b: Mar 1835 Germany; m: ca 1861 Lena Schrader*; res: 1840 Jefferson-Clark Co IN 1860 Victoria-Knox Co IN 1880-1900 Montgomery-Crawford Co IL; ch: Emma (1868 IN-1945 Martin Co IN m: James Moss) & Phillip (ca 1870 IL) & William (1872 IL) & Fanny (1874 IL-1948 m: Royal C Alee) & Lena Ethel (1900-1902 Russell twp- Lawrence Co IL)