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Michael Tessendorf and his wife, Dora, came from Germany to Wisconsin in 1856. In 1858, he came to Kansas, bringing with him the following children: Mina (Mrs. William Nickals, of Laclede), Louisa [Mrs. John Eichem, of Westmoreland], and Frederick, of Laclede. August, Herman, and Anna [Mrs. William Schane], were born here. He settled first on the Fred Schwartzenberger farm, near Neuchatel, where he lived until 1870, when he moved to where his son, Herman, lives. When he drove through from Wisconsin to this locality, his route from the Valley Falls lay past Holton. When he got so far that he thought he must have reached this place, he inquired where the place was, and was told that he had passed it. On turning around and looking for the town that was shown him, he saw only a long rambling shed, without windows, standing alone on the prairie. This contained a store and the postoffice, but he had no idea that such a dilapidated, ill-shaped building could be what stood for the name of a place. In 1861, Mr.Tessendorf had been to Topeka, and in coming home, he found the Vermillion, at the Wasson crossing was up, but being anxious to get home he drove into the stream, which was so high that the wagon box was lifted off and carried down the stream; and he saved himself by getting on the wagon tongue, and with one hand guided the horses while with the other he held on to the backband of one of the horse's harness.
Brother William marries Dorothea Louise Kopplin, daugher of Christian F. Kopplin and Anna Christina Gutzmer. Could this be the C.F. Kopplin born 1818, died in KS? LDS records show his birth as 1809 and that he died in 1864, Doelitz. This could be another C.F. that died in Doelitz
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