George Wolfgang Kiefner
b. 25 March 1839, Schnabelwaid, Oberfranken, Bavaria, Germany to Andreas and Margaretha Ann (Graff/Grafin) Kuffner/Kiefner
d. 20 June 1892, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas
m. 23 January 1866, New Boston, Spencer County, Indiana
Louise Katharine Racine
b. 24 November 1843, Huff Township, Spencer County, Indiana
d. 13 September 1932, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Children with George Wolfgang Kiefner:
- John William Bell (1861-1940), an adopted son, married Josephine Elizabeth Persinger
- Anna Margaretha Barbara (1868-1952) married John Schneider
- Margurethe Louise (1872-1953) married James Barber
- Anna Katherine (1874-1969) married (1) Benjamin Franklin Juvenal, (2) Tona Aquilla Nance
- Johann Stephen (1877-1948) married Delia Viola Hogue
- Amelia Kunigunde (1879-1974) married Daniel Bernard Norton
- Friedrich Wilhelm (1881-1885)
- Theresa Henrietta (1884-1970) married Theodore Ralph Willstaedt
George emigrated from Bavaria in 1839 to Spencer County, Indiana. He fought for the Union in the Civil War and was wounded in Red River Exposition. His children were all baptized at St. John’s Lutheran Church in New Boston, Spencer County, Indiana. He and many of his children later moved to Atchison, Kansas and George died there in 1892.
Submitted by:
R. Bruce Willstaedt
Townsville NC
E-mail: bwillstaed@nc.rr.com