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Family Group Sheet for Jacob F. Schwab
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Husband: JACOB F. SCHWAB
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       Birth: Mar 12, 1841   DELLFELD, RHEINLAND PLATZ, GERMANY                     
 Immigration: Jul 23, 1855   LA HAVRE TO NEW YORK ON THE ZURICH, TO DODGE COUNTY WIS
    Relocate: Jul 4, 1861    DODGE COUNTY, NEBRASKA                                 
      Census: 1880           US CENSUS FOR DODGE COUNTY NEBRASKA                    
       Death: Aug 29, 1916   of BLADER CANCER; HOOPER, DODGE CO., NE                
      Burial:                HOOPER CEMETERY, HOOPER, DODGE CO., NE                 
    Marriage: Nov 28, 1867   DODGE COUNTY, NEBRASKA                                 
      Father: HENRY SCHWAB Sr. (1809-1902)
      Mother: MARIA KATHARINA VEITH (1816-1888)
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Wife: PAULINA CAROLINE REGINA WEIGLE
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       Birth: Sep 29, 1848   BITTENFELD, WÜRTTEMBERG, GERMANY                       
 Immigration: 1853           BLACK ROCK DAM, ERIE COUNTY, NY                        
    Relocate: 1856           LONG GROVE, LAKE COUNTY, IL                            
    Relocate: May  1857      NEBRASKA                                               
      Census: 1880           US CENSUS FOR DODGE COUNTY NEBRASKA                    
      Census: 1900           US CENSUS FOR DODGE COUNTY NEBRASKA                    
       Death: Apr 6, 1935    HOOPER, DODGE CO., NE                                  
      Burial:                HOOPER CEMETERY, HOOPER, DODGE CO., NE                 
      Father: JOHANN GEORGE WEIGLE (1820-1893)
      Mother: CHRISTENA FRIEDERIKA KRAEMER (1824-1900)
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No Children
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Obituary - Jacob Schwab

The Hooper Sentinel 
August 31, 1916

Jacob Schwab Dead

One by one the old timers of Hooper are being called to their
reward. The last one to be called was Jacob Schwab, who passed away
at his home in east Hooper at 7:20 Tuesday morning Aug. 29, 1916.
The aged patient had been suffering from cancer of the bladder for
the past six months. His illness keeping him at his home, since
early spring, and all that loving hands and skilled physicians
could do for him was done, but all of this was of no avail, the
dread disease having gained such a hold upon him that it was only a
question of time when he would be called by the grim messenger of
death. Jacob Schwab was born on March 12, 1841 at Dellfeld, Rhein
Platz, Bavaria, Germany and was at the time of his demise 75 years,
5 months and 15 days old. In the year 1855 he came with his parents
to America, settling first on a farm in Dodge county Wisconsin.
They resided there for about six years when the family emigrated to
Nebraska, and settled on a homestead two and one half miles
northwest of the present site of Hooper. Hooper then being unknown.
This farm is now occupied by Otto Pfeiffer. The trip here from
Wisconsin was made by ox teams, the George Wagner family being the
others who accompanied the Schwabs on the trip west. The place
homesteaded was resided upon until 1893 by Mr. Schwab, when he and
his wife removed to town, this being the home ever since.

In the call for volunteers during the Civil War, Mr. Schwab in 1862
enlisted in the 2nd cavalry regiment, Nebraska volunteers. The
regiment he joined was sent to Fort Randall S. Dak. to help
suppress the Souix Indian outbreak. They were kept there about a
year after which he received an honorable discharge from service.
His experiences were many and interesting.

On Nov. 30, 1867 he was married to Miss Pauline Weigle. No children
were born to this union, the close surviving relatives being the
widow, two brothers, Henry of Hooper, and Adam of Fort Lupton,
Colo., and one sister, Mrs. Theodore Uehling, of Uehling.

"Jake" as he was best known to our people, was a whole hearted
citizen, and whose pleasure it was to have as an acquaintance. He
was always ready to lend a helping hand to any one in need, and his
deeds of kindness are without number. His friends are unnumberable
and the esteem in which he was held by them is a very slight token
of respect. There are no words capable of expressing the worth in
which he was held in this community. As an old settler of this
county he underwent all the hardships incident to the early days.

Mr. Schwab was a member Hooper Lodge No. 72  A.F. & A.M. which
organization he joined in 1880. In fact he was the oldest member of
this order in this jurisdiction and in 1913 was presented with the
Jordan medal for this honor. This medal will now fall upon his
brother, Henry. He was also a member of Upton Post No. 133, G. A.
R. The members of the two societies attended the funeral services
to a body.

