Pauline Elizabeth Heiser

Notes:

Obit: Published in Star-Telegram on October 4, 2013

Pauline Hill, 93, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Burial: Will be in Roanoke Mennonite Cemetery in Woodford County, Ill. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Laurel Land Funeral Home. Survivors: Many loving family members and friends.

Married Perry Hill.

Buried:
Roanoke Mennonite Cemetery

Notes:

Birth:
Allentown Rd.

Buried:
Roanoke Mennonite Cemetery

Edward married Clara Reeser on 24 Sep 1908 in Eureka, Woodford Co., IL. Clara was born on 6 Jan 1889 in Eureka, Woodford Co., IL; died on 30 Dec 1968 in Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., TX; was buried in Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Daughter of Christian and Dora Householder Reeser.

Buried:
Roanoke Mennonite Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish Mennonite

Notes:

Birth:
5 May 1853 says Joe Staker (Allentown Rd.)

Buried:
Mt. Zion Cemetery

Christian married Elizabeth Zehr on 25 Feb 1877 in Goodfield, Woodford Co., IL. Elizabeth (daughter of Peter Zehr, Sr. and Elizabeth Oyer) was born on 2 Feb 1855 in Deer Creek, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., IL; died on 29 Jan 1933 in Goodfield, Woodford Co., IL; was buried in Deer Creek Twp., Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish Mennonite

Notes:

Obit:
HEISER. ? ELIZABETH, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth ZEHR, was born near Deer Creek, Ill., Feb. 2, 1855; died at her home in Goodfield, Ill., Jan. 29, 1933; aged 77 y. 11 m. 27 d. On Feb. 25, 1877, she united in marriage to Christian W. Heiser. To this union were born 5 sons and 1 daughter; 1 son (Christian D.) preceded her in death. Early in life she accepted Christ as her Savior and united with the Mennonite Church, in which faith she continued until death. For the past six years she was afflicted with blindness. Her death was caused by complications of diseases. She bore her afflictions with patience. Her desire was to be home with her Savior. She leaves her faithful companion, 4 sons, and 1 daughter (Peter S., Washington, Ill.; Edward J., Metamora, Ill.; Mrs. William Yoder, Goodfield, Ill.; Simon A., Eureka, Ill., and Benjamin A., Goodfield, Ill.); also 2 brothers, 2 sisters, 13 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. Funeral services were held Jan. 31 at her home in Goodfield. Services were conducted by Ezra Yordy of Eureka, Ill., and George Gundy of Meadows, Ill. Text, II Cor., 4th chapter. The body was laid to rest in Mt. Zion Cemetery at Deer Creek.

"The room is empty now.
Since Mother is at rest;
But we our heads do humbly bow,
And say, God thought it best."

Birth:
Joe Staker says Mackinaw

Buried:
Mt. Zion Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Religion: Mennonite
• Immigration: 2 Jul 1842, NY
• Census: 1850, Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 1855, IL
• Census: 1860, Dillon Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 1870, Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• PURC: 1876, Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• Naturalization: 6 Nov 1876, Pekin, Groveland Twp., Tazewell Co., IL

Notes:

Birth:
Streicherhof, 30 miles south of Hanfeld. Arzbach bei Dachau

Immigration:
On the Rhone, under the name Jacob Heisser, a 27-year-old from Bavaria, accompanied by 26-year-old Margaretha, as yet unidentified.

Census:
Jacob, 34-year-old farmer, living with his stepmother “Madaline” [Eyer], 62, in the home of his younger stepbrother “Joseph Hiser,” 30.

Census:
Illinois State Census. . The family of Jacob 'Heisor' can be found on the 1855 Illinois State Census. It described them as one male, 40-50 years old; one male, 20-30 years old; one male, under 10; one female, 20-30 years old; and one female, under 10 years of age.

Census:
Their family can be found on the 1860 census of Dillon as Jacob 'Hiser', 40; Catherine, 26; Christian, 7; Catherine, 6; Jacob, 4; Barbara, 3; and Joseph, eight months.

PURC:
Bought land from Charles Graves in Section 36.

