Migrated from Bremen. Germany with parents and 5 siblings to Dakota Territory, arriving Baltimore MD 10 Apr 1884. Lived and farmed near Wecota South Dakota until Dec 1899, when hospitalized at South Dakota Hospital for the Insane at Yankton, where he spent the remainder of his life. US federal census 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 and 1940 all list him as Yankton immate. 12 Sept 1918 World War 1 draft registration stamped both Yankton and Faulk County and occupation as "patient insane hosp".
Migrated from Bremen. Germany with parents and 5 siblings to Dakota Territory, arriving Baltimore MD 10 Apr 1884. Lived and farmed near Wecota South Dakota until Dec 1899, when hospitalized at South Dakota Hospital for the Insane at Yankton, where he spent the remainder of his life. US federal census 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 and 1940 all list him as Yankton immate. 12 Sept 1918 World War 1 draft registration stamped both Yankton and Faulk County and occupation as "patient insane hosp".
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