The funeral services were held this morning at ten o'clock from the
house, and then from the Grace Lutheran church, the pastor, Rev. K.
de Freese, speaking the words of comfort to the bereaved in a very
eloquent sermon. The burial was made in the Hooper cemetery, the
services there being in charge of the local Masonic order. The
pallbearers were Herman Monnich, J. W. Peitz, Edward Edelman, S. D.
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Jacob Schwab

History of the Elkhorn Valley 1892 
Page 412

Jacob Schwab, a farmer of Hooper township, living on Section 4,
came to Dodge County in the spring of 1861, with his parents, who
located on Section 9, where the father took a homestead of one
hundred and sixty acres of wild land. Our subject was twenty years
of age at the time. His father broke up the place, built a house
16x20 feet, in which he lived for eight years. Jacob remained at
home until twenty-one years of age, when he took a homestead of one
quarter of a section, the date being 1864. He built a log-house
15x18 feet, in which he lived ten years, at the end of which time
he erected a brick house, 17x34 feet, with a wing 15x18 feet, and
two stories high. He built a barn 16x34 feet, with shedding on both
sides. He has since added to his land until he now has two hundred
and thirty-two acres, one hundred and five of which are under the
plow, and the balance in pasture and meadow land. He has an
artificial grove of two acres and an orchard of forty trees. He
commenced in life without means upon which to operate.

Our subject was born in Germany, in March, 1841, the son of Henry
and Catharine Schwab, natives of Germany, who had four children:
Catharine, Jacob, Adam, and Henry Jr. Jacob remained in Germany
until he was fourteen years of age, and in 1855 came to America.
From New York harbor he went to Dodge County, Wisconsin, where the
family engaged in farming, remaining there five and one-half years,
and then removed to Dodge County, Nebraska. His early advantages
for education were fair. In the autumn of 1862 he enlisted in
Company A Second Nebraska Cavalry, and was mustered in at Fort
Omaha, under Captain Peter S. Reed. They were sent to Fort Randall,
were in the service eleven months, saw no actual fighting, and were
discharged at Omaha.

He was married in December, 1867, to Paulina Weigle, the daughter
of George and Chiristina Weigle, natives of Germany, who had eight
children, named as follows: Paulina, Rachel, Godfried, John,
Louisa, George, Jr., Mary and Gustaf.

Our subject belongs to the Masonic Order, being a member of Hooper
Lodge No. 72, and is also a member of the Grand Army of the
Republic. Politically, he affiliates with the Democratic party. 
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The Hooper Sentinel 
January 1, 1914

Biographical Sketches of Pioneer Men Now Living in Hooper

Jacob Schwab

Jacob Schwab enlisted in the Second Cavalry Regt., Nebr. Vols. in
1862. Instead of being sent to the south, as he was expecting, his
regiment was sent to Fort Randal S. Dak., to suppress the Sioux
Indians who were taking advantage during the absence of many of the
men and were massacring school teachers and children in various
places and threatened to come down into Nebraska.  Not being able
to hold the red skins back alone the 6th Iowa cavalry regiment and
- 8 companies of 2nd Nebr. went up to White Stone, Dak., and had an
engagement with the Sioux Indians after which they kept them from
moving further south.

Mr. Schwab states many interesting incidents of his eleven months
stay at Fort Randall.

During the winter of 1862 there was a period of six weeks that the
soldiers lived on frozen grapes and plums gathered along the river.
Later a man came along with a team of poor oxen and the soldiers
chipped in and bought one, paying $65 for the "critter."  Mr.
Schwab says that ox meat was about the best meat he ever remembers
eating.

Jacob Schwab was born in 1841 at Dellfeld, Rhien Pfalz, Bavern,
Germany. In 1855 he came with his parents to Watertown, Wis., they
lived on a farm there for five years and in 1861 emigrated to
Nebraska with a colony, driving ox teams. They settled on a
homestead on Horse Jockey Ridge, two miles northeast of Hooper.

Jacob Schwab was married to Pauline Weigle Nov. 30, 1860 and
settled on the Ridge, where they lived until 1893, when they moved
into Hooper. 
 
