Roy Vernon Rhew, Sr.

Notes:

The Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, Vol. 7, September 4, 1944, noted that Cpl. Roy Rheu, a grandson of Wm. F. Krapf, was in the army. As of the September 3, 1945 issue (Vol. 8), it was reported that he was overseas.

Roy married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to Jan Westmoreland, on her THE WESTMORELAND FAMILY TREE at rootsweb, Harrison Joshua Rhew was the son of Jessie Thomas Rhew and Sarah Chandler.

(Research):Census Listings:

1930 Census
Missouri, Dunklin County, Clay Twp
Enumerated April 10, 1930
ED 35-6 SD 17 Sheet 7B

130-131
Rhew, Harison Hd M W 47 M@25 Ky NC Ky Farmer General Farm
Rhew, Magnolia Wf F W 40 M@18 Ok Wisc
Rhew, Effie Dtr F W 17 S Mo Ky Ga
Rhew, Vinnie Dtr F W 15 S Mo Ky Ok
Rhew, Agnes Dtr F W 12 S Mo Ky Ok
Rhew, Roy Son M W 10 S Mo Ky Ok
Rhew, Lena Dtr F W 5 S Mo Ky Ok
Rhew, Louise Dtr F W 10/12 S Mo Ky Ok

Harrison married Mary Magnolia Krapf on 4 Jul 1908. Mary (daughter of William Frederick Krapf and Mary Elizabeth Williams) was born on 27 Jul 1889 in Indian Territory; died on 13 Dec 1970 in Hornersville, Dunklin County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Rhew family records were provided to Art Peck from Dorothea Krapf, of Hornersville, Mo., with the notation that they were taken from the family Bible of Ethel Rhew Horner.

Notes:

Peck writes that "Will Krapf, as a single man, accompanied his older sister, Mary, and her husband when they moved to Texas. Later he was one of the 20,000 who made a run for a homestead in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma in 1880. About 1900 he moved with his family to the "boot heel" country of southeast Missouri. He was an overseer for farmers. When his sons were old enough, he rented land for them to farm. He raised cotton and corn on this rich bottom land. He eventually acquired land of his own."

Cass City Chronicle
Friday, July 2, 1937
Locals, Page 4

William Krapf, Mr. and Mrs. George Krapf, Mrs. Harris Rhew and Truman Krapf, all of Hornersville, Missouri, are visiting with William Krapf's brother, G.E. Krapf, and other relatives in this community. George Krapf is a son and Mrs. Rhew a daughter of William Krapf and Truman is a grandson. The party expects to be in Cass City about a week.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Summer 2007)

(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
(Indexed on Ancestry.com as KRAFT)
Missouri, Dunklin County, South Part of Clay Twp, Hornersville
Enumerated 13 Jun 1900
SD 12 ED 41 Sheet 10B
186-193
Krapf, W. F. Head W M Jan 1858 42 M 20 Wisc Germany Germany Farmer Months not employed: 2
Krapf, Mary E Wf W F Sept 1857 42 M 20 7/7 Ga Ga Ga
Krapf, George O Son W M Aug 1880 19 S Tx Wisc Ga Farm Laborer Months not employed: 0
Krapf, Dora E Dtr W F July 1885 14 S IndianTerritory Wisc Ga Farm Laborer Months not employed: 2
Krapf, Magnolia Dtr W F July 1889 10 S IndianTerritory Wisc Ga At School
Krapf, Ira C Son W M Feb 1892 8 S IndianTerritory Wisc Ga
Krapf, Neoma Dtr W F Apr 1895 5 S IndianTerritory Wisc Ga
Krapf, John S Son W M Feb 1897 S Ark Wisc Ga

William married Mary Elizabeth Williams on 2 Nov 1879 in Parker County, Texas. Mary was born on 16 Sep 1856 in Georgia; died on 3 Oct 1916 in Hornersville, Dunklin County, Missouri; was buried in Horner Cemetery, Hornersville, Dunklin County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her FindAGrave memorial pages, created by d. yancey, shows her as a daughter of John and Rena (Bohannon) Williiams, both born in Georgia.

Notes:

John Frederick Krapf was on the same ship to America as Dorothea Benkelman. He had been orphaned as a boy, and bound out to others until he came of age. Truman Krapf, his great-grandson of Hornersville, Missouri has a picture of John and Dorothea taken upon their arrival in America. They were married shortly thereafter. They first lived in Wisconsin, and later moved to a farm in Cass City.

Fred and Louisa were charter members of the Evangelical United Brethren Church in Cass City.

Art Peck shows that Fred Krapf remarried after Dorothea, to Christiana Weinhardt, and that they were the parents of Christian Frederick, Mary Caroline, Daisy Theresa, Mary Magdeline and Louisa Roceny KRAPF.

Bonnie Petee abstracted the following regarding the Evangelical Association from "The History of Tuscola County, Biographical Sketches and Illustrations," H. R. Page Co., Chicago, 1883. "A class of this church which is commonly known as the German Methodist, was organized in the town of Elkland about the year 1866, by the Rev. Stephen Henne in connection with the Sebewaing mission. The class numbered about fifteen members. It has had regular services from that time to the present, and a regular succession of pastors. Services being held in the school-house, one mile north and one-half mile east of Cass City. In the latter part of 1882, a formal organization was effected at Cass City, and steps taken for the construction of a house of worship, which is now in course of construction. The earnest zeal of the members and their individual labors and contributions of material have reduced the estimated cost of the building to about $1,500. The pastor of the church at the present time is the Rev. B. F. Wade, who resides on his farm in the town of Elkland. The membership is about fifty. There is a preaching every second Sunday; prayer-meeting and Sunday-school every Sabbath. The trustees of the church are, John Benkelman, Fred Krapf, Oscar Sencner, Levi Muntz and Adam Benkelman."

