Middle Creek and Sacred Heart Settlers Involved in the 1862 Dakota Conflict Middle Creek Settlement

Those Killed Those Taken Captive Those Who Escaped Notes

Boelter, Gottlieb and wife Justina Evangelical Association members; parents of John and Michael Boelter

Boelter, John and children Amelia Boelter, John's wife Justina and baby Evangelical Association members and unnamed child Julius

Boelter, Michael's wife Beata and children Boelter, Michael Evangelical Association member; Wilhelmina, Justine, Pauline Michael later married his widowed sister-in-law Justina Boelter

Busse, Gottfried, wife Wilhelmina, and Busse children August, Minnie, Amelia Evangelical Assoc. members; Minnie children Bertha, Caroline, Augusta wrote book as Minnie Buce Carrigan

Hauff, Ernest, wife Augustine, and Evangelical Association members Ernest, Jr., Frederick, Atillia, and unnamed child

Inenfeldt, William Inenfeldt, William's wife Wilhelmina and Evangelical Association members; baby Bertha (b. April 1862) Wilhelmina daughter of John Zitzlaff

John Kochendorfer, wife Katherine, Kochendorfer children John, Rose, Evangelical Association members child Sarah Kate, and Margaret

Lentz, Augusta, daughter of Ernest Lentz, Ernest and wife W. and three Evangelical Association members children

Lentz, T. and wife F. Evangelical Association members

Those Killed Those Taken Captive Those Who Escaped Notes Lettou, John, and son Lettou, John's wife Ann and children Evangelical Association members F., A., August, and W.

Mannweiler, Gottlieb Mannweiler, Gottlieb's wife C. Evangelical Association members; C. Lentz was daughter of Ernest Lentz

Meyer, John's wife Caroline and children Meyer, John Evangelical Association members; John, Sarah, Lydia Caroline was daughter of John Zitzlaff

Reyff, Eusebius, wife Margreth, and children Reyff, Eusebius's children Mary and Evangelical Association members; Benjamin, Annie Emanuel Eusebius Jr., May, and Emma away at work

Roessler, John, wife Justina and children Evangelical Association members; Justine, Albert, and Gustav Justina Roessler, Dorothea Krause, and Rosina Hennig (Sacred Heart settlement) were sisters; maiden name Fleming

Roessler, Frederick Evangelical Association member; brother to John Roessler; unmarried

Schmidt, William, wife Louise, and Schmidt, Minnie (later died) Evangelical Association members two unnamed children Also called Minnie Smith in narratives

Seder, Christian Louis Evangelical Association minister who led services of Middle Creek and Sacred Heart congregations on Sunday, August 17, 1862, at John Lettou home; Born 1830 Hannover Germany (CB)

Those Killed Those Taken Captive Those Who Escaped Notes

Schwandt, Johann, wife Christina, and Schwandt, Mary, daughter of Johann Schwandt, August, son of Johann Evangelical Association members; children Frederick, Christian Also called Mary Swan in trial transcripts Sieg, John, wife Anna and children Evangelical Association members; Anna Louisa, Emmy, Amelia, and Frederick was daughter of John Zitzlaff

Thiele, Louis's wife Elizabeth and three unnamed Thiele, Louis Evangelical Association members children

Walz, John and wife Caroline Evangelical Association members; Caroline was daughter of Johann Schwandt

Zitlaff, John Evangelical Association member

Zitlaff, Michael, and wife Mary Evangelical Association members Michael was son of John Zitzlaff, Mary was daughter of Benedict Juni, Sr.

Sacred Heart Settlement

Frass, August Frass, August's wife Justina and Justina Frass, Amelia Lange, and children Berta and Amelia Pauline Urban were sisters; Doege was maiden name

Frass, John Likely brother to August Frass

Gluth, August Gluth, unnamed, father of August

Grundman, Emil, and wife and three Evangelical Association members unnamed children

Those Killed Those Taken Captive Those Who Escaped Notes

Hennig, August, wife Rosina, and three Evangelical Association members; often unnamed children named Horning in accounts; maiden name Fleming Kitzman, Paul, wife Dorothea, and children Kitzman, Paul's children Louis, Gustav Evangelical Association members Pauline, Wilhelmina, and baby Paul Jr. (Gustav killed during captivity)

