Everett Lee Heiser

Everett married Marilyn Burnette [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Brian Lee Heiser
2. Diana Sue Heiser

Other Events and Attributes:

• HONO: Named To The “Who’s Who Of Agriculture,” He Received The Honor Of Fellow Degree In Soil Conservation Society.
• Occupation: Farmer, Then Was Appointed Superintendent Of Institutional Farm Management Of Illinois State-Owned Farms. In 1950 He Became Superintendent Of The Division Of Soil And Water Conservation, A Post He Held Until His Retirement In 1970
• Religion: Fisher United Methodist Church

Notes:

Died:
Carle Foundation Hospital

Buried:
Willowbrook Cemetery.
Private funeral services were at Lux Memorial Chapel in Rantoul.

Leslie married Clara Marie Teuscher on 10 Sep 1935 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL. Clara (daughter of John S. Teuscher and Mary Ann Roth) was born on 23 Feb 1912 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL; died on 19 Jan 2005 in Gibson City, Ford Co., IL; was buried in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Homemaker
• Religion: Mennonite/Fisher United Methodist Church

Notes:

Died:
Gibson Area Hospital Annex

Buried:
Willowbrook Cemetery. Service at Fisher United Methodist Church

Notes:

Married:
By J. A. Heiser

Other Events and Attributes:

• CLER: Y
• Education: Third grade, then self taught
• Occupation: Minister/Farmer
• Religion: Christian
• Ordained: 1917, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL
• Ordained: 1921, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL

Notes:

Obit:
Heiser.- Joseph A., son of Joseph and Barbara (Bachman) Heiser, was born in Morton, Ill., Aug. 22, 1888; died at Fisher, Ill., Jan. 1, 1977; aged 88 y. On Dec. 15, 1909, he was married to Fannie Schrock, who preceded him in death on Dec. 17, 1950. Surviving are 2 sons (Leslie and Willard), 3 daughters (Mrs. Alta Detweiler, Mrs. Mabel Teuscher, and Edna-Mrs. Alva Cender), 17 grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren. He was a bishop in the Mennonite Church and a minister of the East Bend Mennonite Church for 35 years. Private funeral services were held at the Lamb Funeral Home, Gibson City, Ill., on Jan. 3, in charge of Merle Conklin; memorial services were held at the Gibson City Bible Church on Jan. 4, in charge of Merle Conklin, Clyde Ingold, Irvin Nussbaum, and Wendall Arms; interment in East Bend Mennonite Church Cemetery.


{“When Barbara's third son, Aaron, was born on August 22, 1888, Grandfather Bachman looked at the infant and said, 'Du armes Kind! Dass du auch musst zu dieser verkruppelten Welt geboren sein' ('You poor child! That you also must be born into this crippled world')." (Mennonite Women: A Story of God's Faithfulness) After his father died, his mother called him Joseph rather than Aaron.

Joseph (J.A.) was baptized 11Jun1905 by Peter Zehr; ordained as minister at East Bend Mennonite Church on 5 Aug 1917 by the voice of the church; ordained bishop on 1 May 1921 by the same church. Active in Bible conference work and evangelistic work in many states an Canada, and served as moderator of Illinois Conference and a member of the General Mission Board of the Mennonite Church. He later left the Mennonite Church and pastored the Gibson City Bible Church.
Regarding his ordination (by lot) ––"Dad was surprised that his name was included, but he had no fear at all because Levi Birky was a real Bible student and Uncle Albert was a very genuine student of the Bible. He just shrugged his shoulders about this lot; he knew that it would either be Levi Birky or Uncle Albert. I was sitting with my mother in church on the day they cast the lot. I remember seeing my mother break down and cry, and I could not imagine what happened. It did not look to me like anything serious had happened, but she was crying. After we got home from church, they both cried. It cast quite a pall over the family. I was only three years old then, but I thought something terrible had happened. "

About 1930 J.A.’s mortgage was called on Josephine’s land which he had bought. $300 was due immediately to save it from foreclosure, but there was no money available. This matter was a topic of discussion and prayer at numerous family meals, times which included grandparents John and Mary. Growing anxious about the outcome John, evidently without the family’s knowledge, took the very unusual action of going to a neighbor and asking if he could borrow $300 for a short time. The loan was granted.

