John Scheuermann who was the first of the Scheuermann family to settle in Defiance, Ohio, was born in 1833 at Waiback in Hesse Darmstdt, Germany. When he came to the United States he settle in Cincinati, Ohio, where he was a brewer by trade.
During the Civil War, he fought with the Union Army, Company K, 9th Reg. O.V.I. At Chattanooga, he was wounded and lay for four days, while first one side and then the other would take the territory. By the time the Union troops took the territory and rescued him the wound was so badly infected that the leg had to be amputated. He, also, fought in the battle of Chickamauga. John entered the service May 28, 1861, and was discharged July 14, 1864. He automatically became an American citizen as a result of this service to the Union.
After the war, he returned to Cincinnati, There the brewery, for which he had worked, gave a benefit dance for him, it being impossible for him to return to his old job.
At this dance, he met Maria or Mary (as she was later called) Sandkeueller who had been born May 1, 1843, at Hanover, Germany. She had come to the United States with 19 other girls in 1863. After nine weeks on the ocean in a sailing vessel, the girls landed at Baltimore. In route from there to Cincinnati, the the train was raided by Confederate soldiers, who upset and wrecked the locomotive, set fire to the coaches and fired volleys of bullets into the wreckage killing many of the passengers. In fact eight or nine of the girls were never heard from again. They lost all of their belonging.
Rescued by Union soldiers, who had heard the shots, the passengers were bivouaced in a nearby forest, guarded by Union Troops. The next morning they sent on to Cincinnati where Maria Sandkeueller found work as a housemaid.
On July 20,1866, John Scheuermann and Maria Sandkeueller were married in Hamilton County, Ohio.
Three years laters, 1869, they came to Defiance. They came by rail to Ft. Wayne, Indiana and then down the Wabash and Erie Canal. Their goods were shipped by way of the canal. They left behind their first born child, Fred, buried in Cincinnati.
Mr, Scheuermann had used the money from the benefit dance to learn the cigar trade. Hearing from relatives, named Weber near Holgate, that there was need of a cigar maker in Defiance they decided to settle here. For 37 years he operated a cigar factory on the lawn of the Clinton Street home. The front room of the home served as a candy store, where the school children could buy penny candy. This home is now "Rob Brown Studio",
John died January 12, 1906, age 72 years, 2 months, 2 days.
At the time of Mrs. Scheuermann's death, she was the oldest resident of Defiance being almost 101 years old. She was born May 1, 1843-died April 13, 1944. She had lived in Defiance 75 years.
After the war, he returned to Cincinnati, There the brewery, for which he had worked, gave a benefit dance for him, it being impossible for him to return to his old job.
At this dance, he met Maria or Mary (as she was later called) Sandkeueller who had been born May 1, 1843, at Hanover, Germany. She had come to the United States with 19 other girls in 1863. After nine weeks on the ocean in a sailing vessel, the girls landed at Baltimore. In route from there to Cincinnati, the the train was raided by Confederate soldiers, who upset and wrecked the locomotive, set fire to the coaches and fired volleys of bullets into the wreckage killing many of the passengers. In fact eight or nine of the girls were never heard from again. They lost all of their belonging.
Rescued by Union soldiers, who had heard the shots, the passengers were bivouaced in a nearby forest, guarded by Union Troops. The next morning they sent on to Cincinnati where Maria Sandkeueller found work as a housemaid.
On July 20,1866, John Scheuermann and Maria Sandkeueller were married in Hamilton County, Ohio.
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| John and Mary Scheuermann's home today |
Mr, Scheuermann had used the money from the benefit dance to learn the cigar trade. Hearing from relatives, named Weber near Holgate, that there was need of a cigar maker in Defiance they decided to settle here. For 37 years he operated a cigar factory on the lawn of the Clinton Street home. The front room of the home served as a candy store, where the school children could buy penny candy. This home is now "Rob Brown Studio",
John died January 12, 1906, age 72 years, 2 months, 2 days.
At the time of Mrs. Scheuermann's death, she was the oldest resident of Defiance being almost 101 years old. She was born May 1, 1843-died April 13, 1944. She had lived in Defiance 75 years.
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| John Scheuermann |
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| Mary (Sandkeueller) Scheuermann |
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