August K. Unzicker
1849 - 1939 (90 years)-
Name August K. Unzicker [1, 2, 3] Birth 25 Sep 1849 Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Gender Male Religion Mennonite Death 27 Sep 1939 Roanoke Twp., Woodford Co., IL Burial Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL [4] - Roanoke Mennonite Cemetery
Person ID I2617 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 8 Mar 2022
Father Peter Unzicker, b. 1 Jun 1816, St. Goarshausen, Nassau-Weilburg, GR d. 19 Feb 1881, Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL (Age 64 years) Mother Katharina Kennel, b. 1 Oct 1822, Dreisen, Palatinate, GR d. 11 Jan 1898, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 75 years) Marriage 30 Dec 1848 Butler Co., OH [5] Family ID F2110 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Birky, b. 25 Dec 1847 d. 13 Apr 1898 (Age 50 years) Marriage 10 Dec 1870 Tazewell Co., IL [6, 7] - Tazewell Co. Records D/19. By Christian Nafziger
Notes - Obituary gives marriage date as 20th of Dec.
Children 1. Oscar Christian Unzicker, b. 20 Dec 1871, Tazewell Co., IL d. 14 May 1956, Eureka, Woodford Co., IL (Age 84 years) 2. Daniel William Unzicker, b. 21 Feb 1873, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL d. 19 May 1931, McLean Co., IL (Age 58 years) 3. Emelia (Millie) Katherine Unzicker, b. 21 Jul 1874, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL d. 19 May 1964, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL (Age 89 years) 4. Samuel Ernest Unzicker, b. 17 Mar 1876, Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL d. 21 Nov 1963, Eureka, Woodford Co., IL (Age 87 years) 5. Peter Elias Unzicker, b. 19 Sep 1877 d. 13 Mar 1952 (Age 74 years) 6. Emma Louise Unzicker, b. 13 Jan 1879, Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL d. 22 Mar 1919, Woodford Co., IL (Age 40 years) 7. Eliza Marie Unzicker, b. 27 Jun 1880 d. 7 Jul 1936 (Age 56 years) 8. Bertha Magdalena Unzicker, b. 28 Feb 1882 d. 8 Mar 1948 (Age 66 years) 9. August Julius Unzicker, b. 24 Jun 1884 d. 19 Sep 1888 (Age 4 years) 10. Lina Wilhelmina Unzicker, b. 7 Dec 1885 d. 16 Jun 1967 (Age 81 years) 11. John Andrew Unzicker, b. 5 May 1887 d. 29 Sep 1908 (Age 21 years) 12. Ella Elma Unzicker, b. 7 Feb 1889 d. 16 Mar 1971 (Age 82 years) 13. Julius Edwin Unzicker, b. 19 Jan 1891 Family ID F1846 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Oct 2011
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Event Map Birth - 25 Sep 1849 - Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Marriage - 10 Dec 1870 - Tazewell Co., IL Death - 27 Sep 1939 - Roanoke Twp., Woodford Co., IL Burial - - Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Obit:
Gospel Herald, Nov 1939
Unzicker.-August, son of Peter and Katherine Unzicker, was born near Morton, Ill., Sept. 25, 1849; died at the home of his son (S. E. Unzicker), Roanoke, Ill., Sept. 27, 1939, after an illness of seven weeks; aged 90 y. 2 d. On Dec. 20, 1870, he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Birkey. To this union were born 7 sons and 6 daughters. He was preceded in death by his wife, 3 sons (Daniel, John, and August), also 2 daughters (Emma and Elizabeth). There remain 4 sons (Oscar and Peter of Low Point, Samuel E. of Roanoke, and Julius of Morocco, Ind.), also 4 daughters (Mrs. Val Springer of Foosland, Mrs. Frank Welts of Cazenovia, Mrs. Prosper Heppard of Roanoke, and Mrs. Andrew Ulrich of Shelbyville), 64 grandchildren, 116 great-grandchildren, 1 brother (Julius of Foosland), and a host of other relatives and friends. He received Christ in his youth and for the past eleven years held his membership in the East Bend Mennonite Church of Fisher, Ill. Funeral services were conducted at the Roanoke Mennonite Church with J. A. Heiser of Fisher, Ill., in charge. Text, Psalm 23. Burial in the Roanoke Cemetery.
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Sources - [S234] Steve Estes, Amish Church letters to Illinois.
- [S2] Ruth Berkey Reichly, The Berkey Book, (Arlington, VA).
- [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28393971/august-k-unzicker.
- [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28393971/august-k_-unzicker.
- [S836] Unzicker Family Records.
- [S352] Steve Estes, A Kennel Family Outline Part I.
- [S836] Unzicker Family Records, Marriage: 30 Dec 1870.
- [S234] Steve Estes, Amish Church letters to Illinois.