Shortly thereafter J.A. drove to Fisher and parked in front of Heiser and Ingold’s grocery store and sat in the car praying about how he was going to get the money for the payment. About that time Chris Good (father of Peter?) walked across the street and stopped to say hello. Then he asked J.A. (who at the time was pastor of the East Bent Mennonite Church), “Do you know anyone who could use $300? I have some extra cash and figured there are lots of people in bad straights because of the economic situation right now and would like to help.” Of course, J.A. told his story and received a loan for the amount he needed to stop the foreclosure. The family saw this as a direct answer to their prayers, and John returned his “backup” funds, with interest!

“Besides the gardens and orchards full of growing things, my father loved animals.  He raised purebred livestock--Jersey cattle that made records of note in butterfat and as show animals.  He raised several kinds of hogs when I was quite young.  Buff Rock chickens were a favorite for several years; and when I was a teenager he got an incubator, and we had a small hatchery.  I was more involved in the chicken business than any of the other animal projects.  I felt quite responsible for the trap nesting and enjoyed following the yearly records of some of the best hens.  Number 421 was the top producer; I wrote the number on her eggs so often, it still remains in my memory.  With the hatchery, my father got the salesmanship for a feed business also.  He vaccinated and gave medicine to all his animals, had the dealership for Onarga nursery stock, pruned and sprayed our trees, and did all our wallpapering.  He and Mama would do wallpapering for friends and neighbors also.  He seemed like an ordinary man to me when I was a child, but now I wonder how he did all this, besides pastoring a large church.” (From the memoirs of Edna Heiser Cender held by Kathy Cender Martin)



June 2012 - At an afternoon in Paxton with Heiser cousins, the story was told about the Murphy brothers who are buried in Beekman cemetery. They were a rough bunch and always getting into fights (drunk?). When the police were not able to handle them and settle them down they would call J. A. and he would always be able to get the job done!

Ordained:
Minister, East Bend Mennonite Church

Ordained:
Bishop, East Bend Mennonite Church

Buried:
East Bend Cemetery

Joseph married Fannie Ann Schrock on 15 Dec 1909 in Champaign Co., IL. Fannie (daughter of John Schrock and Mary Birky) was born on 18 Jul 1889 in Morton, Tazewell Co., IL; died on 17 Dec 1950 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL; was buried on 19 Dec 1950 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 11 Jun 1905, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL

Notes:

Obit: Pantagraph
Fisher-(PNS-Mrs. Fannie Heiser, 61, wife of Bishop J. A. Heiser, pastor of the East Bend Mennonite Church, died at 1 p.m. Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Justus Detweiler, near Fisher. She had been ill for seven months. The body was taken to the Blair Funeral Home in Mahomet, where it was to remain until 9:30 a.m. Tuesday when it was to be taken to the East Bend Mennonite Church. Short funeral services were to be held at 1 p.m. at the church. Burial was to be in the church cemetery. The Rev. Francis C. Yoder of Goshen, Ind., was to officiate.

She was born July 18, 1889, near Fisher, daughter of John and Mary Birkey Schrock. She spent her entire life in this community. On Dec. 15, 1909, she married Joseph A. Heiser.
Surviving are her husband; her parents; two sons, Leslie and Willard; three daughters, Mrs. Detweiler, Mrs. Mabel Teuscher and Mrs. Edna Cender, all of Fisher and 14 grandchildren. She had been a life long member of the East Bend Mennonite Church.

Baptism:
East Bend Church by Peter Zehr

Buried:
East Bend Mennonite Cemetery. Funeral service by S. C. Yoder and Harold Zehr.

Notes:

Peter Zehr’s church records have written notation “in East Bend Church,” then, “at home of John Schrock.”

