SCHERER and SHERER

JACOB GEORGE SCHERER AND MARGARETHE TIMPE

Jacob Scherer was born in 14 September 1813 in Bodenbach Rheinland Byern Germany. Jacob Sherer's Father died in about 1820 in Germany. The widow, two unmarried boys, one unmarried girl (Elizabeth), and one married daughter and family, came to America in 1841. The widow made her home with son Jacob until her death. By 1844 he was in Crawford, OH, where he married and his family was born. In 1868 the family moved to Clinton county, IA where Jacob was occupied as a farmer. He was a member of the German Reformed church in Wheatland (notes on sheets from Kenneth Scherer ancestor.) The 1874 Land Records of Clinton County, IA show that he owned land in Spring Rock Township, 81 North, range 1, East of the 5th principal meridian 4. It reads J. Scherrer, farmer and stock raiser, sec. 6, 161.48 acres. In 1865 F. Smith owned that property and in 1894 Jon Koch owned it. He was living in Clinton County in 1892 when his widowed daughter, Kate, returned after Louis Riedel's death and was remarried to Sam Lind. Jacob G. Scherer married Margarethe Timpe on 21 May 1846 in Crawford, Ohio. He died 24 February 1897 and is buried in Clinton County, IA at St. Paul's Cemetery. Margarethe Timpe was born in 1824 in Bremen, Germany. She died in 07 November 1918 at the home of her son, in West Plains, Howell County, MO. Jacob and Margarethe had eight children; Katrina (27 August 1847 in Crestline, OH), William (16 October 1851 in Crestline, OH), Mary (1854), George (18 February 1852 in Crestline, OH), Louisa (18 February 1852 in Crestline, OH), Jacob (24 December 1856 in Crestline, OH), John (19 April 1859 in Crestline, OH), and Margarethe (03 August 1861 in OH). The only child to keep the spelling of Scherer was Jacob. The others changed it to Sherer. My direct line is through Kate Sherer.

The Sherer sisters, from left to right: Kate, Margarethe, Mary and Louisa.

Mary Sherer married John C. Fausch. Mary Zeman writes "They had five children, and lost them all on the same day to black diptheria. He took her on a trip around the world, which was not commonly done in those days, and they did have three more children." Their three children were Lydia (married Arnold Riedesel), Lenoir (married Weis) and Mae (married Dickinson).

William Sherer was the oldest son. He was born in 1851, and made his living as a carpenter. He married Margaret (Louisa) Wetter (born 1857 Clinton County, IA). They had five children: Alice (1877 Clinton County, IA), Charles (1879 Carroll County, IA), Roy (1881 Carroll County, IA), Bertha (1884 Carroll County, IA) and Ollie (After 1885). All of his children moved to Guthrie, OK before 1910.

George Sherer was born 18 February, 1852 in Crestline, OH. He died in 1922 in Glidden, IA. Kenneth Sherer says that he was driving a model T Ford that he was driving very quickly. It hit a rough part of the road, breaking the car apart and killing him. He married Flora Wetter, and they had six children: Luella (1878), Nelle, Delbert (1886), Jessie, Laura, and Albert. Albert was born and died on 14 July, 1880, and is buried at Mt. Hope/East Liberty Cemetery in Carroll County, IA. Kenneth Sherer believes that Louis Riedel is buried next to Albert in an unmarked grave.

Louisa Sherer is the twin Sister of George. She married Henry Homrighausen ( Born 1844 Germany, died 15 September 1913). They had three children: John (Abt. 1877), Laura (Abt. 1879) and Ella (Abt. 1882). Ella married Charles Smith and had a Son named Laddie Smith who was a pilot for American Airlines. Louisa died 4 February, 1928 in West Plains, MO and is buried at Oaklawn Cemetery.

Jacob Scherer was born 24 December, 1856 in Crestline, OH. He married Mary/Maria Ehrke about 1880. He was also married to Sadie Cordell. He had two daughters. One, Alma N., born 8 July 1889 died 17 September 1896. Jacob was an undertaker. Kenneth Sherer tells that "When his daughter died, he got it in his mind that she was buried alive. He wanted to dig her up to see if her hands had moved. This image haunted him throughout his lifetime." He died 09 February, 1940 in Moline, Il and is buried at Riverside Cemetery.

John Adam Sherer was born 19 April, 1859 in Crestline, OH. He married Fredricka Hamer. He died in 1941 in Lanesboro, IA Cemetery. They had five children: Emil H. (31 December 1886-30 May 1971), Walter J. (24 July 1888-1974), Ella (01 January 1891-1973), Rose (12 October 1895-1981), and John E. (17 January 1898-1987).

Emil Sherer married Gertrude Shoemaker, and they had four children: Fern L. (6 July 1910), Kenneth K. (01 March 1912), Zeline E. (26 September 1914), and Warren K. (06 May 1923). Emil died 30 May 1971. Fern died in 1935. Zeline married Harold E. Smith and died in 1998. Warren married Mary Wettig and died in 1953. Kenneth married Genevieve Jorgensen (1913-1989) in 1942. They have two daughters: Mary Alice (1948) and Karla K. (1949). Mary Alice married Gary Spivey and had three daughters: Emie (1983 named after Emil), and twins Jenna and Meredith (1985). Karla married Don boice and has two children: Brandon (1981), and Gina (1984).

