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Christopher Fritz:

Fritz Harper Abernathy

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Christopher Fritz: /* Obituary */

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|name=Fritz Harper Abernathy
|pronoun=He
|father given=Moses Walter Fritz
|father surname=Abernathy
|mother given=Alice Luella
|mother maiden=Harper
|birth date={{birth date|1940|4|16}}
|birth place=Ottumwa, Iowa
|death date={{death date|1964|6|6}}
|death place=Iowa
|burial cemetery=Blakesburg Cemetery
|burial place=Blakesburg, Iowa
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==Family==

Fritz and Ethelena had one child.

Fritz and Connie did not have any children.

== Obituary ==

<blockquote>
Ottumwa Courier, Monday, 8 June 1964, page 1, columns 8-9.
</blockquote>

Was Ottumwan

Car Crash Kills Fritz Abernathy

Fritz Harper Abernathy, 24, of 513 N. Court, was injured fatally in a two-car crash one-fourth mile west of Rome stop on Highway 34 in Henry County Saturday about 3:30 p.m. He died en route to University Hospitals in Iowa City.

James Ellis, 21 of Oskaloosa, a passenger in the car driven by Abernathy, and James Martin Nelson, 28, of Des Moines, driver of the other car, were taken to Memorial Hospital in Mouth Pleasant. Ellis sustained a concussion and head and chin lacerations not believed serious, officials of the State Highway Patrol in Fairfield said today.

NELSON was accompanied by his wife. He was treated for lacerations. She was not injured.

According to the Highway Patrol, Abernathy, traveling west attempted to pass another car and failed to get back into his lane. He struck the east-bound car driven by Nelson. Both cars, Buicks, were completely demolished, the Patrol official said.

Abernathy had lived in Ottumwa all his life. He was born here April 16, 1940, the son of [[Moses Walter Fritz Abernathy|Walter F.]] and [[Blossom Harper]] Abernathy. He graduated from Wayne High School in Chicago, Ill., in 1963.

HE WAS a member of Trinity Episcopal Church.

Surviving are his wife, [[Connie Dale|Connie]]; a daughter, [[Joannie Lee Abernathy]]; and his mother, [[Blossom Harper|Mrs. Blossom Hallberg]] of Ottumwa Route 4. His father died Dec. 22, 1954.

The service was at 2:30 p.m. today at the Johnson Funeral Chapel with the Rev. James L. Postel, rector of the Trinity Episcopal Church, officiating. Burial was in Blakesburg Cemetery.

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Blossom Harper

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Alice Luella Harper

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== Obituary ==

OTTUMWA — Blossom Harper Hallberg, 85, of 408 E. Pennsylvania Ave. died May 16, 1994, at Ottumwa Regional Health Center. She was born Oct. 19. 1908, in Ottumwa to William T. and Alice Beaman Harper. She married Walter F. Abernathy on June 9, 1930, in Ottumwa. He died Dec. 22, 1954. She married M.K. "Bud" Hallberg on Feb 12, 1956, in Ottumwa. He died July 19, 1970. She was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church and Ottumwa Bird Club. She is survived by a granddaughter and a great-grandson. She was preceded in death by her two husbands and a son, Fritz Harper Abernathy. A memorial Service will be 1:30 p.m. Monday at Robertson-Jay Funeral Home in Ottumwa, the Rev. Wayne Kamm of Mount Pleasant assisted by Art LeTourneau will be officiating. Burial will be in Blakesburg Cemetery in Blakesburg. Visitation will begin at noon today at the funeral home. Family visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.s. on Sunday. Memorials may be made to Ottumwa Bird Club.

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Main Page

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Christopher Fritz: /* Second Generation */

Genealogy and Biographies of the Fritz Family From the Years 1791–1993

Following the American lives of these children of Austria, Benedict Fritz & Christian Fritz & Joseph Fritz, and two generations of their descendants.

Including Abernathy, Beebe, and Shea families.

== Born in Austria ==
* [[Benedikt Fritz]]

== First Generation ==
* [[Benedict Fritz]] (3)
* [[Christian Fritz]] (4)
* [[Joseph Fritz]] (1)

== Second Generation ==
* [[Albert Levi Fritz]] (4.6)
* [[Edward Otto Fritz]] (1.2)
* [[Francis Layton Fritz]] (4.3)
* [[Frank Allois Fritz]] (1.5)
* [[Franklin Fritz]] (3.7)
* [[George E. Fritz]] (1.7)
* [[George W. Fritz]] (3.6)
* [[Gertrude Cornelius Fritz|Gertrude Cornelius Fritz Shea]] (3.8)
* [[Henry Fritz]] (1.3)
* [[Henry F. Fritz]] (3.4)
* [[John Crist Fritz]] (1.9)
* [[John Frederick Fritz]] (4.5)
* [[Joseph Conrad Fritz]] (1.1)
* [[Louisa Christina Fritz|Louisa Christina Fritz Abernathy]] (3.1)
* [[Martin Clinton Fritz]] (1.8)
* [[Mary Philomena Fritz]] (1.10)
* [[Matilda Fritz|Matilda Fritz Hardy]] (3.5)
* [[Rebecca Alice Fritz|Rebecca Alice Fritz Beebe]] (4.1)
* [[William B. Fritz]] (3.2)
* [[William Benedict Fritz]] (4.2)

== Third Generation ==
* [[Achsa Ann Abernathy|Achsa Ann Abernathy Stutz]] (3.1.1)
* [[Albert Jay Beebe]] (4.1.2)
* [[Alice May Shea|Alice May Shea Baker]] (3.8.2)
* [[Anna Hardy|Anna Hardy Zepp]] (3.5.1)
* [[Carlton F. Beebe]] (4.1.5)
* [[Caroline Ellen Fritz|Caroline Ellen Fritz Couch]] (4.2.4)
* [[Clara Christine Abernathy|Clara Christine Abernathy Gamble]] (3.1.2)
* [[Clarence Edwin Fritz]] (4.2.3)
* [[Earl Wright Fritz]] (3.4.5)
* [[Edna H. Shea|Edna H. Shea Maloney]] (3.8.1)
* [[Edward Barnhart Fritz]] ({{NumberEdwardBarnhartFritz}})
* [[Ella Faye Fritz|Ella Faye Fritz Ross]] (3.4.2)
* [[Ellen Elizabeth Beebe|Ellen Elizabeth Beebe Johnson]] (4.1.1)
* [[Florence Evelyn Fritz|Florence Evelyn Fritz Dennis]] (4.2.5)
* [[Fred Beebe]] (4.1.4)
* [[Frederic Otis Fritz]] (4.5.1)
* [[Gertrude Alice Fritz]] (4.2.6)
* [[Hazel L. Fritz]] (3.6.1)
* [[Howard Clell Fritz]] (3.6.2)
* [[Ida Eleanor Fritz]] (1.3.3)
* [[John Benedict Shea]] (3.8.3)
* [[Lawrence E. Fritz]] (1.2a.1)
* [[Mildred Maudell Fritz|Mildred Maudell Fritz Robinson]] (4.5.2)
* [[Moses Walter Fritz|Moses Walter Fritz Abernathy]] (3.1.4)
* [[Ona Mae Fritz|Ona Mae Fritz Pearson]] (3.4.3)
* [[Robert Everett Fritz]] (1.3.1)
* [[Wilbur Henry Fritz]] (1.3.2)
* [[William Arlie Fritz]] (4.2.1)
* [[William Sherman Beebe]] (4.1.3)

