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Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Tecklenburg

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Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Tecklenburg

Birth
Germany
Death
16 Nov 1871 (aged 47)
New Bremen, Auglaize County, Ohio, USA
Burial
New Bremen, Auglaize County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Born: 06 Jan 1824, Obernkirchen, Schaumburg, Niedersachsen, West Germany
Died: 16 Nov 1871, New Bremen, Auglaize, Ohio, USA

Account of Death:
"H.F.W. Tecklenburg fell from the bridge planks running up to the Lock No. 1 on the Berm Bank of the Miami and Erie Canal in the village of New Bremen, Auglaize Co., Ohio. They carried him to his father's house, he was not able to speak plain enough to be understood and he died already the next day."

Civil War Information:
Served in the Civil War; Company D, 24th Regiment, Illinois
Infantry Volunteers (5 July 1861 - 6 Aug 1864). Was a POW 20 Sept 1863 captured at the battle of Chickamunga, Georgia (was on the wounded list). 2 Oct 1863 - paroled at Chattanooga, TN.(submitted by a family member)


The St. Peter’s Church records show his cause of death as "a fall in the woods"...

Born: 06 Jan 1824, Obernkirchen, Schaumburg, Niedersachsen, West Germany
Died: 16 Nov 1871, New Bremen, Auglaize, Ohio, USA

Account of Death:
"H.F.W. Tecklenburg fell from the bridge planks running up to the Lock No. 1 on the Berm Bank of the Miami and Erie Canal in the village of New Bremen, Auglaize Co., Ohio. They carried him to his father's house, he was not able to speak plain enough to be understood and he died already the next day."

Civil War Information:
Served in the Civil War; Company D, 24th Regiment, Illinois
Infantry Volunteers (5 July 1861 - 6 Aug 1864). Was a POW 20 Sept 1863 captured at the battle of Chickamunga, Georgia (was on the wounded list). 2 Oct 1863 - paroled at Chattanooga, TN.(submitted by a family member)


The St. Peter’s Church records show his cause of death as "a fall in the woods"...

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