Johannes Schrock (Schrack, Gerrard)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: In French
• Occupation: Farmer In Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL 1850-1875
• Occupation: Miller At Cheppe Near Dompcevrin In 1829
• Occupation: Miller In Butler Co., OH (And Perhaps Farmer?) 1832-1850 (Possibly worked with the Flenner mill, since his brother Peter lived at one time near the Flenner family.)
• Religion: Amish, Amish Mennonite
• Residence: 1826, Blâmont, Moselle, FR
• Residence: 1829, Dompcevrin, Meuse, FR
• Residence: 1829, Cheppe, Dompcevrin, Meuse, FR
• Immigration: Spring 1831, Le Havre to Baltimore
• Residence: 1831, Lancaster Co., PA
• Census: 1840, Butler Co., Lemon Twp., OH
• Naturalization: Sep 1844, Butler Co., OH
• Census: 1850, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL
• Residence: 1832-1850, Butler Co., Lemon Twp., OH
• Census: Oct 1850, Butler Co., Lemon Twp., OH
• Residence: Oct 1850, Butler Co., Lemon Twp., OH
• Residence: Nov 1850, Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 1860, Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 11 Aug 1870, Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL

Notes:

“John Schrock, a native of Lorraine, was of German ancestry, but was educated in French, which he spoke like a native. He was wedded to a lady of Lorraine, Miss Catherine Saltsman, and when the couple were the parents of two children, Joseph and his sister Catherine, they came to America in 1831 leaving the port of Havre in the spring. The passage across the boisterous Atlantic consumed forty-four days. They at length disembarked in Baltimore, Md., very much fatigued from the hardships they had endured during the long journey. From there they went to Lancaster, Pa., and a year later, in 1832 removed to Ohio, and located on a farm which the father operated, and in connection with it rented a mill, which he managed very successfully, it being the business in which he was most proficient. While living in Butler County, Ohio, the family was increased by the addition of three children, namely: John, Peter and Magdalena, who were bright and intelligent, and their mature years have not disappointed the fond expectations, which their parents conceived of the little French-Americans. In the autumn of 1850, Mr. Schrock and his family removed to Tazewell County, Ill., and located near Pekin, taking up wild land, but subduing it by patient industry until at their decease they were surrounded by numbers of broad acres well cultivated and supporting numerous fine domestic animals. During life they were members of the old Amish Church, and died in that communion. The father entered into his rest in his seventy-fourth year and the mother in her fifty-seventh."

(Although the newspaper article said Johannas rented a mill, I’m wondering if in fact he might have managed a mill owned by the Flenner family. Daniel Flenner bought a mill site in 1812 and sold it in 1853, according to the book “Woodsdale’s Story” by Doris Page. Johannas and his family lived in that area during that time. Amishmen Iutzi and Augspurger are mentioned also in connection with the mill. (DB)
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Newspaper article 20 Apr 1935 (at event of son John’s death)
“...Back in Ohio lived Johannes Schrock, German born and also a follower of Menno. Schrock found Ohio pretty well settled, but from the Mennonites in mid-Illinois he heard of a growing new land where acres were cheap and crops were abundant. So Johannes Schrock with three horses, pushed through from Trenton, Ohio, to Pekin and looked at this new west. He liked it. He left one horse here and drove the other two back to the Buckeye state. Arriving, he told the anxious wife, who had been Katharina Salzman in her girlhood days in Germany, that they were moving to Illinois. To Joe, the oldest youth, was given the task of driving through with the horses and cattle and what goods they had. The father and mother took the rest of the family to Cincinnati where they took a boat down the Ohio to Cairo and up the Mississippi and Illinois to Pekin.

Joseph’s son, Jonathan, was later able to point out to his family an American elm tree along the road west of Bloomington where Joseph had camped under his wagon the last night of his trip from Ohio. He had the reputation of being an excellent marksman.
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“The [Johannes Schrock] family located in a log house on what is now the Allen Miller farm five miles east of Pekin. They were made at home by the Mennonites here and kindly neighbors; and because they were honorable and thrifty, they prospered.” ,
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Johannes and his family were counted in the 1850 Butler Co. census and were still there in October. They turn up in Tazewell in November. Land records seem to indicate John made a trip to Illinois prior to taking the family in November, since he had made arrangements to purchase land from the Niewkirk family before arriving. The sale was completed in December 1850. He likely stayed with the Christian Ackerman family and happened to be there when the census taker knocked and was counted again—twice in 1850!
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From John Garber information, Walter Ropp records:
“Danny Garber, whose death by blood poisoning followed a threshing accident, should come in about here. My old Uncle Christ Ropp, who remembered everything that ever happened around there, said that his grave was the first one in the Railroad Cemetery. John Schrock, six months older and much like him said, "I know your Uncle 'Crysthel' had an awful good memory but there's one time when he was mistaken. It was the third one." And now that they are both gone these twenty years, who is going to settle it!”

Bishop Samuel Gerber many times officiated at weddings and funerals of East Bend Mennonite Church members in the early 1900s. While living in Tazewell County, the Schrocks were surrounded by Gerbers and Ropps, including Bishop Samuel Gerber and Bishop Andrew Ropp. The families were obviously close neighbors and friends, and attended church together. So it was natural for both Bishops to be involved in the marrying and burying of these people, even after they had moved to Champaign County.

When Johannes and his family first lived in Tazewell Co., they probably worshipped in the old Railroad School just across the road from Johannes’ land. W. A. Ropp writes about the school: “This school was begun about 1840 and continued to operate until 1872 or 1873 ... about the year 1835, a company was organized to build a railway eastward from Pekin--the grade was finished nearly to Tremont when the panic of 1837 stopped the work. A primitive log school house was built near the newly-graded roadway and was named the Railroad school, altho there was no railroad within a hundred miles.

“Most of the land already had been taken up by settlers, for it consisted of some small, rich, open glades just lying round to let the sunshine in, and a good grade of timberland covered by a magnificent growth of hardwoods and elms--tall, straight and clean-trunked--that gave the township the name Elm Grove.

“The first settlers were families from a number of eastern states and several German families, immigrants from the Upper Rhine country... they said they were Amish. These folks came rapidly and bought out the earlier eastern settlers, so that by 1845 the neighborhood was predominantly German. Some of the early families were the Youngs, the Hodgsons, the Griggs, several Nieukirk families, three Garber families, six Ropp families, and the Unsickers, Sommers, Schrocks, Heisers, Kings, Yordys, Litwillers, Hochstettlers, Birkeys and a few others.“
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The only known photo of Johannes has sometimes been purported as his passport photo. However, according to Wikipedia: “In Europe, general peace between the end of the Napoleonic Wars (1815) and the beginning of WWI (1914), and development of railroads, gave rise to international travel by large numbers of people. Passports were not usually required; there were limited wars which caused some exceptions.” And, photos would not have been used in 1831--photography in its infant form came later--about 1839.
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Joseph Staker, in his discussion of the Schrock family, describes the land on which they settled: “The Schrocks (and Salzmans) lived on ‘ministerial’ land they had purchased from the State of Ohio. On Jan. 7, 1796, the Ohio Company set aside Section 29 in each of the ten townships of its second purchase for the support of religion. This set a precedent. When John Cleves Symmes made the Miami Purchase on Oct. 15, 1788, it included parts of Hamilton, Butler, and Warren counties. Congress approved his purchase but followed the earlier model by reserving Section 29 in each of the three counties for religious purposes. The State of Ohio was authorized by Congress in 1833 to sell or rent unused parts of each Section 29. The money from sales was invested, and churches within the boundaries of the original township received the interest and rent income until 1968.”
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In Ohio, the family worshipped with the Augspurger congregation, where Johannes’ brother, Peter, was a minister. This group was the more conservative of the two congregations near Trenton (the other being made up mostly of Hessian Christians who were more “liberal,” using buttons on their clothes rather than hooks and eyes). No doubt the Augspurger group followed the customs of kneeling for prayer and foot washing with communion, since the East Bend Mennonite Church in Champaign Co., Illinois, continued these customs well into the 1940s.
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John and his brother Peter, and Catherine’s father, Michael Salzman, purchased adjoining land in Section 29 of Lemon Township. In 1855 John sold 81+ acres to John Shertz.










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With regard to John Schrock in their household, John and his family were counted in the 1850 Butler Co. census and were still there in October. They turn up in Tazewell in November. Land records seem to indicate John made a trip to IL prior to taking the family in November, since he had made arrangements to purchase land from the Niewkirk family before arriving. The sale was completed in December 1850. He likely stayed with the Ackermans and happened to be there when the census taker knocked, and was counted twice in 1850.
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Birth:
Date is according to marriage record. Aug 17, 1801 has been used by Willard Smith.

His father Joseph was the miller at Gondrexange during the birth years of his first children, so Johannes was likely born at the mill in the village. No birth document has been found. Nearby Ketzing estate housed many Anabaptist farm workers, so there were probably connections between the Schrag family and other Anabaptists living at the estate, and perhaps products from the farm were processed at the Gondrexange mill.

Residence:
At time of his marriage was living in Blâmont

Residence:
Miller at Cheppe, Commune of Dompcevrin. The mill was destroyed in 1914 during the war, only ruins remain. More than likely lived at the farm Chanteraine.

Residence:
48°56'11.53'' N / 5° 29' 35.00'' E A small village next to Dompcevrin that included Cheppe mill.

Immigration:
On ship list name recorded as Jno. Gerrard. Family lore says the trip lasted 44 days.

Residence:
No information found about the family’s time in Lancaster Co., PA

Census:
#155 (Brother Peter was listed also at #155)

Naturalization:
Two men vouched for John Schrock: Michael Saltzmann and Jacob Taylor.


Census:
Counted again, John Shrock, age 50, being in the household of Christian Ackerman

Census:
House #1175, Family #1316

Residence:
Living with wife Catherine, Joseph, Catharine, Peter, John; next to the Michael Saltzman family

Residence:
Left Ohio to settle in Illinois

Census:
Page 176: John Shrock, age 60, farmer, b. France; John age 17, farmer, b. OH; Magdalene age 16, b. OH.

Census:
Page 18: John Schrack, age 70, farmer; Jacobine, age 53, keeping house, born in Baden.

The information below doesn’t belong to Johannes. Does it belong to his son John?
Real Estate valued at $8000, Personal Estate at $2000. Living in the same dwelling were John, Jr., age 30, farmer; Phoebe, age 24, keeping house; Peter 3; Catharine 2, and Daniel 5/12. This family was living next to Peter Unzicker family in dwelling 119.

Buried:
Railroad Cemetery (not documented, but the most likely)

Johannes married Catherine (Elisabeth) Salzman on 8 Apr 1826 in Blâmont, Moselle, FR. Catherine (daughter of Michael Salzman and Catherine Hirschy (Hergi Hirschine)) was born on 27 Oct 1804 in Sarralbe, Moselle, FR; died in Mar 1858 in Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johannes married Jacobina (Phebe) King on 1 Feb 1861 in McLean Co., IL. Jacobina (daughter of Johannes King and Jacobina “Phoebe” Reidiger) was born on 14 Sep 1814 in Baden, GR; died on 21 Mar 1896 in Livingston Co., IL; was buried on 23 Mar 1896 in Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish Mennonite Then Apostolic Christian
• Immigration: 30 Apr 1831, Baltimore, MD

Notes:

“Joseph Schrock, a well-to-do and successful farmer and stock-raiser of Montgomery Township is located on section 22. The village of Congerville, which was begun in the spring of 1888, is situated on a portion of his farm.* He owns about 320 acres of land, which is divided into two farms. Some of this land was bought in 1864, in which year he first came to this county, buying wild land and improving it with fences, trees, buildings, etc., and as fortune smiled upon him, purchasing more land, which he also improved until he is now very comfortably situated. Before coming to Montgomery Township, he resided some seven years in Roanoke Township, which was the second place in which he had located after coming to the state of Illinois in 1850.

“...reared in Butler County, Ohio, and attended the common schools of the district through the winter, and in the summer assisted on the farm and in the mill, thus acquiring a practical knowledge of agricultural matters, and getting a good insight into business transactions while an employee in his father's mill. He was of legal age, but unmarried, when he came to this state. While a resident of Tazewell County, he was united in marriage with the lady of his choice, Miss Magdalena Guingerich, a country-woman of his....” ,

“Mr. and Mrs. Schrock are good, intelligent German people, industrious, thrifty, and provident, and although not mingling in political matters, yet make excellent citizens, and are worthy members of the New Amish Church.” (Apostolic Christian)

According to Illinois Public Land Purchase Records found at Ancestry.com, Joseph Guingerich purchased 20,000 acres of land between Oct 1861 and Mar 1869, paying $224,000.

