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The Descendents of Philip Peter Stamm of Brown County, Ohio
1. Philip Peter1 Stamm He was born near Niedermohr (near Kissel) in the French-German area of the Palatinate on 16 March 1793. He died on the Stamm farm on Slab Camp Creek, near Sardinia, Brown County, Ohio, on 1 May 1863. He is buried in the Slab Camp Cemetery.
"About 1824, Philip Peter Stamm - a protestant schoolmaster - moved with his wife Marie Elizabeth Seil, from Niedermohr by Kissel to Dunzweiler. The family owned no property there. They lived in a teacher's boarding house. About 1840 the whole family moved to America. An old man remembers some of the boys with whom he played in his youth. Mischievous boys, full of devilish tricks. A desire of a daughter caused them to move away."
"In Brown County Philip Peter was a farmer, teacher and `banker;' the last meaning that he put out his own money at interest and, according to his estate, accumulated a considerable holding of property and cash by the time he died in 1863."
"With the close of the Civil War and the death of Philip Peter and Marie Elizabeth Stamm, the second generation started the shifting from which the family spread over much of the country. Records are not clear as to how the extensive estate of Philip was divided, the will showing only that Jacob received the home in Sardinia."
"It is believed that Philip, Jr., was living in Georgetown and probably received his share in cash. That Charles (Carl), who had married but a week prior to the death of his father, also received cash and had taken up residence in Washington Township. And that Peter probably received land. All the children were married before the mother died."
"Deed book S-18, page 180, for Brown County, shows that `Philip P. Stamm' purchased 66 2/3 acres from Edward Pettyjohn, February 25, 1841. This land probably was near the Slab Camp Cemetery although Philip did acquire other holdings and a home in Sardinia before his death. For the first place he gave $640, money he must have brought from Germany."
He was married about 1815-1816 at Nidermohr, Germany, to Marie Elizabeth Seil. She was born about 1795, based upon the 1850 U.S. Census. She died in May 1865 according to local county history. She was buried at the Slab Camp Cemetery but there is no stone to mark her gravesite. [1]
Information from Brown County Common Pleas Court Journal, regarding citizenship of Philip Peter Stamm & sons: "Stamm, Philip Peter & his three sons - natives of Bavaria. Set sail from Havre de Grace and landed in New York September 30, 1840, now resides in Washington Twp., Brown County, Ohio. Philip Jr. born December 1827 [note: LDS records show birth as 6 December 1829, not 1827 as shown here] and George was born May 27, 1833. All made declaration of intent September 12, 1843." And from Common Pleas Court Journal #14, Series I (1846-1847): "Stamm, Peter - subject of Bavaria, made declaration of intent more than two years ago. Declared a citizen April 21, 1846" And just underneath: "Stamm, Philip P. - Subject of Bavaria, made declaration of intent more than two years ago. Declared a citizen April 21, 1846"[2]
| + | 2. | i | Peter2 Stamm born at Niedermohr, Germany, on 15/26 January 1817, died 28/30 March 1897, buried at Arnheim Cemetery. |
| + | 3. | ii | Elizabeth Stamm born at Niedermohr, Germany, on 29 October 1818, died in Eagle Township, Brown Co., Ohio on 12 October 1887, buried at Slab Camp Cemetery. |
| 4. | iii | Unknown child/children died in the Palatinate. (possibly Mary L., Margaret C., or William) | |
| 5. | iv | Philippina Stamm born 5 June 1822 Bayern, Pfalz, Dunzweiler, christened 9 June 1822, probably died in the Palatinate.[3] | |