Joseph Fritz

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Christopher Fritz:

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|pronoun=He
|father given=Benedikt
|father surname=Fritz
|mother given=Veronika
|mother maiden=Jochum
|birth date={{birth date|1824|6|27}}
|birth place=Lech, Austria
|death date={{death date|1884|6|19}}
|death place=Columbus, Ohio
|burial cemetery=Mount Calvary Cemetery
|burial place=Columbus, Ohio
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== Family ==

Joseph and Catherine had ten children:

# [[Joseph Conrad Fritz]] (1.1)
# [[Edward Otto Fritz]] (1.2)
# [[Henry Fritz]] (1.3)
# [[Mary Caroline Fritz]] (1.4)
# [[Frank Allois Fritz]] (1.5)
# [[Christian Fritz (1866)|Christian Fritz]] (1.6)
# [[George E. Fritz]] (1.7)
# [[Martin Clinton Fritz]] (1.8)
# [[John Crist Fritz]] (1.9)
# [[Mary Philomena Fritz]] (1.10)

== Biography ==

Johann Joseph Fritz was born in Lech, Austria on the 27th of June, 1824. He was first child of Benedict and Veronica ''Jochum'' Fritz. Joseph's mother died on the 1st of May 1837,<ref name="probate">Probate of Veronica Jochum</ref> when Joseph almost 13 years old.

Growing up, Joseph had four younger brothers, Benedict, Christian, Anthony, and Basil.<ref name="probate"/> He had two younger sisters who each died as a baby.<ref name="bruno">Information from Bruno and Ida Fritz.</ref>

In spring of 1853, Joseph left Austria with his brother Benedict, their destination the United States. The may have been on the Waltham which left Le Havre, France for the port in New York City, arriving on the 5th of April, 1853.<ref>New York, Passenger Lists.</ref> They spent 36 days at sea until their arrival in New York City.<ref name="portrait">Portrait and Biographical Album of Wapello County, Iowa.</ref>

There is an account that Joseph's younger brother Christian left for America in 1852.<ref name="portrait"/> According to this timeline, Joseph and Benedict traveled to Cleveland, Ohio in search of Christian, only to find the younger brother had left there. Other accounts, including census information on Christian, his obituary, and a ship passenger log which may include him, all claim his immigration took place in 1854. History may never reveal whether Christian was in Ohio prior to Joseph's arrival, or if he arrived in the United States after his older brothers.

Following the brothers' arrival in Ohio, Benedict traveled from Cleveland to Columbus, where he took employment as a house painter.<ref name="portrait"/> It is likely Joseph was with Benedict at this time. Although Benedict remained for only eight months before heading to California to mine for gold,<ref name="portrait"/>, Joseph took permanent residence in this city.<ref>Columbus city directories show Joseph living in Columbus from 1862 though his death in 1884.</ref>

In about the year 1855, an immigrant of Baden, Germany<ref>Baden is listed as Catherine's birthplace on the 1870 US Federal Census. In the Cleveland Leader newspaper (20 October 1881), Catherine testifies in court that she was born in "Baden Baden, Germany."</ref> named Catherine Geisinger moved to Columbus.<ref name="cleavland_leader_18811020">In the Cleveland Leader newspaper (20 October 1881), Catherine testifies in court that she "[has] lived in Columbus twenty-six years, and have been married at length of time," suggesting a marriage year of 1855.</ref> Joseph married Catherine that same year.<ref name="cleavland_leader_18811020"/>

By the year 1862, Joseph lived at 267 East Walnut Street,<ref>The earliest Columbus city directory I have found is for 1862. Joseph likely lived in Columbus prior to this year.</ref> a small street sandwiched between Town Street to the north and Rich Street to the south, and east of the Scioto river.<ref>Old maps of Ohio often do not show Walnut Street. The "Franklin County and Columbus 1872" atlus shows Walnut Street, but does not make it clear where house 267 was located. In 2013, Google Maps places East Walnut Street as east of the Scioto river and West Walnut Street as west of the river.</ref> He lived at this address the rest of his life.<ref>The Columbus city directory for 1884–1885 lists Joseph at this address. Every city directory between 1862 and 1884 lists Joseph at this address except for 1882, which puts him at 22 City Avenue in Columbus.</ref>

Joseph continued to work as a painter.<ref>Columbus city directories for 1862 through 1884, and the 1870 and 1880 US Federal Censuses. The exception is the 1870 city directory which lists Joseph as an upholsterer. The 1877 city directory lists Joseph specifically as a house painter, and the 1878 city directory as a painter for "Piqua shops."</ref> In 1864 Joseph may have worked for "G. C. L. repair shops."<ref>Columbus city directory for 1864.</ref> In 1867, Joseph worked for "C. \& I. C. Railway Shops,"<ref>Columbus city directory for 1867.</ref> possibly painting train cars.

== Family tales ==

What is curious is the stories of Joseph that later circulated in the families descended from Benedict and Christian.

<blockquote>Three [Fritz] brothers came to this country in 1852 and 1853. They went to California near Placerville, where they made their gold strike and where they met [[Gephart Schoech]] who was responsible for them returning to Blakesburg, Iowa to live. One of the brothers, Josef, left the gold fields with his gold, but never reached Iowa and was never heard of again. It was assumed that he was killed for the gold he carried.</blockquote>

These words tell of the brothers Benedict, Joseph, and Christian. [Genealogical Table of the Families Fritz|The document] accompanies a single-line family tree which includes a fourth brother, Anton Fritz, and continues to Anton's grandson [[Franz Fritz]]. Likely Franz authored these documents.

This excerpt was likely left by Franz following his 1969 trip where he visited Blakesburg and met with Christian's descendants. Because [[Edward Barnhart Fritz|Edward Fritz]] ({{NumberEdwardBarnhartFritz}}) wrote letters to Franz, it's possible Franz wrote these at a later date, and mailed them to Edward. The writings were microfilmed on the 24th of June, 1975, following a visit with Gertrude Alice Fritz that year from another Austrian cousin, Gerhard Fritz.

It is unknown how much of this tale Franz learned from his father or his grandfather, and what he learned from his visit to the United States. A similar tale was passed by Benedict's granddaughter Ona Mae Fritz to her granddaughter, Christine. Christine was in junior high and learning the history of the gold rush when her grandmother Ona told her the story. According to Christine:<ref>From an e-mail from Christine Masterson on 27 December 2012.</ref>

<blockquote>[Joseph] is the one my grandmother, Ona, talked about. She said her uncle was killed on the journey back from California. Someone tried to rob them of the gold and her uncle was killed</blockquote>

Christine would have heard this story before Franz's visit. Also, Franz's visit was with Christian's descendants, not with Benedict's descendants. Gertrude at some point was in contact with Benedict's descendants, so it's possible she learned the story through Ona.