Joseph Guingerich, his father-in-law, along with Peter Farni, built a mill in Woodford County (near Farnisville, Mackinaw River area).

The first Joseph and Magdalena Schrock reunion was held in 1949. Several Pekin Schrocks and Tillman Smith attended, but did not return other years. So it became known as the Jonathan Schrock reunion.

*The History of Congerville (page 10, 17) tells the story of the town’s original intention of being named Schrock and the ultimate decision to name it Congerville.

Birth:
In Dompcevrin, Meuse, France where his sister was born. However, Frederic Schwindt says he was not born in the village of Dompcevrin, but at some other place within the broader territory of Dompcevrin.

Immigration:
Information from quarterly listing of Baltimore arrivals. Exact date and ship are unknown.

Buried:
Apostolic Christian Cemetery (Dells)

Joseph married Magdalena Guingerich on 8 Jun 1852 in Tazewell Co., IL. Magdalena (daughter of Joseph Gingerich and Magdalena Guerber) was born on 29 Nov 1830 in Enroute To America, at sea; died on 29 Nov 1922 in Congerville, Woodford Co., IL; was buried in Congerville, Woodford Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• Immigration: 30 Apr 1831, Baltimore, MD
• Census: 1860, Groveland Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 1880, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL

Notes:

Catherine’s gravestone has “Katherine” as the first name spelling, however, the birth document spells it with a C.

After her husband’s death, Catherine signed her right to administer Joseph’s estate to her brother Peter. The Schrock family remembers that Peter cared for his sister and her children in some manner until Catherine married her second husband about a year later in March of 1865.

Birth:
NASL: On Dec 18, 1829, Catherine Gerard was born to Jean Gerard, 28, miller at Cheppe, and his wife Catherine Saltzmann, 26; neither witness was a relative; the document was filed on the day of birth, which took place at 4 a.m.

Immigration:
With her parents and brother

Census:
Farmer Joseph Oyer, 39, France; Catharine, 29, France; and four more children born in Illinois.

Census:
Christian and Catherin Kauffman

Died:
Gravestone gives death date as May 16, 1893

Buried:
Old Apostolic Cemetery (or Kaufman Cemetery) name is Katharina Kaufman on stone

Catherine married Joseph Oyer about 1848 in OH Or IL. Joseph (son of Johannes “Hans”/Jean Oyer and Catherine Kennel) was born in 1820 in LaGarde, Chateau Salins, Moselle, FR; died on 3 Apr 1864 in Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Catherine married Christian Kaufmann on 12 Mar 1865 in Tazewell Co., IL. Christian (son of Joseph Kauffman and Barbara Wenger) was born on 25 Jan 1825 in Rheinfelden, Baden-Württemberg, GR; died on 26 Dec 1908 in Minier, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On a Revised 1973/83 listing of the Mennonite Cemetery in Butler Co., OH, by Hazel Neubrander, there is a notation for Lot #48, “Two Unknown Children died migrating west.” It is the only such notation on the list, and thus one could assume that Johannes and his sister, Jacobine, were the two children.

However, an earlier burial ground on the farm of Jacob Augsperger is a more likely burial place for the children.

Notes:

On a Revised 1973/83 listing of the Mennonite Cemetery in Butler Co., OH, by Hazel Neubrander, there is a notation for Lot #48 “Two Unknown Children died migrating west.” It is the only such notation on the list, and thus one would assume that perhaps Johannes and his sister, Jacobina, were the two children.

However, an earlier burial ground on the farm of Jacob Augsperger is a more likely burial place for the children.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Railroad School?
• Occupation: Farmer, beekeeper
• Religion: Amish Mennonite. Attended A Methodist Church in Pekin After Marriage And Before Moving To Fisher.
• USR1: Chronic Interstitial Nephritis (Kidney Failure)
• Residence: 1850, Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 27 Jul 1860, Malone Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• Residence: 1862, Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• Residence: 1864, Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL
• Residence: Abt 1890, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL
• Residence: 1898, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL
• PURC: 1904, Fairview, MI
• Residence: 1905, Fairview, MI
• Residence: 1907-1922, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL

Notes:

Obituary: Gospel Herald, 20 April 1922, pg 63
Schrock.--Peter Schrock was born, Aug. 1, 1839; died at his home in Fisher, Ill., April 5, 1922; aged 82 y. 8 m. 5 d. He was united in marriage to Anna Garber Jan. 8, 1860, who preceded him in death twenty years ago. To this union 8 children were born. Two preceded him in death. He leaves 6 children, 10 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, and 1 brother. He accepted Christ as his Savior while young and united with the Mennonite Church. He was a faithful member until death. Funeral services were conducted April 7, by Bro. S. S. Zehr and Bro. Sam Gerber. Text, Gal. 2:20.
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“Peter Schrock had long, white whiskers and told one of his grandsons, "You'd be a fine feller if you'd let your whiskers grow." After Peter got older he would sit in his big chair in the sitting room with his spittoon by his chair. He had a jack knife with the words "Peter Schrock, Fisher, Illinois" made in the handle. He used this to cut his chewing tobacco. He also whittled a great deal. Peter raised pigs and kept bees--from 10-15 hives. Peter wasn't able to establish himself as a prosperous farmer like his brother Joseph, or a successful businessman like his brother John, but he left a legacy of compassion and kindness to his descendants.

“Sometime around 1885-1890 a real estate agent appeared in Fisher and persuaded Peter and his two sons, Samuel and Joseph, to buy some uncleared timberland in Fairview, Michigan [village of Mio nearby]. Peter went ahead and sometime later Sam and Joe and their families chartered a freight car and moved to Michigan. Sam and Joe, their livestock and furniture, rode in the freight car and the women (evidently including Lena and Ella) and children rode in a passenger car.

“The Schrocks managed to clear a few acres of land and planted it to Buckwheat. They had the buckwheat ground for pancakes at the mill in Mio. There were beautiful big rainbow and speckled trout in great abundance in the Au Sable river about on and one-half or two miles south of their house...Fish and buckwheat cakes were two important items in the Schrocks’ diet....On the north side of the small buckwheat field was the Sam Schrock house and on the south side of the field was the Joe Schrock house....Pete’s father [Sam], mother and oldest sister Katie worked for other people whenever they could to make a little money. Ellen would help when there was a new baby in the community or when extra help was needed with housework, etc.”

“After a few years Peter moved back to his home in Fisher, IL; Joseph and his family moved to Defiance, OH; and Samuel and his family moved to CO.”

















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Then, in the January Term A.D. 1919, Circuit Court, Champaign County, IL: George Bowman, Emma Van Dorn and Lucinda Lady, vs. a large number of persons named, including Peter and Anna Schrock; re who is the owner of real estate as follows:
The East Half (1/2) of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of Section Thirty-one (31), and the West Half (1/2) of the Northwest Quarter (1/4) of the South west Quarter (1/4) of Section Thirty-two (32), all in Township Twenty two (22) North, Range Eight Eight (8), East of the Third Principal Meridian, in Champaign County, Illinois.

The three complaintants say their mother purchased the land in 1904 from John Zehr, and John Zehr had purchased the property from Austin E. Troutman in 19 from a whitacker01; and that Troutman had purchased the land from Peter Schrock in 1900; and that Peter Schrock had acquired title to the said lands by purchase thereof from Geo. S. VanHouten, the owner at that time, in 1893, and that Geo. S. VanHouten acquired title through various conveyances running in an unbroken line duly filed for record from the United States government, with the exception of a deed executed by Thomas Gile who originally entered said land from the United States Government in 1836.}

Census:
Page 261, Dwelling 1902: Peter Shrock age 21, farmer b. OH; Anna age 20, b. OH. (See map at http://www.tcghs.org/images/mp1857LLLG.jpg)

Residence:
Received mail in Fisher from Eureka

PURC:
Bought timbered land

Residence:
Moved family there in the spring of the year. This was noted in a letter from John Schrock (who stayed in Fisher) to Jonathan Schrock in Congerville, dated Sept 12, 1905.

Residence:
Moved back to the house in Fisher and remained until death

Buried:
East Bend Mennonite Cemetery (Amish Mennonite Cemetery). Undertaker was L. C. Wade of Fisher. Funeral service by S. Zehr and Samuel Gerber

Peter married Anna (Nancy) Garber on 8 Jan 1860 in Tazewell Co., IL. Anna (daughter of John Garber and Eva Caroline Paithe) was born on 30 Apr 1839 in PA; died on 3 Feb 1902 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL; was buried on 5 Feb 1902 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• HIST: ILLINOIS RAILROADS IN 1901 (including Chicago-based) Source: "HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS" © 1901 ©Transcribed by Kim Torp http://genealogytrails.com/ill/cook/railroads.html CHICAGO, PEORIA & ST. LOUIS RAILROAD COMPANY NY (of Illinois), a corporation operating two lines of railroad, one extending from Peoria to Jacksonville, and the other from Peoria to Springfield, with a connection from the latter place (in 1895), over a leased line, with St. Louis. The total mileage, as officially reported in 1895, was 208.66 miles, of which 166 were owned by the corporation. (1) The original of the Jacksonville Division of this line was the Illinois River Railroad, opened from Pekin to Virginia in 1859. In October, 1863, it was sold under foreclosure, and, early in 1864, was transferred by the purchasers to a new corporation called the Peoria, Pekin & Jacksonville Railroad Company, by whom it was extended the same year to Peoria, and, in 1869, to Jacksonville. Another fore closure, in 1879, resulted in its sale to the creditors, followed by consolidation, in 1881, with the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway. (2) The Springfield Division was incorporated in 1869 as the Springfield & Northwestern Railway; construction was begun in 1872, and road opened from Springfield to Havana (45.20 miles) in December, 1874, and from Havana to Pekin and Peoria over the track of the Peoria, Pekin & Jacksonville line. The same year the road was leased to the Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western Railroad Company, but the lease was forfeited, in 1875, and the road placed in the hands of a receiver. In 1881, together with the Jacksonville Division, it was transferred to the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway, and by that company operated as the Peoria & Springfield Railroad. The Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific having defaulted and gone into the hands of a receiver, both the Jacksonville and the Springfield Divisions were reorganized in February, 1887, under the name of the Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Railroad, and placed under control of the Jacksonville Southeastern Railroad. A reorganization of the latter took place, in 1890, under the name of the Jacksonville, Louisville & St. Louis Railway, and, in 1893, it passed into the hands of receivers, and was severed from its allied lines. The Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Railroad remained under the management of a separate receiver until January, 1896, when a reorganization was effected under its present name - "The Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Railroad of Illinois." The lease of the Springfield & St. Louis Division having expired in December, 1895, it has also been reorganized as an independent corporation under the name of the St. Louis, Peoria & Northern Railway (which see). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria,_Pekin_and_Jacksonville_Railroad#History
• Occupation: Farmer
• Religion: Mennonite
• USR1: Stroke
• Residence: 1903 / 20 Apr 1935, Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL

Notes:

