ANNA married HESEMAN JOHN on 1 Jun 1913. JOHN was born on 9 Jan 1887; died on 13 Jan 1969. [Group Sheet]

1. Living
2. Living

Notes:

Louis was a carpenter and built many buildings in this area, including the Lutheran Church in Hoyleton, Lutheran Church, Nashville, Lutheran Church, Hahlen, City Hall, Nashville, as well as the I. O. O. F. Hall and the old Hospital, Nashville, which inlater years was the Farm Bureau Bldg. Caroline and Louis were the first couple married in the "new" Lutheran Church, Hoyleton.

LOUIS married KOELLING CAROLINE on 12 May 1892. CAROLINE (daughter of KOELLING HENRY and KOLLMEIER MARIA ELISABETH) was born on 22 Feb 1868; died on 13 Jan 1946. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Henry served his country during the Civil War as a Private with Co. C., 49th Regisment, Illinois Infantry and was wounded in action.
Another Louis Koelling grew up in this family. His name was really Meyer but as was the custom in Germany, when parents died and children went to live with another family, they took their name.

HENRY married KOLLMEIER MARIA ELISABETH on 18 Dec 1863. MARIA (daughter of KOLLMEIER HERMANN JOSEPH CONSTANTINE (COLLMEYER) and HOFFMANN SOPHIE MARIA ELIZABETH) was born on 3 Feb 1842 in New Minden, Washington County, Illinois; died on 13 Jun 1930. [Group Sheet]

HERMANN married HOFFMANN SOPHIE MARIA ELIZABETH about 1838. SOPHIE (daughter of HOFFMAN JOHANN FRIEDRICH WILHELM and ENGEL ANNE MARIA) was born on 19 Oct 1813 in Rothenuffeln, Kries Minden, Germany; died on 8 Feb 1874 in Dod may be 1893?. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Elisabeth and Herman were among the group who came from Germany to the U.S. in 1838 and are believed to have been married in Germany. Their first home was Lancaster, Ohio, but in 1839 they heard of cheap land in Illinois and several of the men rode horseback to Illinois to investigate. Finding the stories true, they purchased land in Southern Illinois, in what is now Washington Co., between what later became New Minden and Nashville, Illinois. Our Washington Co. Historical Museum has a record of these purchases made from the Federal Gov't on Dec. 29, 1839, for $1.25 an acre.
The men then returned to Lancaster to bring their families to Illinois. They travelled in covered wagons, stopping along the way tow ash their clothes in creeks. They had hoped to reach their new home before the birth of Elisabeth and Herman's first baby but were only able to make it to the vicinity of Carlyle. Here their daughter Louise was born in a covered wagon. Elisabeth was attended by a Carlyle doctor and the baby was baptized by a Carlyle minister. After a layover of 3 weeks, the group continued their journey.
Elisabeth lived a long and useful life and was said to be a very pious individual, who, in later years, when her children and grandchildren came to see her, always had a little prayer with them before they left. The story is also told by some members of the family, that at the time of her death, the hired hand who was in the barn milking, knew she had passed away because a stream of light could be seen coming from Heaven to the house. The Collmeyers were able to provide a farm for each of their three sons - two of which are still in possession of their descendants.
From "Hoffmans 1662 - 1972"
compiled by Bernice Reinhardt