Anne C. Holdeman

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SOURCE: "Holdeman Descendants" A Compilation of the Genealogical and
Biographical Record of the Decendants of Christian Holdeman 1788-1846,
by Edwin L. Weaver, E. V. Publishing House Nappanee, Indiana, 1937, Vol. I, Page 241-242 and "Holdeman Descendants, Vol II " by Ella Holdeman , Schilling's Printing County, Inc. South Bend, Indiana, 1973, Page 550.

Abraham was a soldier in the Civil War, having enrolled, September 5, 1861 at LaPorte, Indiana for three years. He was a member of Company C, 9th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and on December 26, 1862 at the battle of Lavargne was severely wounded. He was discharged September 15, 1864. [http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/i/Philip-D-Bailey/GENE1-0007.html]

A daughter of Abraham, who had not reached her ninth birthday when her father died, wrote of him as follows: "He exacted obedience and might have been considered stern, but he never seemed so to me; he must have been quite patient , for he helped me all one summer after I had failed in the second grade. I do not remember any coercion about the study, for I distinctly remember that I was tempted to give up when I reached the place where the fine print began. It seems the decision to continue was entirely my own. When I was small I sat beside him a great deal on winter days and remember that, though I had two places to play, I was never allowed to have more than one strewn with paper dolls, etc. at a time. When I went to the other place the one where I had been playing had to be put in order first. I have always been thankful for that training in order. My father's word was counted good and he was able to say "It's alright" before his sudden death. He was one of those whose life was shortened as a result of his three years in the army." (Weaver, 1937)
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Abraham married Elizabeth Curtis on 25 Dec 1864 in Elkhart County, Indiana U.S.A.. Elizabeth (daughter of Burton H. Curtis and Elizabeth Koblin) was born on 15 Mar 1848 in Waterloo County, Canada West; died on 08 Nov 1924 in Lee, Allegan, Michigan U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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Married by Samuel Holdeman, Justice of the Peace.

Less than three years after marriage Abraham and Elizabeth moved to Noble Township, Branch County, Michigan, where a few Mennonite families had settled shortly before, and in a neighborhood where there had seldom been any religious services. As early as 1866 Mennonite ministers made trips to Branch County, and John M. Brenneman has reported a visit he made there when on November 20, 1867 a meeting was held at the home of Abraham Holdeman, where two persons were received into the church. The membership then numbered twenty-eight, and they were in need of a meeting-house. In 1873 Abraham moved with his family back to Elkhart County, Indiana near Wakarusa, and later near Nappanee, but returned to Branch County, Michigan. The final move was to Bloomingdale Township, Van Buren County, Michigan.

Abraham was a soldier in the Civil War, having enrolled, September 5, 1861 at LaPorte, Indiana for three years. He was a member of Company C, 9th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and on December 26, 1862 at the battle of Lavargne was severely wounded. He was discharged September 15, 1864.

A daughter of Abraham, who had not reached her ninth birthday when her father died, wrote of him as follows: "He exacted obedience and might have been considered stern, but he never seemed so to me; he must have been quite patient , for he helped me all one summer after I had failed in the second grade. I do not remember any coercion about the study, for I distinctly remember that I was tempted to give up when I reached the place where the fine print began. It seems the decision to continue was entirely my own. When I was small I sat beside him a great deal on winter days and remember that, though I had two places to play, I was never allowed to have more than one strewn with paper dolls, etc. at a time. When I went to the other place the one where I had been playing had to be put in order first. I have always been thankful for that training in order. My father's word was counted good and he was able to say "It's alright" before his sudden death. He was one of those whose life was shortened as a result of his three years in the army." (Weaver, 1937)
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[From "Holdeman Descendants" by Edwin L. Weaver, 1937, Vol I., Page 235-237]

George Holdeman was married February 18, 1836 in Wayne County, Ohio to Anna Eicher, born October 22, 1818 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, daughter of Daniel and Mary M. (Stuckschleger) Eicher. She had come with her parents to Wayne County, Ohio, and was reared on a farm which was the northeast quarter of section nineteen in Congress Township, in which township they lived during the first several years after their marriage.