A similar story passed through Benedict's grandson Edward's elder daughter, Barbara, as conveyed by her sister Janet:<ref>From an e-mail from Janet ''Fritz'' Maas on 25 December 2012, referencing her sister, Barbara.</ref>

<blockquote>"My sis keeps mentioning a long-lost brother of Benedict's, one who was rumored to have traveled to the gold fields in California and was never heard from again. Could this be Joseph?"</blockquote>

The story sounds cut-and-dried. The microfilm mentions the brothers arrived in the US by 1853. They state Benedict mined for four years before moving to Blakesburg. This would be 1857. If Joseph were killed at this time, he would not appear on any federal censuses. If he died somewhere between California and Iowa, it would be difficult to find a death record. End of story.

However, details fail to add up. A biography of Benedict written in ''[[Portrait and Biographical Album of Wapello County, Iowa]]'' said Joseph "died in Columbus, Ohio, in 1884". An [[Gebhard Schoech's Story|autobiography by Gephart Schoech]] mentioned Benedict at his gold mine in California, but made no mention of Joseph. With the availability of extensive collections of records easily accessible via the Internet, records of Joseph Fritz in Columbus, Ohio were able to be linked together to provide a convincing case that Joseph Fritz did indeed survive and raised a family. With the ubiquity of low-price y-DNA testing, a matching DNA test between Joseph's descendant, Bob Fritz, and Anton's descendant, Bruno Fritz, has finally been able to confirm the falseness of the story of Joseph's murder.

There was a letter, perhaps from Gertrude, stating roughly that Benedict's descendants knew what became of Joseph. {{Citation needed}} This suggests Christian's descendants did not know, and the myth about his death came entirely from someone on the Benedict line, rather than being a story known by both lines.

== References ==

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== References ==

=== Census ===

{{Census citation
|year=1870
|scope=United States Federal
|county=Franklin
|state=Ohio
|locality=Third Ward of City of Columbus
|post office=Columbus
|page=folio 141 (back), page no. 24
|dwelling=136
|family=171
|person=Joseph Fritz
|digital type=digital image
|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M629-16H
|access date=19 October 2013
|fhl number=552700
|nara number=M593
|nara roll=1201
}}

{{Census citation
|year=1880
|scope=United States Federal
|county=Franklin
|state=Ohio
|locality=Columbus
|page=folio 214-C, page no. 45
|dwelling=6
|family=6
|person=Joseph Fritz
|digital type=digital image
|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8M6-8QX
|access date=19 October 2013
|fhl number=1255016
|nara number=T9
|nara roll=1016
}}

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Anna Hardy

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Christopher Fritz:

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|pronoun=She
|father given=Francis
|father surname=Hardy
|mother given=Matilda
|mother maiden=Fritz
|birth date={{birth date|1884|7|31}}
|birth place=Blakesburg, Iowa
|death date={{death date|1968|3|21}}
|death place=Saint Charles, Kane County, Illinois
|burial cemetery=Calvary Cemetery
|burial place=Ottumwa, Iowa
}}

== Family ==

Anna and William had six children:

# [[Mary Louise Zepp]] (3.5.1.1)
# [[Elizabeth M. Zepp]] (3.5.1.2)
# [[William Hardy Zepp]] (3.5.1.3)
# [[Virginia Zepp]] (3.5.1.4)
# [[Jeanne P. Zepp]] (3.5.1.5)
# [[Matilda M. Zepp]] (3.5.1.6)

== Obituary ==

'''Mrs. Anna Zepp'''

Mrs. Anna Hardy Zepp, 82, of St. Charles, Illinois, and a former Wapello County and Ottumwa, Iowa resident, died Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Delnor Hospital in St. Charles, Illinois. She was the daughter of [[Frank Hardy|Frank]] and [[Matilda Fritz]] Hardy, and was born at Blakesburg, July 3, 1885. A resident of Ottumwa for many years, she moved to Chicago in 1952, and has been a resident of St. Charles for the past 10 months. She was a member of St. Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Church in Chicago. Surviving are one son, [[William Hardy Zepp|William H. Zepp]] of St. Charles; five daughters, [[Virginia Zepp|Mrs. Virginia Reed]] and [[Jeanne P. Zepp|Mrs. Jeanne Hamerle]], both of Chicago; [[Mary Louise Zepp|Mrs. Mary Louise Pedigo]] of Ottumwa, [[Elizabeth M. Zepp|Mrs. Betty Anderson]] of Rockford, Illinois, and [[Matilda M. Zepp|Mrs. Matilda Watson]] of Omaha; 19 grandchildren; and six great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, [[William Joseph Zepp|William J. Zepp]] on October 6, 1954. A funeral Mass will be Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in St. Charles, Illinois. The Rosary will be recited tonight at Norris and Sons' Funeral Home in St. Charles. The casket will be returned to Johnson Funeral Chapel late Sunday afternoon. Graveside services will be Monday at 10 a.m. at Calvary Cemetery with Rev. Gerald Hoenig, assistant pastor at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Ottumwa, Officiating.

{{TODO|Ensure birth date is July 3 and not 31.}}

== References ==

=== Census ===

{{Census citation
|year=1885
|scope=Iowa State
|county=Wapello
|state=Iowa
|locality=Blakesburg City in Adams Township
|page=page 20 [cut off] (penned, front), page 21 (stamped, back)
|dwelling=102
|family=102
|person=Annie Hardy
|household=Frank Hardy
|household link=Frank Hardy
|digital type=digital image
|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/H42R-VMM
|access date=30 December 2012
|fhl number=1020188
}}

{{Census citation
|year=1895
|scope=Iowa State
|county=Wapello
|state=Iowa
|locality=Adams Township
|page=page 8 (penned, front), page 9 (stamped, back)
|dwelling=39
|family=(incorrect value on census)
|person=Annie Hardy
|household=Frank Hardy
|household link=Frank Hardy
|digital type=digital image
|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VTQ5-5VF
|access date=15 January 2013
|fhl number=1022189
}}

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Earlham Cemetery (Earlham, Iowa)

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Mount Calvary Cemetery (Columbus, Ohio)

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Evergreen Cemetery (Anita, Iowa)

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Dexter Cemetery (Dexter, Iowa)

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Green Lawn Cemetery (Columbus, Ohio)

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Cambridge Cemetery (Columbus, Ohio)

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Resthaven Cemetery (Des Moines, Iowa)

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Atlantic Cemetery (Atlantic, Iowa)

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Penn Center Cemetery (Pitzer, Iowa)

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Union Cemetery (Columbus, Ohio)

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Wiota Cemetery (Wiota, Iowa)

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Calvary Cemetery (Ottumwa, Iowa)

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Riverside Cemetery (Moline, Illinois)

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Evergreen Alameda Cemetery (El Paso, Texas)

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Greenwood Cemetery (Muscatine, Iowa)

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Omak Memorial Cemetery (Omak, Washington)

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Forest Hill Cemetery (Haines, Florida)

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Miriam Cemetery (Maryville, Missouri)

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Linwood Park Cemetery (Boone, Iowa)

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South Oak Grove Cemetery (Stuart, Iowa)

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Ottumwa Cemetery (Ottumwa, Iowa)

2017-03-04T20:44:03Z

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Holy Cross Church (Bludenz, Austria)

2017-03-04T20:43:56Z

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Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)

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Oakland Cemetery (Centerville, Iowa)

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Blakesburg Cemetery (Blakesburg, Iowa)

2017-03-04T20:41:21Z

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Henry Fritz

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== Family ==

Henry and Magdalena had three children:

# [[Robert Everett Fritz]] (1.3.1)
# [[Wilbur Henry Fritz]] (1.3.2)
# [[Ida Eleanor Fritz]] (1.3.3)

== References ==

=== Census ===

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|scope=United States Federal
|county=Franklin
|state=Ohio
|locality=Third Ward of City of Columbus
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|page=folio 141 (back), page no. 24
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Main Page

2017-03-04T20:18:32Z

Christopher Fritz:

Genealogy and Biographies of the Fritz Family From the Years 1791–1993

Following the American lives of these children of Austria, Benedict Fritz & Christian Fritz & Joseph Fritz, and two generations of their descendants.