| + | 6. | v | Jacob Stamm born on 5 January 1825 at Dunzweiler, Germany, died on 1 January 1890 at Ripley, Ohio. |
| + | 7. | vi | Phoebe Stamm born at Dunzweiler, Germany, about 1826, died at Paducah, Kentucky. |
| + | 8. | vii | Caroline Stamm born at Dunzweiler, Germany, about 1827, died at Ripley, Ohio, about 1895. |
| + | 9. | viii | Philip Stamm born at Bayern, Pfalz, Dunzweiler, Germany, 6 December 1829, died at Georgetown, Ohio, on 18 February 1901. |
| 10. | ix | Unknown child died in Germany. | |
| 11. | x | Henrietta Stamm born at Dunzweiler, Germany, on 29 June 1832, married at Maysville, Kentucky, on 23 September 1852 to John Combess. At her baptism in Dunzweiler, her sponsors were William Weingard, Henrietta Caroline Reutlinger (wife of Pastor Reutlinger in Breitenbach, Germany) and Margaret Glaster (wife of Jacob Glaster in Dunzweiler, Germany). She was living in Maysville, Kentucky, in 1901. There was a Combess family living near Washington, Mason Co., Kentucky, and it was thought that Henrietta Stamm might be buried in a cemetery there. | |
| 12. | xi | Unknown child, possibly John, died in Germany. | |
| + | 13. | xii | Carl (Charles) Stamm born at Dunzweiler, Germany, on 27 March 1835, died on 22 February 1899, buried at Slab Camp Cemetery. |
2. Peter2 Stamm (Philip Peter1) He was born at Niedermohr, Germany, on 15/26 January 1817 (church records and headstone show 15th, Ronsheim show 26th - possibly baptism date). He died on 28/30 March 1897 (church records show 28th, Ronsheim shows 30th - possibly burial date) and is buried at Arnheim Cemetery.
"The older son, Peter, was primarily a farmer. But his nephews and nieces remembered him mainly for the `tricks' he played on his more staid brother, Jacob. Of the time he sat on the curb outside Jacob's home at noontime and munched dry bread and meat. Or of his climbing to the peak of his home during the Civil War and waving the `Stars and Bars' while shouting for `Jeff Davis." He fell off and broke a leg yet enjoyed his fun, knowing how strong an Abolitionist Jacob had been. Or of how he shouldered half a dressed and frozen hog and walked with it to Cincinnati, sixty miles."
"Peter Stamm, the son of Phillip Peter, purchased 89 acres (Deed Book W-22, page 141) from Frances Fike on April 2, 1847 for $100. this was just after the death of his first wife. On March 24, 1851 (Deed Book A-26, page 572) he purchased 91 acres from Z. Ketterman for $500."
"It seems likely that the family established by Peter Stamm (Jr.) is the greatest in numbers of the Brown County group. And this family became `lost' for some 75 years, being `relocated' only because one of its members secured a marriage license in Brown County and named his parents."
"With the close of the Civil War and with soil in northern Brown County badly depleted farmers from southern Ohio crossed the river to Kentucky where they bought farms once cultivated by slave labor. In this move went the sons of Peter Stamm (Jr.), Peter III and Frederick. Just when they went is uncertain but seemingly after the death of the mother in 1865 and before late 1866 when Peter III's oldest child was born in Bracken County, near Berlin. The oldest child of Frederick also was born there late in 1867."
"In Bracken County the Stamm family lived on the high uplands. This soil, like that of Brown County across the river, failed under the raising of tobacco. It was then, shortly after 1880, the family moved eastward into Lewis County and settled on Kinniconick Creek and spread from there into adjoining areas with a major group up Indian Creek. Large scale maps show a branch from upper Indian Creek named `Stem' Creek, certainly `Stamm' but spelled as pronounced in that area. Stamm Cemetery in that same area is the burial place of many of the name."
