Joseph A. Heiser (Hieser) b. 14 Nov 1859 Tazewell Co., IL d. 27 Mar 1889 Fisher, Champaign Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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Joseph A. Heiser (Hieser)[1]

Male 1859 - 1889  (29 years)


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  • Name Joseph A. Heiser (Hieser)  [2, 3] 
    Birth 14 Nov 1859  Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 11 Dec 1881  Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 27 Mar 1889  Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    • 29 years, 4 months and 3 days
    Baptism 11 Jun 1905  Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • By Peter Zehr
    CLER Y 
    Occupation Farmer 
    Ordained 5 Aug 1917  Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • East Bend church by Bishop Samuel Gerber and Andrew Schrock
    Ordained 1 May 1921  Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • East Bend church by same Bishop
    Religion Amish Mennonite 
    USR1 Pulmonary Hemorrage 
    Burial Elliott, Ford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Waggoner Cemetery (Blackford) - four miles north and 1/2 mile east of East Bend Mennonite church.
    Person ID I386  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 18 Aug 2018 

    Father Jacob Heiser,   b. 20 Feb 1816, Uffing, Bavaria, GR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Dec 1877, Dillon, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Katharina Wagler,   b. 8 Jun 1834, Butler Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Sep 1910, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 8 Oct 1850  Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • Their names were transcribed into the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index as Jacob Hiser and Catharine Wauble.
    Family ID F318  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Barbara Bachman,   b. 15 Jun 1862, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 1926, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage 11 Dec 1881  Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • MR #84
    Notes 
    • Joseph and Barbara were married in the Mennonite Church at Elm Grove, by Christian Nafziger. Joseph Litwiller and A. Ropp were witnesses.
    Children 
     1. John Emil Hieser,   b. 4 Dec 1882, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Feb 1919, Foosland, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
     2. Amos Albert Hieser,   b. 18 Feb 1885, Deer Creek, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Sep 1942, Champaign, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
     3. Bishop Joseph Aaron Heiser,   b. 22 Aug 1888, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 1977, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F172  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2001 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 14 Nov 1859 - Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 11 Dec 1881 - Morton, Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 11 Dec 1881 - Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 27 Mar 1889 - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 11 Jun 1905 - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOrdained - 5 Aug 1917 - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOrdained - 1 May 1921 - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Elliott, Ford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1018] {Harold Zehr} , {“Union in a Common Faith” published in Mennonite Life, March 1993, by V. Gordon Oyer}.

    2. [S539] Harry F. Weber, Centennial History of the Mennonites of Illinois 1829-1929, (The Mennonite Historical Society, Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana).

    3. [S1] Donna Schrock Birkey, Personal knowledge and family records.

    4. [S225] Peter Zehr, East Bend Mennonite Church Records, 13 days.

    5. [S221] East Bend Mennonite Cemetery, 3 days.

    6. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81905384/joseph-hieser.

    7. [S1289] Mary Ann (Augsburger) Kristiansen Eng, People of Landes Cemetery: A summary (Part II) , Source 1289 gives the marriage date as 1851.


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