Buried:
Landes Mennonite Cemetery (Headstone says Hieser) Grave #14 on printed plot map dated 8/12/2013

Jacob married Katharina Wagler on 8 Oct 1850 in Tazewell Co., IL. Katharina (daughter of Christian H. (Jacob) Wagler and Katharina Ulrich) was born on 8 Jun 1834 in Butler Co., OH; died on 2 Sep 1910 in Morton, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Morton, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• USR1: infirmities of old age
• Residence: 1860, Dillon Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• Residence: Aft 1860, Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL

Notes:

Obituary: Oct. 20, 1910 Gospel Herald
Heiser.--Mother Catherine Heiser, nee Wagler, was born in Butler Co., O., June 8, 1834; passed to her reward near Morton, Ill., Sept. 2, 1910; aged 76 y. 2 m. 24 d. Her death was caused by the infirmities of old age. Mother Heiser united with the A. M. Church in her younger years and remained a faithful member to her blessed end. She was united in matrimony with Jacob Heiser in 1850. This union was blessed with 13 children. Father Jacob Heiser, her husband, 4 children, 5 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild, preceded her to the spirit world. She leaves 9 children, 48 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, 2 brothers and many friends to mourn her departure. Funeral services were conducted by Christ King at the house in German, text 90th Psalm; and at the church near Morton, Ill., by Andrew Schrock in German and Val. Strubar in English; text, Heb. 9:27, 28. Burial in cemetery nearby.

https://www.tcghs.org/cem/buckeye.htm

Residence:
Where they developed a farm in Section 36.

Buried:
Buckeye Cemetery

Notes:

Married:
Their names were transcribed into the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index as Jacob Hiser and Catharine Wauble.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Brewer/Farmer/Minister
• Religion: Amish
• Immigration: 17 Jun 1844, Le Havre to New York
• Census: 1850, Tazewell Co., IL
• Residence: 1856, Farmdale To Rocky Ford
• Census: 1860, Mackinaw, Tazewell Co., IL
• PURC: 30 Apr 1867, Deer Creek, Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 1870, Deer Creek Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 1880, Deer Creek Twp., Tazewell Co., IL

Notes:

Peter was born in Manried, near Munich, in the Hofmark at Hilgertshausen. He came to America and settled at Farmdale as a single man. After marrying, Peter and Elizabeth remained at Farmdale until 1856, when they moved to the Mackinaw River's Rocky Ford area near his brother Christian. Their homes stood on the high hill overlooking the Mackinaw Valley.

Peter had four sons who grew to maturity. All four--Daniel, Peter, David, Samuel--were ordained to the ministry. Of the first nine children of Peter and Elizabeth Oyer Zehr, five died before their first birthday and a sixth before his second. Of the first nine “six never lived to be over two years old. In the year 1860 two small sons died within 3 months.





It was then used for at least some of the subsequent children, but ventually ended up with Bishop Peter and his wife Barbara. Most likely, all of their children used it, then it was given to Amelia (who married Alvin Birkey). It stayed with that family for many years until thier son, Delmar Gene, was born, and was the last person to sleep in the vintage bed. In July of 2023, the bed was gifted to Del and Donna’s family to keep, protect, and hand down at the appropriate time.}

Birth:
Hilgerthausen-Tandern

Immigration:
arrival on packet ship Baltimore.

Census:
County next door to brother George Zehr as brewer Peter Seers, 32, Germany; Elizabeth, 20, France; and Daniel, 1, Illinois.

Residence:
on Mackinaw River

Census:
Township next door to brother Christian Zehr as farmer Peter Zears, 40, Germany; Elizabeth, 32, Germany; and four children born in Illinois.

PURC:
The Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database shows Peter Zehr purchasing 40 acres in Section 36 between Deer Creek and Mackinaw at $10 per acre on April 30, 1867.

Census:
Listed as farmer born in Bavaria, age 52; with wife Elizabeth age 42 born in France; children Daniel age 21, Peter age 19, Elizabeth age 15, Mary age 9, David age 8, Phoeby age 3 and Samuel age 6 months, all born in IL

Census:
Farmer Peter Zehr, 62, Bavaria; Lizzie, 53, France; with four children, all born in Illinois.

Died:
Six days after Phoebe’s wedding.

Buried:
Slabtown Cemetery

Peter married Elizabeth Oyer on 12 Aug 1845 in Farmdale, Tazewell Co., IL. Elizabeth (daughter of Joseph, Sr. Oyer and Magdalena Litwiller) was born on 23 Apr 1828 in Niderhoff, Moselle, FR; died on 21 Mar 1896 in Foosland, Champaign Co., IL; was buried in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish
• Immigration: 4 Dec 1830, New Orleans, LA
• Residence: 1831, Butler Co., OH

Notes:

Her’s was the second burial in the East Bend Mennonite Church cemetery--six months after Andrew Birky.

Immigration:
Ship Superior

Buried:
East Bend Mennonite Cemetery (second burial in the cemetery)