Obit: Newspaper article

”The founder of a great family died in Pekin today: John Schrock, of 714 South Ninth Street. He was the father of twelve children, eleven of whom survive along with 25 other descendants; but only one of the 36 is left to carry on the good name of Schrock.
“Religion brought this grand old man to Pekin. Back in the Vaterland a man named Menno Simon founded a religion which has brought honor upon him and to this day they call his followers “Mennonites.” A century ago there was a group of them around Pekin among them the Ropp families.
“Johannes Schrock was eight years old in 1851 when the family came to Pekin, for he had been born March 26, 1843. That trip was often recalled by Mr. Schrock; and the older he became the better he remembered those days of children; and the less he recalled the fleeting things of yesterday. The family located in a log house on what is now the Allen Miller farm five miles east of Pekin. They were made at home by the Mennonites here and kindly neighbors; and because they were honorable and thrifty, they prospered.
“As John grew older he worked out in saw mills, grist mills, and brick yards. He could do a tremendous day's work, even in the days when a big day's work was expected of all men. He himself carried from the saw mill every tie and plank for the first bridge over the river here--the Peoria, Pekin & Jacksonville R.R. bridge. Three men would be assigned to such a job nowadays and work only half as many hours. They told of him that he could cut with an axe and rack five cords of wood in a day. Four men wouldn't want to do that today.
“On December 3, 1865, he married Barbara Rediger and the two established one of the most respected homes in the county. Twelve children were born to them, and all but the last (who died in infancy) live today to mourn the passing of the father. They are: Peter Schrock, Pekin; Mrs. Katherine Ropp, Pasadena, Calif.; Daniel Schrock, Pekin; Bina Schrock, Pekin; Mrs. Sarah Ringwald, Pekin; Mrs. Ida Gueber, Pekin; Frances Schrock, Pekin; Edward Schrock, Pekin; John W. Schrock, Pekin; Mrs. Belle Thode, Pasadena; Mrs. Barbara Heisel, Pekin; and Aaron Lester, deceased.
"In 1876, Mr. Schrock bought the home east of Pekin in which the first child born in that home still lives. He is Edward Schrock, president of the Farm Bureau. The family looks to it as the old family home.
"In 1903, the sons built a nice home at 714 South Ninth Street for the parents and they moved to town. There they lived in comfort. Mrs. Schrock died on Aug. 3, 1911. Although Mr. Schrock was near 70 then, he has clung to life for 24 years more. He was a man of excellent character, good habits, and moral strength, and to this is attributed his long years. Three years ago on his 89th birthday, he spaded in his garden. On his 90th birthday the family gathered for a great reunion and celebration, but he took pneumonia that day. None expected him to survive; but he lived; and he even weathered another attack of pneumonia this winter. Even till yesterday he was up; but two strokes had weakened him and death came to him quietly at 7:15 this morning in his 93rd year.
"Death of Mr. Schrock removes one of the links with Pekin's pioneer past. He lived in the day when pigeons came in flocks that shut out the sun; when wild turkey were in abundance; and deer were to be shot in the woods. The turn of his life has seen the coming of the modern age; but thru it all there has been no change in the fact that a man of honor and honest and clean living thrives best. His children today rise up to bless his memory.
“Memorial services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Noel’s. Friends may call at the residence till 11 a.m. It is asked that no flowers be sent. Burial will be at Lakeside cemetery.,

“The Pekin centenary 1849-1949: a souvenir book commemorating 100 years of community progress in the city of Pekin, Illinois”
http://www.archive.org/stream/pekincentenary1800peki/pekincentenary1800peki_djvu.txt

“Meanwhile, Pekin's growth became faster and faster. In 1858, Bitzer' s lake was drained to make right-of-way for the new Peoria, Pekin and Jacksonville railroad (later the Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis, and today the Chicago and Illinois Midland). The depot was built up on piling where Bitzer' s lake had been, and much of the track there was tresteled. The 16-foot ravine cutting across the river front area was filled, and the bridge over it destroyed. The city had subscribed $100,000 to get the railroad and other improvements.”

Residence:
714 So. 9th. St.

Died:
7:15 a.m.

Buried:
Lakeside Cemetery, ministers Rev. Geo Gundy of Meadows and E.V. Young, pastor of the First M.E. church, Pekin. Mrs. A. B. Shacklette presided at the organ and Dick Groen, soloist sang “Lead Kindly Light,”, “Crossing the Bar,” “Old Rugged Cross,” and “Safe in the Arms of Jesus.” Pallbearers were Edward Schrock, Herbert Ropp, Lawrence Gueber, Roland Heisel, Maurice Ringwald, Ernest Saal and Clyde McQueen.

John married Barbara Rediger on 3 Dec 1865 in Pekin Twp., Tazewell Co., IL. Barbara (daughter of Joseph Rediger and Anna Schmidt) was born on 29 May 1844 in Washburn, Woodford Co., IL; died on 3 Aug 1911 in Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried on 5 Aug 1911 in Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• Census: 1880, Woodford Co., IL
• Census: 1890, Woodford Co., IL
• Census: 1920, Woodford Co., IL

Notes:

Died:
Year - grave stone reading. Exact day - According to the Eureka Times, a weekly paper, she died between February 26 and March 5.

Buried:
Mt. Zion Cemetery (see photo)

Magdalena married Joseph Yoder on 18 Dec 1866 in Meadows, McLean Co., IL. Joseph was born on 18 Dec 1841 in Munich, Bavaria, GR; died on 18 Jun 1928 in Goodfield, Woodford Co., IL; was buried in Deer Creek, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Apostolic Christian

Notes:

John and Catherine lived near Gridley, IL, for several years, then moved back to Congerville and John farmed in Kansas Township.

Birth:
1858?

Died:
At her home (Woodford County?)

Buried:
Apostolic Church Cemetery

Catherine married John J. Zimmerman on 17 Dec 1876 in Woodford Co., IL. John (son of Michael Zimmerman and Katharina Naffziger) was born on 13 Mar 1853; died on 6 Jan 1934; was buried in Fairbury, Livingston Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On 11 Jun 1880 they lived in Montgomery Twp., but lived in Kiowa, Kansas most of their married lives.

Died:
Willard Smith gives month as July

Buried:
Apostolic Christian Cemetery

John married Rosa Witmer in 1879. Rosa was born in 1853 in IA; died in 1938; was buried in Burlington, Alfalfa Co., OK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At her death Lydia left an eighteen month old daughter.

Birth:
Gravestone date. 1 Jan 1857 according to Source #271

Buried:
South Apostolic Christian Cemetery

Lydia married Samuel Louis Roth in 1881. Samuel (son of Andrew Roth and Anna Zimmerman) was born on 11 Apr 1859 in Washington, Tazewell Co., IL; died on 12 Aug 1927 in Fairbury, Livingston Co., IL; was buried in Fairbury, Livingston Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Religion: Apostolic Christian Church
• Residence: 1900, Cissna Park, Iroquois Co., IL

Notes:

Census of 8 Jun 1900, Joseph, a farmer, and his family were living near Cissna Park in Ash Grove Township, Iroquois County, IL. When he retired from farming, he moved to Goodfield, IL.

Died:
At his home.

Buried:
Apostolic ChristianCemetery (Dells)

Joseph married Mary Catherine “Minnie” Irons on 1 Sep 1881 in Congerville, Woodford Co., IL. Mary was born on 24 Apr 1862; died in 1934; was buried in Congerville, Woodford Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer, apple orchards
• Religion: Apostolic Christian Church
• Residence: 1865, Farnisville, Woodford Co., IL

Notes:

At his death, Jonathan’s estate totaled $205,162.23--divided among his eight children at $16,956.03 each.


On October 1, 2000, I attended the Jonathan Schrock Reunion in Carlock, IL. This was the first contact I had with the Joseph Schrock (oldest son of Johannes) family. I received the following information:

“In October and November of 1947, Ada Marie Schrock wrote “Portrait of Father” which pertained to her father, Jonathan Schrock. He passed away shortly after she completed the writing. The following are excerpts from “Portrait of Father.”

I think the reason for Father’s condition is just pure weariness of life--he is tired of it all. At 80, he’d still had his fine dairy herd in which he took a great interest, but he was forced to sell his cows when the war came and took his herdsman away. After that he could not find a reliable man--”What’s the matter with people nowadays!” Father would storm. “Nobody knows how to work, nobody wants to, they’re no good anymore now. When I was young...,” etc. In those days, he still had Mother to listen to him. When she died three years later, he did not shed a tear that we saw. But, he soon began to droop noticeable. He looked lost and defeated and sad. For that reason, I wanted to stay with him, even though he made me feel just about as sad by looking on. But I gained something of lasting value through the experience of walking with him through the lonely years.

“I used to wish he had some absorbing hobby. That he would have learned to knit like Mother, or weave beautiful bedspreads like a dear old departed friend of his had, or make hooked rugs, or carve, or whittle, or anything, so he could keep his mind occupied and feel needed. But Father couldn’t be bothered with “little things.” He had been interested in doing only big things that required strength because he had always been so strong and well. He had not planned for old age, and loneliness for the “old days” gripped him often. He had seen a great many changes in his lifetime of 86 years, but he loved the old days best--the days when he began to farm his mother’s land, with nothing to his name but an old blind mare and a horse with “heaves”--but then, he had been young and confident. He lived with his mother. She was glad to have her too-large house occupied, for she was alone then. A little town had sprung up, rather suddenly, not far from their back door because of the railroad that had just been built through the farm. That was before fences were constructed along the rights of way, so swinging gates were built across the tracks to protect the livestock. Trains were forced to stop and open gates in order to pass through his mother’s property.

Also, in those good days, his mother used to bake loaves of bread in a great brick oven outdoors. She made it of flour from their own wheat, which they had ground at the local mill. They cracked grains for their cereal, too, between large stones. Sugar was “dear” so they used mostly crude molasses for sweetening. Molasses was plentiful and cheap. Their apple pies never saw cinnamon except on rare occasions. Well-to-do people used it more frequently. They “boiled down” apple butter in a large iron pot outdoors, with a fire built underneath it. And then there were days and days of walking behind a plow--those were the days of the walking plow. One had ample time for long and serious thought then. At harvest time, Father was obliged to walk behind the crude reaper and bind the sheaves by hand. He boasted about this ability to keep up with the reaper. Father walked much in his lifetime. He thought nothing of walking several miles to “meetin” on Sundays--come mud or snow. He visited the churches around, and listened earnestly to the preachers who traveled about. They came and went a great deal in those days.

Father did not marry until he was almost thirty, and then he married a frail and delicate little French girl who had come to America with her parents in her early teens--she was a far cry from the typical farm woman. Brought up in a household of servants, she hardly knew how to keep house on a farm, especially in America where everything was so different and rugged. But she was very optimistic and loved life. She managed well, with the hired girl Father insisted upon having.

After Father had accumulated enough money, he bought 40 acres of hilly land and planted almost all of it in apple trees. He grafted and budded many of the trees himself. He had wonderful success in growing fruit, and he loved the work that went with it. His apples were exceptionally fine. It seems he always walked about with the deep pockets of his coat bulging with apples, and he ate them incessantly. He used to hand them out to children he passed along the way. they learned to look at him expectantly as he approached, which always amused him. “Children need apples,” he would say. He thought nothing of taking a bushel of apples to a family with many children because their parents couldn’t afford to buy them. People came from far and wide to buy Father’s apples. Although he asked a good price for them, he always filled the baskets to overflowing, for he loved to give a good measure. He was right when he said folks remember a good measure much longer than the price they paid for a basket of apples. the same people came year after year.

Work came easy with father. He loved to work and was proud of the fact that at quite an age he could outwork any of his boys. His boys were amused at that. Always an early riser, he would often get up before dawn and go about from chore to chore singing his favorite hymn at the top of his voice. The music floated far and wide in the crisp and still morning air. We hoped the neighbors appreciated it! He had a fine voice, and sang a beautiful old-fashioned tenor at sings and when his family sang hymns together.

He seemed immune from petty hurts and never bore a grudge, and no one ever gave sounder advice, or quicker sympathy, help and comfort in distress than he. When any of US looked sad, or down and out, he was quick to ask in kindness, “Is anything troubling you?” This made it easy to confide in him. We learned to be grateful for Father. He made many sacrifices throughout his lifetime to keep his children’s faith in “The Way”--and in the Heavenly Father who had called him into service. No child of his must ever lose faith because he himself had failed to walk straight. He set a good example. He had grievous faults and failures, but his sorrow and remorse over them served only to strengthen and encourage his children. One learned to be tolerant, and to know that no one is perfect.

Sin was a different matter, however. to commit sin after a true conversion, deliberately and intentionally, was in Father’s eyes an abomination--and hardly forgivable. Such a man denied the power to overcome, which God promises to all who turn to Him.

Father had an eye for the beautiful and would stand in awe before a bed of flowers. He often carried flower seeds in his pockets to sow along the road during his long walks. “Flowers look pretty along a road,” he would say.

Living in the age he did, with its many and rapid changes, life was sometimes a problem for Father. He did not adapt himself easily or readily to the new, but then, he even hated new clothes. he sort of grew into his clothes and felt “at home” in them after a time. One had to use the greatest of tact and mental skill to get Father into the notion of needing a new coat, or new shoes, or a hat. After one succeeded in that, there was still the problem of getting him to wear them. He looked fine in good clothes. Six feet tall, broad of shoulders, and straight as a candle, even at eighty odd years. But, that meant nothing to Father. He had always been conservative, and had saved too long throughout his lifetime to spend money for what he termed “unnecessary things.”

But he was sentimental, too. We have three old ramshackle buildings near our house which Father never consented to have torn down. why, one had been his mother’s kitchen! We couldn’t hurt him, so we planted honeysuckle bushes to hide it. Another, he finally decided to give up for the lumber in it that could be used. “But save the roof,” commanded father, “That’s a good roof, and it might come in handy some day. People don’t build good roofs like that anymore.” We wished, with a sort of desperation, that we knew where we could put a good roof in order to save it!