Married:
By Peter Zehr

Notes:

Obit:
Teuscher - John S. Teuscher was born near Eureka, Ill., Dec. 4, 1875; died April 30, 1935; aged 59 y. 4 m. 27 d. His death was due to pneumonia and complications, following an accident in which he sustained a broken back about 10 weeks ago. He was taken to the Mercy Hospital in Champaign, Ill., where every effort failed to save his life. He suffered a great deal during this time, but bore it all patiently. He was fully resigned to the will of the Lord, often expressing his desire to go to his eternal home. On Mar. 9, 1897, he was united in marriage with Mary Roth of Morton, Ill. To this union were born 7 children 2 of whom preceded him in death. He leaves his loving companion and the following children: Mrs. S.M. Zehr and Daniel of Fisher, Ill.; Freda, Clara, and Melvin at home; 2 grandchildren, 3 brothers - Jacob of Upland, Calif.; William of Pigeon, Mich.; and Henry of Milford, Neb.; also a host of other relatives and friends. One sister (Mrs. John Stalter of Gridley, Ill.) preceded him in death. In his youth he accepted Christ as his personal Savior and united with the Mennonite Church, to which he was faithful until death. As a Christian he was much interested in the work of the Church and Sunday school, seldom being absent. He filled the office of church trustee for 25 years, up to the time of his death. He will be greatly missed in the home, Church, and community. Funeral services were held at the East Bend Mennonite Church, with Bros. A.H. Leaman of Chicago, Ill., and J.A. Heiser of Fisher, Ill., in charge. Interment in East Bend Cemetery.
"Some morning bright we'll meet again
On heaven's happy shore;
Yes, in that land where comes no night
We'll meet to part no more."

Moved to Champaign County in the 1890s to help form the church in the Fisher area.

Buried:
East Bend Mennonite Cemetery. Funeral by A. H. Leaman and J.A. Heiser.

John married Mary Ann Roth on 9 Mar 1897. Mary (daughter of Daniel K. Roth and Catherine Ropp) was born on 29 Sep 1875 in Morton, Tazewell Co., IL; died on 28 Mar 1959 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL; was buried on 1 Apr 1959 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obit:
Teuscher, Mary, daughter of Daniel and Catherine Roth; born Sept. 29, 1875, Morton, Ill.; died of complications due to age on March 28, 1959, at Gibson City, Ill.; aged 83 y. 5 m. 27 d. Married to John Teuscher, who died April 30, 1935. Surviving are 2 sons and 3 daughters (Daniel, Melvin, Mrs. Esther Zehr, Mrs. Fred Oyer, and Mrs. Clara Heiser), 2 brothers and one sister (D. K. Roth, Gibson City, Samuel and Amelia Roth, Morton, Ill.). She was a member of the East Bend Church. Funeral services on April 1 at the Gibson City Bible Church were in charge of J. A. Heiser and Leslie Gamble; interment in the East Bend Cemetery.


Mary Roth married John Teuscher. They farmed on land that Mary's father had purchased near the East Bend Mennonite Church north of Fisher, Illinois. Members of this church included several families that were descendants of Elizabeth Eiman's sisters. (Elizabeth Eiman was Mary's great-grandmother.) Good land and hard work gave them a very successful farming operation. They had seven children: Alma, Lester, Esther, Daniel, Freda, Clara, and Melvin. Alma died in infancy and Lester at the age of seventeen years. After John's death in an accident at the grain elevator in Fisher, Mary and Clara [Freda] moved to Fisher. John died in 1935 at the age of fifty-nine. Mary died in 1959--age eighty-three.

Buried:
East Bend Mennonite Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• CLER: Y
• Occupation: Farmer
• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• USR1: Pulmonary Hemorrage
• Residence: 11 Dec 1881, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL
• Baptism: 11 Jun 1905, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL
• Ordained: 5 Aug 1917, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL
• Ordained: 1 May 1921, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL

Notes:

A week after Joseph and Barbara arrived in Champaign County, near Fisher, to live in a new home in a heavily wooded area along the Sangamon River, a four-month-old nephew--son of Peter and Barbara (Heiser) Zehr--died of measles. Three days after this burial some of the men were helping Joseph unload hay in the barn for his livestock when he was suddenly stricken with a fatal pulmonary hemorrhage.

