Adam Oetzel1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 7386, (1852 - 1903)
FatherGeorge Oetzel4 (13 Jul 1817 - 5 Jan 1870)
MotherAnna Catharina Berck4 (27 Feb 1814 - 5 Feb 1876)

Key Events:

Birth: 15 Jul 1852, No. 56, Breitenbach5,6,7
Marriage: 18 Jan 1877, Tazewell Co., Illinois, Caroline Glabe (8 Nov 1852 - 24 Mar 1927)8,9,10
Death: 13 Mar 1903, Farmdale, Illinois11,12,13
Burial: Farmdale Cemetery, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois2,14
ChartsDescendants of Jakob and Anna Katharina Glebe

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Narrative:

     Adam Oetzel was born on 15 Jul 1852 in No. 56, Breitenbach, (since 1971 part of Breiten-am-Hertzberg, Hesse-Kassel.)5,6,7 He was baptized on 1 Aug 1852 in Breitenbach, with farmer Adam Berck from Reckerode as sponsor.4
Adam & Caroline (Glabe) Oetzel tombstone
courtesy Amelia Crombie, Washington, Illinois
He was confirmed on 8 Apr 1866 in Breitenbach.15
     Adam immigrated in 1872 and later was naturalized.16
     Adam married Caroline Glabe, daughter of Johann Jakob Glebe and Anna Katharina Stein, on 18 Jan 1877 in Tazewell Co., Illinois.8,9,10 Adam settled in Farmdale after he immigrated to the United States.17
     After their marriage, Adam and Caroline lived at the old Glabe homestead in Farmdale, where all of their children were born.17 They appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, enumerated 1 Jun 1880. Their daughter Katie was listed as living with them.3
     Adam and Caroline appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, enumerated 22 Jun 1900, reporting the family owned its farm, mortgage free. Their children Katie, Margaret, Louis, Edward, Nellie, Clara, Rudolph and Viola were listed as living with them.16
     Adam was a farmer.3,16 On the morning of 13 Mar 1903 as he was working on his farm near Farmdale, William Minch, ex-husband of his sister Margaret, rode up. It seems that he asked for feed for his horse, as they went into the barn and Adam climbed the stairs, apparently to throw down some hay. At this point William shot Adam in the back. Hearing the commotion, Adam's wife in the house sent her sons, Edward and Louis, to the barn. As they approached the barn William came out with his horse. He spoke pleasantly of the weather, asked as to their health and, getting through the gate, rode off. Edward ran into the barn, heard his father groan and found him voiceless and dying at the top of the stairs.18,19,20
     Adam died on 13 Mar 1903 in Farmdale, Illinois, at age 50.11,12,13 He was buried in Farmdale Cemetery, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois.2,14

Children:
     Children with Caroline Glabe:

Citations

  1. [S3532] Möhle, "Research Report: (Oetzel)", citing Breitenbach 1852 – 1880, Baptisms 1852 p 2 no. 8, shows name as Adam Oetzel.
  2. [S3479] Farmdale Cemetery, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., ILL, online.
  3. [S1917] Adam Oetcel household, 1880 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  4. [S3532] Möhle, "Research Report: (Oetzel)", citing Breitenbach 1852 – 1880, Baptisms 1852 p 2 no. 8.
  5. [S3532] Möhle, "Research Report: (Oetzel)", citing Breitenbach 1852 – 1880, Baptisms 1852 p 2 no. 8, shows date.
  6. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, shows date, town, as Breiten-am-Hertzberg (a town formed in 1971 from three towns, including Breitenbach) and state, as Hesse-Kassel.
  7. [S3496] Adam Oetzel household, 1900 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows month, year, age 47 and country, as Germany.
  8. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, shows year.
  9. [S1917] Adam Oetcel household, 1880 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows married.
  10. [S1195] Illinois State Archives, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900, online, record for Carolinie Glabe and Adam Atzel, citing vol D pg 60, shows date and county.
  11. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, shows date, place, murderer as "a fanatic named Minch," Oetzel was working on his barn, and that Minch was shot while trying to excape.
  12. [S3479] Farmdale Cemetery, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., ILL, online, shows date.
  13. [S3186] "Diabolism of Minch," Muskegon Daily Chronicle, 14 Mar 1903, dated Peoria, 14 Mar, shows name of murderer and Adam was Minch's brother-in-law.
  14. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, shows buried in "the small Farmdale Cemetery, Farmdale."
  15. [S3532] Möhle, "Research Report: (Oetzel)", citing Breitenbach Konfirmationen 1852-1880, 1866 p – no. 6.
  16. [S3496] Adam Oetzel household, 1900 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  17. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family.
  18. [S3544] "William Minch Kills Adam Oetzel and Slays Himself," The Washington News, 19 Mar 1903, provides detailed account.
  19. [S3186] "Diabolism of Minch," Muskegon Daily Chronicle, 14 Mar 1903, provides briefer version, as does the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio, 15 Mar 1903, pg 35.
  20. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, pg 29, shows murderer as "a fanatic named Minch," Oetzel was working in his barn, and that Minch was shot while trying to escape.
  21. [S8194] Marriage Register, Tazewell Co., Illinois, 2:176, no. 5438, George Schuck and Katie E. Oetzel.
  22. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Margaret Stumpf, citing FHL #1983456 and cert no 25626.
  23. [S8194] Marriage Register, Tazewell Co., Illinois, 3:128, no. 9806, Philipp Ropp and Nellie Oetzel.
  24. [S13219] Nellie Ropp obituary, The Pantagraph.
  25. [S398] Hutchison, e-mail to author (100), 27 Jul 2001.