Hi, John!
The following entry is found on pages 653-4, 1979 Adams County Indiana
History, under the entry for Gottlieb Gerber, who came to Adams Co., IN abt
1861, settling in Wabash Twp.
"8) Lilly (Gerber) was born Sept. 4, 1887, and was married in Feb. of 1906
to Peter Huser, a farmer. They moved to Kansas and had eight children. Ada
Huser married Henry Merrill and their children were (1)Beverly Merrill, married
to Robert Peck, the parents of Tracy and Anthony; David Merrill; (2)David
Merrill, married to Linda Hines; (3) Ruth Merrill married, and had two children.
(2) Wilbert Huser married Marie Humrick. (3) Lawrence Huser married Norma
Hines and they had five children: Lawrence, Mike, Joe, Mary and Jack. (Mabel
Huser married Bob Kaderly, and had three children. (4) Patsy (Huser?) married
Mike Strooud, who has two children and (5) Nancy Huser msarried Kirk Tracy who
also has two children. (6) Betty Huser married Harvey David and they have
three children, Gary, Connie and Kathy. (6) John Huser married and has three
sons--Glenn, david, and Mark. by Mrs. Milton Kreutzman.
On page 55 of the same book, under the story of the Reinking family of
Adams County, the following is found: "(Our paternal home in Windheim, near
Minden, Germany was built by H. Ohling, in the year 1673. Our grandmother, AND
HER FIRST HUSBAND, went to live in this house when they were first married.
"Wh8ile the present tenants are not relatives of the Reinking family, my
late husband, Louis Nessler, a visitor to the homestead in 1926, was invited
to eat a meal with them. He reported that the house was in a good state of of
preservation. Houses are numbered in the order in which they are built. The
number of the house is six, which means it was the sixth to be built in
Windheim. The stones on the house bear the date 1672, and the name Ohling. The
inscription on the house reads:
"Lord Heinrich
Stoppenhagen
"Anna Margaretha David--Anna
1785"
These were probably grandmther's first husband's parents.
..... "The church which they most probably attended is 1,000 years old, a
wonderful structure, with beautiful interior.
On p. 146 Roswell David is listed as one of many soldiers representing
Adams Co., IN in the Civil War. Adams Co., IN units in the Civil War were:
Co. C, 146th Indiana Volunteers
In the summer of 1862 Adams County furnished for the 89th Regiment, about 325
men. The regiment was captured in masse on its first day of battle, and
paroled a few weeks later.
In the fall of 1863, a number of men and officers were recruited for the
11th Calvary, 131st volunteers. , the last Calvary unit raised in the state--and
it rode with Sherman through Georgia to the sea.
The records, listing names of parents if enlistees knew, and birthdates,
and if died in service, death date, and other info, can be secured from the
Archives in Washington, D.C.
A Wilhelmina David is indexed, but without a page number, which isn't
very helpful. The index, done by a number of different people, was not
critically checked, and includes a number of omissions and errors.
Sincerely,
Dick D. Heller, Jr.
Editor, History