 
 

SCHWAB, JACOB
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Obituary - Paulina Weigle Schwab

The Hooper Sentinel 
April 11, 1935

Death Comes to Paulina Schwab

This community was called upon to mourn the passing of one of its
real pioneer women last Saturday, April 6 when Mrs. Paulina Schwab
passed away at her home in this city at about 5 o'clock that
morning.  Her death came as a peaceful end to a number of years of
suffering from a lingering illness during which time she bore her
affliction with much patience and the fortitude characteristic of
those who went through the trials and tribulations of pioneering
days.

Mrs. Schwab had attained the age of 86 years, 7 months and 7 days,
she having been born as Paulina Weigle on September 29, 1848, at
Bittenfeld, Wurtemburg, Germany.  At the age of five years she came
with her parents to Buffalo, N. Y.  The year 1854 found the family
moving to Long Grove, Lake County, Ill., where they resided until
August of 1858 when they took the tedious trail by ox team to
Nebraska.  The first home in this state was at West Point where
they lived about a year.  1859 found them coming to Dodge county
and locating on a homestead two miles north of the present site of
Hooper, our town then being unknown.  This farm is now the home of
Gus Weigle.

Then followed a life of activity for a girl of her age. At the age
of 15 years she went over to Fontanelle where she spent a couple of
years working in a store, and also attending Doane College, the
first school of its kind in the state. This college in now located
at Crete.  It having been moved there when Fontanelle lost out in
its aspirations to become the state capitol site.  This stay at
Fontanelle was followed by couple of years stay in Omaha.

She was united in marriage to Jacob Schwab on November 30, 1867,
and the young couple settled on his homestead farm 2 1/2 miles
northeast of Hooper.  This farm remained her home until 1892 when
she and Mr. Schwab moved to Hooper, and our little city has been
her home ever since.  Mr. Schwab died August 30, 1916.  No children
were born to this union.

Hers was a simple life and in the passing years she gained the
respect and esteem of our people through her many acts of kindness
to neighbors and friends and her friendliness of disposition.  She
was a charter member of Grace Lutheran church and its Ladies Aid
and Woman's Missionary societies and when able gave freely of her
time and means in the churches activities.  She was also a long
time member of Friendship chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, and
for over 20 years was its chaplain, and held the position of
honorary chaplain at the time of her death.  In her death these
organizations lose a very faithful member.

Close surviving relatives are a sister, Mrs. Henry Schwab and a
brother, Gus Weigle, of this place, and a large number of nephews
and nieces.

Following her death, her remains were taken to the Wollmer & Warne
funeral home to await the day of the funeral.  This was held at
1:45 Tuesday afternoon from Grace Lutheran church with the pastor,
Rev. W. H. Moeller preaching the funeral sermon and paying a high
tribute to the memory of the departed.  The services were largely
attended and floral offerings were numerous, showing the respect to
which she was made. Music was furnished by Mrs. H. C. Heckt, Mrs.
W. A. Lallman and W. E. and Vernon Sanders with Miss Dora Waterman
as organist.  Pall bearers were nephews of the deceased; Rinehart
Schwab, Howard and Francis Weigle, Albert Weigle, Harry and Elmer
Schwab.

Interment was made in the Hooper cemetery, where following a short
prayer by Rev. Moeller the ritualistic services of the Eastern Star
order were carried out at the grave. 
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The Hooper Sentinel 
December 18, 1913

Maiden Days of Our Women

Mrs. Jacob Schwab

Miss Paulina Weigle was born in Bitenfielt, Wittenberg, Germany,
Sept. 29, 1848 and is therefore 65 years, 2 months and 19 days old
today.

She came to this country with her mother in 1853.  Her father had
come two years earlier to make a home for his family.  She lived
for about two years in Blackrock-dam, New York.  Then she came with
the family to Long Grove, Ill. They left Long Grove, May 10, 1857
for Nebraska. They in company with a number of other families, came
via the ox team route. They reached St. Charles, just across the
river from West Point, in August.  The trip was a long and tiresome
one, and none too free from dangers as sometimes the Indians were
none too friendly.

She spent that winter in West Point with her family.  In 1858 her
father took a homestead on what was then called, "Horse Jockey
Ridge", two miles north east of Hooper.

She was married Nov. 30, 1867 to Jacob Schwab at the Schwab home,
north of our city.  That fall Mr. and Mrs. Schwab homesteaded the
farm, joining her fathers' land, which with other land, added by
purchase, they still own.

They rented their farm in 1893 and moved into our city to a home on
north Main St. and in 1904 removed to their present home in the
east part of town. 
 
 


SCHWAB, PAULINA
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