Baptism:
By Peter Zehr

Ordained:
East Bend church by Bishop Samuel Gerber and Andrew Schrock

Ordained:
East Bend church by same Bishop

Died:
29 years, 4 months and 3 days

Buried:
Waggoner Cemetery (Blackford) - four miles north and 1/2 mile east of East Bend Mennonite church.

Joseph married Barbara Bachman on 11 Dec 1881 in Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL. Barbara (daughter of John Bachman and Barbara Sutter) was born on 15 Jun 1862 in Tazewell Co., IL; died on 24 Mar 1926 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL; was buried in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• Residence: 11 Dec 1881, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL
• Residence: 1900, Fisher, East Bend Twp., Champaign Co., IL

Notes:

Mennonite Women: A Story of God's Faithfulness

"This mother endured many hardships and remained faithful. After eight years of happy marriage she suddenly became a widow with three sons to raise in a new community. On the advice of men in her congregation, she married a man who proved to be an alcoholic and emotionally disturbed. She cared for a mentally retarded son and a senile mother. She lost a son in the great World War I flu epidemic....When the strong, handsome Joseph Heiser who lived nearby asked her to marry him, twenty-year-old Barbara gladly accepted.....A year after her own marriage Barbara's twin sister married Joseph Heiser's brother Jacob. Sisters married to brothers!" ....
"Following her husband's untimely death, Barbara was left a widow, in a new community, with three sons to bring up alone, and she had a farm to manage. She took little Aaron into her arms and, from that day on, called him Joseph, after his father."

Barbara and her sister, Elizabeth, were twins.
Later Barbara married Andrew Eyer, and they had two sons, William (b.8 Feb 1895) and Daniel (b. 1899).

“On December 11, 1881, Joseph Hieser, the fifth son of Jacob and Catherine Wagler Hieser, married Barbara Bachman, one of the John Bachman’s twins. They made their first home in Tazewell County in the Deer Creek area. To this union were born three sons: John Emil, Amos Albert, and Joseph Aaron.

“In the spring of 1889 Joseph and Barbara Hieser decided to join others and moved their family to Champaign County, Illinois. At this time the children were yet small, John being 6 years old, Amos 4, and Joseph 7 months. Joseph’s brother, Jacob Hieser and brother-in-law Peter Zehr, were already living in the East Bend community. Peter Zehr was the first minister and bishop of the new East Bend church. Joseph and Barbara Hieser made this move on March 4, 1889. He bought the land that lay to the north side of his brother Jacob’s property.

“As there was no dwelling on the property Joseph and his family purchased, they lived temporarily in a small house on his brother Jacob’s farm, until such a time as he could get their own home built. He possibly had already been making plans to build, when his brother-in-law Peter Zehr, who had purchased hay, needed help to get it into the mow. Joseph, a strong robust man, helped pitch the hay into the barn. While working he suddenly became ill, making it necessary to acquire a doctor. The doctor left some medicine without having come to an exact diagnosis. Joseph passed away on March 27, 1889, at the age of 29 years and 4 months, three weeks after moving to Champaign County. It was later determined that death was due to an apomanary(?) hemorrhage (ruptured lung artery). This caused internal bleeding, a result of over exertion.

“This surely must have been disheartening to Barbara Heiser, who was left with her three small sons; John, Amos and Joseph. This left her with a great responsibility and she was now faced with many hardships, the children’s diseases, but at all times she trusted in the Lord to see her through. As there was a new home to build and hired help for farming the purchased ground, she met with many hard financial situation.

“For about five years Andrew Eyer, a native of Germany, farmed for Barbara. On June 17, 1894, Barbara married Andrew. To them were born two sons, William and Daniel. About nine years after their marriage, Andrew found himself battling with a mental disability. He was taken to Kankakee State Hospital, Kankakee, IL, where he spent the next seven years. About three weeks before his death, October 8, 1910, he was brought home. Once again Barbara was left without a husband. She now had five sons.

