Karl Frederick "Charles" Franzmathes

1845 - 1944  (98 years)

• Name	Karl Frederick "Charles" Franzmathes
  Born	13 Aug 1845	Freudenberg, Mosbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	CA 1858	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-223745
  Died	17 Feb 1944	Smith Center, Smith, Kansas, United States   [1]
  Buried	Crystal Plains Cemtery, Smith Center, Smith, Kansas, United States
  Person ID	I223745	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Anselm Franciscus Martinus Franzmathes,   b. 26 Feb 1801, Krautheim, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany ,   d. 25 Feb 1993  (Age 191 years)
  Mother	Anna Christina Josepha "Christina" Reichert,   b. 7 Apr 1804, , Germany ,   d. 22 Mar 1860, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 55 years)
  Married	27 Oct 1830	Freudenberg, Mosbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany   [2, 3]
  Family ID	F44930	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He was born in Freudenberg, Germany, the son of Anselm Franzmathes and Christina Josepha Reichert. He was the 24th person in the United States to file for 80 acres of land under the Timber Culture Act of March 3, 1873. From his OBITUARY: "72 of his 98 years were spent in Smith County. He arrived here in the year 1873 when Smith Center had a scale and one building but he saw in the fertile farmlands of what was later named Crystal Plains and Banner the answer to the desires of his parents to find the greater promises in America. He and his wife whom he had married in 1864, and who lived until 1934, to celebrated with her mate 70 years of wedded bliss, homesteaded a tract of land in Banner the year they arrived here, and on this farm they lived the next 46 years, raising their fine famiy of 11 children and helping to create Hummer and Smith Center." "7 children survive their father: Henry and Charles Franzmathes, Mrs. Elizabeth Breon, Mrs. Sarah Welmer, Mrs Ida Nelson, Smith Center; Mrs. Bertha Walker, Lincoln Neb. and Fred Franzmathes, Kansas City, MO. There are also 19 grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren and 3 great-great grandchildren. Mr Franzmathes's brothers and sister preceeded him in death." Cemetery, Crystal, North America, Smith County, Smith Center, and Crystal Cemetery. 1845. " Karl Frederick "Charles" Franzmathes (1845-1944)...". Findagrave.Com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20467887/karl-frederick-franzmathes.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20467887/karl-frederick-franzmathes. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127747896/anna-christina_josepha-franzmathes. [S2304] Germany, Select Marriages, 1558-1929. Name:Anselm Franzmathes Gender:Male Marriage Date:27. Okt 1830 (27 Oct 1830) Marriage Place:Katholisch, Freudenberg, Mosbach, Baden Father:Johann Joseph Franzmathes Mother:Johanna Bleitzel Spouse:Christina Josepha Reichert Father:Anton Reichert Mother:Magdalena Baumgaertner FHL Film Number:1044074 Reference ID:2:TN5MTN

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 Aug 1845 - Freudenberg, Mosbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Residence - CA 1858 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 17 Feb 1944 - Smith Center, Smith, Kansas, United States Buried - - Crystal Plains Cemtery, Smith Center, Smith, Kansas, United States  = Link to Google Earth