Graff, Emma Margaretha

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George served with Co. H, Ninth Regiment, Ohio Infantry Volunteers during the Civil War. He was injured in Lebanon, Kentucky, in March 1862, while helping to move a supply wagon. He received a medical discharge in May 1862. George, who was a carpenter before the War, was no longer able to work as a laborer after his injuries.

George heiratete Gösswein, Catharina am 14 Feb 1864 in Cincinnati,Hamilton County,Ohio,USA. Catharina wurde geboren am 25 Aug 1842 in Willmersbach [91466],Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim,Bayern,Deutschland; gestorben in Jul 1923 in Evansville,Vanderburgh County,Indiana,USA. [Familienblatt] [Familientafel]

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Kate Gößwein, daughter of Johann Adam Gößwein and Elizabeth Barbara Rotter, was born in Wilmersbach, Germany, in 1842, and emigrated to the United States in April 1861. Kate traveled steerage on the steamship Bavaria, from Hamburg, Germany to the port of New York.

Kate moved to Cincinnati, where she married George Graff in 1864. They had six children: Andrew (1864-1943), George (1864-1875), Elisabeth (1868-1868), Anna (1870-1953), Emma (1873-1963), and Lena (1875-1952).

After George's death in October 1874, Kate married again, to Herman Ludwig, in Cincinnati, on 22 April 1875. Kate and Herman had one son, Lyell Jacob Ludwig, born 28 March 1879.

They moved briefly to Owensboro, Kentucky, then on to Evansville, Indiana, where they were living by 1881.

After Herman's death in 1907, Kate lived in Evansville with her eldest son, Andrew Graff, above the grocery store at 1300 Virginia Avenue, which Andy owned and managed.

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"von Willmersbach Landg...Neustadt..."