Including Abernathy, Beebe, and Shea families.

== Born in Austria ==
* [[Benedikt Fritz]]

== First Generation ==
* [[Benedict Fritz]] (3)
* [[Christian Fritz]] (4)
* [[Joseph Fritz]] (1)

== Second Generation ==
* [[Albert Levi Fritz]] (4.6)
* [[Edward Otto Fritz]] (1.2)
* [[Francis Layton Fritz]] (4.3)
* [[Frank Allois Fritz]] (1.5)
* [[Franklin Fritz]] (3.7)
* [[George E. Fritz]] (1.7)
* [[George W. Fritz]] (3.6)
* [[Gertrude Cornelius Fritz|Gertrude Cornelius Fritz Shea]] (3.8)
* [[Henry Fritz]] (1.3)
* [[Henry F. Fritz]] (3.4)
* [[John Crist Fritz]] (1.9)
* [[John Frederick Fritz]] (4.5)
* [[Joseph Conrad Fritz]] (1.1)
* [[Louisa Christina Fritz|Louisa Christina Fritz Abernathy]] (3.1)
* [[Martin Clinton Fritz]] (1.8)
* [[Mary Philomena Fritz]] (1.10)
* [[Matilda Fritz Hardy]] (3.5)
* [[Rebecca Alice Fritz|Rebecca Alice Fritz Beebe]] (4.1)
* [[William B. Fritz]] (3.2)
* [[William Benedict Fritz]] (4.2)

== Third Generation ==
* [[Achsa Ann Abernathy|Achsa Ann Abernathy Stutz]] (3.1.1)
* [[Albert Jay Beebe]] (4.1.2)
* [[Alice May Shea|Alice May Shea Baker]] (3.8.2)
* [[Anna Hardy|Anna Hardy Zepp]] (3.5.1)
* [[Carlton F. Beebe]] (4.1.5)
* [[Caroline Ellen Fritz|Caroline Ellen Fritz Couch]] (4.2.4)
* [[Clara Christine Abernathy|Clara Christine Abernathy Gamble]] (3.1.2)
* [[Clarence Edwin Fritz]] (4.2.3)
* [[Earl Wright Fritz]] (3.4.5)
* [[Edna H. Shea|Edna H. Shea Maloney]] (3.8.1)
* [[Edward Barnhart Fritz]] ({{NumberEdwardBarnhartFritz}})
* [[Ella Faye Fritz|Ella Faye Fritz Ross]] (3.4.2)
* [[Ellen Elizabeth Beebe|Ellen Elizabeth Beebe Johnson]] (4.1.1)
* [[Florence Evelyn Fritz|Florence Evelyn Fritz Dennis]] (4.2.5)
* [[Fred Beebe]] (4.1.4)
* [[Frederic Otis Fritz]] (4.5.1)
* [[Gertrude Alice Fritz]] (4.2.6)
* [[Hazel L. Fritz]] (3.6.1)
* [[Howard Clell Fritz]] (3.6.2)
* [[Ida Eleanor Fritz]] (1.3.3)
* [[John Benedict Shea]] (3.8.3)
* [[Lawrence E. Fritz]] (1.2a.1)
* [[Mildred Maudell Fritz|Mildred Maudell Fritz Robinson]] (4.5.2)
* [[Moses Walter Fritz|Moses Walter Fritz Abernathy]] (3.1.4)
* [[Ona Mae Fritz|Ona Mae Fritz Pearson]] (3.4.3)
* [[Robert Everett Fritz]] (1.3.1)
* [[Wilbur Henry Fritz]] (1.3.2)
* [[William Arlie Fritz]] (4.2.1)
* [[William Sherman Beebe]] (4.1.3)

Main Page

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Christopher Fritz:

Genealogy and Biographies of the Fritz Family From the Years 1791–1993

Following the American lives of these children of Austria, Benedict Fritz & Christian Fritz & Joseph Fritz, and two generations of their descendants.

Including Abernathy, Beebe, and Shea families.

Written by Christopher Dickson Fritz 
2012–2017 Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0

== Born in Austria ==
* [[Benedikt Fritz]]

== First Generation ==
* [[Benedict Fritz]] (3)
* [[Christian Fritz]] (4)
* [[Joseph Fritz]] (1)

== Second Generation ==
* [[Albert Levi Fritz]] (4.6)
* [[Edward Otto Fritz]] (1.2)
* [[Francis Layton Fritz]] (4.3)
* [[Frank Allois Fritz]] (1.5)
* [[Franklin Fritz]] (3.7)
* [[George E. Fritz]] (1.7)
* [[George W. Fritz]] (3.6)
* [[Gertrude Cornelius Fritz|Gertrude Cornelius Fritz Shea]] (3.8)
* [[Henry Fritz]] (1.3)
* [[Henry F. Fritz]] (3.4)
* [[John Crist Fritz]] (1.9)
* [[John Frederick Fritz]] (4.5)
* [[Joseph Conrad Fritz]] (1.1)
* [[Louisa Christina Fritz|Louisa Christina Fritz Abernathy]] (3.1)
* [[Martin Clinton Fritz]] (1.8)
* [[Mary Philomena Fritz]] (1.10)
* [[Matilda Fritz Hardy]] (3.5)
* [[Rebecca Alice Fritz|Rebecca Alice Fritz Beebe]] (4.1)
* [[William B. Fritz]] (3.2)
* [[William Benedict Fritz]] (4.2)