George Holdeman became a school teacher and taught one-third of the winter term of 1839 and 1840 at the old log school house of district No. Six in Chester Township, Wayne County, Ohio. The following facts concerning the teaching career of George Holdeman in Ohio were taken from Chester Township records: " George Holdeman taught the winter term of school 1844 and 1845 in District No. Two which was the next district due north of District No. Six, and known to-day as Science Point District by the same number, and that on March 12, 1845 was paid $45.50 for his services, and the winter of 1846 and 1847 George Holdeman taught the school of District No. Eleven, today kown as Red Swamp, and on March 22, 1847 drew $52.00 for his wages. The following winter, 1847 and 1848, he again taught in District No. Two and on march 16, 1848 he was paid $52.00. (Harvey S. Rutt, "History of Chester Township, Wayne County, Ohio, P 26.)

On November 20, 1839, George Holdeman and wife bought from Simon Vanosdal a forty acre tract of land, which was the south one-half of the south half of the southeast quarter of section five in Chester Township. This land was sold on September 2, 1848, twenty acres to Isaac Young and twenty to Susannah Cook.

In the year 1848 George Holdeman and family came to Elkhart County, Indiana, and lived during the first year in Elkhart Township, in which township the Frederick Landis family had settled. They had seven children at this time. They then moved to Olive Township and purchased from the government September 2, 1849 the forty acres of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section thirty-five of township thirty-six (Olive); this tract was sold for sixty dollars to Susannah Miller July 30, 1850. On May 13, 1850, George and Anna Holdeman bought from Henry Yoder of Mahoning County, Ohio, for five hundred dollars the southwest quarter of section seven, 130.55 acres of township thirty-five (Locke). On October 11, 1858 they bought for three hundred dollars the north half of the southwest quarter of section thirty-four in Olive Township, containing 120 acres, and April 12, 1865 from John H. and Harriet Baker of Elkhart County for two hundred dollars the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section thirty-four in Olive Township.

George Holdeman was a soldier in the Civil War. He was drafted, and entered November 14, 1862 at Indianapolis. He was a private and a member of Company K. 57th Regiment of the Indiana Infantry. At the battle of Stone River December 21, 1862 he was wounded in the shoulder; it is said he would have been killed had it not been for a pair of new boots which he had in a knapsack over his shoulder.

George Holdeman had been the first of the Holdemans to settle in Elkhart County, and to clear land; he first cleared ten acres on the west side of section thirty-four, at what came to be called Coonville. Later he built a log house almost in the center of the section; it stood northesast of where the barn now is on the farm occupied by Warren Holdeman. This log house faced the east with a porch along the east side of it. He had also started to build a barn, but sold the farm before this was completeted.

Anna (Eicher) Holdeman died March 2, 1863, aged 44 years, 4 months, 10 days. George Holdeman was married the second time December 17, 1868 to Charlotte Bixler, and shortly afterward sold his farm to Joseph Holdeman. He purchased the shares from the children of his second wife of a farm north of the Baugo Church, northwest of Wakarusa.

In addition to teaching and farming he practiced verterinary quite extensively, and became more a veterinarian than a farmer.

George and Ann (Eicher) Holdeman were members of the Mennonite Church. Before the Holdeman Meeting House was built, services were held regularly once every four weeks at their home one and one-half miles west and one-half mile south of Wakarusa. he sometime accommodated Mennonite ministers and other visitors to Elkhart County by providing transportation for them. For instance in 1868 Christian D. Berry of Burr Oak, Michigan visited Mennonites around Wakarusa; when he returned home George Holdeman and Danniel Brenneman accompaneid him as far as LaGrange, Indiana.