He was married first at Breitenbach, Germany, on 19 May 1840 to Margaret Meyer. She was born on 3 February 1821 and died near Arnheim on 16 February 1847. He was married second to Charlotte Drott on 10 April 1849 in Brown Co., Ohio. She was born in Germany on 7 May 1828 and died of typhoid fever in Washington Township, Brown Co., Ohio, on 14 October 1873. He was married third to Mary Barbara [-?-]. She died on 18 July 1904. [4]
| 14. | i | Mary Elizabeth3 Stamm born about 1841 (1850 U.S. Census) or 1843 (confirmation records at Peace Lutheran Church, Arnheim), married [-?-] Ort, living in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1897 (according to will of Peter Stamm). | |
| + | 15. | ii | Peter Stamm born 22 December 1842, died 20 October 1926, buried in Esham Cemetery, near Petersville, Lewis Co., Kentucky. |
| + | 16. | iii | Frederick Stamm born 10 January 1845 in Brown Co., Ohio, died in Lewis Co., Kentucky, on 18 January 1924, buried in Stamm Cemetery on Indian Creek. |
| 17. | iv | Son born on 21 April 1850 at Brown Co., Ohio, died 22 July 1852. | |
| 18. | v | Charlotte Stamm born 29 December 1854 at Brown Co., Ohio, died 6 October 1870. | |
| + | 19. | vi | Caroline born 10 September 1858 at Brown Co., died at Caddo, Pendleton Co., Kentucky, on 20 January 1937. |
| + | 20. | vii | Martin Stamm born about 1860 in Brown Co., Ohio, Kentucky, died about 1898. |
| + | 21. | viii | Margaret (Maggie) H. Stamm born about 1865 in Brown Co., Ohio. |
| + | 22. | ix | Lewis A. Stamm born 4 August 1871 at Brown Co., Ohio, died 22 August 1925, buried KP Cemetery at Germantown, Kentucky. |
| 23. | x | George Henry (Heinrich) Stamm born in Brown Co., Ohio, on 17 September 1873, died 2 December 1874. |
3. Elizabeth2 Stamm (Philip Peter1) She was born at Niedermohr, Germany, on 29 October 1818. She died in Eagle Township, Brown Co., Ohio on 12 October 1887, buried at Slab Camp Cemetery.
She was married to Henry G. Christmann in a church ceremony in Dunzweiler, Germany, about 1836 and in a civil ceremony in Brown Co., Ohio, about August 1842. He was born in Alsace in November 1818 and died 7 September 1891. His parents were Henry Christmann (born 23 January 1793 in Alsace, died 19 December 1876) and Barbara Gattinau Schristmann (born 15 January 1793 in Alsace, died October 1868). [5]
| 24. | i | John3 Christman born in Bavaria, died before 1860. | |
| 25. | ii | Elizabeth Christman born in Highland Co., Ohio, about 1843, married [-?-] Louth. They were listed in the 1891 will as living in Bernard, Ohio. | |
| 26. | iii | George Christman born at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, about 1845. Not listed in the 1891 will. | |
| 27. | iv | Catherine Christman born at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, about 1849, married [-?-] Miller. The 1891 will lists them living in Decatur, Ohio. | |
| 28. | v | Henry born at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, about 1852. Not listed in the 1891 will. | |
| + | 29. | vi | Charles Peter Christman born in Brown Co., Ohio. |
| 30. | vii | William Christman born in Brown Co., Ohio, about 1858. In the 1860 U.S. Census a child born in this year listed as Margaret but family records do not include a Margaret. He apparently lived in Bernard, Ohio. May have married Magdalena Kuntz. | |
| + | 31. | viii | Caroline Christman born in Brown County, Ohio, about May 1860. |
6. Jacob2 Stamm (Philip Peter1) He was born on 5 January 1825 at Dunzweiler, Germany. He died on 1 January 1890 at Ripley, Ohio.
"Jacob Stamm purchased a lot in Sardinia from Samuel Rankin, September 22, 1853, for $240 and sold it on March 24, 1857. With this sale Jacob moved his family to Ripley, Ohio, and became the first of the sons to move out of the home district. Here he established one of the two main stems of the Brown County family." "About six acres in the northwest corner of the Ward tract was sold to Jacob Stamm, and from the day of sale up to this year, [1882?] early vegetables were cultivated on it in hot-house and otherwise. The Town Council of Ripley recently purchased this lot of ground for cemetery purposes, and it is now been handsomely laid out and improved."