A sadness that i can’t explain steals over me, at times, when now I see Father lying so peacefully--but thin and white and almost lifeless against his pillows. I do not regret so much that he is about to pass away. In fact, I long for the time of his deliverance. I think it is because his going seems more than the death of one weary old man who is my father. He seems to be taking so much with him--a whole long lifetime of experiences--and it seems, in fact, like a whole generation is marching out of the picture, leaving US behind with only shadowy memories of something great and good and genuine that one filled our world.”
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“The Apostolic Christian Church was built in Farney in the 1870s. It was called the “Mackinaw Dells Church”. It still stands there. It’s cemetery was once called the “Mackinaw Dells Cemetery”. If you go on the road north past Slabtown Cemetery, under the railroad tracks, and another quarter mile, you reach this cemetery which is on the right. It is still in use. Jonathan was a member of the Mackinaw Dells church, which is now called the Congerville Church.”

Found in the family notes compiled by Alta Heiser Detweiler (no date) is the following notation about Jonathan Schrock:
“Joseph’s son Jonathan lived on this Schrock farm until his death. I remember my grandfather John visiting his cousin Jonathan at Congerville a number of times. He was impressed with the large orchards of fruit trees which Jonathan cared for. In fact, on one of these visits Jonathan gave Grandpa a sweet cherry tree which he (Grandpa) planted in my orchard,and we still enjoy sweet cherries every year (of the birds don’t get them).”
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“Dad and Mom lived the early years of their married life in a little house immediately north of the Congerville water tower on the west side of the street. Dad had referred to these as the happiest years of his life. Here, the four oldest children were born: Noah in 1892, Jesse in 1894, Nettie in 1896, Nima in 1900. After Grandpa Joseph SCHROCK died in December of 1901, Dad and Mother moved to the present home known as the SCHROCK homestead where Grandma lived. Grandma had an addition built on the house and reserved two rooms for herself but had her meals with us. I have fond recollections of visiting with Grandma and reading to her out of the Bible storybook. She passed away in 1922 when I was 13 years old.

I also vividly remember her children visiting her; they were a very interesting family, tremendous conversationalists. And when those four SCHROCK girls came to visit, Aunt Katie, Aunt Maggie, Aunt Mary, and Aunt Susan; then you know Uncle John Sutter, they had relatives at Goodfield, the Helderles, and they came more often, and I could just sit and enjoy that night with Uncle John Sutter. They were all good and never lost their tongues. After Naomi, the following children came along: Ada in 1902, Mae 1904, Joseph 1906, and Alvin 1909. Ada was the first death of the children. She passed away December 18, 1955. Noah passed away April 6, 1976.

During the lifetime of our parents, tremendous changes occurred; even during the lifetime of the children of the children for that matter. Father told of keeping up with his station at 12 years of age; binding bundles of grain by hand. About this time he saw the first self-binder that Grandpa bought from George Hacker, an implement dealer in Eureka.

Mother told of the streetcars in Peoria being on tracks but pulled by horses. She worked in Peoria for $3.00 a week and saved money. Instead of buying a new hat she would take some shoe blacken and go over the hat she had and perk it up a little.

They told of the first electric lights they ever seen and automobiles. The first autos. In the horse age, automobiles were kind of a nuisance. The horses became frightened when they met a car and sometimes had to be held by their bridles. Father used to say, "Here comes one of those cars at a gallop." The first practical car for mass distribution was a Model T Ford. I remember when Noah got his first car, a 1915 Ford Model T. It was the first year they had electric lights on them. He sometimes took the children to German school that was held in Goodfield. Mary Nohl was the teacher. Later when Noah got a car, it had quite an innovation, a windshield wiper. A handle came through the windshield. You turned the handle to wipe the windshield.

Jess got a Model T in 1917. He went out to teach our sisters how to drive this car. These cars were open touring cars, which had side curtains for bad weather, and the tops could be put down in nice weather. This was seldom done but it made for a nice breeze. Our first family car was a Nash purchased about 1922. This was the year the hard road was built through Congerville.

7.02-7

Father used to tell about an outside oven Grandma used. These ovens were constructed with a brick floor. A combustible material was placed on the bricks, with a hole situated at one end. This floor was covered with clay. The fire inside would bake the clay so we had a self-contained situation. After the oven was formed, they would burn wood in the oven and then rake the coals out, put the bread in which would bake from the heat in the bricks and clay.

Noah writes in his memoirs of the simplicity of life. He states that our parents were very conservative. Father made his own lye by placing straw on the bottom of a V-shaped box that had a trough at the bottom. Wood ashes were placed in this container. From time to time water was poured over the ashes. This produced a dark brown liquid, which was lye, and from this our soft soap was made.

In October, Father would send someone to Carlock with two and a half bushels of white dried corn to grind into fine white meal. This was our winter supply for corn mush and corn bread. Mother would place a large black iron kettle on the stove about 4 p.m. and heat the water to a boil and begin to add the meal until it was the right consistency. This was served with milk and sugar and was delicious.

What mush was left over was put in bread pans about 3 inches deep. By morning it had set enough so it could be sliced and fried. At noon sometimes we would have corn bread and milk. Sometimes we had fruit dried in the sun or dried in a dryer we had built for this purpose (Jess SCHROCK mentioned that the dryer held 5 bushels of fruit at one time).

Dad, always concerned for our health went to the woods each spring and dug up some sassafras roots. The peelings were used to make tea. We were put on this tea to thin our blood. In the wintertime your blood was supposed to thicken up you know. When nose bleeding began, it was the signal that the thinning was enough. Mother had a large assortment of homeopathic remedies, which she resorted to. Father had a grape vineyard, planted an apple orchard, and he also raised pears and peaches.

I've made some notes during the years regarding father's physical fitness. You remember that late in life he still walked erect. He was taught to do this by a man in Kansas who got after him for slumping. Dad minded him and he thought it was a good investment. The man's name was John Habaker. I must have thought at that time those notes were worth writing down. In the fall of 1931, a few weeks before father's 70th birthday, he picked 12 bushels of Willow Twig apples in 59 minutes using a long ladder, possibly 20 foot.

In the same fall, while picking apples, he very carefully set his ladder. The ladder fell forward... mind you... and he fell backwards; as he fell he reached down and caught the rung of the ladder below his feet. It might have saved his life. Resetting the ladder he resumed his apple picking. It may have taken the kink out that he had in his back. In the fall of 1932 father was picking apples and the ladder turned in such a way that the bottom went up and the top went down. He just turned and walked back up the ladder in the other direction.




7.02-8

Father spent his 75th birthday in the timber working on wood, and on his 80th birthday he helped haul straw. On his 81st birthday it was cold and he worked outside most of the day. He passed away December 3rd, 1947 at age 86. Mother preceded him in death passing away on August 10, 1944 at the age of 76. Pa was never the same after Mother's passing... a lonely man, ready to go home.

There were interesting and humorous things that happened as the family was growing up but time does not permit. I do want to say a few more things. Father had a deep concern for the young people as to the company they closely associated with. The wrong kind of companionship can be disastrous. His advice was to try to associate with decent people. He used to say, "Be somebody or nobody."

While many changes have been mentioned one thing is much the same, little children are about like they were then, innocence, curious, original personalities. Children are still children; parents be of good cheer when children go through changes which we hope are only stages, sometimes we can think this too will pass.

Editor's Note: The tape now reveals that there was some additional story-telling from various people at the reunion. Much to my regret, most of it cannot be understood, as the speakers were too far from the tape recorder. Following are those portions that can be heard.

Jess SCHROCK related that Aunt Minnie as a young girl remembered when she saw her first train go by which was the Big 4 line. Also, Grandma's sister Aunt Anne, who married Joe Sommers had no children. The SCHROCKs became heirs to her farm. They went to look it over; John and Joe from Kansas, Uncle Dave and Father. I drove them in my Model T to Tremont to see the farm. I later told Noah that I took the Big 4 down to Tremont, he said "You took the train?" I told him it was the Big 4 SCHROCKs.

Alvin SCHROCK related that John Zimmerman said that those stiff white collars were so high up the neck that you had to stand on a stump to spit over the top of one.

Someone said that her sister, Barbara, was the only one who inherited Grandma's red hair. Someone else said that they had a lock of Grandma's red hair. Alvin SCHROCK said he had red hair when he was little.

Nina SCHROCK related that her Dad was so disgusted when someone commented that he was still very erect in his old age. He said, "They don't know that I'm so stiff that I can't bend."

Don Schrock related (in 2010) that he never saw his grandfather smile--and there was no idleness, or he’ll have you picking the hairs off grasshoppers. He also said thetwo younger brothers started the seed corn company in abot 1947 and the fertilizer in about 1951. One brother “went like a freight train and the other kept putting on the brakes.”

Don Schrock: “When I was in 7th grade I made a map of every house in Congerville and knew the name of every person who lived there (and some of the dogs?)”

“Jonathan had fruit orchards and made many barrels of wine each year. He sold wine quite widely. He had a wine cellar in his Congerville house with 12-15 barrels full. He also had seven buggies--the last one purchased for 25 cents. Asked why he bought the seventh one, he said he couldn’t pass it up for 25 cents.” --Don Schrock}

Residence:
At age four moved with family to a farm two and one-half miles east of Farnisville. Congerville was later built on part of this farm.

Buried:
Apostolic Christian Cemetery (Dells)

Jonathan married Naomi Gerber on 26 Jan 1890 in Peoria, Tazewell Co., IL. Naomi (daughter of Christian Gerber, II and Elizabeth Zimmerman) was born on 17 Jul 1868 in FR; died on 10 Aug 1944 in Congerville, Woodford Co., IL; was buried in Congerville, Woodford Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
At home

Magdalena married John Sutter on 11 Apr 1886 in Woodford Co., IL. John (son of Joseph (Josef) Sutter (Suttor) and Magdalena Zehr) was born on 6 Sep 1859; died on 2 Dec 1938 in Paulding, Paulding Co., OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary and Nathan first lived near Eureka, then moved to Wolcott, IN, then to Latty, OH, and finally to Fort Wayne, IN.

Family/Spouse: Nathan Gudeman. Nathan (son of Frederick Gudeman and Anna Minger) was born on 1 Jun 1867 in Metamora, Woodford Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Apostolic Christian Church

Notes:

Parents of three children.

Died:
Obituary in Metamora Herald - 10 Sep 1948

Buried:
Imhoff Cemetery

David married Elizabeth Detweiler on 17 Jan 1893 in Bloomington, McLean Co., IL. Elizabeth (daughter of John Detweiler and Elisabeth Gerber) was born on 27 Sep 1873 in Congerville, Woodford Co., IL; died on 6 Apr 1951 in Bloomington, McLean Co., IL; was buried in Carlock, McLean Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This family first lived in Congerville, later moved to Oakville, Ia. and from there to Latty, Ohio, later to Fort Wayne, IN (1936). They had 13 children (listed in source .)

Buried:
Apostolic Christian Church Cemetery

Susanna married Paul Gerber on 6 Apr 1892 in Bloomington, McLean Co., IL. Paul (son of Christian Gerber, II and Elizabeth Zimmerman) was born on 31 Aug 1864 in Lorraine; died on 6 Apr 1944 in Fort Wayne, Allen Co., IN; was buried in Latty, Paulding Co., OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In her father’s estate papers, Lena is listed with heirs as “Melinda.”

Family/Spouse: Coswell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1860, Groveland Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 1880, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 1900, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 1910, Pontiac, Livingston Co., IL
• Residence: 1917, Peoria, Peoria Co., IL
• Census: 1920, Peoria, IL

Notes:

Had ten children.

Birth:
Date on Gravestone

Census:
Listed as four years old, living with her parents

Census:
Lsted as Joseph 'Stacker,' a 35-year-old harness maker in the household of wagon maker Daniel Steiner, 43. His birthplace is listed as Ohio, and that of his parents as Lorraine.

Census:
They appear as harness maker Joseph 'Stacker', born in Ohio in September 1844; Katie, born in Illinois in June 1857; living with six of their children (they had 10).

Census:
Living with her sister Mary and her husband, Henry Bloom

Residence:
City Directory shows Catherine, wid. Jos, 515 5th Ave., and Irene Stecker at the same address

Census:
Kathryen Stecker, 61, widowed daughter Maimie Paith, 31; daughter Irene Stecker, 23, son Fred, 35, Verna Paith, granddaughter, 11; Bennie Paith, grandson, 8; Juanita Schafer, granddaughter; Gale Schafer, 6, granddaughter.

