Contributor: Janet Jacobs Absher (47094519) • [email protected]
To avoid being forced into 4 years of military service which was required of all males 18 years of age in Germany Charles F escaped to America in 1832 among some goods being shipped to America. His 5 sisters sewed him inside a feather mattress leaving a hole for him to breathe through and placed him aboard a ship.
He landed in Chaeleston, S.C. where he soon found a butcher who spoke German. He worked for him for some unknown time. By 1840 he was living in Mobile AL, where he meet and married Mary Sanger. 23 Feb. 1843
Charles & Mary had two daughters that were born and died in Mobile AL from yellow fever.
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Charles Frederick Munson
Son of Christoph Henri (Moshsand/Mohnsann) Munson & Hanni Dorthea
Brother to:
Hannah Henritta Munson Kerr (1816-1901 died of yellow fever)
Julia Munson
Wilhelmihna "Minta" Amanda Munson Pitcher (1821-1901)
Fredricka Munson Glass (1833- )
Hannah Mary Elizabeth Munson Page (1825-1863) Yellow Fever)
Augusta M Munson Carey (1828-1870)
Sisters are buried n the Key West Cemetery in Key West FL
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2nd wife Sarah Dewitt m. 1825 TX
3nd wife was Elizabeth Watts. Sep. 14, 1862 Lavaca TX
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1850 Census Mobile AL
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1860 Census Lavaca Co TX
Charles Munson 43 b. SAXO
Mary Munson 48 b. France
Edwin Munson 16 b. AL
Charles Munson 11 b. Al
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1870 Census Lavaca Co TX
Charles C Munson 52 Prusia
Catherine Munson 40 Miss
Edward Munson 30
Amanda Munson 20 TX
George Munson 1 TX
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1880 Census Lavaca Co TX
Charles Munson 64 Germany
Sarah Munson 55 IN
Roda Dewitt 63 IN (sister in law)
Contributor: Janet Jacobs Absher (47094519) • [email protected]
To avoid being forced into 4 years of military service which was required of all males 18 years of age in Germany Charles F escaped to America in 1832 among some goods being shipped to America. His 5 sisters sewed him inside a feather mattress leaving a hole for him to breathe through and placed him aboard a ship.
He landed in Chaeleston, S.C. where he soon found a butcher who spoke German. He worked for him for some unknown time. By 1840 he was living in Mobile AL, where he meet and married Mary Sanger. 23 Feb. 1843
Charles & Mary had two daughters that were born and died in Mobile AL from yellow fever.
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Charles Frederick Munson
Son of Christoph Henri (Moshsand/Mohnsann) Munson & Hanni Dorthea
Brother to:
Hannah Henritta Munson Kerr (1816-1901 died of yellow fever)
Julia Munson
Wilhelmihna "Minta" Amanda Munson Pitcher (1821-1901)
Fredricka Munson Glass (1833- )
Hannah Mary Elizabeth Munson Page (1825-1863) Yellow Fever)
Augusta M Munson Carey (1828-1870)
Sisters are buried n the Key West Cemetery in Key West FL
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2nd wife Sarah Dewitt m. 1825 TX
3nd wife was Elizabeth Watts. Sep. 14, 1862 Lavaca TX
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1850 Census Mobile AL
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1860 Census Lavaca Co TX
Charles Munson 43 b. SAXO
Mary Munson 48 b. France
Edwin Munson 16 b. AL
Charles Munson 11 b. Al
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1870 Census Lavaca Co TX
Charles C Munson 52 Prusia
Catherine Munson 40 Miss
Edward Munson 30
Amanda Munson 20 TX
George Munson 1 TX
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1880 Census Lavaca Co TX
Charles Munson 64 Germany
Sarah Munson 55 IN
Roda Dewitt 63 IN (sister in law)
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