Noah Augsburger

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• CLER: Y

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Obit: Herald of Truth - August 13, 1903 - Page 264
Pre. Noah Augsburger was born in Bavaria, Germany, Nov. 30, 1817; died near Hopedale, Tazewell Co., Ill., July 17 1903, aged 85 Y., 8 M., 17 D. He was afflicted for some time with kidney trouble and other complications, incidental, in part, to old age. He labored in the ministry for many years, and after a well-spent life the Master called him to rest. He leaves his aged companion, three sons and one daughter to mourn their loss. Funeral services on the 19th at the Hopedale Amish Mennonite M.H. by Daniel Grieser and Daniel Roth in German and by Samuel Gerber in English. May God comfort the bereaved family and congregation in the loss they have sustained.
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Owned a 160-acre farm which later was willed to Ella Augsburger Swartzendruber, his granddaughter. He was Bishop & Minister of Hopedale Amish Mennonite Church from 1862-1876.

Buried:
Hopedale Mennonite Cemetery

Noah married Magdalena Schrock on 8 Jul 1855 in Tazewell Co., IL. Magdalena (daughter of Christian Schrag and Elisabeth Bircki) was born on 24 Mar 1824 in Bavaria, GR; died on 9 Nov 1914 in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Hopedale Mennonite Church

Family/Spouse: Barbara Sutter. Barbara (daughter of John (Johann) Sutter and Magdalena Good) was born on 30 Sep 1858 in Tazewell Co., IL; died on 1 Sep 1886 in Boynton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• USR1: Died In The 1917-18 Great Flu Epidemic

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Obit:

Hopedale, IL 1868-John Augsburger was born in Hopedale in 1868, son of Noah Augsburger (1817-1903) and Magdalena Schrock (1824-1914). Both his parents were born in Germany. Noah served as a bishop and minister of Hopedale Amish Mennonite Church (1862-1876 era). After Lizzie's death John and the two children continued to live in the same house for several years with the help of a hired hand, Dena Griner, who cared for the children and household duties. In 1903 his father Noah died near Hopedale. It was probably then that the family moved to Hopedale and lived with hired help and John's mother, Magdalena, caring for the children. The following year, in 1904, John married a single lady, Fannie Wyse, from Wayland, Iowa. They had three daughters, one died in infancy. After John's death of flu during the 1917 worldwide epidemic, Fannie and her two daughters, accompanied by Ella, moved back to Wayland. It was there Ella met her husband, Fred Swartzendruber (1895-1981). John and Lizzie's children, Ella and Allen, were willed an 80-acre farm close to Noah Augsburger's 160-acre farm, Ella (1897-1974) and her new husband began their married life there in 1921. They had four children: Esther Augsburger Glick, Frederick J., Edith Augsburger Nafziger, and John Dale. Allen (1894-1927) lived on the Noah Augsburger farm,
a centennial farm to this day. Allen married Louise Horsch (1897-1979) in 1918, daughter of Henry Horsch and Katherine Good of Fisher, and died in 1927 of appendicitis. They had no children.

Spouse 1: Lizzie Litwiller
Children: Ella Swartzendruber
Allen J. Augsburger


Spouse 2: Fannie Wyse
Children: Infant Daughter (Died as an infant prior to 1917)
Daughter
Daughter

Buried:
Mennonite Church Cemetery

John married Elizabeth (Lizzie) Litwiller on 13 Dec 1893. Elizabeth (daughter of Joseph Litwiller and Mary Ropp) was born on 13 Jan 1867 in IL; died on 11 Feb 1899 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL; was buried in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Fannie Wyse in 1904. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Religion: Mennonite
• USR1: Appendicitis

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Obit:
Augsburger.--Allen J., son of Johr. and Lizzie Augsburger, was born near Fisher, Ill., March 6, 1896; died Oct. 9, 1927, at the Brokaw Hospital, Bloomington, Ill., following a serious operation (Being sick only a few days); aged 31 y. 7 m. 3 d. His mother died when he was 3 years old, leaving him and baby sister (Ella May) in their father's care. A few years later they removed to near Hopedale, Ill., where he grew to manhood. In his young years he accepted Christ as his personal Savior, united with the Mennonite Church, and remained a faithful member until death. His father, mother, and infant sister preceded him to the glory world. On Dec. 18, 1918, he was united in Marriage to Louisa Horsch of Fisher, Ill., who survives him. He also leaves a step-mother and 3 sisters (Ella May Swartzentruber, Ruth and Grace), and many relatives and friends. Funeral services were held Oct. 11, conducted by Simon Litwiller, J. A. Heiser, and Ben Springer. Text, Jno. 11:25. Burial in the Mennonite Cemetery.
"A precious one from us is gone
A voice we loved is stilled
A place is vacant in our home
Whick never can be filled."

The couple lived near Boynton Center, 3 miles south of Hopedale, on the Noah Augsburger farm. This farm was next to the 80-acre farm Allen and Ella inherited when their father died. Ella and her husband, Fred Swartzendruber, lived there after their marriage in 1921.

Allen married Louise Horsch on 18 Dec 1918 in Fisher, Champaign Co., IL. Louise (daughter of Henry Horsch, Sr. and Katherine Good) was born on 24 Nov 1897 in Gilmore City, Pocahontis Co., IA; died on 3 Jan 1979 in Eureka, Woodford Co., IL; was buried on 5 Jan 1979 in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
near Tomlinson

Ella married Frederick Edward Swartzendruber on 15 Dec 1921 in Wayland, Henry Co., IA. Frederick was born on 31 Jan 1895 in Clarion, Wright Co., IA; died on 30 Jun 1981 in Elkhart, Elkhart Co., IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Dr. Melvin Ira Glick. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edith married J. Marvin Nafziger [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]