"Jacob was more like his father, strict and a teacher. Yet his children had all the traits assigned the earlier generation when it came to fun and tricks. Jacob was not only an outstanding bandsman an writer of music by equally adept with the small truck farm he operated and at his lathe. He taught music for thirty years and at the Arnheim church early records show his name and the amount given him for instructions. Jacob led his own band into the Civil War until it lost most of its instruments while under cannon fire at Pittsburg Landing and Shiloh. Here the bandsmen acted as hospital corpsmen and stretcher bearers during the battle. And Jacob contracted the illness which helped make him an invalid when the group used water from a pond found, next morning, to contain dead horses." He "enlisted as leader of the regimental band in the 43rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry ..."
"It is odd that in this same battle, at the `Sunken Road,' was Andrew Vogel, of Iowa, brother of Jacob's wife, Martha. Andrew was one of a dozen to survive the terrible fighting and go to Andersonville a prisoner of war. It is timely here to suggest that Jacob may have met Martha as both families traveled by canal from Cleveland to Portsmouth in 1840 although they may have met in Brown County afterwards. The German settlement was only two miles from the French settlement in Highland County."
"An ardent Abolitionist, along with so many of the German element in Brown County, he is said to have aided slaves in their escape by way of the `underground railway' which crossed the Ohio at Ripley. Tension over the Tilden-Hayes election brought on his first stroke in 1876."
He married Martha Vogel on 15 May 1849 at Ripley, Ohio. Mayor Chabers Baird married them at Dr. Bell's home in Ripley. She was born in Buffalo, New York, on 15 October 1830. She died in Anderson, Indiana on 19 January 1913. She was buried in the Maplewood Cemetery in Ripley. It is interesting to note that the place where she is buried was the site of the old Stamm home. The old home site had been purchased by the city of Ripley as an addition to the Maplewood Cemetery.
Martha Vogel's parents were Baltasa (Balser) Vogel and Catherine (Katarina) Greiner. Baltasa Vogel was born about 1788 at Litherschied, Lorraine, France. He was living in Sninigen, France, when his passport was issued at Speyer, France, on 2 March 1830. He died in 1859 in Keokuk, Iowa, and is buried near Clear Creek in St. Peter and Paul Cemetery. Baltasa Vogel served under Napoleon and is said to have been in the march from Moscow. Baltasa Vogel married Catherine (Katarina) Greiner in Europe about 1814-1815. She was born about 1794 and died 26 December 1872. [6] (See manuscript on The Descendents of Baltasa (Balser) Vogel by Sean Furniss for additional information about this family.)