== Third Generation ==
* [[Achsa Ann Abernathy|Achsa Ann Abernathy Stutz]] (3.1.1)
* [[Albert Jay Beebe]] (4.1.2)
* [[Alice May Shea|Alice May Shea Baker]] (3.8.2)
* [[Anna Hardy|Anna Hardy Zepp]] (3.5.1)
* [[Carlton F. Beebe]] (4.1.5)
* [[Caroline Ellen Fritz|Caroline Ellen Fritz Couch]] (4.2.4)
* [[Clara Christine Abernathy|Clara Christine Abernathy Gamble]] (3.1.2)
* [[Clarence Edwin Fritz]] (4.2.3)
* [[Earl Wright Fritz]] (3.4.5)
* [[Edna H. Shea|Edna H. Shea Maloney]] (3.8.1)
* [[Edward Barnhart Fritz]] ({{NumberEdwardBarnhartFritz}})
* [[Ella Faye Fritz|Ella Faye Fritz Ross]] (3.4.2)
* [[Ellen Elizabeth Beebe|Ellen Elizabeth Beebe Johnson]] (4.1.1)
* [[Florence Evelyn Fritz|Florence Evelyn Fritz Dennis]] (4.2.5)
* [[Fred Beebe]] (4.1.4)
* [[Frederic Otis Fritz]] (4.5.1)
* [[Gertrude Alice Fritz]] (4.2.6)
* [[Hazel L. Fritz]] (3.6.1)
* [[Howard Clell Fritz]] (3.6.2)
* [[Ida Eleanor Fritz]] (1.3.3)
* [[John Benedict Shea]] (3.8.3)
* [[Lawrence E. Fritz]] (1.2a.1)
* [[Mildred Maudell Fritz|Mildred Maudell Fritz Robinson]] (4.5.2)
* [[Moses Walter Fritz|Moses Walter Fritz Abernathy]] (3.1.4)
* [[Ona Mae Fritz|Ona Mae Fritz Pearson]] (3.4.3)
* [[Robert Everett Fritz]] (1.3.1)
* [[Wilbur Henry Fritz]] (1.3.2)
* [[William Arlie Fritz]] (4.2.1)
* [[William Sherman Beebe]] (4.1.3)

Zola Vernon

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Christopher Fritz:

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== Obituary ==
<blockquote>
Griswold American, April 5, 1944
</blockquote>

Mrs. A. J. Beebe Died in Lewis Saturday

Mrs. A. J. Beebe, who for the past several weeks had been suffering from cancer, died at her home in Lewis Saturday morning at two o'clock. During her illness she was a patient sufferer and planned her funeral arrangements to the last detail. She was resigned to her fate and was cheerful to the end. Everything that careful nursing and medical skill could do for her would not prolong her life. Zola Vernon, daughter of the late R. D. and Sarah Vernon, was born in Anita, Iowa, December 29, 1888, died at her home in Lewis April 1, 1944 aged 55 years, 3 months and 2 days. She spent her girlhood in Anita and was happily united in marriage to A. J. Beebe on June 8, 1910. They made their home in Anita and Council Bluffs and located in Lewis in 1918. Mrs. Beebe was active in all social work and at the time of her death was Seventh District President of the Rural Mail Carriers Auxiliary. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star of Lewis a member of the Methodist Church, served as a member of the Lewis school board and also the Cass county school board. Always willing and ready to do what she could in any thing that would be a benefit to the community in which she had long resided. She is survived by her husband, a son, Vernon Beebe, of Kamuela, Hawaii, who made a trip to see her after she was stricken, one grandson, one sister, Mrs. I. F. Hayenga, of George, Iowa, who assister in her care, two brothers, E. D. Vernon of Monticello, Iowa and H. T. Vernon, of Ardmore, Oklahoma and a very large circle of friends. A daughter Nola Alice, died in infancy. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Lewis Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The Rev. A Breeling, her pastor, officiated at the services. The singing was by Mrs. C. W. Hancock and Mrs. Colbert Marker. Mrs. Gale Knoke was the accompanist. Songs were ``Safe in the Arms of Jesus'' and ``It is Well With My Soul.'' Casket bearers were Byron Casady, Eldon Burnside, Russell Marshall, Wilbur Breckerbaumer, J. T. Rieneka and Marion Baker. Following the services at the church, which were very largely attended by sorrowing relatives and friends, the remains were taken to the Anita Cemetery where they were tenderly laid away on the family lot. The sympathy of all goes out to those who are left to mourn the passing of this good wife, mother and friend.

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Zola Vernon

2017-03-04T20:13:05Z

Christopher Fritz:

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== Obituary ==
<blockquote>
Griswold American, April 5, 1944
</blockquote>

Mrs. A. J. Beebe Died in Lewis Saturday

Mrs. A. J. Beebe, who for the past several weeks had been suffering from cancer, died at her home in Lewis Saturday morning at two o'clock. During her illness she was a patient sufferer and planned her funeral arrangements to the last detail. She was resigned to her fate and was cheerful to the end. Everything that careful nursing and medical skill could do for her would not prolong her life. Zola Vernon, daughter of the late R. D. and Sarah Vernon, was born in Anita, Iowa, December 29, 1888, died at her home in Lewis April 1, 1944 aged 55 years, 3 months and 2 days. She spent her girlhood in Anita and was happily united in marriage to A. J. Beebe on June 8, 1910. They made their home in Anita and Council Bluffs and located in Lewis in 1918. Mrs. Beebe was active in all social work and at the time of her death was Seventh District President of the Rural Mail Carriers Auxiliary. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star of Lewis a member of the Methodist Church, served as a member of the Lewis school board and also the Cass county school board. Always willing and ready to do what she could in any thing that would be a benefit to the community in which she had long resided. She is survived by her husband, a son, Vernon Beebe, of Kamuela, Hawaii, who made a trip to see her after she was stricken, one grandson, one sister, Mrs. I. F. Hayenga, of George, Iowa, who assister in her care, two brothers, E. D. Vernon of Monticello, Iowa and H. T. Vernon, of Ardmore, Oklahoma and a very large circle of friends. A daughter Nola Alice, died in infancy. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Lewis Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The Rev. A Breeling, her pastor, officiated at the services. The singing was by Mrs. C. W. Hancock and Mrs. Colbert Marker. Mrs. Gale Knoke was the accompanist. Songs were ``Safe in the Arms of Jesus'' and ``It is Well With My Soul.'' Casket bearers were Byron Casady, Eldon Burnside, Russell Marshall, Wilbur Breckerbaumer, J. T. Rieneka and Marion Baker. Following the services at the church, which were very largely attended by sorrowing relatives and friends, the remains were taken to the Anita Cemetery where they were tenderly laid away on the family lot. The sympathy of all goes out to those who are left to mourn the passing of this good wife, mother and friend.

[[Category:People]]

William Sherman Beebe

2017-03-04T20:12:10Z

Christopher Fritz:

{{Header person
|name=William Sherman Beebe
|pronoun=He
|father given=Franklin Willis
|father surname=Beebe
|mother given=Rebecca Alice
|mother maiden=Fritz
|birth date={{birth date|1890|1|26}}
|birth place=near Anita, Iowa
|death date={{death date|1949|1|17}}
|death place=Atlantic, Iowa
|burial cemetery=Atlantic Cemetery
|burial place=Atlantic, Iowa
}}

== Family ==

Sherm and Alice had one child:

# [[Leah Marie Beebe]] (4.1.3.1)

== Obituary ==

<blockquote>
Newpaper: Council Bluffs Nonpareil 
Publication Date: Jan 18, 1949 
Newspaper Location: Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States Of America 
Page: 6 
Column: 3
</blockquote>

William Sherman Beebe.

ATLANTIC — Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p. m. at the Roland, Peacock and Baxter funeral home for William Sherman Beebe, 58, who died Monday at an Atlantic hospital after suffering a stroke on Wednesday. The Rev. C. M. Orcutt of Anita will officiate. Bural[sic] will be in [[Atlantic cemetery]].