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Champaign Co., IL, Probate Court guardianship record #1234 (0401000201234) dated 1895, in the matter of the Guardianship of John E. Heiser, et.al., Barbara Eyer, Guardian:

Petition of Barbara Eyer in the matter of the Estate of Joseph Heiser deceased, for Letter of Guardianship respectfully represents that John E. Heiser, minor aged 12 years on the 4th day of December 1894; Amos Heiser, minor aged 10 years on the 18th of February 1895; and Joseph Heiser, minor aged 7 years on the 22nd day of August 1895...
said minors are residents of this County; that they have no father living, or other legal guardian residing in this state; that said minors are heirs of one Jacob Heiser, deceased, father of their father Joseph Heiser, deceased, late of Champaign County, Ills. and as such heirs they will shortly be entitled to receive a sum of money realized from the sale of the estate of said Jacob Heiser, deceased, and that said sum of money being about seven hundred dollars, will be payable to them about November 1st 1895. And that your petitioner is the Mother of and desires herself to be appointed guardian of said minors. Dated Urbana, Ill., Sept 26, 1895. Barbara Eyer being duly affirmed deposes and says that the facts averred in the above petition are true according to the best of her knowledge, information and belief. Sworn to and subscribed before me, Harry L. Kelly, N.P. Filed on the 27th of Sept 1895. Bond $1400. H. L. Kelly, Atty, Fisher, Ill.

Receipt of Ward
On August 30, 1909, Joseph Heiser, now being of legal age of 21, acknowledged receipt of the sum of $304.33 from Barbara Heiser Eyer as his Guardian, in full settlement of amount due to him. This was the Final Report of the Guardian, found to be correct, and it was approved and Guardian discharged. Signed by Joseph A. Heiser.

Residence:
Barbara listed as wife of Andreas Eyer, head of household, and children: John Heiser, Amos Heiser, Joseph Heiser, Willie Eyer and Daniel Eyer; and her mother, Barbara Bachman.

Buried:
East Bend Mennonite Cemetery

Notes:

Joseph and Barbara were married in the Mennonite Church at Elm Grove, by Christian Nafziger. Joseph Litwiller and A. Ropp were witnesses.

Married:
MR #84

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Railroad School?
• Occupation: Farmer In 1885, Later Carpenter And Painter
• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• USR1: Old age-died in his sleep
• Residence: 19 Feb 1885, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL
• Residence: 1891, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL

Notes:

Obit:
Schrock, -- John Schrock, was born near Delavan, Ill., May 28, 1862; died near Fisher, Ill., July 28, 1951; aged 89 y. 2 m. He accepted Christ in his youth and was a member of the Mennonite Church from then until his death. He was a charter member of the Eat Bend congregation at Fisher. In 1885 he was united in marriage to Mary Birkey, of Morton, Ill. To this union two children were born. Albert, preceded him in death thirty-four years ago and his daughter (Fannie-Mrs. J.A. Heiser, Dec. 17, 1950). Surviving are his wife, 8 grandchildren, and 24 great-grandchildren. His 3 brothers and 4 sisters preceded him in death. N. N. Roeschley conducted the funeral services at the East Bend Church.

Birth:
Another source says Delavan

Residence:
At time of marriage

Buried:
East Bend Mennonite Cemetery

John married Mary Birky on 19 Feb 1885 in Morton, Tazewell Co., IL. Mary (daughter of Andrew (Andréas) S. Birky and Veronica (Fannie) Sutter) was born on 19 Sep 1862 in Morton, Tazewell Co., IL; died on 24 Mar 1954 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL; was buried on 26 Mar 1954 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• Residence: 19 Feb 1885, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL
• Residence: 1914, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL

Notes:

Obit: Gospel Herald
Schrock, Mary (Birky), was born near Morton, Ill., Sept. 19, 1862; passed away at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Alta Detweiler, Fisher, Ill., March 24, 1954; aged 91 y. 6 m. 5 d. She was bedfast for 18 months. On Feb. 19, 1885, she was married to John Schrock. He preceded her in death in July 1951. They were the parents of 2 children (Albert E., and Fannie-Mrs. J. A. Heiser). Albert preceded her in death in February, 1917, and Fannie in December, 1950. Surviving are her daughter-in-law (Mrs. Josephine Schrock, Eureka, Ill.), son-in-law (J. A. Heiser, Fisher, Ill.), 8 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. She accepted Christ in her youth and bore testimony of her love for her Saviour. She was a member of the East Bend Mennonite Church. Funeral services were held at the East Bend Church in charge of Ezra Yordy. Burial was made in the adjoining cemetery.


