Ernst Was born on September 1, 1835, was baptized on September 6, 1835 in the Evangelical Church in Leimbach, Germany with Ernst Frierich Tanz, a master weaver and brother-in-law of John Sebastian Kieselbach as his Godfather. He emigrated from Germany, leaving from the Port of Bremen on the sailing barque, "Louisiana" and arriving in the Port of New York on May 17, 1860.
During the Civil War he enlisted in company E, 5th Regiment Cavalry of MO. State Militia, commanded by Captain Charles B. Maus, in December, 1862 and was mustered into service at Jefferson City by Major Shaw. His records show he was a Private, Age 26, 5''4 1/2" tall, light hair, blue eyes, married, was a farmer, born in Saxony-Gernmany and resides in Jefferson City, MO. On the Muster Roll Cards for this unit, on Card 1 is written $100.00 is Ernest''s pay due for his horse and equipment from Nov. 17-Feb. 29, 1864. On card 2 is written $125.00 is Ernest''s pay for used risk of horse and equipment for 33 days. He lost one havesack by neglect at a cost of 67 cents. On card # 3 is written Ernest is transferred to command of Lt. F. M. Avey, dated March 23, 1865. On card # 4 is written Ernest''s muster out date is June 2, 1865 in Rolla, MO. his horse is valued at $105.00 and his horse equipment at $20.00.
On July 30, 1890 Ernst filed a pension application # 837703, Certificate # 600992 stating Ernst served in Company A, 1st Regiment, U.S. R.C. of the Missouri Home Guards from August 1, 1861-October 1. 1861; and as a Private in Company E, 5th Regiment, MO State Militia-Cavalry from August 12, 1862 - June 2, 1865 (Declaration For Invalid Pension-Act of June 27, 1890, dtd. July 25, 1890). He was honorably discharged at Rolla, MO on June 2, 1865-end of the Civil War. A large part of his pension records are sworn testimonies of Ernst''s and others related to an accident in March, 1876 in which Ernst was thrown from his wagon, which was full of old fence rails, when the horse jerked the wagon while going through a gulley/ditch. The wheels of the heavily-loaded wagon traveled over him, badly injuring-breaking his right arm, near the shoulder. The injuries received from this accident are the main reason for Ernst''s pension claim.
In the Indirect Index of Deeds, V. 4, A-Z, 1890-1895; FHL film # 0901391 show Ernst is the "grantor" and his brother, John is the "grantee. The date of the instrument is March 4, 1893, the date of filing is October 11, 1893, nature of the instrument is "war", the deed is recorded in book #17, Page # 648; descriptionof the property is "pt. Lot 924".
An obituary appeared in the Jefferson City Daily Tribune, Page 1, Column 5, dated July 16, 1908 headed ERNEST KIESELBACH DEAD. It said that Ernst had died after an illness of about 4 weeks resulting from a fall. He had fallen down an embankment on Monroe Street and was found unconcious. He was 73 years of age, a widower with no children.
Ernst''s Proof of Will dated March 23, 1903 was filed with the Judge of Probate Court, Cole County (FHL film # 0981822, vol D, page 104) and the porbate was
settled on July 21, 1908. Ernst bequeathed
to his sisters, Anna Buehrle and Catherine Weiss and brothers, John Kieselbach and Daniel Kieselbach each the sum of $ 1.00. The remainder of the estate he bequeathed to Frederick Kieselbach and Laura Ross, children of his deceased brother, Werner. He had adopted them as his own children and wanted his estate to be divided between them equally. He also appointed Frederick Kieselbach, his adopted son as the executor of his Will.
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Ernst Was born on September 1, 1835, was baptized on September 6, 1835 in the Evangelical Church in Leimbach, Germany with Ernst Frierich Tanz, a master weaver and brother-in-law of John Sebastian Kieselbach as his Godfather. He emigrated from Germany, leaving from the Port of Bremen on the sailing barque, "Louisiana" and arriving in the Port of New York on May 17, 1860.
During the Civil War he enlisted in company E, 5th Regiment Cavalry of MO. State Militia, commanded by Captain Charles B. Maus, in December, 1862 and was mustered into service at Jefferson City by Major Shaw. His records show he was a Private, Age 26, 5''4 1/2" tall, light hair, blue eyes, married, was a farmer, born in Saxony-Gernmany and resides in Jefferson City, MO. On the Muster Roll Cards for this unit, on Card 1 is written $100.00 is Ernest''s pay due for his horse and equipment from Nov. 17-Feb. 29, 1864. On card 2 is written $125.00 is Ernest''s pay for used risk of horse and equipment for 33 days. He lost one havesack by neglect at a cost of 67 cents. On card # 3 is written Ernest is transferred to command of Lt. F. M. Avey, dated March 23, 1865. On card # 4 is written Ernest''s muster out date is June 2, 1865 in Rolla, MO. his horse is valued at $105.00 and his horse equipment at $20.00.
