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     John Wesemann, son of Heinrich Dietrich Conrad "Henry" Wesemann and Catherine Wansing, was born on February 8, 1865 in Madison County, Illinois.^1,2 He was baptized on February 26, 1865 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Pleasant Ridge, Madison County, Illinois, sponsors were Hermann Wanzing, Johann Wanzing, Conrad Hartmann and Bernhard Wanzing.¹ His baptism name was Johann Hermann Conrad Bernhard.¹
John died on January 25, 1943 in Glen Carbon, Madison County, Illinois, at age 77.² His obituary was published in the Edwardsville Intelligencer Newspaper on January 26, 1943.² His cause of death was stated to be after a fall on January 13, he contracted pneumonia which caused his death. This was confirmed by the inquest that was held that evening.² His obituary stated:

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His funeral service was held on January 29, 1943 at Schneider Funeral Home, Madison County, Illinois.² He was buried on January 29, 1943 in Glen Carbon Cemetery in Glen Carbon, Madison County, Illinois.²

     Carl Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Bode, son of Heinrich Bode and Louise Taake, was born on May 19, 1865 in Madison County, Illinois.¹ He was baptized on June 4, 1865 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Pleasant Ridge, Madison County, Illinois, sponsors were Carl Blettenburg, Christian Buhrmeister, Heinrich Klausing and Wilhelm Deterding.¹

     Anna Maria Sophie Mathilde Spönemann, daughter of Christian Spönemann and Louise Pohs, was born on October 30, 1865 in Madison County, Illinois.¹ She was baptized on November 5, 1865 at at home, Pleasant Ridge, Madison County, Illinois, sponsors were Anna Krome, Maria Blaass, Sophie Altag, Maria Wille, Mathilde Witte and Sophie Storkmann.¹
     She was enumerated with her parent Christian Spönemann on the 1870 U. S. Census for township 3 north, range 8 west, Madison County, Illinois. She was listed as a five-year-old white female born in Illinois.²
Anna died before March, 1953.³
     Anna Maria Sophie Mathilde Spönemann was not mentioned in Christian Wilhelm Ehrenreich Spönemann's obituary on March 4, 1953and presumed to have preceding the deceased in death.³

     Maria Elisabetha Frese, daughter of Johann Heinrich Frese Sr. and Margarethe Bertels, was born on January 4, 1866 in Madison County, Illinois.¹ She was baptized on February 1, 1866 at at home, Madison County, Illinois, sponsors were Elisabetha Schürmann, Elisabetha Maucher and Meta Albers.¹
     Maria was enumerated with her parent Johann Heinrich Frese Sr. under the name of "Mary" on the 1870 U. S. Census for township 3 north, range 8 west, Madison County, Illinois. She was listed as a four-year-old white female born in Illinois.²

     Emma Minna Maria Dorothea Wahrenburg, daughter of Friedrich Wahrenburg and Sophie Blaass, was born on December 16, 1866 in Madison County, Illinois.¹ She was baptized on January 13, 1867 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Pleasant Ridge, Madison County, Illinois, sponsors were Minna Blaass, Maria Blaass and Dorothea Blaass.¹

     Friedrich Heinrich Christian "Fred" Wesemann, son of Heinrich Dietrich Conrad "Henry" Wesemann and Catherine Wansing, was born on July 21, 1867 in Madison County, Illinois.¹ He was baptized on August 4, 1867 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Pleasant Ridge, Madison County, Illinois, sponsors were Friedrich Rasche, Heinrich Hartmann and Johann Christian Schöttle.¹
     Friedrich married Pauline (?) in 1894.²
     Friedrich is a head of household, under the name of "Fred Weseman", on the 1900 U. S. Census for Collinsville Township, Madison County, Illinois. He was identified as a 32-year-old married male born in Illinois in July 1867. Both of his parents were born in Germany. He was a coal miner who was out of work for two months during the year. Enumerated with him were: his wife, Pauline, his son Gottlieb, his daughter Ester.²

