William "Parson" Young was hung for his murder, about 1880. Killed between Georgetown and the Hanover Mine. Wife was Dora Dwanger.
"Henry was one of the older brothers of Bishop Joseph Dwenger, 2nd Bishop of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Henry's older son William murdered him, and his younger son Joseph Dwenger went to live with his uncle Bishop Dwenger in Fort Wayne afterwards. (Bishop Dwenger had to put up a surety bond in the amount of $10,000 for the guardianship of his nephew).
Henry and his next younger brother Herman arrived in Baltimore, MD 25 Aug 1834 on the ship Cassander with their parents Johann Gerhard Heinrich Dwenger and Maria Catharina Wirdt. The youngest brother Joseph was born in German Twp, Auglaize County, Ohio (at the time it was in Mercer County). The father died in 1840, after which Catharina and the boys moved to Cincinnati for awhile, but she returned to the homestead where she died in 1849."
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https://data.matricula-online.eu/en/deutschland/osnabrueck/ankum-st-nikolaus/0213/?pg=32
link to his birth/baptism record at St. Nikolaus Catholic church in Ankum, Germany
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Married Amarintha Small Oct 11, 1857 in Bexar County, TX
Married Anna 'Catharina' Cornelius July 29, 1859 in Sebastian County, Arkansas
Married Catherine 'Dora' Hessler between Sept-Nov 1878 in Fort Smith, Arkansas
two sons:
William Henry Dwenger b. July 24, 1860 died Oct 17, 1933 in San Antonio (originally convicted of participation in his father's murder, sentenced to life in prison, but later pardoned, married, had children and lived a respectable life.
Joseph Henry Dwenger b. 1868-1871 in Fort Smith, died Jan 23, 1976 in Osgood, OH
"Henry was one of the older brothers of Bishop Joseph Dwenger, 2nd Bishop of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Henry's older son William murdered him, and his younger son Joseph Dwenger went to live with his uncle Bishop Dwenger in Fort Wayne afterwards. (Bishop Dwenger had to put up a surety bond in the amount of $10,000 for the guardianship of his nephew).
Henry and his next younger brother Herman arrived in Baltimore, MD 25 Aug 1834 on the ship Cassander with their parents Johann Gerhard Heinrich Dwenger and Maria Catharina Wirdt. The youngest brother Joseph was born in German Twp, Auglaize County, Ohio (at the time it was in Mercer County). The father died in 1840, after which Catharina and the boys moved to Cincinnati for awhile, but she returned to the homestead where she died in 1849."
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https://data.matricula-online.eu/en/deutschland/osnabrueck/ankum-st-nikolaus/0213/?pg=32
link to his birth/baptism record at St. Nikolaus Catholic church in Ankum, Germany
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Married Amarintha Small Oct 11, 1857 in Bexar County, TX
Married Anna 'Catharina' Cornelius July 29, 1859 in Sebastian County, Arkansas
Married Catherine 'Dora' Hessler between Sept-Nov 1878 in Fort Smith, Arkansas
two sons:
William Henry Dwenger b. July 24, 1860 died Oct 17, 1933 in San Antonio (originally convicted of participation in his father's murder, sentenced to life in prison, but later pardoned, married, had children and lived a respectable life.
Joseph Henry Dwenger b. 1868-1871 in Fort Smith, died Jan 23, 1976 in Osgood, OH
William "Parson" Young was hung for his murder, about 1880. Killed between Georgetown and the Hanover Mine. Wife was Dora Dwanger.
"Henry was one of the older brothers of Bishop Joseph Dwenger, 2nd Bishop of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Henry's older son William murdered him, and his younger son Joseph Dwenger went to live with his uncle Bishop Dwenger in Fort Wayne afterwards. (Bishop Dwenger had to put up a surety bond in the amount of $10,000 for the guardianship of his nephew).
Henry and his next younger brother Herman arrived in Baltimore, MD 25 Aug 1834 on the ship Cassander with their parents Johann Gerhard Heinrich Dwenger and Maria Catharina Wirdt. The youngest brother Joseph was born in German Twp, Auglaize County, Ohio (at the time it was in Mercer County). The father died in 1840, after which Catharina and the boys moved to Cincinnati for awhile, but she returned to the homestead where she died in 1849."
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https://data.matricula-online.eu/en/deutschland/osnabrueck/ankum-st-nikolaus/0213/?pg=32
link to his birth/baptism record at St. Nikolaus Catholic church in Ankum, Germany
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Married Amarintha Small Oct 11, 1857 in Bexar County, TX
Married Anna 'Catharina' Cornelius July 29, 1859 in Sebastian County, Arkansas
Married Catherine 'Dora' Hessler between Sept-Nov 1878 in Fort Smith, Arkansas
two sons:
William Henry Dwenger b. July 24, 1860 died Oct 17, 1933 in San Antonio (originally convicted of participation in his father's murder, sentenced to life in prison, but later pardoned, married, had children and lived a respectable life.
Joseph Henry Dwenger b. 1868-1871 in Fort Smith, died Jan 23, 1976 in Osgood, OH
"Henry was one of the older brothers of Bishop Joseph Dwenger, 2nd Bishop of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Henry's older son William murdered him, and his younger son Joseph Dwenger went to live with his uncle Bishop Dwenger in Fort Wayne afterwards. (Bishop Dwenger had to put up a surety bond in the amount of $10,000 for the guardianship of his nephew).
Henry and his next younger brother Herman arrived in Baltimore, MD 25 Aug 1834 on the ship Cassander with their parents Johann Gerhard Heinrich Dwenger and Maria Catharina Wirdt. The youngest brother Joseph was born in German Twp, Auglaize County, Ohio (at the time it was in Mercer County). The father died in 1840, after which Catharina and the boys moved to Cincinnati for awhile, but she returned to the homestead where she died in 1849."
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https://data.matricula-online.eu/en/deutschland/osnabrueck/ankum-st-nikolaus/0213/?pg=32
link to his birth/baptism record at St. Nikolaus Catholic church in Ankum, Germany
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Married Amarintha Small Oct 11, 1857 in Bexar County, TX
Married Anna 'Catharina' Cornelius July 29, 1859 in Sebastian County, Arkansas
Married Catherine 'Dora' Hessler between Sept-Nov 1878 in Fort Smith, Arkansas
two sons:
William Henry Dwenger b. July 24, 1860 died Oct 17, 1933 in San Antonio (originally convicted of participation in his father's murder, sentenced to life in prison, but later pardoned, married, had children and lived a respectable life.
Joseph Henry Dwenger b. 1868-1871 in Fort Smith, died Jan 23, 1976 in Osgood, OH
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