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Ancestors of Melba Irene Peters

Generation No. 4


      8. Albert Peters, born September 16, 1808 in Grossefehn, Germany4; died December 4, 1892 in Grossefehn, Germany4. He was the son of 16. Peter Mennen and 17. Trientje Albers. He married 9. Mettje Janssen Aden August 27, 1837 in Aurich-Oldendorf, Germany4.

      9. Mettje Janssen Aden, born April 13, 1813 in Germany4; died December 20, 1843 in Grossefehn, Germany4. She was the daughter of 18. Jann Remmers Aden and 19. Petertje Egbers Buss.
     
Children of Albert Peters and Mettje Aden are:
  i.   Peter Peters, born April 29, 1838; died June 18, 1839 in Grossefehn, Germany.
  ii.   Peter Peters, born August 1, 1840 in Grossefehn, Germany; died April 2, 1842 in Grossefehn, Germany.
  4 iii.   Peter Albert Peters, born February 22, 1843 in Grossefehn, Germany; died August 14, 1917 in Morrisonville, Illinois; married Antje Hinrichs Fastenau February 21, 1875 in Aurich-Oldendorf, Germany.


      10. Hinderk Tjarks Fastenau, born February 24, 1827 in Westerhusen, Germany4; died March 15, 1907 in Vosskuhlen, Germany4. He was the son of 20. Tjark Hinderks Fastenau and 21. Antje Jacobs de Vries. He married 11. Gretje Ihmen Tammen September 13, 1856 in Aurich-Oldendorf, Germany4.

      11. Gretje Ihmen Tammen, born August 29, 1828 in Westerende, Germany4; died June 6, 1917 in Vosskuhlen, Germany4. She was the daughter of 22. Ihne Tammen and 23. Jelste Remmers Hessse.
     
Children of Hinderk Fastenau and Gretje Tammen are:
  5 i.   Antje Hinrichs Fastenau, born May 5, 1857 in Vosskuhlen, Germany; died December 21, 1925 in Morrisonville, Illinois; married Peter Albert Peters February 21, 1875 in Aurich-Oldendorf, Germany.
  ii.   Jelstina Hinrichs Fastenau, born November 15, 1858 in Vosskuhlen, Germany4; died September 12, 1896 in Mount Olive, Illinois; married (1) Hinrich DeWall 1880 in Mount Olive, Illinois; died 1884 in Mount Olive, Illinois; married (2) John Henry DeWerff August 11, 1884 in Illinois; born February 16, 1847 in Germany; died June 25, 1917 in Mount Olive, Illinois.
  iii.   Hinrika Hinrichs Fastenau, born November 2, 1860 in Vosskuhlen, Germany; married Heike Riclefs Peters January 26, 1887 in Ost-Grossefehn, Germany.
  iv.   Gretje Hinderks Fastenau, born December 27, 1862 in Vosskuhlen, Germany; married Carl Edo Folkers December 10, 1887 in Aurich-Oldendorf, Germany.
  v.   Tjarkdina Fastenau, born May 24, 1865 in Vosskuhlen, Germany; married Heinrich Georg Kohlke May 11, 1888 in Aurich-Oldendorf, Germany.
  vi.   Ihno Hinderks Fastenau, born July 15, 1868 in Vosskuhlen, Germany; died March 2, 1889 in Vosskuhlen, Germany.
  vii.   Foelke Fastenau, born May 4, 1873 in Vosskuhlen, Germany; married Albert Claassen Harmes February 27, 1897 in Aurich-Oldendorf, Germany.


      12. Peter Reish, born July 20, 1823 in Union County, Pennsylvania; died July 22, 1896 in Kansas. He was the son of 24. Samuel Reish and 25. Rachel Coppas. He married 13. Sarah Miller February 19, 1856.

      13. Sarah Miller, born March 9, 1827 in Miami County, Ohio; died August 14, 1907 in Morrisonville, Christian County, Illinois. She was the daughter of 26. Emanuel Miller and 27. Esther (Hattie) Rench.

More About Sarah Miller:
Burial: Morrisonville Cemetery, Morrisonville, Christian County, Illinois
     
Children of Peter Reish and Sarah Miller are:
  i.   Joseph M. Reish, born December 20, 1856; died August 1, 1890.
  ii.   Benjamine Basher Reish, born December 20, 1856 in Covington, Ohio; died August 5, 1944 in Decatur, Macon County., Illinois; married Rosalthe McClure January 14, 1883 in Illinois; born June 20, 1863 in Amsterdam, Virginia; died December 4, 1935 in Decatur, Macon County., Illinois.
  6 iii.   Samuel Reish, born December 15, 1858 in Covington, Ohio; died March 3, 1945 in Morrisonville, Christian County, Illinois; married Rosa Amelia Wise December 6, 1883 in Morrisonville, Illinois.
  iv.   John Reish, born September 5, 1860.
  v.   James K. Reish, born February 14, 1862.
  vi.   William Reish, born February 12, 1865; died May 23, 1938.
  vii.   Charles K. Reish, born March 5, 1870; died March 25, 1870.