Buried:
Pleasant Grove Mennonite Cemetery

Catherine married Joseph Stecker on 14 Dec 1882. Joseph (son of Nicholas Staker (Steker) and Magdalena Eimer) was born on 12 Sep 1844 in Butler Co., OH; died on 6 May 1905 in Tazewell Co., IL; was buried on 8 May 1905. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1910, Pontiac, Livingston Co., IL

Notes:

Census:
Sister-in-law Kathrine Stecker, 53, born in Illinois to parents from Pennsylvania and Germany; Henry Bloom, 59; his wife Mary Bloom, 50.

Mary married Henry Bloom on 22 Jul 1886 in Livingston Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Year calculated from marriage document

Peter married Emma Ann Wood on 10 Aug 1898 in Washington, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Bell (L. M.) Strubhar on 2 Jan 1893. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Orval Stamm. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Railroad School?
• Occupation: Farmer In 1885, Later Carpenter And Painter
• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• USR1: Old age-died in his sleep
• Residence: 19 Feb 1885, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL
• Residence: 1891, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL

Notes:

Obit:
Schrock, -- John Schrock, was born near Delavan, Ill., May 28, 1862; died near Fisher, Ill., July 28, 1951; aged 89 y. 2 m. He accepted Christ in his youth and was a member of the Mennonite Church from then until his death. He was a charter member of the Eat Bend congregation at Fisher. In 1885 he was united in marriage to Mary Birkey, of Morton, Ill. To this union two children were born. Albert, preceded him in death thirty-four years ago and his daughter (Fannie-Mrs. J.A. Heiser, Dec. 17, 1950). Surviving are his wife, 8 grandchildren, and 24 great-grandchildren. His 3 brothers and 4 sisters preceded him in death. N. N. Roeschley conducted the funeral services at the East Bend Church.

Birth:
Another source says Delavan

Residence:
At time of marriage

Buried:
East Bend Mennonite Cemetery

John married Mary Birky on 19 Feb 1885 in Morton, Tazewell Co., IL. Mary (daughter of Andrew (Andréas) S. Birky and Veronica (Fannie) Sutter) was born on 19 Sep 1862 in Morton, Tazewell Co., IL; died on 24 Mar 1954 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL; was buried on 26 Mar 1954 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Religion: Amish/Mennonite
• USR1: Old Age
• Residence: Abt 1898, Fisher, Brown Twp., Champaign Co., IL
• Census: 1900, Fisher, Brown Twp., Champaign Co., IL
• Residence: 1907, Thurman, Washington Co., CO
• Residence: 1914 and 1921, Thurman, Washington Co., CO

Notes:

Obit: (Mennobits)
Schrock.- Samuel, son of Peter and Mary (sic) Schrock, was born July 16, 1864, near Pekin, Ill.; passed away at the home of his son, Dec. 31, 1943, after a lingering illness; aged 79 y. 5 m. 15 d. He was united in marriage to Ellen Zendner who passed away 21 years ago. He was a member of the Thurman Mennonite Church and enjoyed attending as long as his health permitted. He was a devoted, kind father and was very fond of little children. He leaves to mourn his departure, his son (Peter, Thurman), 3 daughters (Mrs. Levi Schlabach, Mich.; Mrs. Irl Hicks, Calif.; and Mrs. Roy Gibboney, Thurman), 2 sisters, an aged brother in Ill., and another brother in Ohio, 23 grandchildren, and 9 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Thurman Mennonite Church, Jan. 2, 1944, by Bro. Aaron Unternahrer. Text. Num. 23:10.

Call not back the dear departed.
Anchored safe when storms are o'er.
On the borderland we left him.
Soon to meet and part no more.
When we leave this world of changes,
When we leave this world of care,
We shall find our missing loved one
In our Father's mansion fair.

Sam and his family moved to Thurman in the fall of 1907--just missed being there when a distant relative of his, Joe Schrock (ID. 2334), served as minister of Thurman Mennonite Church.

But Sam and his family were in Thurman when. . . .
“Tragedy struck the Thurman community on Sunday afternoon, 10 August 1924, when a tornado destroyed the Henry Kuhns' farmhouse four miles (6.5 km) east of the town. Four families, consisting of 27 persons from the Thurman Mennonite Church and the surrounding community--the Garretts, Yoders, Birkys, and Kuhns--had gathered at the Kuhns' home for a harvest celebration dinner. After finishing the meal, one of the men spotted a tornado to the north, in the direction of an adjoining ranch. Henry Kuhns and eight other men left to see whether help was needed. When they observed that no buildings had been hit, the men returned to the Kuhns' farm just as another tornado was bearing down from the west, directly at the farmhouse where 18 women and children inside were apparently unaware of the approach of the intense, 100-yard-wide funnel. As the men came to within 200 yards of the front gate, the Kuhns' house "trembled as if a giant unseen fist was shaking it." After a few seconds, "the structure was ripped apart and its occupants hurled into the air." Ten of the 18 people died while the other eight were injured; nine of the ten deceased were children. The dead were removed from the wreckage to the David Rediger home, and the injured were cared for by neighboring families. The tornado was said to be one of the worst catastrophes ever to occur in Washington County, and the outdoor funeral, which attracted more than 1,000 persons, was the largest that the community had ever witnessed.” http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/T5961.html}

Census:
Sam, Ellen, and three girls listed. Sam’s work was day laborer. Lived two houses from his parents, Peter and Anna Schrock and four houses from his sister Lydia Either and her family.

Residence:
In The Fall Of The Year

Residence:
Named (along with P.A. Schrock, Chris and John Zendner) in Washington Co., CO, Akron Weekly Pioneer Press (1921 June) in District Court and Notice for Publication about homesteading matters.

There is also a news article about the Mennonite congregation of Thurman giving a nice donation of $111.25 to the Red Cross, which was sent for relief work in Northern France. “These people do not believe in war so they sent their money as specified. Those contributing were: N. M.(?) Birky, $5; Joseph Ruby, $25; Joe Yoder, $1.50; Mike Ruby, $5; Joseph Unternahrer, $15; Frank Unternahrer, $5; Sam Schrock, $6; Aaron Ruby, $5; M. L.Schultz, $5; Anna Schultz, $5; Mrs. J. S. Zook, $1; F. W. Hoffman, $5; Joe Hoffman, $2; L.L. Schlabach, $5; A. Z. Birky, $2; John B. Yantzr, $2; S. L. Proops, $3; David Redeger, $5; Simon Schultz, $3; Joe Unternahrer, $1.75.

Buried:
Thurman Cemetery

Samuel married Helénè (Ellen) Zendner on 29 Apr 1888 in Fancy (Farny?), Roanoke Twp., Woodford Co., IL. Helénè (daughter of Christian Zendner and Barbe Marie Schrag (Serach) (Gerard)) was born on 8 Apr 1865 in Foug, Toul, Meurthe-et-Moselle, FR; died on 21 Dec 1922 in Denver, Denver Co., CO; was buried in Thurman, Washington Co., CO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish/Mennonite
• Residence: 1904, Fairview, MI
• Residence: 1924, Evansport, Defiance Co., OH

Notes:

When still at home with his parents and brothers, one day while cutting wood in the woods, Joe accidently chopped off his own thumb or finger with his axe. Because they were quite a distance from home the father wrapped what was left of the finger with his red bandana to stop the bleeding, then put the piece of a finger in his shirt pocket. That evening when the day’s work was finished they went home and washed the wound, put the finger back in place and wrapped it. The finger grew back and I remember seeing his hand when he visited Grandpa as an old man, and I couldn’t tell which finger was cut.

Lived in Michigan. However, some of the family migrated to Defiance, Ohio in the early 1900s.

Birth:
FAG says Hopedale

Died:
FAG says 18 April

Buried:
Lockport Cemetery

Joseph married Anna Salomi King on 26 Mar 1890. Anna (daughter of Phillip King and Barbara Powell) was born on 21 Jan 1869 in Eureka, Woodford Co., IL; died on 9 Sep 1948 in OH; was buried in Stryker, Williams Co., OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish/Mennonite

Notes:

Obit:
Eicher. ? Lydia Anna, daughter of Peter and Anna (Garber) Schrock, was born Mar. 26, 1868, near Pekin, Ill.; died Feb. 6, 1938, at the home of her sisters, Ella and Lena Schrock, at Fisher, Ill.; aged 69 y. 10 m. 11 d. She had been an invalid for nearly seven years, following a stroke of paralysis, and bore all her suffering with much patience. She accepted Christ as her Saviour and united with the Mennonite Church while young, and continued in the faith throughout her life, being a member of the East Bend Mennonite Church of Fisher, Ill., at the time of her death. She was united in marriage to Christian Eicher, May 7, 1887. To this union 2 daughters were born: Mrs. Lulu Cook of Fisher, and Mrs. Lela Alexander of Owossa, Mich. She leaves besides the daughters and sisters, 3 brothers (John Schrock of Fisher, Samuel Thurman, Colo., and Joseph of Defiance, O.), 3 grandsons, 1 great-grandson, and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held from the home, also the East Bend Mennonite Church, conducted by Bro. Allen Miller of Pekin, Ill., and Bro. Harold Zehr of the local church. Burial in the East Bend Cemetery.
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Email from Justine Oct 2007:
Mom (Alta Detweiler) said that Chris and Lydia Eicher were living in or near Pekin. She has the feeling that he was not a farmer, so perhaps they lived in town. The parents and the two little girls had just finished supper and Chris said that he was going out. Lydia never saw him again. She got word to her brother, our Great Grandpa John Schrock, and he went right over. Grandpa and some other men searched for him all day, thinking he may have fallen in the night, or even got hurt somehow. For several days after that Grandpa searched, but to no avail. Aunt Lyd was of course devastated, and shortly after, moved to Fisher, because she had no means of support. She reported that she and Chris had not had an argument, and she could not believe that he just up and left. Mom isn't sure of the date of this event. Lulu and Lela were both young, and it was after 1891, because Grandpa Schrock was living here. It must have been around the turn of the century, because Grandma Heiser was born in1889, and Lulu was about 10 years younger than her, Mom thinks. What a mystery! Maybe someone in Chris' later life knew he was from Pekin, and returned his body there. Seems like someone who knew the Schrocks would have heard of his death , or seen his stone, and told us.  Mom thinks Lydia died in the early '30s and was considered young when she died. So it is entirely possible that Chris died in 1943. Mom said it completely ruined Aunt Lyd's life, and she rarely ever smiled after that. }

Birth:
Peter’s family Bible gives birth month as April

Died:
At the home of her sisters

Buried:
East Bend Mennonite Cemetery

Lydia married Christian Eicher on 7 May 1887 in Secor, Woodford Co., IL. Christian (son of Peter Eicher and Veronica (Fannie) Stuckey) was born on 18 Nov 1865 in Mornington, Ontario, Canada; died on 2 Apr 1943 in Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Railroad Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Completed 8 Grades
• Occupation: Operated A Small Town “Hotel”, More Like A Boarding House In Fisher, IL.
• Occupation: Telephone Operator
• Religion: Amish/Mennonite
• Baptism: 2 Jun 1895, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL
• Census: Apr 1930, Fisher, Brown Twp., Champaign Co., IL
• Residence: 1935, Fisher, Brown Twp., Champaign Co., IL
• Residence: 1940, Fisher, Brown Twp., Champaign Co., IL
• Census: 6 Apr 1940, Fisher, Brown Twp., Champaign Co., IL

Notes:

Obit:
Schrock, -- Ella, daughter of Peter and Anna (Garber) Schrock, was born near Delavan, Ill. Nov. 7, 1876; died at the Hansen Convalescent Home, Gibson City, Feb. 8, 1951; aged 75 y. 3 m. 1 d. She moved with her parents to the Fisher community at the age of 15 and with the exception of a few years spent in Michigan, she lived the rest of her life in this vicinity. She accepted Christ as her Saviour in her teens and united with the Mennonite Church and continued faithful until her death. She leaves to mourn her departure 1 brother (John, Fisher, Ill.), 8 nieces and nephews, and other relatives and friends. Three brothers and 3 sisters preceded her in death. Funeral services were held at the East Bend church in charge of Harold Zehr.

Never married. Ella was at one time a member of Anchor Mennonite Church, but on 19 Mar 1944 moved her letter of membership to East Bend Mennonite Church. After her sister Lena’s death, Ella’s mental health deteriorated and she was institutionalized for a few months, was then taken to a nursing home where she died.

Birth:
Gravestone date. 1876 Obituary date.

