Edwin Unzicker

Family/Spouse: Sara Elizabeth Wittrig. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1880, Boynton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 1900, Boynton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL

Notes:

Birth:
From headstone

Census:
1880 census of Boynton as farmer Jacob J. Unzicker, 38, born in Illinois to parents from Germany; Bena, 33, born in Illinois to parents from France; Edwin, 11; Rudolph, 8; and William, 5 (all children born in Illinois).

Census:
Farmer Jacob Unzicker, 57, born in Illinois in December 1842; Bena, 42, born in Illinois in October 1857; and servant Jacob Gasho, born in Canada to German parents in April 1880.

Died:
From headstone

Buried:
Orndorff Cemetery

Jacob married Jacobina (Bena) Engel on 7 Nov 1867 in Woodford Co., IL. Jacobina (daughter of Engel) was born on 22 Aug 1843 in Metamora, Panola Twp., Woodford Co., IL; died on 20 Nov 1929 in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Orndorff Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Blacksmith In Europe and America, preacher in the Dillon Creek Amish Congregation
• Religion: Deacon And Minister At Pleasant Grove Mennonite Church In Elm Grove.
• Immigration: 21 Dec 1830, New York to Butler Co., OH
• Census: 1840, Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 1850, Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 1860, Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 1870, Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 1880, Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL

Notes:

Obit: Herald of Truth, July 1893:
“On the 16th of June, 1893, of the infirmities of old age, Pre. Jacob Unzicker, aged 85 years and 2 months. He came to America in 1832 and for the last 51 years has been a resident of Tazewell Co., Ill. In 1837 he married Mary Kreubill [Krehbiel], with whom he had six children, one of whom preceded him. He was a minister for many years and was faithful in his calling. Buried on the 18th in Elm Grove. Funeral services by Joseph Stuckey, M. Kinsinger, Peter Ropp and Joseph Buerckey.”

Served as deacon of the Dillon Creek Meeting.

Immigration:
Ship De Rham (departure from Heckolzhausen, Nassau)

Census:
1840 census of Tazewell County, living next door to 'Andrew Rowp' (Andrew Ropp, later a bishop of the Dillon Creek Meeting and Pleasant Grove Amish Mennonite Church). The census page shows a household with one male checked off in the 30-40 age column; one female checked off in the 20-30 age column; and one female checked off in the under 5 age column.

Census:
1850 census of Tazewell County as blacksmith Jacob Hunnicker, 40, Germany; Mary, 30, Germany; Elizabeth, 12; Jacob, 8; Mary, 6; and Catherine, 3 (all children born in Illinois); and two blacksmiths 18 and 20.

Census:
1860 census of Elm Grove shows farmer Jacob Unsiker, 57, Nassau; Mary, 40, Darmstadt; Elisabeth, 19; farmer Jacob, 17; Mary, 14; Catharine, 11; Madalene, 8 (all children born in Illinois); and laborer Stephen Dansner, 26, Bavaria; and Catharine Kraber, 20, of Darmstadt.

Census:
In 1870: farmer Jacob Unsicker, 62, Prussia; Maria, 56, Hesse-Darmstadt; Catharine, 20, Illinois; and Magdalen, 19, Illinois. Their next door neighbors were son-in-law Christian Hochstettler, 27, Bavaria; their daughter Mary, 25, Illinois; and Louise, 1, Illinois.

Census:
The 1880 census shows farmer Jacob Unsicker, 72; Mearie, 62; and Cat

Buried:
Pleasant Grove Mennonite Cemetery

Jacob married Mary Krehbiel [Kreubill] in 1837 in Butler Co., OH. Mary was born on 5 Aug 1814 in Darmstadt, Hesse, GR; died on 28 Mar 1904 in Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Pleasant Grove Mennonite Cemetery

Notes:

Became leaseholder at Heckholzhausen.