      14. August Wise, born March 17, 1835 in Baden, Germany; died June 19, 1926 in Morrisonville, Christian County, Illinois. He was the son of 28. Charles Wise and 29. Minnie Piffer. He married 15. Magdalene Schneider 1860 in Ohio.

      15. Magdalene Schneider, born September 30, 1836; died May 10, 1914 in Morrisonville, Christian County, Illinois.

Notes for August Wise:

CIVIL WAR HISTORY

Enrolled as Private, Company "F", 101st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, August 9, 1862 at Monroeville, Ohio by Captain Alexander E. Drake.

Discharged February 15, 1865 at Huntsville, Alabama on surgeons certificate of disability.

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History - 101st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

This Regiment was organized August 30, 1862, under Colonel Leander Stem. The Regiment participated in the battle of Perryville and was with Rosecrans at Stone River where it lost 219 men. Colonel Stem was killed in the battle and was succeeded by Colonel Isaac M. Kirby. The unit participated in the battle of Chickamauga where it re-captured a battery, fighting over the guns with clubbed muskets. The 101st followed Sherman on the Atlanta campaign, participating in all the battles, and marched with Thomas to Nashville, afterwards following Hood in his retreat. The Regiment was mustered out June 12, 1865.

From Dyer's Compendium

101st Regiment Infantry. Organized at Monroeville, Ohio, August 30, 1862. Left State for Covington, Ky., September 4, thence moved to Louisville, Ky., September 24. Attached to 31st Brigade, 9th Division, Army of the Ohio, September, 1862. 31st Brigade, 9th Division, 3rd Corps, Army Ohio, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Right Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-15. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 16-November 7, and duty there till December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 26-30. Nolensville December 26. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro till June. Reconnaissance from Murfreesboro March 6-7. Reconnaissance to Versailles March 9-14. Operations on Edgefield Pike, near Murfreesboro, June 4. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Liberty Gap June 24-27. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River, and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-October 26. Reopening Tennessee River October 26-28. Moved to Bridgeport, Ala., October 28, and duty there till January 16, 1864, and at Ooltewah till May. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May to September. Tunnel Hill May 6-7. Demonstrations on Rocky Face Ridge and Dalton May 8-13. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Kingston May 18-19. Near Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May 22-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama October 3-26. Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., and duty there till March, 1865. Operations in East Tennessee March 15-April 22. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., and duty there till June. Mustered out June 12, 1865. Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 86 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 140 Enlisted men by disease. Total 236.

More About August Wise:
Burial: Morrisonville Cemetery, Morrisonville, Christian County, Illinois
Military service: Private, Company "F", 101st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry 1862-1865/

More About Magdalene Schneider:
Burial: Morrisonville Cemetery, Morrisonville, Christian County, Illinois
     
Children of August Wise and Magdalene Schneider are:
  i.   Lair Wise
  Notes for Lair Wise:
Never Married

  7 ii.   Rosa Amelia Wise, born April 1, 1861 in Ohio; died June 15, 1938 in Morrisonville, Christian County, Illinois; married Samuel Reish December 6, 1883 in Morrisonville, Illinois.
  iii.   Lillian Wise, born 1868 in Illinois; married Henry Dunkirk.
  iv.   Oliver Wise, born December 19, 1870; died September 16, 1954; married Margaret French.
  v.   Charles August Wise, born 1872; died April 2, 1904.
  Notes for Charles August Wise:
Charles Wise had a hot temper. During a horse drawn buggy ride with his wife in 1904, they were engaged in an intense argument. Charles stopped the buggy, pulled out a pistol, and said, "I am going to end this argument" and shot himself dead.

  More About Charles August Wise:
Burial: Morrisonville Cemetery, Morrisonville, Christian County, Illinois
Fact 1: Drowned

  vi.   William T Wise, born September 21, 1872; died September 11, 1897 in Morrisonville, Illinois; married Mimmie G; born October 22, 1872; died January 5, 1924.
  Notes for William T Wise:
While driving a horse and buggy and engaging in a heated argument with his wife, he lost his temper and pulled the buggy over to the side of the road -- pulled out a gun and shot himself dead. The argument was ended.

  More About William T Wise:
Fact 1: Shot Himself

  vii.   Leroy Wise, born 1878.
  More About Leroy Wise:
Fact 1: Died in Infancy




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