Baptism:
East Bend Church by Peter Zehr

Census:
Head of Household, age 53, renting property. Proprieor of a hotel. In the house were Lena age 44, sister; Lydia Eicher, sister age 62, and 6 roomers ranging in age from 19 to 37.

Residence:
Sangamon Street close to the Methodist Church

Residence:
Sangamon Street close to the Methodist Church

Census:
Head of household, age 63, completed 8 grades of school; operator of hotel/apartments - the building was rented, not owned; 0 income in 1939, but had income from other sources.

Died:
Nursing Home

Buried:
East Bend Mennonite Cemetery. Funeral service by Harold Zehr and J. A. Heiser.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Completed 6 Years
• Occupation: Telephone Switchboard Operator
• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• USR1: Cancer
• Census: 1930, Fisher, Brown Twp., Champaign Co., IL
• Residence: 1935, Fisher, Brown Twp., Champaign Co., IL
• Census: 1940, Fisher, Brown Twp., Champaign Co., IL
• Residence: 1940, Fisher, Brown Twp., Champaign Co., IL

Notes:

Obit:
Schrock. --- Magdalena M., daughter of Peter and Anna (Garber) Schrock, was born near Eureka, Ill. Aug. 20, 1885; died at the home of her niece (Mrs. Charles Cook), in Fisher, Ill., June 27, 1950; aged 64 y. 10 m. 7 d. At the age of nine she moved with her parents to the Fisher community, where she spent her entire life except for seven years, when she lived at Fairview Mich. She accepted Christ as her personal Saviour in youth, united with the Mennonite Church, and was a faithful and consistent member until death. She leaves one brother (John) and one sister (Ella) both of Fisher, Ill., and many other relatives and friends. Three brothers and 2 sisters preceded her in death. Funeral services were held at the East Bend Church, with Harold Zehr in charge.

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Lena worked for some years as a telephone operator in Fisher. She and sister Ella ran a boarding house “hotel” in Fisher as well.

Residence:
Sangamon Street, close to the Methodist Church

Census:
Magdalena, sister to head of household, age 54; completed 6 years of school; in 1935 lived in the same house; telephone switchboard operator. Amount of wages received in 1939-$650.

Residence:
Sangamon Street, close to the Methodist Church

Buried:
East Bend Mennonite Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Carpenter And Building Contractor
• Residence: 1935, Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL

Notes:

Obit:
“Peter Schrock, 75, well-known retired building contractor, died suddenly at 8:45 o’clock Sunday evening at his residence, 706 Bacon street, of a heart attack.
“Mr. Schrock, who underwent a major operation about five weeks ago, had seemed to be in good health until shortly before the attack. He and his wife had eaten Sunday dinner at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Walter E. Schaefer, 810 S. Eighth street.
“Shortly after they returned home, he complained of feeling ill and the family physician was called. An hour after the doctor left, Mr. Schrock was stricken, falling from the side of his bed where he had been sitting.
“The deceased was born in Woodford County, IL on Jan 29, 1867, a son of John (son of Johannes) and Barbara Rediger Schrock. His marriage was to Alice Bahn at Aurora, Neb. on Feb 20, 1901.
“Surviving beside the wife and daughter are two brothers, Ed and Will Schrock, both of Pekin; six sisters, Mrs. Catherine Ropp, San Franciso, Calif., Mrs. R. H. Thode, Pasadena, Cal., Mrs. Charles Heisel, Mrs. Herman Gueber, Miss Frances Schrock and Miss Bina Schrock, all of Pekin.
“A brother, Dan, and a sister, Mrs. Sarah Ringwald, preceded him in death.
“The body was removed to the Preston and Jackson Funeral home where friends may call until time of services at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. The Rev. R. E. Buford will officiate.

Residence:
708 Bacon Street. Peter built the house with help from brothers Dan and Will.

Peter married Alice D. Bahn on 20 Feb 1901 in Aurora, Hamilton Co., NE. Alice was born on 14 Nov 1872 in IN; died on 14 Mar 1957 in IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1935, Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., CA

Notes:

Residence:
There in 1937 as well

Buried:
Lakeside Cemetery

Catherine married Aaron D. Ropp on 23 Nov 1886 in Tazewell Co., IL. Aaron (son of Jacob Ropp and Elizabeth Schlegal) was born on 11 Jul 1861 in IL; died on 28 Oct 1904 in Pekin, Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Carpenter
• Residence: 1935, Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL

Notes:

Obit:
Daniel Schrock Funeral Services Saturday at 2:30
Funeral services for Daniel Schrock, prominent Pekin carpenter, who died unexpectedly at St. Francis hospital yesterday at 12:10 p.m., will be held from the Noel funeral home Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock.
Altho Mr. Schrock had been in comparatively poor health for some time the exact condition of his health--even to the last few moments of his life--was unknown to a great many of his friends.
About two weeks ago he was taken to the hospital, and last Friday a major operation was performed. Following the operation many complications developed, and his life ended Thursday at noon.
Daniel Schrock was born in Elm Grove township Jan. 16, 1869, the son of John and Barbara Rediger Schrock.
He never married, and is survived by the following brothers and sisters: Peter Schrock, Ed Schrock, Pekin; Mrs. Catherine Ropp, Pasadena; Miss Bina Schrock, Mrs. Sarah Ringwaldt, Mrs. Herman Gueber, Pekin; Mrs. Belle Thode, Pasadena; Miss Frances Schrock, William Schrock, and Mrs. Charles Heisel, Pekin.
Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. E. V. Young of the First Methodist Church of which the deceased was a member. Burial will be in Lakeside cemetery.
The body was removed to the residence at 714 S. Ninth street and until Saturday noon friends may call there.
--Cemetery Book 8 lists Daniel-son-Jan.16, “1870”-July 15, 1937

Dan and his brother Will (John W.?) were carpenters, and in the winter they worked for an ice company, making and cutting big blocks of ice on Bailey Lake with horses.

Residence:
And in 1937 at 714 S. Ninth Street

Died:
Jul, according to Judy Rediger

Buried:
Lakeside Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1935, Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL

Notes:

Died:
At age 71.

Notes:

Family/Spouse: Adam Ringwald. Adam was born in May 1873 in IL; died on 20 Jul 1931 in Pekin, Groveland Twp., Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lived in Pekin in 1937.

Family/Spouse: Herman L. Gueber. Herman was born in Jun 1871 in GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Worked In Skipper & Block Dept. Store, Pekin, IL

Notes:

Never married.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Religion: Member Bethel Mennonite Church, Pekin, IL

Notes:

Family/Spouse: Nellie E. Williams. Nellie was born on 6 Sep 1881; died on 2 Aug 1925. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1937, Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., CA

Notes:

Margaret Elizabeth according to Source .

Family/Spouse: Robert H. Thode. Robert was born on 22 Sep 1881 in IL; died on 1 Jan 1964 in Orange Co., CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Charles Heisel. Charles was born in 1882 in IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Source gives dates as born 25 Sep 1888 and died 18 Mar 1889. Buried in Railroad Cemetery.

Buried:
Railroad Cemetery: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Schrock&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=25343574&df=all&

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Member Deer Creek Methodist Church
• Residence: Deer Creek, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• Residence: 1939, Morton, Tazewell Co., IL

Notes:

This couple had no children.
They lived in a house on highway 150 between Goodfield and Morton,

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Eureka Times, Woodford County (weekly paper)
March 5, 1914

Mrs. C. A. Pepper has been at Goodfield considerable since the death of her mother, Mrs. Joseph Yoder. Mr. and Mrs. John Yoder who have been living in Ohio the past two years will return and keep house for father of Mrs. Pepper.

Mrs. John Yoder of Fayette, Ohio, visited her parents in Eureka.

Mary married Charles Andrew Pepper on 13 Feb 1895 in Eureka, Woodford Co., IL. Charles (son of Major Pepper and Elizabeth Galbraith) was born on 17 Jan 1872 in Goodfield, Woodford Co., IL; died in May 1946 in Morton, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Deer Creek Twp., Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Age 3 years, 3 months

Buried:
Mt. Zion Cemetery--no stone today

Notes:

Eureka Times, Woodford County (weekly paper)
March 5, 1914

Mrs. C. A. Pepper has been at Goodfield considerable since the death of her mother, Mrs. Joseph Yoder. Mr. and Mrs. John Yoder who have been living in Ohio the past two years will return and keep house for father of Mrs. Pepper.

Mrs. John Yoder of Fayette, Ohio, visited her parents in Eureka.

Died:
at the home of his daughter Mrs. Robert Reel

Buried:
Olio Cemetery

Family/Spouse: Matilda (Tillie) Finley. Matilda was born on 29 Aug 1873; died on 12 Aug 1950 in Morton, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Eureka, Woodford Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• USR1: Leukemia
• Residence: 12 Jan 1920, Pulaska Twp., Williams Co., OH
• Residence: Aft 1920, Hamlet, IN

Notes:

Buried:
Crown Hill Cemetery

Joseph married Wilhelmina Antoinette Punke on 20 May 1902 in Woodford Co., IL. Wilhelmina was born in 1874 in Panola, Woodford Co., IL; died on 16 Apr 1930 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL; was buried in Knox Twp, Starke Co., IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Mt. Zion Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Lumberyard In Goodfield, IL In 1930
• Religion: Congerville Mennonite Church

Notes:

William and Katherine had no children.

Buried:
Mt. Zion Cemetery

William married Katherine Heiser on 20 Oct 1926. Katherine (daughter of Christian W. Heiser and Elizabeth Zehr) was born on 14 May 1885 in Allentown, Morton Twp., IL; died on 23 Jan 1934 in Goodfield, Woodford Co., IL; was buried in Deer Creek Twp., Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mrs. Mary Saltzman on 27 Jan 1940 in Keokuk, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Apostolic Christian Cemetery

Emma married George Romersberger on 9 Sep 1900. George (son of Michael Romersberger) was born on 26 Nov 1875 in Woodford Co., IL; died on 22 Jun 1946 in Woodford Co., IL; was buried in Congerville, Woodford Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lillian Stoller. Lillian was born on 11 Feb 1882; died in 1976. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Apostolic Christian Cemetery

Benjamin married Louise Aeschliman on 12 Feb 1911. Louise (daughter of Joseph Aeschliman and Mary Yergler) was born on 25 May 1881; died on 29 Apr 1973. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie married George Wieland on 14 Jul 1918. George (son of Carl Wieland and Mary Hager) was born on 30 Nov 1891. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Morton Apostolic Christian Church Cemetery

John married Emma C. Belsley on 26 Sep 1915. Emma (daughter of Christian Belsley and Louisa Whittmer) was born on 31 Jul 1887; died on 31 Jan 1984; was buried in Morton, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• CLER: Y
• Occupation: Plant superintendent, Roanoke Branch, ABC Washing Machine Co.
• Religion: Apostolic Christian Church

Notes:

Obit:

Family/Spouse: Anna Altorfer. Anna (daughter of Henry Altorfer and Cynthia Weynett) was born on 30 May 1889. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ida married John Rocke on 24 Oct 1920. John (son of Jeff Rocke and Lucy Stoller) was born on 24 May 1896; died on 13 Jan 1979. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lived in Sabetha, Kansas.

Family/Spouse: Wilhelmina (Minnie) Bauman. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Harper, Harper Co., KS

Notes:

Lived in Harper, Kansas.

Family/Spouse: Jennie Bear. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lived in Wichita, Kansas.

Family/Spouse: John Riedel. John died in Jan 1939. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lived in Wichita, Kansas. No children.

Buried:
Apostolic Christian Cemetery

Family/Spouse: Peter Schupbach. Peter was born on 7 Nov 1884; died on 3 Dec 1922; was buried in Burlington, Alfalfa Co., OK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lived in Kiowa, Kansas

Family/Spouse: Ida Hodel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lived in Wichita (Kiowa?), Kansas.

Family/Spouse: Minnie Hodel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: David Gudeman. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Remained single and lived in Fairbury, IL.
Source gives death date as 25 May 1885 at age 26.

Buried:
South Apostolic Christian Cemetery

Leonora married George Wieland on 20 Dec 1900. George was born on 16 Mar 1875. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sara married Paul L. Martin on 10 Feb 1904 in Muscatine, Muscatine Co., IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
at home

Buried:
Lantz/Zimmerman Cemetery (Section 22, east of Congerville) Son of Joseph S. and Minnie Irons Schrock.

Emma married Wirt Walton Reed on 9 Dec 1908 in Muscatine, Muscatine Co., IA. Wirt was born on 14 Jun 1886. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ada married Clarence Cecil Hutchison on 25 Sep 1912 in Muscatine, Muscatine Co., IA. Clarence was born on 7 Feb 1885. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lived Mt. Carroll, IL.