     Heinrich August Richmann, son of Heinrich August Richmann and Anna Maria Charlotte Kölling, was born on December 18, 1868 in Madison County, Illinois.¹ He was baptized on December 20, 1868 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Pleasant Ridge, Madison County, Illinois, sponsors were Heinrich Settmeier, Heinrich Ohlemeier and Heinrich Kölling.¹

     Heinrich August Diepholz, son of Fred W. Diepholz and Christiana L. Büsking, was born on April 8, 1869 in Madison County, Illinois.¹ He was baptized on April 20, 1869 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Pleasant Ridge, Madison County, Illinois, sponsors were Heinrich Büsking and Heinrich Diepholz.¹
     Heinrich married Maria Nordmeyer, daughter of Frederich Wilhelm Nordmeyer and Charlotte Steinman, on April 28, 1895 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Illinois.^2,3,4
     Heinrich August Diepholz attended a party in honor of Henry Nordmeyer to celebrate his eightieth birthday held by Henry Nordmeyer on August 22, 1937 at Fort Kaskaskia Park, Fort Gage, Randolph County, Illinois.⁵
     A party was held for Heinrich August and Maria in honor of their forty-fifty wedding anniversary on April 28, 1940 at Fort Russell, Madison County, Illinois. Dinner and supper were served to forty-two guests. Among those attending were Charles Stanley Gerstenecker, Mrs. Frieda Gerstenecker, Fred W. Diepholz, Mrs. Magdalena Coroniotis, Constant Crist "Costos" Coroniotis, Louis H. Diepholz, Fred Klopmeier, Hilda C. Klopmeier and Emma Diepholz.⁶
     Heinrich August Diepholz was listed in Wilhelmine "Minnie" Diepholz's obituary as surviving.⁷
Heinrich died on April 13, 1946 at Fort Russell Township in Madison County, Illinois, at age 77.^3,4 He was buried in April, 1946 in St. James Cemetery in Fort Russell Township, Madison County, Illinois.⁴

     Charlotte Wilhelmine Karoline Richmann, daughter of Heinrich August Richmann and Anna Maria Charlotte Kölling, was born on February 16, 1871 in Madison County, Illinois.¹ She was baptized on February 26, 1871 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Pleasant Ridge, Madison County, Illinois, sponsors were Mrs. Ohlemeyer Sr., Mrs. Sepmeyer and Mrs. Kölling.¹

     Heinrich Christian August Gerling, son of Charles "Carl" Gerling and Augusta Louise Pauline Fangenroth, was born on March 10, 1871 in Madison County, Illinois.¹ He was baptized on March 19, 1871 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Pleasant Ridge, Madison County, Illinois, sponsors were Christian Gerling, Heinrich Taake and August Rönnebeck.¹

     Friedrich Hermann Heinrich Horstmann, son of Carl Christian Heinrich Horstmann and Maria Louise Haselohe, was born on June 20, 1871 in Madison County, Illinois.¹ He was baptized on June 25, 1871 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Pleasant Ridge, Madison County, Illinois, sponsors were (?) Wieboldt, Hermann Krüger, H. Grönemeyer and H. Ilsemann.²

     Peter Klepper was born circa 1845.¹
     Peter married Sophia Spönemann, daughter of Christian Spönemann and Louise Pohs, circa 1868.¹

     Christian Hermann Karl Klepper, son of Peter Klepper and Sophia Spönemann, was born on January 11, 1871 in Madison County, Illinois.¹ He was baptized on June 29, 1871 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Pleasant Ridge, Madison County, Illinois, sponsors were Christian Spönemann Sr., Christian Spönemann Jr. and Hermann Frese.¹

