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View Tree for Johannes FuessJohannes Fuess (b. Jul 29, 1795, d. Jun 13, 1851)

Johannes Fuess (son of Joseph Fuess and Marie Luise Umpfelbach) was born Jul 29, 1795 in Annweiler, Province of Bavaria, Germany185, and died Jun 13, 1851186. He married Susanna Friederika Kuhn on Dec 12, 1825 in Annweiler, Province of Bavaria, Germany187, daughter of Heinrich Kuhn and Anna Katharina Diehl.

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The Fuess Genealogy

"In 1825, in a little German hamlet, Annweiler, Province of Bavaria, lived John Fuess and Susanna Coon Fuess; descendants of the Huguenot exile."
The states of Germany in the 1860's before they joined to form the German Empire, the Fuess family came from Bavaria -- not the large state in the east, but the smaller "Bavaria" to the west bordering France.

This was an area of shifting power and religious conflict for centuries. In 1648 at the conclusion of The Thirty Years' War, more than half the population of Germany had been killed or starved to death. Most of the German states became involved in the wars of the French Revolution after 1792 as Napoleon carried the French wars deep into Germany. He abolished the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 and forced the German states along the Rhine to become either French subjects or French allies. After a time, the Germans rebelled against French oppression and played a large part in the defeat of Napoleon at Leipzig and later at Waterloo.

German patriots who hoped for a united Germany were disappointed at the peace conference held in Vienna in 1814-1815 as Austria refused to join with the German states to form a national union of Germany. The more than three hundred independent states in the old Holy Roman Empire were reduced to thirty-eight joined together in a Bund, or Confederation, and each having its own flag and armies, taxes and tariffs, constitution and laws. The Bund was not controlled by an emperor or ruler, but depended on a council of diplomatic delegates to keep peace and order among the states.

Revolutionary movements for German union and liberty broke out in 1848 and 1849. A national parliament met at Frankfurt to make a constitution for a federal German empire headed by Prussia. But the king of Prussia refused to become the German emperor, partly from hatred of the revolution and partly from fear of Austrian opposition. The old Bund was restored, and thousands of German liberals went to the United States to seek personal Freedom.

Jacob Fuess [1829-1891] and his brother. Lewis Fuess [1833-1898] came to America in the early 1850's.

Prussia now rapidly grew in strength headed in 1861 by King William I who chose Bismarck as his chief minister. Bismarck dismissed the Prussian parliament, threw out the constitution, and enlarged the Prussian army. He attacked Austria in the Seven Weeks' War of 1866, and took over several northern German states at the end of the struggle. In 1867 Bismarck thrust Austria completely out of German affairs and abolished the German Bund in favor of a new North German Confederation. France, alarmed at the rapid rise of Prussia to German leadership, was maneuvered into a war on Prussia. Prussia won easily over France and took the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine as part of the victory.

Philip John Fuess [1852-1932] and his brother. Carl Fuess [1854-1929] arrived in the United States in 1868. John Philip Fuess and family arrived 1872.

He was proud of his home and family, and his family are proud to have been him. He died October 26, 1928 after a short illness. His wife Carrie, always sweet in disposition, was loved by all who knew her. She lived with her children until her death November 24, 1942.

With all this as background, is there any wonder at the temperament that was to become the Fuess signature. This genealogy brings together all the documentation generously contributed by many members of the family. Surely this genealogy will continue to grow and prosper as has the family -- forever a work in progress.

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Reunions
Marjorie Edgarton Dahn

A book could be written about the happenings and successes of the descendants of Philip and Phillipina Fuess. The dates of the births, marriages and deaths of their immediate family, which came to America from Germany, are I am sorry to say, complete as all have passed on to the place our Savior hath prepared for them.

Nine children who grew up born within a period of eighteen years, they all died within a period of fourteen years. This paper was recited at one of the Fuess Family Reunions. Reunions were started in 1900 four years after the death of John Philip Fuess. These were held at Madison Lake where for many years dinner was served by the Leland Hotel. Later, the families brought the food themselves. For a few years in the 1930's, the reunions were omitted but the 1940's found the families uniting annually at Taylor's Grove, Lake Moraine and two years at the home of Will and Eliza Fuess at Waterville.

The number in attendance in recent years ranges from fifty to sixty persons. The date chosen is the first Sunday after August 1st, the birthday of John Philip Fuess.

One half of the Fuesses live within an area of nine miles including Waterville, Madison and Bouckville. The other half are scattered from Cairo Egypt to Korea.
Many and varied are the occupations these people pursue, some being engaged in farming, others in business, and others in the professions. The young people are studious and talented many of them on the honor roll in school.

There are 140 living descendants counting the wives and husbands of direct descendants. Of this number 55 are under twenty-one years of age. There are fifteen boys under twenty-one who bear the name of Fuess. These figures indicate that there will be families that bear the name of Fuess for a long time to come.



More About Johannes Fuess and Susanna Friederika Kuhn:
Marriage: Dec 12, 1825, Annweiler, Province of Bavaria, Germany.187

Children of Johannes Fuess and Susanna Friederika Kuhn are:
  1. +Johann Phillipp Fuess, b. Aug 01, 1827187, d. Jun 12, 1896.
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