George married Anna Eicher on 18 Feb 1836 in Wayne County, Ohio U.S.A.. Anna (daughter of Daniel Echer and Mary M. Stuckschleger) was born on 22 Oct 1818 in Westermoreland County, Pennsylvania U.S.A.; died on 02 Mar 1863. [Group Sheet]

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Anna had come with her parents to Wayne County, Ohio and was reared on a
farm which was the northest quarter of section nineteen in Congress Township, in which township they ( George & Anna) lived during the first several years of their marriage

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1888: Burton lived in Reed City, Michigan.

October 1871: Lived in Noble Township, Branch County, Michigan.

May 1853: Lived in Canada.

1857: Burton moved to Elkhart, Indiana.
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Listed as Father of Claudius on his death Certificate.
1860 census, Olive Twp, Elkhart Co, Indiana
Curtis, B.H., 39, Baptist Minister, 2700, 1000, N.Y.
Elizabeth, 44, Canada
Leah, 16, Canada
Elizabeth, 12. Canada
Claudius, 9, Canada
Julia, 8, Canada

Father: Gad CURTIS b: Mar 1791 in Orange County, New York
Mother: Mary HITCHCOCK

Burton married Elizabeth Koblin about 1835 in Ontario, Canada . Elizabeth (daughter of William Koplin and Eva B. Strome) was born on 15 Jun 1812; died on 29 May 1885 in Branch County, Michigan U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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Mrs. Heltzel is the daughter of B.H. and Elizabeth (Koblin) Curtis, natives of Canada, and was born May 12, 1853, in Canada. Her father lives in Reed City, Mich. Her mother died in June 1886.

CURTIS - On the 29th of May, in Branch county, Mich., of dropsy, Elizabeth Curtis, aged 72 years, 11 months and 14 days. Funeral services were held at Pleasant Hill by Preacher Hill, Harvey Friesner, and J.S. Coffman. Sister Curtis was called to pass through some of the sorest trials in life that God permits to come to his children; but through them all He kept her faithful. She lived an exemplary life, and continued to manifest an abiding trust in Him to the last moments of her life.

Herald of Truth - Volume XXII, Number 12 - June 15, 1885, Page 191; http://www.mcusa-archives.org/MennObits/1885/jun1885.html.

Surname Variations: koplin, koplan, kupland, coplan.

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ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Dan Walker and Fawne Stratford-Devai, (NorSim Research and Publishing 1997).
Marriages By Rev'd F. W. Bindemann, Minister Of The German Evangelical Protestant Church
Burton Curtis, Potter, Of Waterloo, To Elisabeth Koplin, Of Woolwich. Wit. Samuel Eby, Yeom Of Woolwich, And Samuel Burkholder, Mason, Of Waterloo

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Mr. Heltzel continued with his parents until his marriage with Miss Julia Curtis, which took place at the home of the bride in Noble Township, Oct. 24, 1871. Mrs. Heltzel is the daughter of B.H. and Elizabeth (Koblin) Curtis, natives of Canada, and was born May 12, 1853, in Canada. Her father lives in Reed City, Mich. Her mother died in June 1886. Their five children are all living. [page 369, "1888 Portrait & Biographical Album of Branch County"]

October 1871: the family lived in Noble Township, Branch County, Michigan.

May 1853: the family lived in Canada.

Seven known children.

News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Der Morgenstern (1839-1841), extracted by Patricia J. Kauk, (Kitchener Public Library, Kitchener Ontario, Canada), 929.371344 Der., 5 Aug 1841.
Jully 29, 1841 Burton Curtis of Berlin & Elisabeth Koplin of Woolwich, were married by Rev. Bindemann.

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Christian married Christiana Buzzard. Christiana (daughter of George Buzzard and Rachel Godshalk) was born on 01 Dec 1788. [Group Sheet]

Daniel married Mary M. Stuckschleger. [Group Sheet]

William married Eva B. Strome. Eva (daughter of Jacob A. Strohm and Eva Serophin Bliehm) was born on 01 May 1786 in East Nantmeal Township, Chester, Pennsylvania U.S.A.; died on 27 Apr 1843 in Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]