| 32. | i | Franklin2 Stamm born at Sardinia, Ohio, on 25 March 1850, died in 26 April 1853, buried at Slab Camp Cemetery (Beihn Cemetery). | |
| 33. | ii | Mary Elizabeth Stamm born at Sardinia, Ohio, on 2 August 1851, died in June 1853, probably buried at Slab Camp Cemetery, named by her father for his mother and his wife's sister. | |
| + | 34. | iii | Elizabeth (Lizzie) Stamm born at Sardinia, Ohio, on 26 March 1853, died at Ripley, Ohio on 28 November 1886, buried at Ripley. |
| 35. | iv | Charles William Stamm born in July 1854, drowned in August 1861 in the Ohio River while gathering chips at the boatyard, named by his father for his brother. | |
| + | 36. | v | Susanna Emma Stamm born at Sardinia, Ohio, on 8 February 1857, died at Hamilton, Ohio, on 24 May 1920, buried at Ripley, Ohio. |
| + | 37. | vi | Albert (Al) Henry Stamm born at Ripley, Ohio, on 14 July 1858, died at Anderson, Indiana, on 30 June 1932, buried in East Maplewood Cemetery. |
| 38. | vii | Caroline Stamm born at Ripley, Ohio, in August 1860, died in November 1860, named by father for his sister. | |
| + | 39. | viii | William Sherman Stamm born at Ripley, Ohio, on 27 November 1861, died at Cadiz, Ohio, buried at Cadiz. |
| + | 40. | ix | Frank Jacob Stamm born at Ripley, Ohio, on 8 March 1864, died at St. Petersburg, Florida, 19 November 1948. |
| + | 41. | x | Catherine (Kate) Stamm born at Ripley, Ohio, on 8 June 1866, died at Anderson, Indiana, on 29 August 1953, buried in East Maplewood Cemetery. |
| + | 42. | xi | Wendell Edward (Ed) Stamm born at Ripley, Ohio, on 19 November 1868, died at Basil, Ohio, 5 November 1931, buried at Ripley, Ohio. |
| + | 43. | xii | Annie Laurie Stamm born at Ripley, Ohio, on 12 April 1873 (14 August 1873), died at Cadiz, Ohio, on 26 May 1944. |
7. Phoebe2 Stamm (Philip Peter1) She was born at Dunzweiler, Germany, about 1826. She died at Paducah, Kentucky. She was married to [-?-] Galloway and John Block. [7]
| 44. | i | Phoebe3 (father not recorded) born 19 August 1859. |
8. Caroline2 Stamm (Philip Peter1) She was born at Dunzweiler, Germany, about 1827. She died at Ripley, Ohio, about 1895 and is buried at Ripley. She married Adam Hensel. He is buried at Ripley, Ohio. [8]
| + | 45. | i | Adam3 Hensel born at Ripley, Ohio, about 1854, died about 1936, buried at Maplewood Cemetery in Ripley. |
| 46. | ii | Charles Hensel | |
| 47. | iii | George Hensel | |
| 48. | iv | Elizabeth (Lizzie) Hensel married [-?-] Schroth. | |
| 49. | v | Louise Hensel married [-?-] Linn. | |
| 50. | vi | Margaret (Maggie) Hensel married [-?-] Rice. | |
| 51. | vii | Caroline Hensel |
9. Philip2 Stamm (Philip Peter1) He was born at Dunzweiler, Germany, 6 December 1829. He was baptized at Dunzweiler. His baptismal sponsors were Jacob Morgenstern - school teacher at Breitenbach, John Wilhelms of Dunzweiler, Philippina Hustang and Catherine Weingard. He died at Georgetown, Ohio, on 18 February 1901 and is buried at the old cemetery at Georgetown, Ohio.
"Philip Stamm, named for his father, is shown in official records as being a gunsmith."
He married first Charlotte Stigler at Georgetown, Ohio. Charlotte was born about 1840 (based on her cemetery marker). Although the 1860 census would indicate her year of birth as being 1831, the 1860 year of birth for the first child tends to support her year of birth being about 1840 given an age at marriage of about 19. She died on 11 October 1895 and is buried in the old cemetery at Georgetown, Ohio.
He was married second to Louella Widder on 18 May 1900. She was born on 24 November 1839. She died on 26 May 1912 and is buried at Arnheim. [9]
| 52. | i | Barbara3 Stamm born about 1860, only record is in the 1860 census. | |
| 53. | ii | Edward Stamm born about December 1861, died on 5 September 1862, buried at Georgetown, Ohio. | |
| 53. | iii | Franklin Stamm born about December 1863, died 16 July 1864, buried at Georgetown, Ohio. | |
| 54. | iv | Philip Sherman Stamm born about February 1865, died 30 August 1865, buried at Georgetown, Ohio. | |
| 55. | v | August Stamm born about 1866, married to Anna Jane Sellers on 11 June 1891 at Bracken Co., Kentucky, living in Chicago, Illinois, in 1895 according to his mother's will. | |
| + | 56. | vi | Lenfrey (Lank) E. Stamm born 26 March 1869, died 20 May 1945. |
| 57. | vii | Loran Sacker Stamm (also reported as Learn E. Stamm) born 12 October 1871, married 1 January 1893 to Nellie Bingeman, both are buried at Dayton, Ohio. | |
| + | 58. | viii | Mary Charlotta Stamm year of birth unknown, died in May 1944. |
| 59. | ix | Wesley Adam Stamm born 27 April 1874, died 21 October 1952, buried at Dayton, Ohio. |
13. Carl2 (Charles) Stamm (Philip Peter1) He was born at Dunzweiler, Germany, on 27 March 1835 according to family records, although the cemetery records indicate a date of birth of 21 March 1833. He was confirmed in 1851. He died on 22 February 1899 and is buried at Slab Camp Cemetery.