Beebe was born at Anita Jan. 26, 1890, the son of Mr. and Mrs. [[Franklin Willis Beebe|Frank Beebe]]. He lived in the Wiota vicinity all his life until he moved to Atlantic in December, 1948. He had been in the gasoline and oil business here for several years. He was married in San City Aug. 4, 1921, to [[Alice Evelyn Barnholdt]]. He was a member of the Atlantic American Legion.

Survivors are widow, [[Rebecca Alice Fritz|Alice Beebe]]; one daughter, [[Leah Marie Beebe|Mrs. Keith Chadwick]] of Anita; one sister, [[Ellen Elizabeth Beebe|Mrs. William Johnson]] of Cambridge; one brother, [[Albert Jay Beebe|A. J. "Bert" Beebe]] of Atlantic, and two granddaughters.

<blockquote>
Date: Wednesday, January 19, 1949 
Paper: Omaha World Herald (Omaha, NE)
Page: 24 
Column: 3
</blockquote>

Atlantic Oil Dealer, Sherman Beebe, Dies

The World-Herald's News Service.

Atlantic, Ia.—Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p. m. at the Roland, Peacock & Baxter Funeral Home for William Sherman (Sherm) Beebe, 58. He died Monday at an Atlantic hospital after suffering a stroke last Wednesday evening.

Mr. Beebe was born at Anita, Ia., the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beebe. He lived in the Wiota community until moving last December to a new home he built in Atlantic. He had been in the oil and gasoline business in the Atlantic area for a number of years. He was a World War I veteran and a member of the Atlantic American Legion.

Survivors: Wife, Alice; daughter, Mrs. Keith Chadwick, Anita; sister, Mrs. William Johnson, Cambridge, Ia.; brother, A. J. (Bert) Beebe, Atlantic; two grand daughters.

<blockquote>
Anita Tribune 20 January 1949
</blockquote>

Former Anitan Succumbed Monday

William Sherman (Sherm) Beebe, 58, recently of Atlantic was a former resident of Anita and a long time resident of the Wiota community died at 10:25 Monday morning, January 17, at the Atlantic Memorial Hospital, where he had been since last Wednesday after suffering a stroke. "Sherm" Beebe, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beebe was born near Anita, January 26, 1890 and when a small lad moved with his parents to the Wiota vicinity where he lived until last December when he and his wife moved to their new home on East Seventh Street in Atlantic. "Sherm" as he was known to his host of friends had been in the gasoline and oil business many years. He was a World War I veteran and a member of the Atlantic American Legion. He was married to Alice Evelyn Barnholdt on August 4, 1921 at Sac City. He is survived by his widow and one daughter, Mrs. Keith Chadwick of Anita, a sister, Mrs. William Johnson of Cambridge, Iowa and a brother A. J. (Bert) Beebe of Atlantic, two grandchildren, Judy and Jolene Chadwick. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon, at 2 p.m., at the Rolan, Peacock and Baxter Funeral Home in Atlantic and Rev. C. M. Orcutt, pastor of the Congregational Church in Anita officiated. Burial was in the Atlantic Cemetery.

== References ==

=== Census ===

{{Census citation
|year=1895
|scope=Iowa State
|county=Cass
|state=Iowa
|locality=Franklin Township
|page=page 25 (penned, front), page 208 (stamped, back)
|dwelling=146
|family=156
|person=Sherman Beebe
|household=Frank W Beebe
|household link=Franklin Willis Beebe
|digital type=digital image
|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VTSG-Q1C
|access date=25 December 2012
|fhl number=1020339
}}

[[Category:People]]

William M. Shea

2017-03-04T20:10:59Z

Christopher Fritz:

{{Header person
|name=William M. Shea
|pronoun=He
|image=William Shea - Roadmasters - Maintenance of Way Bulletin - Volume 2 - Page 168.jpg
|father given=John
|father surname=Shea
|mother given=Hanora
|mother maiden=Garvey
|birth date={{birth date|1867|8|10}}
|birth place=Eddyville, Iowa
|death date={{death date|1943|5|12}}
|death place=
|burial cemetery=Blakesburg Cemetery
|burial place=Blakesburg, Iowa
}}

== Obituary ==

<blockquote>
Ottumwa Courier, Friday, 14 May 1943, page 1, column 6, and continued on page 12, column 1.
</blockquote>

'''Death Call Wm. Shea, Railway Vet / William Shea Is Claimed By Death'''

William Shea, 75, Wapello County pioneer who rose to national prominence in the service of the Milwaukee railroad, died at 8:45 p. m. Thursday at the University Hospital, Iowa City.

Entering the employ of the Milwaukee railroad in 1884 when he first helped to build the line from Cedar Rapids to Ottumwa, Mr. Shea continued in the construction department of that railroad until in 1934 he attained the position of maintenance superintendent for the entire Milwaukee railroad system, with offices in Chicago.

Hener[sic] he was in charge of 11,000 miles of main line track and another 5,000 miles of side tracks, and was often required to travel as much as 12,000 miles a month in the supervision of that great company's transit lanes.

While his duties in this position required that he maintain an office in Chicago, he always clung to Wapello county, in general, where he began his railroad career, and Blakesburg, in particular, where he maintained his home and continued his farming business, specializing in the raising of prize Hereford cattle.

Born August 13, 1867 in Eddyville and without the benefit of more than an eighth grade formal schooling. Mr. Shea's rise in prominence in the railroad world held all the features of a storybook success. His father, John Shea, gave him his frist[sic] job with the Milwaukee when he was 17 years old. Only a year later he was made a section foreman here, but in 1887 he was called in as construction foreman in the building of the Milwaukee line from Ottumwa to Kansas City.

'''Roadmaster in 1891.'''

On January 1, 1891, he was made road master of the Ottumwa division, where he served until 1918, when he went to Chicago as general road master of the entire Milwaukee system. Ten years later he was named assistant engineer of maintenance and from that position, in 1934, he was promoted to the maintenance superintendency of the Milwaukee system, a position which he held until his retirement.

In the meantime, he retained his love for his Iowa farm where he kept constant contact in the business of raising fine cattle. He delegated the management of his farm, in his absence, to his son, John Shea but claimed Blakesburg as his personal residence throughout his career with the Milwaukee that took him through many states.

'''Funeral Monday'''

Mr. Shea is survived by his son, John B. Shea of Blakesburg, and by one daughter, Mrs. Edna Maloney of Ottumwa, and by one granddaughter, Patricia Alice Shea of Blakesburg. He is also survived by four brothers, John Shea of Two Harbors, Minn., James R. Shea of Grand Rapids, Minn., Jerry Shea and Dan R. Shea, both of Ottumwa. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Gertrude C. Shea, who died January 15, 1942, also by one daughter, Alice, and three brothers and one sister.

Funeral services will be held at 9 a. m. Monday from St. Mary's Catholic church, where a requiem high mass will be celebrated by the Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. M. Walsh, V. F., and burial will be made in the Blakesburg cemetery.

The body will remain at the Johnson funeral parlor until 1 p. m. Saturday when it will be taken to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Patrick Maloney of 316 North Jefferson Street.

