Bishop Christian Schlegel
1819 - 1884 (65 years)-
Name Christian Schlegel [1, 2] Prefix Bishop Birth 17 Jan 1819 SW - birthplace according to the 1880 census
Gender Male CLER Y Occupation Farmer, minister, bishop Religion Mennonite Death 26 Nov 1884 Pike Twp., Livingston Co., IL [3] - FAG date 1883
Burial Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL - Waldo Cemetery
Person ID I7549 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 20 Nov 2020
Father Christian Schlegel, b. 1791 d. Bef 1870 (Age < 78 years) Mother Catherine Ernst, b. 1790 d. Between 1850-1860 (Age 70 years) Family ID F4485 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Salome Sommer, b. 1 Jul 1819, Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 20 Jul 1890, Pike Twp., Livingston Co., IL (Age 71 years) Marriage 16 May 1842 Tazewell Co., IL [4] Children 1. Elizabeth (Eliza) Schlegel, b. 7 Mar 1842, Washington, Tazewell Co., IL d. 8 Jun 1925, Eureka, Woodford Co., IL (Age 83 years) 2. Catherine Schlegel, b. Apr 1843, Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL d. 5 May 1916, Washington, Tazewell Co., IL (Age ~ 73 years) 3. Christian S. Schlegel, b. 8 Dec 1844, Tazewell Co., IL d. 27 Feb 1913, Gridley, McLean Co., IL (Age 68 years) 4. Magdalena Schlegel, b. 3 May 1846, Tazewell Co., IL d. 3 Jul 1921, Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL (Age 75 years) 5. Joseph Schlegel, b. 8 Dec 1847, Tazewell Co., IL d. 12 Jul 1914, OK (Age 66 years) 6. Nicholas H. Slagell, b. 22 Apr 1849, Tazewell Co., IL d. 28 Jun 1913, Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL (Age 64 years) 7. Benjamin Franklin Slagel, b. 8 Feb 1851, Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL d. 10 Nov 1922, Wayland, Henry Co., IA (Age 71 years) 8. Salome (Sally) Slagel, b. 6 Sep 1855, Pekin, Groveland Twp., Tazewell Co., IL d. 21 Feb 1938, Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL (Age 82 years) 9. Mary Alice Schlegel, b. 18 Jun 1857 d. 27 Jun 1911 (Age 54 years) 10. Lydia Hanna Schlegel, b. 25 Sep 1860, Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL d. 20 Oct 1941, Goshen, Elkhart Co., IN (Age 81 years) 11. Daniel Webster Slagel, b. 26 Mar 1864, Pike Twp., Livingston Co., IL d. 4 Jan 1947, Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL (Age 82 years) Family ID F5299 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 13 Mar 2010
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Event Map Marriage - 16 May 1842 - Tazewell Co., IL Death - 26 Nov 1884 - Pike Twp., Livingston Co., IL Burial - - Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Obit: Herald of Truth, December 1884
“On the 26th of November, in Livingston Co., Ill., of cancer of the stomach, Bishop Christian Schlegel, aged 65 years and 9 months. The funeral was very largely attended. Services were held by Joseph Griester [Grieser?], Andrew Rhodes of Tazewell Co., John P. Schmitt and Christian Rhodes. Bro. Schlegel bore his sufferings with much patience. He leaves a widow and eleven children to mourn his departure. The deceased was a bishop in the Amish Mennonite Church. He administered with the gift he had received from God.” [4]
- Obit: Herald of Truth, December 1884
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Sources - [S11] Obituaries of Individuals.
- [S530] Myrna Slagell Park, Christian Schlegel: Alsace to Illinois.
- [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157597161/christian-slagel.
- [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co.
- [S11] Obituaries of Individuals.