He was married on 23 April 1863 to Mary Klein, She was born on 25 November 1845 (although her headstone shows 1844). She died on 5 March 1928 "at 84" (although her headstone shows 1929). Her parents were Joachim Klein and Mary [-?-] (born 4 February 1817). [10]
| + | 60. | i | Mary Louisa3 Stamm born in April 1866, died 22 February 1951. |
| + | 61. | ii | Catherine Margaret Stamm born 26 July 1867, died 23 June 1943. |
| + | 62. | iii | Charles Henry Stamm |
| + | 63. | iv | William Albert Stamm born 27 April 1871. |
| 64. | v | Eddie Stamm born 11 June 1874 (cemetery record) or 1875 (family records), died 11 November 1879, buried at Slab Camp Cemetery. | |
| + | 65. | vi | Albert Martin Stamm born 25 January 1880. |
| 66. | vii | Unknown child born 24 February 1883, died as an infant. | |
| 67. | viii | Harry Franklin Stamm born 1885 (family records) or 15 March 1888 (according to marriage records), married first on 17 February 1915 to Louella Yockey (born 8 August 1888), married second to Irma [-?-]. |
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[1] Edward J. Ronsheim, Sr., The Stamm
Family of Ohio and Kentucky (typescript, 1954-1955), 24 pp, p. 2, 3, 4, 7,
10, includes information from a translated copy of a letter of 18 March 1913
from Hans Buhl (Secretary to the Mayor of Dunzweiler) to Milton Ronsheim.
[2] Tom Housley to Sean Furniss, email
message 27 Dec 1998, information related to the citizenship records for Phillip
Peter Stamm and his sons.
[3] Tom Housley to Sean Furniss, email
message 27 Dec 1998, information related to Philippina Stamm.
[4] Ronsheim, The Stamm Family of Ohio
and Kentucky, p. 3, 4, 10; Tom Housley to Sean Furniss, email message
12/27/98, Arnheim Church Records, LDS microfilm, record dates of birth and
death for Charlotte Stamm (same as Ronsheim information), George Heinrich Stamm
(same as Ronsheim except middle name of Heinrich instead of Henry), Peter Stamm
(dates shown as 15 Jan 1817 and 28 Mar 1897).
[5] Ronsheim, The Stamm Family of Ohio
and Kentucky, p. 17, 18.
[6] Ronsheim, The Stamm Family of Ohio and
Kentucky, p. 3, 4, 6, 18; Edward J. Ronsheim, Sr., The Vogel Family of
Buffalo, N. Y. (typescript, 8 March 1952), 1 page, copy in possession of
author; The Histor of Brown County Ohio (Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co.,
1883), Part IV, p. 420, information about use of land and cemetery, photocopy
of page in possession of writer.
[7] Ronsheim, The Stamm Family of Ohio
and Kentucky, p. 23.
[8] Ronsheim, The Stamm Family of Ohio
and Kentucky, p. 23.
[9] Ronsheim, The Stamm Family of Ohio
and Kentucky, p. 3, 23.
[10] Ronsheim, The Stamm Family of Ohio
and Kentucky, p. 23, 24.
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