John and Mary lost both of their adult children before their own deaths.

Buried:
East Bend Mennonite Cemetery

Notes:

Married at the home of the bride’s parents by Andrew Ropp. Peter Schrock was a witness.
Both were 23 years of age at the time of their marriage.

Married:
By Andrew Ropp, minister of the gospel. (MR #153)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• Immigration: 1874, New York from Hamburg

Notes:

Birth:
Koingbach? “As we tried to communicate, I did learn that she was originally from Köingbach.  I said that was where my mother's family (Teuscher) came from. Linda”

Immigration:
Steamship S.S. Holsatia

Johannes married Magdalena Rediger on 13 Nov 1859. Magdalena (daughter of Jacob Rediger and Magdalena Schrag) was born on 5 Aug 1838 in Baden, GR; died on 7 Jul 1917 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL; was buried in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• USR1: nitral *regurgation
• Residence: 1873, Eureka, Woodford Co., IL

Notes:

Obit: Gospel Herald Aug 5, 1917
Teuscher. - Magdalena Teuscher (Rediger) was born Aug. 5, 1838, in Baden, Germany; died July 7, 1917, at Fisher, Ill., aged 78 y. 11 m. 2 d. Death was due to nitral *regurgation, from which she had been a sufferer for the past five years. She was a faithful member of the Amish Mennonite Church which she joined in her younger years. She was united in marriage to Johannes Teuscher Nov. 13, 1859, and came to Eureka, Ill., in 1873. To this union were born 4 sons and 1 daughter. For the last ten years she has made her home with her son John of Fisher. She leaves to mourn her departure 4 sons, 22 grandchildren, 4 brothers, 3 sisters, and a host of relatives and friends. Funeral services were held at the Amish Mennonite Church conducted by Bro. Samuel Garber, assisted by Bro. Peter Zehr. Her selected text was II Pet. 1:12-15. Interment was made in the cemetery near by.

Transcriber's note: *regurgation typed as written.

Buried:
East Bend Mennonite Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• CLER: Y
• Occupation: Farmer
• Religion: Mennonite
• Census: 1860, Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL

Notes:

OBIT: Gospel Herald Vol XIV, No 48 2 March 1922

Roth - Daniel Roth was born in France Feb 5, 1833; died at his home in Morton, Ill, Feb. 10, 1922; aged 89 y, 5 d. Brother Roth came to America with his widowed mother when but four years of age. For a few years they lived in Ohio but later moved to Tazewell Co, Ill, where he lived the rest of his life. 

He was one of the pioneer settlers of this country, experiencing many of the privations and hardships of those early days, having been enabled to see the changes in the community in the course of its development from raw prairie to the thickly settled, modernized farms and towns of today. This can be better understood when we remember how he often related the fact that he helped to cut wheat with the cradle on the ground where the town of Morton now stands. He accepted Jesus as his personal Savior when a young man, uniting with the Mennonite Church. His Christian character won the respect of his fellow Christians, being called to the ministry by his church in which capacity he served them until the infirmities of old age settled upon him, having been a faithful shepherd of the flock and remaining loyal to his Master until called by death. 

In the year 1855 he was married to Catharine Ropp, who preceded him in death in 1885. This union was blest with nine children. 

In 1887 he was married the second time to Lisette Goldsmith. Two children were born to this union. He leaves his loving wife, eleven children, 43 grandchildren, and 25 great-grandchildren, and a large concourse of neighbors and friends. 

The children were all in attendance at the funeral. They are Mrs Fannie Heiser, Mrs Phoebe Staker, Joseph, Amos, Jacob, Mrs Louisa Rich, Mrs Katie Rediger, Daniel, Mrs Mary Teuscher, Amelia, and Samuel. 