Charles married Allie May Schuneman on 7 Feb 1917. Allie (daughter of David Schrock and Elizabeth Detweiler) was born in 1897; died in 1982; was buried in Carlock, McLean Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Olive married Roy L. Mead on 18 Dec 1912 in Muscatine, Muscatine Co., IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ida married James Monroe Wherry on 26 Mar 1913 in Muscatine, Muscatine Co., IA. James was born on 1 Apr 1887. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Memorial Park Cemetery

Joseph married Caroline S. Yoder on 6 Sep 1919. Caroline (daughter of William Yoder and Marie Schreiber) was born on 9 Mar 1891 in Forrest, Livingston Co., IL; died on 27 Nov 1968 in Muscatine, Muscatine Co., IA; was buried in Muscatine, Muscatine Co., IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obit: The Pantagraph, Tues., Sept. 20, 1983, page 25.
George A. Schrock, 85, of 1008 Sheridan Rd., died yesterday (Sept. 19, 1983) at Pekin Convalescent Center.

He was born Jan. 22, 1898 at Cissna Park, a son of Joseph and Minnie Irion Schrock. He married Viola Newcomb Sept. 28, 1921 at Muscatine, Iowa. She died July 20, 1977.

Surviving are two sons, Marion, Pekin, and Floyd of Green Valley; a brother, Joseph, Muscatine, Iowa; and a sister, Hazel Ferguson, Morton.

Six sisters and a brother preceded him in death.

Mr. Schrock retired in 1963 after 28 years with Caterpillar Tractor Co.

Burial will be in Glendale Cemetery, Pekin.

Buried:
Glendale Memorial Gardens

George married Minnie Viola Newcomb in 1921. Minnie was born in 1902. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Family/Spouse: Clifford Ferguson. Clifford was born on 31 Aug 1894; died in 1963. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
29 Aug 1892? Source 4

Noah married Hattie Lanz on 24 Dec 1916. Hattie was born on 2 Jun 1896 in Ellington, CT; died in 1992. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obit: Journal Star (Peoria, IL) - Thursday, December 4, 1997

Jesse Schrock Dies at Age 103

PEORIA -- Jesse Schrock, 103, of Peoria Apostolic Christian Home died at 9:01 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, 1997, at the home.

Born June 19, 1894, in Congerville to Jonathon and Naomi Gerber Schrock, he married Lillian Welk on Sept. 19, 1920, in Morton. She died Nov. 17, 1995. Three brothers and three sisters also preceded him in death.

Surviving are three sons, Roy of Congerville, Melvin of Elgin and Donald of Morton; one sister, Mae Schrock of Eureka; nine grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.

He farmed in the Congerville area before retiring.

He was a member and former minister of Congerville Apostolic Christian Church, where services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday. The church ministers will officiate. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Knapp-Johnson Funeral Home in Morton and one hour before services at the church. Burial will be in Goodfield-Congerville Apostolic Christian Cemetery in Congerville.

Memorials may be made to Peoria Apostolic Christian Home, 7023 N. Skyline Drive, Peoria, Ill. 61614. 
———
Lived south of Congerville, IL.
“Quiet” personality.

Buried:
Apostolic Christian Cemetery (Dells)

Jesse married Lillian Welk on 19 Sep 1920. Lillian (daughter of George Welk and Bena Kauffmann) was born on 15 Feb 1895 in Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL; died on 17 Nov 1995 in Peoria, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lived north of Eureka, IL.

Buried:
Apostolic Christian Cemetery

Nettie married Joseph William Rocke on 1 Jan 1922. Joseph (son of Jeff Rocke and Lucy Stoller) was born on 29 Mar 1898 in Eureka, Woodford Co., IL; died on 21 Nov 1961 in Eureka, Woodford Co., IL; was buried in Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obit: Journal Star (Peoria, IL) - Sunday, April 2, 1995 

EUREKA -- Naomi E. Schrock, 94, of 504 Valley Court, formerly of Congerville, died at 8:20 a.m. Saturday, April 1, 1995, at Eureka Apostolic Christian Home.

She was born July 24, 1900, to Jonathan and Naomi Gerber Schrock.

Surviving are two brothers, Jesse Schrock of Peoria and Alvin J. Schrock of Eureka, and one sister, Mae Schrock of Eureka. Two brothers and two sisters preceded her in death.

She was an auditor for Standard Oil Co. in Congerville, retiring in 1965. She also was an art instructor for the World Organization of China Painters.

She was a member of Congerville Apostolic Christian Church since 1919, where services will be at 10 a.m. Monday. Church ministers will officiate. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at Otto-Argo Funeral Home in Eureka and one hour before services at the church. Burial will be in Congerville- Goodfield Apostolic Christian Cemetery in Congerville.

Memorials may be made to Eureka Apostolic Christian Home. 

Buried:
Apostolic Christian Cemetery (Dells)

Notes:

Died:
Altadena, CA ?

Buried:
Apostolic Christian Cemetery (Dells)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Accounting
• Religion: Apostolic Christian
• Baptism: May 1919, Mackinaw, Tazewell Co., IL

Notes:

Obit: http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/obituaries/mae-schrock/article_1a5d96d3-b70d-543e-bf9e-7da6c7618a4b.html
EUREKA — Mae (Lydia Mae) Schrock, 110, of Eureka, formerly of Congerville, died 6:35 a.m. Friday (July 18, 2014) at Apostolic Christian Home, Eureka.
She was born May 1, 1904, in Congerville, a daughter of Jonathan and Naomi Gerber Schrock.
Survivors include numerous nieces and nephews; great-nieces and -nephews; great-great-nieces and -nephews; and great-great-great-nieces and -nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers and three sisters.
Mae lived in Altadena, Calif., from 1949 to 1957, where she was employed as an accountant for Osogood candy manufacturer. She was a retired accountant for Schrock Brothers Company in Congerville.

Mae was baptized May 25, 1919, in the Mackinaw River at Congerville Apostolic Christian Church.
The family would to thank the staff at Apostolic Christian Home in Eureka for the compassion, care and love they showed for Aunt Mae.

Mae was a member of Congerville Apostolic Christian Church, where her funeral will be at 1 p.m. Sunday with church ministers officiating. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Sunday at Apostolic Christian Home, Eureka, and from noon to 12:45 p.m. Sunday at the church. Burial will be at Goodfield/Congerville Apostolic Christian Cemetery. Argo-Ruestman-Harris Funeral Home, Eureka, is handling the arrangements for the family. 


Remained single.

Lydia claims the spot of “Longest Lived” person in my family tree database, followed by two other Schrock/Schrags. They are a hardy bunch!



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Birth:
in the original Schrock home on South Main.

Baptism:
in the Mackinaw River

Died:
Apostolic Christian Home

Buried:
Apostolic Christian Cemetery (Dells)

Notes:

Obit:
Joseph Schrock 1906-1991
The funeral of Joseph B. Schrock, 85, a Congerville man who was the first mayor of the community, was held at 10 A.M. Wednesday at the Congerville Apostolic Christian Church with church ministers officiating.

Burial was in Congerville-Goodfield Apostolic Church Cemetery.

Visitation was held Tuesday at Otto-Argo Funeral Home, Eureka, and an hour before the service Wednesday at the Congerville Church.

He died at 10:13 A.M. Sunday, June 2, 1991, at Brokaw Hospital, Normal.

Mr. Schrock was born March 8, 1906, in Congerville, a son of Jonathan and Naomi Gerber Schrock. He married Esther Rassi on June 4, 1939, in Milford, Ind. She survives.


Joseph, with his brother Alvin, owned Schrock Hybrid Corn Co., Congerville, IL. As well as Schrock Fertilizer Company in Congerville. Previous to this venture, they operated the Schrock Dairy--this according to their Aunt Mae, who tells of having a job washing the milk bottles for 10 cents an hour.

Died:
Brokaw Hospital

Buried:
Apostolic Christian Cemetery (Dells)

Family/Spouse: Esther A. Rassi. Esther (daughter of John Rassi and Anna Aeschliman) was born on 4 Jan 1913; died on 17 Jun 1995; was buried in Congerville, Woodford Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obit: Journal Star (Peoria, IL) - Saturday, December 30, 1995 

EUREKA -- Alvin J. Schrock, 86, of 505 Valley Court, Eureka, formerly of Congerville, died at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 28, 1995, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria.

Born Oct. 1, 1909, in Congerville to Jonathan and Naomi Gerber Schrock, he married Irene Rassi on June 16, 1940, in Milford, Ind. She survives.

Also surviving are two sons, Allen and Steven, both of Congerville; one brother, Jesse of Peoria; one sister, Mae of Eureka; 13 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. Two grandchildren, two brothers and three sisters preceded him in death.

He was co-owner of Schrock Seed Co. from 1938 to 1964. He was a member of Congerville Apostolic Christian Church, where services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday. The church ministers will officiate. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Otto-Argo Funeral Home in Eureka and one hour before services at the church. Burial will be in Congerville-Goodfield Apostolic Christian Cemetery in rural Congerville.

Memorials may be made to Eureka Apostolic Christian Nursing Home. 

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With brother Joe, Alvin owned and operated the Schrock Bros. Seed and Fertilizer Co. of Congerville.

Buried:
Apostolic Christian Cemetery (Dells)

Alvin married Irene Laura Rassi on 16 Jun 1940. Irene (daughter of John Rassi and Anna Aeschliman) was born on 23 Dec 1914 in Milford, Kosciusko Co., IN; died on 22 Jan 2006 in Eureka, Woodford Co., IL; was buried in Congerville, Woodford Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Remained single.

Family/Spouse: Henry Manz. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Family lived near Francesville, IN.

Family/Spouse: Hulda Getz. Hulda was born on 9 Aug 1890. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Family lived near Wolcott, IN.

Family/Spouse: Anna Abresol. Anna was born on 23 Nov 1894. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Joseph C. Oberlander. Joseph was born on 29 Nov 1897. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ann Grimm. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Herman Bertch. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died at 19 days.

Notes:

Birth:
Gravestone date

Buried:
Imhoff Cemetery: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Schrock&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GSsr=41&GRid=36473489&df=all&

Allie married Charles Edward Schrock on 7 Feb 1917. Charles (son of Joseph Samuel Schrock and Mary Catherine “Minnie” Irons) was born on 29 Aug 1890 in Woodford Co., IL; died in 1952. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
East Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery

Loretta married Arthur Baum on 10 Jun 1925. Arthur (son of William Baum and Minerva Yocum) was born in 1902; died in 1978. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Sauder. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Apostolic Christian Home

Buried:
Apostolic Chrisitian Church Cemetery

Noah married Huldah Rager in 1921. Huldah was born in 1898; died on 28 Sep 1987 in Eureka, Woodford Co., IL; was buried in Latty, Paulding Co., OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died in infancy.

Family/Spouse: Henry Laukhuf. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Remained single.

Notes:

Lived near Ft. Wayne, IN.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Loren Lieberenz. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lawrence Hartter. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Esra Paith. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: First Mennonite Church, Morton

Notes:

Obit: Gospel Herald, Aug. 29, 1995:
Cors, Elsie Rebecca, 103, Morton, Ill. Born: Feb. 19, 1892, Pekin, Ill., to Joseph and Catherine Oyer Stecker. Died: July 21, 1995, Morton, Ill. Survivors-foster sons: Kenneth and Gale F. Schafer; 8 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren. Predeceased by: George W. Cors (husband). Congregational membership: First Mennonite Church. Funeral: July 25, Ludwig-Rohrschneider Mortuary, by Gale F. Schafer. Burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery.