Krause, Frederick's wife Dorothea, Krause, Frederick Evangelical Association members; children Frederick Jr. and Emma, and Usually misidentified as T. Krause. niece Pauline Wallner Pauline misidentified as Frederick's sister-in-law. Maiden name Fleming Immigrated 1857 to Marquette Co WI. Krueger, Frederick, and unnamed son Krueger, Frederick's daughter Henrietta Krueger, Frederick's wife Justina, and Evangelical Association members; children Tillie, Caroline, Minnie, John G. Justina was a sister to Paul Kitzman Lange, Gotlieb Lange, and Lizzie Lange Spelled Krieger in many accounts

Lammers, William Lammers, William's wife Sophia and Evangelical Association members children Frederick and Charles

Lange, Amelia and two children Unknown if husband

Nichols, wife, and one son Nichols, Henrietta Nichols, husband Likely Evangelical Association members; Henrietta Nichols was cousin to Augusta Lentz (Middle Creek settlement)

Thiele, John, John's wife,and two sons Likely Evangelical Association members; sometimes identified as Tille

Uris Untermach Evangelical Association member

Those Killed Those Taken Captive Those Who Escaped Notes

Urban, John's wife Pauline and children Urban, John, and son August Ernestine, Rose, Louise, Albert, Pauline

Wagner, Michael Epileptic brother of Mrs. Paul Kitzman

Yess, Michael's daughter Henrietta Yess, Michael, wife C. and son August Zabel, Gottlieb Zabel, Gottlieb's wife Anna Evangelical Association members

Compiled by Gayle Coyer Great-great-grandniece of Pauline Wallner, in the Krause Family February 2013 Origins Notes *

Immigrated 1855, first WI, then MN. Born Grand Duchy of , (CB)

First Name Frederick. Immigrated 1855. Born Gross Herozthum, Posen Province, Prussia (CB)

Born Brandenburg, Prussia. Immigrated 1857 to Fox River, WI (CB)

Immigrated 1853 from Posen to NY, 1857 to MN. Maiden name was Fechner (CB)

Born Posen Province, Prussia. Immigrated Canada West (Ontario); 1860 to Beaver River [Creek] (CB) John born 1828; Katherine born 1830, maiden name Lechler; Immigrated 1849 from Wurtt [?] (CB) Immigrated from New Grunau, Marienwerder, West Prussia, 1857 (CB)

Immigrated from Brandenburg Prussia to WI; to MN 1859; to Beaver Creek 1860 (CB) Spelling alternate Meier; immigrated 1858 (CB)

Alternate spelling Rief; immigrated from Canton Berne, Switzerland to Jefferson Co, WI; 1860 to Forest City, MN (CB) Justine born Radsitz, Lobsens Parish, , Posen, Prussia April 1837; immigrated with Carl and Rosina Fleming family to Marquette Co WI 1856. John born Radwonke, Kolmar Parish, Kreis Kolmar, Posen Province, Prussia

William born Pomerania; immigrated 1857, settled near New Ulm (CB)

Immigrated 1846; conversion 1846 Fox River Mission; married Ursula Saxe; 1858 minister WI Conference; served 1858-60 Buffalo County Mission; 1860 to Iowa Conference serving Preston Mission, MN; 1862 elder to New Ulm Mission (CB) Origins Notes John born Grunau, Marienwerder, West Prussia; converted 1848 Little Cotton- wood; 1857 w/ Zitzlaff family to MN (CB) Maiden name Hack. Louis immigrated in childhood to Jefferson Co, WI; to MN 1861 (CB)

Born Nakel, Posen Province, Prussia Born 1800 (CB) Michael converted 1859 (CB)

Immigrated 1853 from Prussia to Mar- quette Co WI; moved 1862 to MN (CB)

Both borh Radsitz, Lobsens Parish, Posen Province, Prussia; Rosina born April 1833; 1856 to WI; to MN 1862 (CB.) Dorothea born about 1834, maiden name Wagner. Paul born 1820, Radsitz, Posen, Prussia; 1856 to Marquette Co WI (CB). Frederick born Aug 7 1830 Polichno, Nakel Parish, Kreis Witsitz, Posen; Dorothea b. Feb 1835 Radsitz, Lobsens Parish, Kreis Wirsitz. Pauline b. March 5 1851 Veronika, Exin Parish, K. Schubin. Frederick b. 1823 Oschenk, Kreis Brom- berg, Posen Porvince, Prussia; immigra- ted 1853 to Marquette Co, WI (CB).

Origins Notes Born Oschenk, Kreis , Posen Province, Prussia; immigrated 1861 to Marquette Co WI

*"CB" reference is to the book, "Index to Oobituaries Abstracted from Der Christliche Botschafter of the Evangelical Church 1836-1866" by Mrs. A.R. Seder, 1967 which included obituaries from some of the church members killed in the Conflict.