The funeral was largely attended, conducted by Bro C F. Derstine at the home, and at the church by Bro. Derstine and Bro. Simon Gingerich. Texts, Eccl 12:5; Psa 90; Phil 1:21.

Census:
Daniel’s mother is living with the family

Buried:
Pleasant Grove Mennonite Cemetery

Daniel married Catherine Ropp on 27 Feb 1855 in Tazewell Co., IL. Catherine (daughter of Bishop Andrew Ropp and Jacobina Vercler) was born on 27 Dec 1835 in Morton, Tazewell Co., IL; died on 25 Mar 1885 in Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Catherine Ropp (1835 - 1885) and Daniel Roth (1833 - 1922)
Their Children

Jacobina Roth (1856 - 1924) and Nicholas Staker (1853 - 1941)
Veronica (Fannie) Roth (1856 - 1946) and Joseph Heiser (1854 - 1932)
Joseph Roth (1858 - 1949) & Amelia Ropp (1857 - 1894) & Elizabeth Ropp (1859 - 1940)
Amos Roth (1860 - 1945) and Barbara Augsburger (1861 - 1917)
Jacob Roth (1863 - 1939) and Rosina Ringenberger (1872 - 1938)
Louisa Roth (1866 - 1940) and Joseph Rich (1861 - 1933)
Katie Roth (1869 - 1942) and Edward Rediger (1870 - 1945)
Daniel K. Roth (1872 - 1968) and Leanna Mosiman (1873 - 1958)
Mary Roth (1875 - 1959) and John Teuscher (1875 - 1935)


Catherine Ropp lent truth to the old adage that the first child usually resembles his or her father. Her stature and general appearance together with her personality and mannerisms gave her a right to say that she was Andrew Ropp's daughter. She was born in a two-room log cabin on December 27, 1835. She was given her Grandmother Catherine Ringenberger Werkler Engel's name. Her childhood home was a very busy place. Her father's farm quickly grew to a size that required them to hire farm laborers to help in the fields and young women to help with the cooking and cleaning. They had frequent company. Grandpa Andréas Ropp and her six Ropp uncles lived nearby and her mother's family close enough to visit occasionally. Because father was the bishop of their church, brethren frequently met in their home.

Catherine was the eldest of seven children. Her sister Elizabeth was born about two months before Catherine's second birthday and her youngest sibling Andrew was born when she was fifteen years old. She began doing chores at an early age - there was always work that needed doing. She attended both a private German school - German was the language in her home and church - and a public school where she learned English. When she married, she had the skills to manage a farm home, cook for family and company, and care for children. She was a capable young woman.

Catherine's first pregnancy ended with a surprise - twin daughters Jacobena and Veronica, who soon responded to the names Bena and Fannie, were born February 14, 1856. They were Andréas and Elizabeth Ropp's first great-grandchildren. Catherine and Daniel had three more daughters - Louisa was born in 1866, Katie in 1869, and Mary in 1875. They also had four sons - Joseph was born in 1858, Amos in 1860, Jacob in 1863, and Daniel in 1872. Catherine died February 27, 1885 at the age of forty-nine. Her four older children were married and living nearby. Her five younger children were still at home - her youngest daughter Mary was ten years old.

From Walter Ropp’s writings:
“At one time this area of the county was called “Roppland” because of the many Ropp families who owned approximately 2000 acres of land in this section. The home of Catherine’s parents was located on the Allentown-Pekin Road, approximately one and one-half miles east of Pekin. The house, a brick structure built in 1832, is still standing with many old-fashioned flowers and an old pine tree surrounding it.

“Grandmother Catharine received her education in a nearby school called “The Railroad School.” It was so named because the railroad ran along beside it. It is also interesting that this building was used for Sunday school and that a cemetery dotted with many pine trees, was located at the rear of the school. for many years this was an important landmark until one day the little school burned to the ground. It was thought that a spark from the train perhaps caused the fire. However, the old pine trees still remain, keeping vigil over those loved ones resting in the cemetery.”

Buried:
Pleasant Grove Mennonite Cemetery

Notes:

Married:
The wedding was at home with her Uncle Christian officiating.