I am interested in finding information about any ancestors with surnames:Schmidt, Williams, Goetze, Wright, Stange.All family members originated in Germany and came to the United States before 1860.
I believe that a Goetze ancestor came from Hannover.
Other ancestors with the name "Sapp" might have been Pennsylvania Dutch.
Williams family members may have been in Kentucky before coming to Illinois.
Heinrich Stange was a Union Army veteran who lived at the Veterans' Home in Quincy, Illinois before his death.
Frank P. Schmidt was also a Union Army veteran and might have served in Tennessee.