On July 30, 1890 Ernst filed a pension application # 837703, Certificate # 600992 stating Ernst served in Company A, 1st Regiment, U.S. R.C. of the Missouri Home Guards from August 1, 1861-October 1. 1861; and as a Private in Company E, 5th Regiment, MO State Militia-Cavalry from August 12, 1862 - June 2, 1865 (Declaration For Invalid Pension-Act of June 27, 1890, dtd. July 25, 1890). He was honorably discharged at Rolla, MO on June 2, 1865-end of the Civil War. A large part of his pension records are sworn testimonies of Ernst''s and others related to an accident in March, 1876 in which Ernst was thrown from his wagon, which was full of old fence rails, when the horse jerked the wagon while going through a gulley/ditch. The wheels of the heavily-loaded wagon traveled over him, badly injuring-breaking his right arm, near the shoulder. The injuries received from this accident are the main reason for Ernst''s pension claim.
In the Indirect Index of Deeds, V. 4, A-Z, 1890-1895; FHL film # 0901391 show Ernst is the "grantor" and his brother, John is the "grantee. The date of the instrument is March 4, 1893, the date of filing is October 11, 1893, nature of the instrument is "war", the deed is recorded in book #17, Page # 648; descriptionof the property is "pt. Lot 924".
An obituary appeared in the Jefferson City Daily Tribune, Page 1, Column 5, dated July 16, 1908 headed ERNEST KIESELBACH DEAD. It said that Ernst had died after an illness of about 4 weeks resulting from a fall. He had fallen down an embankment on Monroe Street and was found unconcious. He was 73 years of age, a widower with no children.
Ernst''s Proof of Will dated March 23, 1903 was filed with the Judge of Probate Court, Cole County (FHL film # 0981822, vol D, page 104) and the porbate was
settled on July 21, 1908. Ernst bequeathed
to his sisters, Anna Buehrle and Catherine Weiss and brothers, John Kieselbach and Daniel Kieselbach each the sum of $ 1.00. The remainder of the estate he bequeathed to Frederick Kieselbach and Laura Ross, children of his deceased brother, Werner. He had adopted them as his own children and wanted his estate to be divided between them equally. He also appointed Frederick Kieselbach, his adopted son as the executor of his Will.
During the Civil War he enlisted in company E, 5th Regiment Cavalry of MO. State Militia, commanded by Captain Charles B. Maus, in December, 1862 and was mustered into service at Jefferson City by Major Shaw. His records show he was a Private, Age 26, 5''4 1/2" tall, light hair, blue eyes, married, was a farmer, born in Saxony-Gernmany and resides in Jefferson City, MO. On the Muster Roll Cards for this unit, on Card 1 is written $100.00 is Ernest''s pay due for his horse and equipment from Nov. 17-Feb. 29, 1864. On card 2 is written $125.00 is Ernest''s pay for used risk of horse and equipment for 33 days. He lost one havesack by neglect at a cost of 67 cents. On card # 3 is written Ernest is transferred to command of Lt. F. M. Avey, dated March 23, 1865. On card # 4 is written Ernest''s muster out date is June 2, 1865 in Rolla, MO. his horse is valued at $105.00 and his horse equipment at $20.00.
On July 30, 1890 Ernst filed a pension application # 837703, Certificate # 600992 stating Ernst served in Company A, 1st Regiment, U.S. R.C. of the Missouri Home Guards from August 1, 1861-October 1. 1861; and as a Private in Company E, 5th Regiment, MO State Militia-Cavalry from August 12, 1862 - June 2, 1865 (Declaration For Invalid Pension-Act of June 27, 1890, dtd. July 25, 1890). He was honorably discharged at Rolla, MO on June 2, 1865-end of the Civil War. A large part of his pension records are sworn testimonies of Ernst''s and others related to an accident in March, 1876 in which Ernst was thrown from his wagon, which was full of old fence rails, when the horse jerked the wagon while going through a gulley/ditch. The wheels of the heavily-loaded wagon traveled over him, badly injuring-breaking his right arm, near the shoulder. The injuries received from this accident are the main reason for Ernst''s pension claim.
In the Indirect Index of Deeds, V. 4, A-Z, 1890-1895; FHL film # 0901391 show Ernst is the "grantor" and his brother, John is the "grantee. The date of the instrument is March 4, 1893, the date of filing is October 11, 1893, nature of the instrument is "war", the deed is recorded in book #17, Page # 648; descriptionof the property is "pt. Lot 924".
