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Facts

Birth Name:Ludwig Heinrich Riedesel
Known in U.S. as: L. Henry Riedesel
Birth Date: July 12, 1818
Birth Place: Wunderthausen, district of Wittgenstein, province of Westfalen, kingdom of Prussia
House of Origin: Haase
(Houses in German villages had common names that were often referred to in documents, and which to this day are sometimes used to identify individuals.)
Death Date: July 31, 1894
Place of Death: Wheatland, Clinton County, Iowa
Place of Burial: St. Paul's Cemetery, Wheatland
Marriage(s):
1) Maria Amalia Riedesel, August 8, 1841, Wunderthausen
2) Elisabeth Schumacher, November 21, 1854, Crawford County, Ohio
Emigration: 1845
Settlement: Originally near Galion in Crawford County, Ohio. Pioneer settler at Wheatland in 1855.

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