== References ==

=== Census ===

{{Census citation
|year=1860
|scope=United States Federal
|county=Van Buren
|state=Iowa
|locality=Washington Township
|post office=Bentonsport
|page=folio 339 (back), page no. 102
|dwelling=627
|family=635
|person=John Shay
|digital type=digital image
|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M82B-WTM
|access date=12 January 2014
|fhl number=803342
|nara number=M653
|nara roll=342
}}

{{Census citation
|year=1870
|scope=United States Federal
|county=Wapello
|state=Iowa
|locality=First Ward City of Eddyville in Columbia Township
|post office=Eddyville
|page=folio 89 (back), page no. 16
|dwelling=128
|family=122
|person=Wm Shea
|household=John Shea
|household link=John Shea
|digital type=digital image
|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDK9-5HN
|access date=12 January 2014
|fhl number=545921
|nara number=M593
|nara roll=422
}}

{{Census citation
|year=1880
|scope=United States Federal
|county=Mahaska
|state=Iowa
|locality=Eddyville in Harrison Township
|page=folio 417-C, page no. 7
|dwelling=55
|family=55
|person=Wm. Shea
|household=John Shea
|household link=John Shea
|digital type=digital image
|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDL9-PLQ
|access date=12 January 2014
|fhl number=1254354
|nara number=T9
|nara roll=354
}}

{{Census citation
|year=1885
|scope=Iowa State
|county=Mahaska
|state=Iowa
|locality=Eddyville Town in Harrison Township
|page=page 4 (penned, front), page 421 (stamped, back)
|dwelling=19
|family=19
|person=William Shea
|household=John Shea
|household link=John Shea
|digital type=digital image
|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/HDW6-DZM
|access date=12 January 2014
|fhl number=1021495
}}

{{Census citation
|year=1895
|scope=Iowa State
|county=Wapello
|state=Iowa
|locality=Blakesburg in Adams Township
|page=page 38 (penned, front), page 39 (stamped, back)
|dwelling=220
|family=(incorrect value on census)
|person=William M Shea
|digital type=digital image
|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VTQ5-6XS
|access date=13 January 2013
|fhl number=1022189
}}

[[Category:People]]

William Hardy Zepp

2017-03-04T20:09:39Z

Christopher Fritz:

{{Header person
|name=William Hardy Zepp
|pronoun=He
|father given=William Joseph
|father surname=Zepp
|mother given=Anna
|mother maiden=Hardy
|birth date={{birth date|1918|1|6}}
|birth place=Ottumwa, Iowa
|death date={{death date|2010|8|6}}
|death place=Batavia, Illinois
|burial cemetery=
|burial place=
}}

== Obituary ==

<blockquote>
August 28, 2010 
St. Charles, Illinois 
http://stcharles-il.patch.com/announcements/william-h-zepp-92-beloved-husband-loving-father-grandfather-and-great-grandfather [no longer available]
</blockquote>

'''William H. Zepp, 92, Beloved Husband, Loving Father, Grandfather and Great-Grandfather'''

William H. Zepp, 92, of Batavia, formerly of St. Charles for many years, passed away peacefully on Friday, Aug. 6 at Batavia Rehabilitation Center in Batavia. He was born Jan. 6, 1918 in Ottumwa, Iowa, the son of William J. and Anna (Hardy) Zepp.

William was a Navy veteran having served during WWII as a Seabee in Iwo Jima. While in Iowa he worked for the John Deere Company, he then moved to Chicago, and the Fox Valley area where he was a Teamsters Union steward. Throughout his working career he worked in the distribution of goods, both for Warner Bros. in Geneva, and Gossard in Batavia.

He was a member of both the St. Charles, VFW Post No. 5036, and the American Legion Post No. 342.

Mr. Zepp is survived by his children, James W. (Barbara) Zepp of St. Charles, Suzanne (Jerry) Cornett of Ashville, Ohio, and Jude Zepp Fairbank of Geneva; grandchildren, Cynthia Zepp Schwartz, William B. (Margarita) Zepp, Philip (Lori) Cornett, Renee C. Magill, Kenneth D. (Kellie) Cornett, Nicole C. (Joshua) Betts, Theresa Fairbank, and Jacob Fairbank, great-grandchildren, Jaclyn Schwartz, Dylan Zepp, Kayla Prignano, Zachary Zepp, Austin Zepp, Andrew Joseph Magill, Kaytlyn-Marie Magill, Nicholas Cornett, Dakota Cornett, Briar Cornett, Vivienne Cornett, Sean-Michael Betts, Anna-Rochelle Betts, Cole-William Betts; and many nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Vivienne (Hammon) Zepp on Nov. 24, 1983, one grandson James C. Zepp, and five sisters, Mary Louise Pedigo, Betty Anderson, Jeanne Hammerle, Virginia Reed, and Tillie Watson.

A funeral service for Mr. Zepp was held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 10 at the Moss-Norris Funeral Home, 100 S. Third St., in St. Charles, IL. Visitation was 4-8 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 9, at the funeral home.

Contributions in Mr. Zepp's memory may be made to Batavia Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, 520 East Fabyan Parkway, Batavia, IL 60510.

[[Category:People]]

William Benedict Fritz

2017-03-04T20:08:17Z

Christopher Fritz:

{{Header person
|name=William Benedict Fritz
|pronoun=He
|image=Infobox William Benedict Fritz.jpg
|father given=Christian
|father surname=Fritz
|mother given=Mary Ellen
|mother maiden=Hunt
|birth date={{birth date|1864|7|12}}
|birth place=Blakesburg, Iowa
|death date={{death date|1951|2|13}}
|death place=Dexter, Iowa
|burial cemetery=Dexter Cemetery
|burial place=Dexter, Iowa
}}

== Family ==

William and Emma had six children:

# [[William Arlie Fritz]] (4.1.1)
# [[Walter Fritz]] (4.1.2)
# [[Clarence Edwin Fritz]] (4.1.3)
# [[Caroline Ellen Fritz]] (4.1.4)
# [[Florence Evelyn Fritz]] (4.1.5)
# [[Gertrude Alice Fritz]] (4.1.6)

== Obituary ==

<blockquote>
The following obituary appears in the Earlham Library Obituary Collection. It is dated February 1951.

This transcript is taken from an online posting at http://iagenweb.org/boards/madison/obituaries/index.cgi?read=168748.
</blockquote>

William Benedict Fritz son of [[Christian Fritz|Christian]] and [[Mary Ellen Hunt|Mary Ellen Fritz]] was born at Blakesburg, Iowa, July 12, 1864, and passed away at Dexter, February 13, 1951 at the age of 86 years, seven months and one day.

He moved to Orilla, Iowa with his parents when he was quite young and it was at Pleasant Ridge, a country church near there, that he became a member of the Methodist church. Later his membership was transferred to the Penn Center Methodist church and from there he transferred to the Dexter Methodist church and continued in that faith at the time of his death.

He with his parents, moved to the Penn Center neighborhood in Madison county in 1888 and lived there eleven years.

On March 18, 1897 he was united in marriage to [[Emma Shumaker]]. To this union, six children were born, three sons and three daughters. He was preceded in death by his wife and two sons.

In 1899 he moved to a farm one mile south of Dexter where he lived 45 years. At the age of 80 he had the misfortune of losing his eye sight and because of this he moved to his present home in Dexter in 1945 and has made his home with his daughter [[Gertrude Alice Fritz]].