An obituary appeared in the Jefferson City Daily Tribune, Page 1, Column 5, dated July 16, 1908 headed ERNEST KIESELBACH DEAD. It said that Ernst had died after an illness of about 4 weeks resulting from a fall. He had fallen down an embankment on Monroe Street and was found unconcious. He was 73 years of age, a widower with no children.
Ernst''s Proof of Will dated March 23, 1903 was filed with the Judge of Probate Court, Cole County (FHL film # 0981822, vol D, page 104) and the porbate was
settled on July 21, 1908. Ernst bequeathed
to his sisters, Anna Buehrle and Catherine Weiss and brothers, John Kieselbach and Daniel Kieselbach each the sum of $ 1.00. The remainder of the estate he bequeathed to Frederick Kieselbach and Laura Ross, children of his deceased brother, Werner. He had adopted them as his own children and wanted his estate to be divided between them equally. He also appointed Frederick Kieselbach, his adopted son as the executor of his Will.
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Ernst Was born on September 1, 1835, was baptized on September 6, 1835 in the Evangelical Church in Leimbach, Germany with Ernst Frierich Tanz, a master weaver and brother-in-law of John Sebastian Kieselbach as his Godfather. He emigrated from Germany, leaving from the Port of Bremen on the sailing barque, "Louisiana" and arriving in the Port of New York on May 17, 1860.
During the Civil War he enlisted in company E, 5th Regiment Cavalry of MO. State Militia, commanded by Captain Charles B. Maus, in December, 1862 and was mustered into service at Jefferson City by Major Shaw. His records show he was a Private, Age 26, 5''4 1/2" tall, light hair, blue eyes, married, was a farmer, born in Saxony-Gernmany and resides in Jefferson City, MO. On the Muster Roll Cards for this unit, on Card 1 is written $100.00 is Ernest''s pay due for his horse and equipment from Nov. 17-Feb. 29, 1864. On card 2 is written $125.00 is Ernest''s pay for used risk of horse and equipment for 33 days. He lost one havesack by neglect at a cost of 67 cents. On card # 3 is written Ernest is transferred to command of Lt. F. M. Avey, dated March 23, 1865. On card # 4 is written Ernest''s muster out date is June 2, 1865 in Rolla, MO. his horse is valued at $105.00 and his horse equipment at $20.00.
On July 30, 1890 Ernst filed a pension application # 837703, Certificate # 600992 stating Ernst served in Company A, 1st Regiment, U.S. R.C. of the Missouri Home Guards from August 1, 1861-October 1. 1861; and as a Private in Company E, 5th Regiment, MO State Militia-Cavalry from August 12, 1862 - June 2, 1865 (Declaration For Invalid Pension-Act of June 27, 1890, dtd. July 25, 1890). He was honorably discharged at Rolla, MO on June 2, 1865-end of the Civil War. A large part of his pension records are sworn testimonies of Ernst''s and others related to an accident in March, 1876 in which Ernst was thrown from his wagon, which was full of old fence rails, when the horse jerked the wagon while going through a gulley/ditch. The wheels of the heavily-loaded wagon traveled over him, badly injuring-breaking his right arm, near the shoulder. The injuries received from this accident are the main reason for Ernst''s pension claim.
In the Indirect Index of Deeds, V. 4, A-Z, 1890-1895; FHL film # 0901391 show Ernst is the "grantor" and his brother, John is the "grantee. The date of the instrument is March 4, 1893, the date of filing is October 11, 1893, nature of the instrument is "war", the deed is recorded in book #17, Page # 648; descriptionof the property is "pt. Lot 924".
An obituary appeared in the Jefferson City Daily Tribune, Page 1, Column 5, dated July 16, 1908 headed ERNEST KIESELBACH DEAD. It said that Ernst had died after an illness of about 4 weeks resulting from a fall. He had fallen down an embankment on Monroe Street and was found unconcious. He was 73 years of age, a widower with no children.
Ernst''s Proof of Will dated March 23, 1903 was filed with the Judge of Probate Court, Cole County (FHL film # 0981822, vol D, page 104) and the porbate was
settled on July 21, 1908. Ernst bequeathed
to his sisters, Anna Buehrle and Catherine Weiss and brothers, John Kieselbach and Daniel Kieselbach each the sum of $ 1.00. The remainder of the estate he bequeathed to Frederick Kieselbach and Laura Ross, children of his deceased brother, Werner. He had adopted them as his own children and wanted his estate to be divided between them equally. He also appointed Frederick Kieselbach, his adopted son as the executor of his Will.