Pfeffer Report

Pfeffer

Horb, Württemberg, Germany

First Generation

1.	Andreas Pfeffer. Born in Bierlingen, near Horb, Württemberg, Germany, Andreas married Maria Magdalina Sell there on February 3, 1803. Magdalina was born there about 1780. In 1831, their oldest child Felix moved to the United States and settled in Columbiana County, Ohio, and the following year the rest of the family followed, but their trip was marked by tragedy. There was a fire in the hotel they were staying in as they waited to embark in the port city. Their baby perished in the fire, and all of their belongings were destroyed. On 20 Oct 1833, just a year after they got to Dungannon in Columbiana County, Ohio, Andreas died - of a broken heart, the family said. Magdalina died in Dungannon on 27 May 1863; she was 83. Andreas and Magdalena are both are buried in St. Paul Cemetery, Dungannon, Columbiana County, Ohio.

			For many years Andreas Pfeffer's gravestone lay broken in a pile with other broken stones in St. Paul Cemetery in Dungannon, Ohio. When we visited the cemetery in October, 2003, we found that Andreas's stone and a couple of other old broken stones had been repaired and placed upright again. The inscription is: "Hier rut Andreas Pfeffer Starb den 20. Okt, 1833 AD" The English translation for that is: "Here rests Andreas Pfeffer Died Oct. 20, 1833 AD" There appears to be more of the inscription going below the soil line, but I didn't want to cause the stone to topple by removing the soil in order to see the rest of the inscription.


Andreas and Magdalena had the following children:

	i.	Felix. Born on 8 Oct 1802 in Bierlingen, Württemberg, Germany. Felix moved from Germany to Columbiana County, Ohio in 1831, a year before his parents and siblings. Felix married Salome Christinger, and they brought up their family in Lawrence Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. They had the following children: Hannah, Mary, Gideon, Judith, Andrew, and Rachel. Felix died on 13 Apr 1860 in Lawrence Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio at the age of 57. Salome died some time after 1880.

	ii.	Christian. Born in 1806 in Bierlingen, Germany, Christian married Charlotte Davis and brought up their family in Columbiana County, Ohio. They had the following children: Margaret, Andrew, Henry, Charlotte, Frances, and Ann.

2.	iii.	Margareta Walburga (1818-1896).

	iv.	Basilius. Born on 6 Jun 1828 in Bierlingen, Wurttemburg, Germany. Buried in Waldron Hillsdale, Michigan. On 23 Aug 1860, when Basilius was 32, he married Mary Ling in St. Philip Neri Church, Dungannon, Columbiana County, Ohio. After his mother died, Basilius moved to Wright Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan. He and Mary had the following chilren: Mary M., Catherine, Joseph, Anna, Louella, Charles, George, and Lewis. Basilius died on 24 Aug 1903 at the age of 75.

	v.	Joseph.

	vi.	Frances. She married Jacob Schneider, and they settled in Madison County, Missouri.

	vii.	Michlena. Born in 1820, Michlena lived in Wellsburg, Brooke County, West Virginia, where she kept house for the priest until she married George Letzkus. They raised their family in Wellsburg.

	viii.	Helena.

	ix.	Catherine.

	x.	Adam.

Second Generation

2.	Margareta Walburga Pfeffer. Born in 1818 in Bierlingen, Württemburg, Germany, Walburga was 13 years old when her family came to the United States, and fourteen when her father died. On 19 Apr 1838, when Walburga was 20, she married Lewis Brinkey, son of Jacques Bringia (Jacob Brinkey) & Susanna Stehlin, in St. Philip Neri Church, Dungannon, Columbiana County, Ohio. Born on 9 May 1812 in Wolschwiller, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, Lewis died in Hanover Twp., Columbiana County, Ohio on 3 Jun 1886; he was 74. After Lewis died, Walburga's granddaughter Bertha, not quite four years old at the time, came to her house to spend the night with her every evening until Walburga died nearly ten years later in Franklin Twp., Columbiana County, Ohio on 21 Feb 1896; she was 78. She was buried on 24 Feb 1896 in St. Paul Cemetery, Dungannon, Columbiana County, Ohio.

	They had the following children:

		i.	John Joseph Brinkey. Born on 29 May 1839 in Hanover Twp., Columbiana County, Ohio, John Joseph died in childhood in Hanover Twp., Columbiana County, Ohio. Buried in St. Paul Cemetery, Dungannon, Columbiana County, Ohio.

		ii.	Adam Brinkey. Born on 25 Apr 1841 in Hanover Twp., Columbiana County, Ohio, Adam died there on 11 Aug 1902; he was 61. Buried in St. Paul Cemetery, Dungannon, Columbiana County, Ohio. On 28 Jun 1881, when Adam was 40, he married Catherine Elizabeth Hagan, daughter of James Hagan & Elizabeth Donnelly, in Dungannon, Ohio, St. Philip Neri Church. Born on 9 May 1851 in Columbiana County, Ohio, Kate died in Dungannon, Columbiana County, Ohio on 14 Feb 1932; she was 80.

		iii.	James (Jacob) Brinkey. Born 21 Jan 1843 in Hanover Twp., Columbiana County, Ohio, this child died in infancy and is buried in St. Paul Cemetery, Dungannon, Columbiana County, Ohio.