     Friedrich Christian Diepholz, son of Fred W. Diepholz and Christiana L. Büsking, was born on October 12, 1871 in Madison County, Illinois.¹ He was baptized on October 29, 1871 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Pleasant Ridge, Madison County, Illinois, sponsors were Christian Gerling and Friedrich Tiemann.¹
Friedrich died before 1946.²
     Friedrich Christian Diepholz was not mentioned in Wilhelmine "Minnie" Diepholz's obituaryand presumed to have preceding the deceased in death.²

     Ernst Friedrich Otto Kosten, son of Otto Kosten and Catharine Webers, was born on April 12, 1874 in Madison County, Illinois.¹ He was baptized on May 10, 1874 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Pleasant Ridge, Madison County, Illinois, sponsors were Mrs. Anna (wife of Carl Costen), Ernst Costen and Jacob Weber.¹

     Christian August Hermann Wesemann, son of Heinrich Dietrich Conrad "Henry" Wesemann and Catherine Wansing, was born on July 19, 1874 in Madison County, Illinois.¹ He was baptized on July 26, 1874 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Pleasant Ridge, Madison County, Illinois, sponsors were August Tegtmeyer, Hermann Wesemann and Christian Hostmann.¹

     Aurele Amalia Louise Sophie Strathman, daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm Strathman and Sophie Maria Graeper, was born on May 29, 1875 in Madison County, Illinois.¹ She was baptized on June 4, 1875 at at home, Madison County, Illinois, sponsors were Mrs. Louise (wife of H.Stratmann) and Mrs. Louise (wife of sepmeier).¹

     Julia Sepmeyer, daughter of Carl Friedrich Sepmeyer and Amalia Louise "Louisa" Strathman, was born on September 6, 1875 in Madison County, Illinois.³ She was baptized on October 3, 1875 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Pleasant Ridge, Madison County, Illinois, sponsors were Ann Ilsebein Sepmeier, Katharine Schoettle, Sophie Stratmann and Henriette Brosend.³ Her baptism name was Julie Agatha Dorothea.³
     She was enumerated as the daughter of Carl Friedrich Sepmeyer under the name of "Julie A. D. Sepmeyer" on the 1900 U. S. Census for Collinsville Township, Madison County, Illinois. She was listed as a single 24-year-old female born in Illinois. She was not attending school or working outside the home.⁴
     She was enumerated as the daughter of Carl Friedrich Sepmeyer on the 1910 U. S. Census for Pleasant Ridge, Madison County, Illinois. She was listed as a single 29-year-old female.⁵
     She was enumerated as the daughter of Carl Friedrich Sepmeyer on the 1920 U. S. Census for Illinois. She was listed as a single 44-year-old white female born in Illinois.¹
     She lived with her parent, Amalia Louise, in 1930 at Collinsville Township in Illinois.⁶
     She was enumerated as the daughter of Amalia Louise "Louisa" Strathman on the 1930 U. S. Census for Collinsville Township, Illinois. She was listed as a single 52-year-old woman born in Illinois, her father was born in Germany and her mother in Missouri.⁶
Julia died on February 4, 1936 at Bluff Road in Peters Station, Madison County, Illinois, at age 60.^7,2 Her cause of death was snake root poisoning. Western Water Hemlock (Cicuta douglasii) Other Names: Cowbane, poison parsnip, wild parsnip, snake root, snakeweed, spotted hemlock, poison hemlock. Habitat: Marshes, stream banks, slough margins and other wet places.
Description: Perennial, reproducing by seeds.
Stems: 0.5-2 m tall, often with purplish spots, base is swollen and divided into narrow chambers by horizontal crosswalls and has several tuberous, thickened roots.
Leaves: Alternate, compound pinnate - the leaf stalk has secondary leaf stalks bearing leaflets, leaflets 3-10 cm long, 0.5 - 3.5 cm wide with saw-toothed edges.
Flowers: White, small, in compound umbels (an umbel is a cluster of flowers with each flower stalk arising from the same point), narrow bracts around the base of the small clusters only, not at the base of the main flower head.
Seeds: 2 per flower, each seed having prominent ribs
This plant is extremely poisonous to people and livestock. The most poisonous parts are the roots and stem bases. Prepared by: Crop Protection Section Plant Industry Branch Saskatchewan Agriculture October 1981.

