Frederick Koehl^[1]

1852 - 1909  (56 years)

• Name	Frederick Koehl
  Born	28 Jul 1852	Alsace, France   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Emigration	1873  [3]
  Name	Fred
  Reference Number	50240
  _AMTID	190111232606:1030:113173531
  Died	1909  [4]
  Buried	Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States   [5]
  	Address: Graceland Cemetery
  Notes	STONE 9 FREDERICH KOEHL 1852 - 1909 FRED KOEHL THE REMAINS OF FRED KOEHL, OF LAMAR, MO., WHO RESIDED ON A FARM SOUTH O F THIS CITY FOR THIRTEEN YEARS, WERE BROUGHT TO FAIRBURY WEDNESDAY FOR I NTERMENT. THE FUNERAL PARTY WAS EXPECTED AT 9 A. M., WEDNESDAY, BUT MIS SED THE TRAIN AT KANSAS CITY AND CAME BY THE WAY OF THE SANTA FE TO STR EATOR, WHERE THEY EXPECTED TO CATCH THE WABASH TRAIN, ARRIVING HERE AT 1 1:25, BUT THE SANTA FE WAS LATE AND THEY MISSED THAT TRAIN. A SPECIAL T RAIN WAS RUN FROM FORREST TO STREATOR AND THE FUNERAL PARTY ARRIVED HER E AT 2:45 P. M. THE REMAINS WERE CONVEYED TO THE GERMAN APOSTOLIC CHURC H OF WHICH THE DECEASED WAS AN HONORED MEMBER AND THE FUNERAL SERVICES W ERE HELD THERE, REV. MIKE MANGOLD OF ROANOKE, OFFICIATING. FRED KOEHL WAS BORN IN ALSACE, LORRAINE, GERMANY. JULY 28, 1852. HE CAM E TO AMERICA IN 1873, AND FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS MADE HIS HOME IN WOODFO RD AND TAZEWELL COUNTIES. HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MISS MARY STEFFE N AT ROANOKE, AUG. 1878, AND IN 1888 THEY CAME TO FAIRBURY, TAKING UP T HEIR RESIDENCE ON THE FARM NOW OWNED BY J. B. SCHERTZ. TEN CHILDREN WER E BORN TO THIS UNION, ONE DYING IN INFANCY. THE REMAINING CHILDREN ARE A S FOLLOWS: MRS. DAVID ROTH OF LAMAR, MO., FRED AND CHRIS OF LESTER, IA. , JOHN OF FAIRBURY, ANDREW, HENRY, MARY AND EMMA OF LAMAR, MO. THESE WI TH THE BEREAVED WIFE AND ONE BROTHER IN FAIRBURY, TOGETHER WITH MANY FR IENDS, MOURN HIS DEATH. IN THE SPRING OF 1901 THE DECEASED WITH HIS FAMILY MOVED TO LAMAR, MO. W HERE HE RESIDED UNTIL HIS DEATH. THE DECEASED WAS A MAN OF STERLING CHR ISTIAN CHARACTER AND THE ESTEEM IN WHICH HE WAS HELD WAS TESTIFIED AT T HE FUNERAL SERVICES WHICH WERE ATTENDED BY HUNDREDS OF FRIENDS AND FORM ER NEIGHBORS. OVER ONE HUNDRED FRIENDS CAME FROM A DISTANCE, GRIDLEY, R OANOKE, MORTON, PEORIA PEOPLE FILLING A SPECIAL CAR ON THE EAST BOUND T RAIN WHILE A LARGE NUMBER CAME FROM CISSNA PARK, REMINGTON, AND WOLCOTT , IND. THE BEREAVED FAMILY HAVE THE SYMPATHY OF MANY FRIENDS IN THIS LO CALITY.
  Person ID	I50088	Megan's Big Tree
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2016

  
  

  Family	Marie B. Steffen,   b. 25 Feb 1854, Switzerland ,   d. 18 Oct 1931, Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States  (Age 77 years)
  Married	Aug 1878	Roanoke, Woodford, Illinois, United States   [3]
  Children	1. Naomi S. Koehl,   b. 16 May 1879, Roanoke, Woodford, Illinois, United States ,   d. 12 Feb 1930, Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States  (Age 50 years)   2. Fred Koehl,   b. 1880,   d. 1946  (Age 66 years)   3. Henry Koehl,   b. 1882, Roanoke, Woodford, Illinois, United States ,   d. 21 Feb 1964  (Age 82 years)   4. Chris Koehl,   b. 23 Mar 1884, Metamora, Woodford, Illinois, United States ,   d. 1962, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States  (Age 77 years)   5. John Koehl,   b. 18 Jul 1885, Metamora, Woodford, Illinois, United States ,   d. 15 Apr 1979, Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States  (Age 93 years)   6. Mary Koehl,   b. 2 Jun 1887, Metamora, Woodford, Illinois, United States ,   d. 25 Dec 1974, Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States  (Age 87 years)   7. Andrew Koehl,   b. 11 Aug 1888, Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States ,   d. 27 Jun 1969, Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States  (Age 80 years)   8. Matilda L. Koehl,   b. 1889,   d. 1890  (Age 1 years)   9. Emma Esther Koehl,   b. 20 Aug 1891, Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States ,   d. 7 Jul 1989, Morris, Stevens, Minnesota, United States  (Age 97 years)   10. Walter Koehl,   b. 30 Jul 1893,   d. 5 Mar 1976, Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States  (Age 82 years)   11. Benjamin F. Koehl,   b. 1896,   d. 1896  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2019
  Family ID	F20179	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - Aug 1878 - Roanoke, Woodford, Illinois, United States Buried - Address: Graceland Cemetery - - Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S231] Forrest Ministers . [S483] Obituary of Fred Koehl . Should this be Alsace-Lorraine? [S483] Obituary of Fred Koehl . [S256] Graceland Cemetery Records . [S1457] Graceland Cemetery Visit 2013 .