Walter J. Married Ora Sheffield. They had five children: Ramon (15 June 1912) married Maria Martines, Ethel (1913) married Frank Littleford, Dorothy (1916) married Lambert Gorensen, Harry (1918-1995) married Rosemary Van Sandt and had a son James, and Helen (1920-1971) married Hollis Ewing.

Ella married Lee H. Waldron (1889-1938).

Rose married Leslie A. Whiting in 1920. They had three children: Twins Freda and Delwyn (28 January 1922), and son John Merlin (1932).

John E. Married Bessie Garwood in 1921. They had a daughter Joyce in 1923.

Margarethe married William pieper. She died 18 March 1944 in Modesta, CA. They had five children: Herman, Eleanor, Will, Dorothy and Laura.

KATRINA MARIA SHERER

Katrina (Kate) Maria Sherer was first married to Louis Riedel, and after his death to Sam Lind. She was born 27 August, 1847 in Crestline, Ohio. She died 14 April, 1928 Benton County, IA and buried in Shellsburg Cemetery now called Oakwood Cemetery. Her obituary reads:

FUNERAL HELD TODAY SHELLSBURG CHURCH

Benton County News, April 14, 1928

Shellsburg, April 14-The funeral of Mrs. Samuel Lind, 80 years old, who died suddenly Friday at her home in Cedar Rapids, was held here this afternoon in the Baptist Church. The Rev. Frank Ward of Cedar Rapids conducted the services. Interment in the Shellsburg Cemetery.

Mrs. Lind was the oldest daughter of Jacob and Margaretta Lind. (Error) She was born August 27, 1847, at Cresline, Ohio. In 1866 she married Louis Riedel, who died in 1877. Eight (Error) children were born to this union. She was again married on Feb. 16, 1892, to Samuel Lind, who survives her. Before retiring to Cedar Rapids the Lind family lived near here in the Oak Grove Community.

The five children living are: W.G. Riedel and Mrs. Marger Greeman, of Shellsburg, G.M. Riedel and Mrs. Arthur Eldridge, of Cedar Rapids, and Geo. Riedel of Campbellsville, Ky. There are seventeen grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

In the 1885, Sheridan Township, Carroll County, IA census, it reads: Riedel, Louis, Twp. 85, Range 34, Sec. 14, NE SE, age 50, male, married, farmer, born Germany, parents foreign, reads and writes German. Wife, Katharina, 37, female, born Ohio, parents, foreign. Children: William, 16, born Clinton. Gustav, 12, born Clinton. Margaretha, 10, born Clinton. Emma, 6, born Clinton. George, 4, born Clinton. Lui,2, born Clinton.

After the death of Louis Riedel, she married Sam Lind. Their marriage record, license number 12867 dated February 16, 1892 contains the following information:

By whom affidavit is made and consent of marriage is given: Jacob Scherer

Full name of groom: Samuel Lind
Place of residence: Wheatland, IA
Occupation: Laborer
Age at next birthday: 36
Race: white
Place of birth: Sweden
Father's name: Samuel Lind
Mother's name: Helena Anderson
Number of groom's marriage: one
Full name of bride: Catharina Riedel
Maiden name, if widow: Catharina Scherer
Place of residence: Wheatland, IA
Age at next birthday: 44
Race: white
Place of birth: Ohio
Father's name: Jacob Scherer
Mother's maiden name: Margaretha Timpe
Number of bride's marriage: two
Where and when married: Wheatland, IA February 16, 1892
Witnesses: Mrs. Christina Zipf
By whom certified: Carl G. Zipf, Minister
Date of return: May 17, 1892
Date of registration: May 18, 1892

After she married Sam Lind, she did have property which she deeded over to him. Her two youngest children were minors. Mary Zeman writes "After our Grandpa died, Grandma took her brood and went home to her parents where she made life miserable for everyone, because she expected so much from them and everyone felt that she had had her dowry and the sisters, were at least, some of them, not yet married and still needed to be launched with the good clothes, and the dowries, and she was a very jealous person, so I suppose when Sam Lind came along she was glad. She did apparently have some property, which Sam wanted. The children never got anything that their Father had, and in fact Sam was never a successful farmer, they all wound up through the years helping out financially." " George's Mother was always glum, never looked happy, never saw her in anything but black." "Grandma Lind had a very bad fire when she was quite old, which probably wiped out all kinds of pictures and letters." She describes Sam Lind as "a tough autocratic old-worlder when I first remember him-Swede, and made life miserable for the children. Had the old country view that they should all get out to work, and bring their money, all of it, home to him. For the sake of their Mother, they went along with it pretty well, but I think they all resented, maybe even hated him. I was always a little afraid of him myself, but never saw much of him." However, it was said by Gladys Riedel Wyatt that Sam Lind cosigned-signed a loan for each one of the children to have a farm. He gave them each six milk cows, a team of horses, and farming equipment to set them up on their own. George Riedel sold all of his for a car that didn't even work well. There was something that Katrina Sherer Riedel said before meals "Komm. Herr Jesu, sei unser gast and segne, was du uns bescheret hast." Translated "Come Lord Jesus, and be our guest, and bless that which thou hast given us."

TIMPE

This information is from a book written by Ruth and Harry Martzke about this line of the family.

Margarethe Timpe was the daughter of Julius Johann William Timpe and Anna Dorthy Eleanore Adelhade Thomas. Julius Johann William Timpe was born in January 1786 in Itzehoe Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He married Anna on 16 November 1820 in Ashendorf. She was born 21 April 1800 in Martfield, Germany, and died 12 June 1882 in Carroll County, IA.