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Trematol is a metabolic poison derived from the white snake root. Cows eating this plant concentrate the poison in their milk. The poison inhibits liver enzymes that convert lactic acid to other compounds for metabolism. Why does physical exertion increase symptoms of poisoning by trematol? Why does the pH of the blood decrease in a person who has digested trematol?

Fermentation and blood pH: Lactic acid is produced in our cells in the absence of sufficient oxygen in a process called fermentation. Our muscles in particular use the conversion of pyruvate produced in glycolysis to lactic acid to regenerate NAD+ from NADH, allowing continued ATP production from glycolysis.

Lactic acid build up leads to the symptoms of trematol poisoning. Exertion would increase lactic acid production by our muscles, and an inability to metabolize lactic acid in our liver due to tremetol would result in a build up of lactic acid in our blood, decreasing the pH.

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Milk Sick: Poising resulting from the drinking of milk produced by a cow who had eaten a plant known as white snake root.

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Her obituary was published in the Edwardsville Intelligencer Newspaper on February 5, 1936.² Her obituary stated:

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     Her wake was held at Schroeppel's Undertaking Parlor, Collinsville, Madison County, Illinois.²
Her funeral service was held on February 7, 1936 at Holy Cross Evangelical Lutheran Church, Collinsville, Madison County, Illinois.² She was buried on February 7, 1936 in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery in Pleasant Ridge, Madison County, Illinois.²
     Administrator's Notice was prepared in connection with the estate of Julia Sepmeyer on February 25, 1937 by J. F. Gillham. The document contained the following "The undersigned, administrator of the estate of Julia Sepmeyer, deceased, hereby gives notice that he will appear before the Probate Court of Madison County, at the court house in Edwardsville, on the first Monday of May next, at which time all persons having claims against said estate are notified to attend for the purpose of having the same adjusted.⁸
     Julia Sepmeyer died intestate and J. F. Gillham was named administrator.⁹
     Proof of heirship was prepared in connection with the estate of Julia Sepmeyer on March 4, 1937.¹⁰
     Julia Sepmeyer was mentioned in Henry G. Sepmeyer's obituary on September 2, 1966 as preceding the deceased in death.¹¹
     Julia Sepmeyer was mentioned in Laura Sepmeyer's obituary in February, 1978 as preceding the deceased in death.⁷

     Anna Wansing, daughter of Johann Heinrich Wansing and Louise Mundmann, was born on December 20, 1875 in Madison County, Illinois.¹ She was baptized on January 6, 1876 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Pleasant Ridge, Madison County, Illinois, sponsors were Anna Wernsing, Johann Budde, Maria Frese, Charlotte Brueggmann, Katharine Wernsing and Karoline Wernsing. The service was performed by Pastor Holst.¹

      Johann Heinrich August Dannenberg was also known as Herman. Johann Heinrich August Dannenberg, son of Johann Heinrich Friedrich "Henry" Dannenberg and Catharine Altag, was born on March 3, 1876 in Madison County, Illinois.¹ He was baptized on March 26, 1876 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Pleasant Ridge, Madison County, Illinois, sponsors were Heinrich Gronemeier, Heinrich Holz, Heinrich Schuinke, Christian Altag and (?) Busking.¹
     He was enumerated as the son of Johann Heinrich Friedrich "Henry" Dannenberg under the name of "Herman Danenburg" on the 1880 U. S. Census for Collinsville Township, Madison County, Illinois. He was listed as a four-year-old white male born in Illinois.²
     Johann Heinrich August Dannenberg was mentioned in Catharine Altag's obituary in January, 1928 as preceding the deceased in death.³
Johann died on February 4, 1928 in Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois, at age 51.⁴ His obituary was published in the Edwardsville Intelligencer Newspaper on February 9, 1928.⁴ His obituary stated:

