he was married to Miss Helen A. Cammers.

Surviving him besides his wife are two daughters, Mrs. Laura Manthe, Mrs. Myrtle Greeler, and two sons, Emil and Alvin, all of Spencer; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Ida Pockat and Mrs. Anna Pockat, Marion; Mrs. Amelia Bruss, Colby; and Mrs. Minnie Greeler, Neillsville; one step-sister, Mrs. William Naedler, Granton; and three brothers, William, Colby; Otto, Clintonville; and Herman, Spencer; and three half-brothers, Arthur, Minneapolis; Harry, New York; and Roy, Madison. One son preceded him in death.

Biographical Information

1900 Federal Census, Brighton, Marathon, Wisconsin

Name: Helen Schwantes
Residence: Brighton township, Marathon, Wisconsin
Birth Date: Oct 1888
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Relationship to Head-of-Household: Wife
Spouse Name: August Schwantes
Spouse Birth Place: Germany
Father Birthplace: Wisconsin
Mother Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race or Color (expanded): White
Head-of-household Name: August Schwantes
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 2
Estimated Marriage Year: 1898
Mother How Many Children: 1, Number Living Children: 0
Immigration Year:
Enumeration District: 0072
Sheet Number and Letter: 6A
Household ID: 104 
Household Members
Spouse August Schwantes M, Dec. 1874
Helen Schwantes F

 

 

 


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