Buried:
Pleasant Grove Mennonite Cemetery

Family/Spouse: George W. Cors. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Killed in an accident when about 14 years old: per Geneva Kaufmann Shelton’s Aunt Lizzie Kaufmann.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Brown School. Beyond That, He Was Self Taught.
• Occupation: Farmer
• Reference Number: 11
• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• USR1: Pulmonary Hemorrhage, Tuberculosis
• Census: Jun 1900, Brown Twp., Champaign Co., IL
• Baptism: 25 Oct 1903, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL
• Census: Apr 1910, Newcomb Twp., Champaign Co., IL

Notes:

Obituary: Jan 25, 1917 Gospel Herald

Schrock. - Albert E. Schrock was born in Tazewell Co., Ill., Jan. 13, 1886; died at his home near Fisher, Ill., Jan. 9, 1917; aged 30 y. 11 m. 27 d.
He united with the Amish Mennonite Church at the age of 17 years and remained faithful unto the end. He united in marriage with Josephine Yordy Dec. 18, 1907. To this union were born 2 sons, Elmer and Orval who with his loving wife, are left to mourn his early departure, also father and mother, 1 sister, an aged grandmother, and a host of other relatives and friends. He was a very devoted Christian, living true to his convictions. He was elected superintendent of the Sunday school where he served faithfully until his health failed, when he was attacked with the dreaded disease, tuberculosis, of which he was a sufferer for four years. Much of this time he spent in reading good books and studying God,s Word. He bore his afflictions patiently and fought the disease hard, and died with a hemorrhage. He was a deep thinker, very conservative, choosing rather to be right than popular.
Even with his afflictions he always took an active part in church work, being in Sunday school two days before his death.
Funeral services were conducted Jan. 11 at the East Bend A. M. Church by Bro. Samuel Gerber of Pekin, Ill., assisted by the home ministers. Buried at the Mennonite cemetery.

Fare thee well, our brother,
Yes, a last and sad farewell,
But in heaven, we'll try to meet thee,
And with thee forever dwell.
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A local newspaper account of his death reads as follows:

Well Known Resident of Fisher Vicinity Past (sic) Away Tuesday.
Fisher, Jan. 9--(Special.)--Albert Schrock, well known resident of this community, died this morning at his home, two miles north of the village, after an illness of four years, due to tuberculosis. He had been unusually well of late and arose this morning and kindled a fire and shortly afterward was seized with a hemorrhage and died a short time afterwards. The deceased was a son of John and Mary Schrock and was born on January 13, 1886. He was married about eight years ago to Miss Josephine Yordy, who, with two sons, Elmer and Oliver (Orval), survive, as do also his parents. A sister also survives. He was a prominent member of the Amish church. The funeral will be held on Thursday from the Amish church, Rev. Samuel Gerber, of Morton, conducting the services. Burial will be made in the family lot in the Amish cemetery.

Census:
Listed with his parents and sister. Albert was 14.

Baptism:
East Bend Mennonite by Peter Zehr

Census:
Listed with Josephine his wife, and Elmer his son

Died:
At 6:00 a.m., after six years of fighting tuberculosis

Buried:
East Bend Mennonite Cemetery

Albert married Josephine L. Yordy on 18 Dec 1907 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL. Josephine (daughter of Joseph P. Yordy and Elizabeth A. Roeschley) was born on 14 Aug 1886 in Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL; died on 3 Jan 1977 in Eureka, Woodford Co., IL; was buried on 6 Jan 1977 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 11 Jun 1905, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL

Notes:

Obit: Pantagraph
Fisher-(PNS-Mrs. Fannie Heiser, 61, wife of Bishop J. A. Heiser, pastor of the East Bend Mennonite Church, died at 1 p.m. Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Justus Detweiler, near Fisher. She had been ill for seven months. The body was taken to the Blair Funeral Home in Mahomet, where it was to remain until 9:30 a.m. Tuesday when it was to be taken to the East Bend Mennonite Church. Short funeral services were to be held at 1 p.m. at the church. Burial was to be in the church cemetery. The Rev. Francis C. Yoder of Goshen, Ind., was to officiate.

She was born July 18, 1889, near Fisher, daughter of John and Mary Birkey Schrock. She spent her entire life in this community. On Dec. 15, 1909, she married Joseph A. Heiser.
Surviving are her husband; her parents; two sons, Leslie and Willard; three daughters, Mrs. Detweiler, Mrs. Mabel Teuscher and Mrs. Edna Cender, all of Fisher and 14 grandchildren. She had been a life long member of the East Bend Mennonite Church.

Baptism:
East Bend Church by Peter Zehr

Buried:
East Bend Mennonite Cemetery. Funeral service by S. C. Yoder and Harold Zehr.

Fannie married Bishop Joseph Aaron Heiser on 15 Dec 1909 in Champaign Co., IL. Joseph (son of Joseph A. Heiser (Hieser) and Barbara Bachman) was born on 22 Aug 1888 in Morton, Tazewell Co., IL; died on 1 Jan 1977 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL; was buried on 3 Jan 1977 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Loveland Burial Park

Family/Spouse: Louie Leroy (Roy) Gibboney. Louie was born on 27 Apr 1883; died on 2 Aug 1961; was buried in Loveland, Larimer Co., CO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Eleven Children:
Alice (Donald Rankin); Merle (Bud); Eileen (Everett DeHart); Doris (Darrel Sullivan); Goldie (Nelson Mattice, John Stonecypher; Glen (Louise Davis); Warren (Mary Coleman); Dolly (Jack Thompson; Theodore (Darlene); Kenneth (Jeanette, Josephine) Geraldine (Tilman (Bud) Coleman; }

Buried:
Rose Hills Memorial Park

Family/Spouse: John Irl Hicks. John was born on 15 Mar 1891; died on 13 Jun 1973; was buried in Whittier, Los Angeles Co., CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mamie married Levi Schlabach on 21 Mar 1916 in Akron, OH. Levi was born on 2 Feb 1887; died on 30 Jan 1980. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer, later house builder
• Religion: Mennonite. Served as Sunday school superintendent for many years in Thurman, CO.
• Residence: 1948, Hesston, Harvey Co., KS
• Residence: 1955, Canon City, CO
• Residence: Jul 1971, Akron, AR

Notes:

Buried:
Akron Cemetery

Peter married Anna Schultz on 28 Sep 1919. Anna (daughter of Menno L. Schultz and Catherine S. Brenneman) was born on 24 Mar 1898; died on 23 Jan 1934; was buried in Washington Co., CO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married Jennie Mae Williams in 1935 in Akron, Washington Co., CO. Jennie (daughter of Ira Williams and Jennie Butler) was born on 8 Aug 1912 in New Raymer, Weld Co., CO; died on 11 Nov 2001 in Akron, Washington Co., CO; was buried in Akron, Washington Co., CO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died at age two.

Notes:

See son Harlan’s Note for information about his place in this family.

Buried:
Shiffler Cemetery

Family/Spouse: Homer Culbertson. Homer was born on 9 Jul 1891 in Washington, Tazewell Co., IL; died on 30 Aug 1957 in West Unity, Williams Co., OH; was buried in Jefferson Twp, Williams Co., OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

No children.

Buried:
Lockport Cemetery

Frances married Cecil Hollabaugh on 16 Nov 1957. Cecil was born on 18 Jul 1903. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Riverview Memory Gardens

Lorine married John Paul Schaefer in 1921. John was born on 11 Sep 1901 in Williams Co., OH; died on 14 Apr 1985 in Los Angeles Co., CA; was buried in Los Angeles Co., CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
East Bend Mennonite Cemetery

Family/Spouse: Collins Clyde Kirby. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Charles Cook. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lela was married at 15 to Roy Alexander, they moved to and lived in Owossa, Michigan.

Birth:
1900 census birth date (Brown County, IL) is 1892, but Lula was the oldest, so this year can’t be correct. She was 15 when she married in 1913, so she was born in 1898.

Lela married Roy Alexander on 24 Dec 1913. Roy was born on 8 Apr 1892. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Walter Schafer. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obit: Ropp - On the 8th of April 1892, in Elm Grove Twp, Tazewell Co, Ill, Milo L son of A D and Katie Ropp, of lung trouble, aged 2 years and 4 days. 

The remains were interred on the 10th. Services were conducted at the house and the church by the writer and David Augsburger and Peter Ropp. 

The parents are bowed down with sorrow at the loss, as they had but two children, and the other was called away some time ago, but it pleased the Lord to call the dear little ones home. Joseph Stuckey

Herald Of Truth
Vol XXIX, No 9
1 May 1892

(note: Seems he is buried in Railroad cemetery, but has a stone with the family here in Lakeside)

Notes:

Obit: Herald Of Truth, Vol XXIX, No 9, 1 May 1892

Ropp- On the 8th of April 1892, in Elm Grove Twp, Tazewell Co, Ill, Milo L son of A D and Katie Ropp, of lung trouble, aged 2 years and 4 days. 

The remains were interred on the 10th. Services were conducted at the house and the church by the writer and David Augsburger and Peter Ropp. 

The parents are bowed down with sorrow at the loss, as they had but two children, and the other was called away some time ago, but it pleased the Lord to call the dear little ones home. Joseph Stuckey

(note: Seems he is buried in Railroad cemetery, but has a stone with the family in Lakeside )

Notes:

Clarence Hubert Ropp dropped his first name and became known as Hubert. He studied at the Chicago Art Institute and later became the Dean of the Institute. He married Gladys Wright. The two lived for a time in Chicago. Marshall Field, who lived north of Chicago in Lake Bluff, Illinois, commissioned Hubert to do the interior design and decoration for his home. A part of his payment included a home for Hubert and his family on the edge of the Field Estate. Hubert and Gladys lived there for the remainder of their lives. Their only daughter Kay was born and reared there. Hubert's art work included a portrait of his high school friend Everett Dirksen. Gladys died in 1972 at the age of seventy-seven. Hubert died in 1973. He was seventy-nine years old.

Family/Spouse: Gladys Wright. Gladys was born in 1895; died in 1972. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lucille Ropp received a degree from Northwestern University. Her husband was William R. Aydelott. Shortly after their marriage they moved to Pasadena, California. William was a real estate appraiser for a bank. They later lived in San Francisco where William had an insurance business. They had two children - Katherine and William. William died in Alameda, California in 1966. He was sixty-four years old. Katherine was widowed only two years. She died in San Mateo, California in 1968. She was sixty-six years old.

Family/Spouse: William R. Aydelott. William was born on 20 May 1902 in IL; died on 17 Oct 1966 in Oakland, Alameda Co., CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obit: PJStar.com
Pekin - Eddis Eileen Schrock Hasselman, 99, of Pekin passed away at 10:25 p.m. Wednesday, March 14, 2012, at in Morton.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church, where visitation will be one hour before. Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery. Arrangements are by Preston-Hanley Funeral Homes & Crematory.

Died:
Apostolic Christian Restmor

Buried:
Lakeside Cemetery

Family/Spouse: Hasselman. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
1990? (according to Bailey Schrock)

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Shurtleff College, Alton, IL. 1929 Graduated With A Philosophy Degree.
• Education: University Of Illinois, Master Of Science Degree In Dairy Management.
• Occupation: Manager Of Silk Hat Restaurant In Eugene. Eugene Farmers Creamery For 20 Years Before Retirement In 1969
• Residence: 1943, Portland, Multnomah Co., OR

Notes:

Buried:
Lane Memorial Gardens

Firman married Esther Bradley on 28 Nov 1930. Esther was born on 28 Oct 1904 in Omro, Winnebago Co., WI; died on 16 Jun 1993 in Eugene, Lane Co., OR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Shurtleff College, Alton, IL
• Religion: Community Church

Notes:

Obit: (Morton paper)
Mrs. Esther Reel, 52, wife of Robert Reel of Las Cruces, New Mexico, formerly of Morton, died in a Las Cruces hospital Monday afternoon, July 30, following a short illness.
Funeral services were held Wednesday. Burial was in Las Cruces.
Mrs. Reel was born at Deer Creek June 5, 1910. She married Robert Reel August 19, 1934.
Surviving are her husband, a daughter, Mrs. Steve Beebe and a son, Richard, both of Las Cruces.
While in Morton, where her husband operated a barber shop, Mrs. Reel was active in the Community Church, was a member of Chapter 974 of the Order of the Eastern Star, which she served as worthy matron, and was a member of the Morton Chapter EE of the PEO Sisterhood.

The couple was in Morton in 1947 when Robert owned a barber shop.

Died:
at age 51

Esther married Robert S. Reel on 19 Aug 1934. Robert was born on 26 Oct 1905 in Deer Creek, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., IL; died on 1 Aug 1970 in Peoria, Peoria Co., IL; was buried in Las Cruces, NM. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Music Teacher In Hamlet, IN

Notes:

Walter Siendentop of Hamlet and Antoinette were engaged to be married at the time of her death.

Other Events and Attributes:

• USR1: Leukemia

Notes:

Marguerite and George divorced. No children.   Secondly George married Rose Marie Henier.  George died of Leukemia in 1947, and left Rose living in Bountiful, Utah with three children. 

George married Marguerite L. (Peg) Ewing in 1933, and was divorced. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Rose Marie Henier on 10 Jul 1937. Rose was born in 1911. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• USR1: Complications From Mumps

Notes:

Of Bloomington.

Notes:

Of Peoria.