(Research):
Census Information:

1860 Census
Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Greenfield, Post Office Root Creek
Enumerated 18 Jun 1860
275-262
Frederick Krapf 32 M W Farmhand $300 $100 Wertenberg
Doretha Krapf 34 F W Wife Wertenberg
Maria Krapf 5 F W Wisc
Rosina Krapf 4 F W Wisc
William Krapf 2 M W Wisc

1870 Census
Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland, P.O. Elkland
Enumerated 22 July 1870
Page 8
63-63
Krapf, Gottlieb & Caroline
64-64
Krapf, Frederick 42 M W Farmer $1200 $300 Ger Wirtemberg
Krapf, Doretha 44 F W Keeping House Ger Wirtemberg
Krapf, Roseanna 14 F At Home Wisc
Krapf, William 11 M W At School Wisc
Krapf, John 9 M W Wisc
Krapf, Matilda 7 F W Mich
Krapf, Louisa 5 F W Mich
Krapf, Emanuel 2 M Mich

1880 Census
Household: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace

Frederick KRAPF Self M Male W 51 WERTENBURG Farmer WERTENBURG WERTENBURG

Mary D. KRAPF Wife M Female W 53 WERTENBURG Keeping House WERTENBURG WERTENBURG

Rosa KRAPF Dau S Female W 24 WI Without Occupation WERTENBURG WERTENBURG

John KRAPF Son S Male W 19 WI Farmer WERTENBURG WERTENBURG

Emanuel KRAPF Son S Male W 12 MI At School WERTENBURG WERTENBURG

Adeline KRAPF Dau S Female W 9 MI At School WERTENBURG WERTENBURG

Source Information: Census Place Elkland, Tuscola, Michigan Family History Library Film 1254607
NA Film Number T9-0607
Page Number 93A

1900 Census
Nebraska, Phelps County, Rookfalls Twp
Enumerated 22 and 23 Jun 1900 by John R. Gainsforth
SD 5 ED 150 Sheet 8B (Bottom) and Sheet 9A, Stamped 109A (Bottom)
149-149
Krapf, Frederick Hd W M W M Dec 1839 (sic) 60 M 11 Germany Germany Germany 1870 30 N Farmer
Krapf, Christina Wf W F Feb 1859 41 M 11 5/5 Germany Germany Germany 1899 21
Krapf, Fredrick C Son W M Nov 1889 10 S Michigan Germany Germany Farm Laborer
Krapf, Mary C Dtr W F July 1891 8 S Nebraska Germany Germany At School
Krapf, Daisy Dtr W F Apr 1893 7 S Nebraska Germany Germany At School
Krapf, Mary M Dtr W F Jun 1895 4 S Neb Germany Germany
Krapf, Rosina L Dtr F July 1899 11/12 S Nebraska Germany Germany

Johann married Maria Dorothea "Dorothy" Benkelman about 1853. Maria (daughter of Johann Leonhard Benkelmann and Maria Dorothea St?hle) was born on 13 Jul 1826 in Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany; died on 5 Jan 1888 in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In her 1981 unpublished manuscript, BonnieMargaret Jacobs pointed out that as the eldest daughter Maria Dorothea would have been responsible for helping her mother with both the bulk of the household chores, as well as caring for her younger siblings. And with her father dying when she was just 22, she would have had to postpone any plans for marriage she might have had to continue to help her mother care for their large family. (p. 135).

BonnieMargaret noted that Dorothea, along with her mother and three of her sisters, were the last of the family to leave their family home. Eldest brother Friedrich was married, well established, and raising his own family in the area. All the other brothers and sisters had already emigrated to the United States. Only Leonhards widow and four of her daughters remained. German Parish records show that they "ausgewandert nach Amerika" (left for America) in 1853.

They left the parish in September, 1853, with just 300 florins to see them to New York; George St?hle warrented any unknown debts.

BonnieMargeret also noted a mystery she uncovered in examining the records: "in addition to the widowed mother and four daughters, there was a fifth member of the party, 'the child Johann Friedrich Benkelmann, born April 2, 1851, the son of the single Maria Dorothea.' However, if the child had actually been the son of the younger Dorothea, he would have been recorded on the familienregister page of the Benkelmann family, but he was not. We can only conclude that the women smuggled the two year old child out of Germany for friends or kin, and that if he survived, delivered him to relatives in America. Who that child may really have been, and what happened to him, are secrets the women kept to themselves." (p. 82)

On the Oberant Welzheim Emmigrants list, 1818-1891, She is listed as Maria Dorothea, g. d. 13t. Juli 1826 ledig, and travelling in a party headed by her mother, Maria Dorothea, the widow of Johann Leonhard Benkelmann, a farmer of Schneiderhof. The child accompanying her was listed as "sowid: deren Enkel Johann Friedrich Benkelmann g. d. 2t. April 1851 Sohn der ledigen Maria Dorothea, [blank line] s?mtl. eve. Conf."

BonnieMargaret's full source citation was: Staatsarchiv Ludwigsburg, "Verzeichnis der Auswanderung aus dem Oberamt Welzheim 1818-1891" F 214 B?schel 91 Fortlaufende Number 42 [or possibly 47] ).

On board the ship to America was Johann Friedrich Krapf, from a village a few milies from the Schneiderhof. He and Dorothea married immediately after their arrival in th United States, taking her two youngest sisters to family in New York, and then setting off together for Wisconsin. Sister Catharine Benkelmann accompanied them. Dorothea and Friedrich farmed in Greenfield township, just west of Milwaukee. (p. 136).

Seometime in the early 1860s, after two of her sisters and her brother Adam moved to Cass City, Michigan, Dorothea and Friedrich moved there as well. (p. 137)