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His funeral service was held on February 7, 1928 at Illinois.⁴

     (?) Peters was born circa 1800 in Hannover, Region Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.¹

     Wilhelm Peters, son of (?) Peters, was born circa 1850.¹
     Wilhelm married Caroline Nehmans.¹

     Caroline Nehmans was born circa 1852.¹
     Caroline married Wilhelm Peters, son of (?) Peters.¹

     Maria Doris Dina Peters, daughter of Wilhelm Peters and Caroline Nehmans, was born on August 16, 1876 in Madison County, Illinois.¹ She was baptized on September 15, 1876 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Pleasant Ridge, Madison County, Illinois, sponsors were Maria Stunkel and Maria Blume.¹

     Wilhelmina Sophia Maria Agnes Strathman, daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm Strathman and Sophie Maria Graeper, was born on January 10, 1877 in Madison County, Illinois.¹ She was baptized on January 28, 1877 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Pleasant Ridge, Madison County, Illinois, sponsors were Sophie Büsking, W. Bormester and M. Heineke.¹

     Heinrich Wilhelm Christian Spönemann, son of Christian Spönemann and Christina Carolina "Doris, Dorothea" Blaass, was born on February 14, 1877 in Madison County, Illinois.¹ He was baptized on February 18, 1877 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Pleasant Ridge, Madison County, Illinois, sponsors were W. Blas, Heinrich Brüggemann and Heinrich Frese.¹

     Georg Christian Heinrich Spönemann, son of Christian Spönemann and Christina Carolina "Doris, Dorothea" Blaass, was born on October 8, 1874 in Madison County, Illinois.¹ He was baptized on June 20, 1875 at at home, Madison County, Illinois, sponsors were Heinrich Blaass, Georg Frese and Dietrich Meier.¹

     Frederick W. Sepmeyer, son of Carl Friedrich Sepmeyer and Amalia Louise "Louisa" Strathman, was born on October 3, 1877 in Madison County, Illinois.² He was baptized on October 28, 1877 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Pleasant Ridge, Madison County, Illinois, sponsors were Heinrich Johann Sepmeier, Julius Heinicke, W. Stratmann and Julius Stratmann.² His baptism name was Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm.²
     He was enumerated as the son of Carl Friedrich Sepmeyer on the 1900 U. S. Census for Collinsville Township, Madison County, Illinois. He was listed as a 22-year-old single male born in Illinois. He could read and write and was employed as a farm laborer.¹
     He was enumerated as the son of Carl Friedrich Sepmeyer on the 1910 U. S. Census for Pleasant Ridge, Madison County, Illinois. He was listed as a single 32-year-old male.³ Frederick W. Sepmeyer was a pallbearer at the funeral of Louise Berghorn on December 17, 1920.⁴
Frederick died before 1966.^5,6
     Frederick W. Sepmeyer was mentioned in Henry G. Sepmeyer's obituary on September 2, 1966 as preceding the deceased in death.⁶
     Frederick W. Sepmeyer was mentioned in Laura Sepmeyer's obituary in February, 1978 as preceding the deceased in death.⁵

      Conrad Friedrich Wilhelm Witte was also known as William Fredric Conrad.² Conrad Friedrich Wilhelm Witte, son of J. D. Conrad Witte and Louise "Elise" Krome, was born on December 20, 1877 in Madison County, Illinois.¹ He was baptized on January 1, 1878 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Pleasant Ridge, Madison County, Illinois, sponsors were Conrad Witte Sr. and Friedrich Lange.¹

     He was baptized on November 7, 1879 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Pleasant Ridge, Madison County, Illinois, sponsors were G. Frese and Johann Spönemann.¹ Georg Johann Wilhelm Frese, son of Heinrich Frese and Caroline Spönemann, was born on November 7, 1879 in Madison County, Illinois.¹