Surviving him are four children, a son, [[William Arlie Fritz|Arlie]] of Perry, Iowa; [[Caroline Ellen Fritz|Mrs. Calla Couch]] of Dexter; [[Florence Evelyn Fritz|Mrs. Evelyn Dennis]] of Boone, Iowa; [[Gertrude Alice Fritz|Mrs. Gertrude Brinton]] of Dexter and five grandchildren. Also two brothers survive [[Francis Layton Fritz|Frank]] of Earlham and [[John Frederick Fritz|Fred]] of Van Meter.

The funeral service for Mr. Fritz was held Friday, February 16th at his home and from his church with the pastor officiating. What was mortal of our departed brother and friend was tenderly laid to rest at the Dexter cemetery under a blanket of beautiful flowers.

<blockquote>
The following obituary is from a newspaper clipping collection compiled by Gertrude Alice Brinton.
</blockquote>

{{TODO:Transcribe}}

<blockquote>
The following funeral card is from a newspaper clipping collection compiled by Gertrude Alice Brinton.
</blockquote>

{{TODO:Transcribe}}

=== Notes ===

His "five grandchildren" would have been his son William's son [[Calvin Wayne Fritz]] and daughter [[Barbara Jean Fritz]]; his daughter Caroline's son [[Leland Merrill Couch]]; and his daughter Evelyn's daughter [[Karen Dennis]] and son [[Roger Dennis]].

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
William Benedict Fritz.jpg
</gallery>

== References ==

=== Census ===

{{Census citation
|year=1870
|scope=United States Federal
|county=Monroe
|state=Iowa
|locality=Urbana Township
|post office=Albia
|page=folio 461 (back), page no. 22
|dwelling=147
|family=136
|person=William B Fritz
|household=Christian Fritz
|household link=Christian Fritz
|digital type=digital image
|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDVL-KCX
|access date=9 November 2013
|fhl number=545911
|nara number=M593
|nara roll=336
}}

{{Census citation
|year=1880
|scope=United States Federal
|county=Warren
|state=Iowa
|locality=Jefferson Township
|page=folio 397-B, page no. 6
|dwelling=51
|family=51
|person=William B Fritz
|household=Christian Fritz
|household link=Christian Fritz
|digital type=digital image
|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDLL-81W
|access date=30 December 2012
|fhl number=1254368
|nara number=T9
|nara roll=368
}}

{{Census citation
|year=1895
|scope=Iowa State
|county=Madison
|state=Iowa
|locality=Penn Township
|page=page 6 (penned, front), page 491 (stamped, back)
|dwelling=(blank on census)
|family=24
|person=Wm B Fritz
|household=Christian Fritz
|household link=Christian Fritz
|digital type=digital image
|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VTSN-7BD
|access date=30 December 2012
|fhl number=1020202
}}

[[Category:People]]

William B. Fritz

2017-03-04T20:07:33Z

Christopher Fritz:

{{Header person
|name=William B. Fritz
|pronoun=He
|image=Infobox William B. Fritz.jpg
|father given=Benedict
|father surname=Fritz
|mother given=Anna
|mother maiden=Miller
|birth date={{birth date|1860|1|16}}
|birth place=Blakesburg, Iowa
|death date={{death date|1929|10|9}}
|death place=near Blakesburg, Iowa
|burial cemetery=Blakesburg Cemetery
|burial place=Blakesburg, Iowa
}}

== Obituary ==

<blockquote>
The following death notice appeared in the Ottumwa paper, the Ottumwa Courier, in its 10 October 1929 edition, on page 1, column 7.
</blockquote>

William Fritz Dies Suddenly

Prominent Blakesburg Resident Found Dead After Stroke.

Blakesburg, Oct. 10. — William Fritz, 69 years old and a life-long resident of this community, was found dead at the side of the road just south of the city at 6:30 o'clock Wednesday evening, with death the result of a stroke of apoplexy. Fritz, a prominent farmer and business man of this section, was returning to the city from his farm which is located about one-half mile south of town. While he was making the trip in on horseback, it is thought that he had dismounted before the stroke proved fatal. His body was found by Dr. O. Barnhardt, a veterinary surgeon, who was driving into Blakesburg. Dr. B. L. Basinger, local physician, was immediately called and pronounced the death the result of apoplexy.

Fritz, who was a bachelor, is survived by the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. William Shea, Mrs. Louise Abernathy, Henry Fritz, and Frank Fritz, all of Blakesburg, and by eleven nephews and nieces. He was preceded in death by a sister, Mrs. Frank Hardy who lived in Ottumwa, and by one brother, George Fritz.

The funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the home of his sister, Mrs. Abernathy, in charge of the Rev. Fred Tucker. Interment will be made in the [[Blakesburg Cemetery]].

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Portrait of William Fritz.jpg
File:Standing Portrait of William Fritz.jpg
</gallery>

== References ==

=== Census ===

{{Census citation
|year=1860
|scope=United States Federal
|county=Wapello
|state=Iowa
|locality=Adams Township
|post office=Amador
|page=folio 697 (back), page no. 110
|dwelling=794
|family=787
|person=William B Fritz
|household=Frederick Fritz
|household link=Benedict Fritz
|digital type=digital image
|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M82T-VJN
|access date=23 December 2012
|fhl number=803345
|nara number=M653
|nara roll=343
}}

{{Census citation
|year=1870
|scope=United States Federal
|county=Wapello
|state=Iowa
|locality=Blakesburg City in Adams Township
|post office=Ottumwa
|page=folio 17 (front), page no. 3
|dwelling=17
|family=17
|person=William Fritz
|household=Benedict Fritz
|household link=Benedict Fritz
|digital type=digital image
|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDKM-XXK
|access date=23 December 2012
|fhl number=545921
|nara number=M593
|nara roll=422
}}

{{Census citation
|year=1880
|scope=United States Federal
|county=Wapello
|state=Iowa
|locality=Blakesburg
|page=folio 214-B, page no. 30
|dwelling=198
|family=199
|person=Willie Fritz
|household=Benedict Fritz
|household link=Benedict Fritz
|digital type=digital image
|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDL2-B3Y
|access date=23 December 2012
|fhl number=1254368
|nara number=T9
|nara roll=368
}}

{{Census citation
|year=1885
|scope=Iowa State
|county=Wapello
|state=Iowa
|locality=Blakesburg City in Adams Township
|page=page 32 (penned, front), page 33 (stamped, back)
|dwelling=159
|family=159
|person=Wm Fritz
|household=Benedict Fritz
|household link=Benedict Fritz
|digital type=digital image
|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/H4KJ-GZM
|access date=23 December 2012
|fhl number=1020188
}}

{{Census citation
|year=1895
|scope=Iowa State
|county=Wapello
|state=Iowa
|locality=Blakesburg in Adams Township
|page=page 43 (penned, front), page 44 (stamped, back)
|dwelling=252
|family=(incorrect value on census)
|person=William Fritz
|household=Moses H Abernathy
|household link=Moses Henry Abernathy
|digital type=digital image
|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VTQ5-LV3
|access date=30 December 2012
|fhl number=1022189
}}

[[Category:People]]