Heinrich Konrad Wilhelm Bode was born in the village of Rosenthal, near Peine, in The Kingdom of Hanover, Germany; the son of Johann Christoph Heinrich Bode and Dorothea Margarethe (Herweg) Bode. In 1974, the village of Rosenthal was incorporated into the city of Peine.
Wilhelm was baptized January 1, 1831, at Godehard Lutheran Church in Rosenthal. His baptismal sponsors were Heinrich Klages, Heinrich Grabbe, and Wilhelmine Bode.
Wilhelm Bode was confirmed March 31, 1845, in the Godehard Lutheran Church in Rosenthal.
In 1860, Wilhelm left Germany on the ship, Fortuna. He met his first wife, Albertine Jahnke, on the ship, and they were married after the ship docked in Galveston, Tx. The ship docked at 7:30 in the evening of Oct. 28, 1860. Wilhelm and Albertine were married Oct. 30, 1860, in the First German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Galveston; Pastor Ebinger conducting the marriage ceremony. Wilhelm and Albertine Bode lived the first year of their marriage in Galveston before moving to Washington County, Texas. Albertine died Aug. 2, 1866, in the yellow fever epidemic that swept Washington County following the Civil War. Wilhelm married Henriette Spreen on Oct. 20, 1866, in Salem Lutheran Church in Washington Co., Tx; Pastor Christoph Geiger performing the marriage ceremony. They had five children, but only two lived to adulthood. Henriette died Oct. 14, 1874, ten days after giving birth to her son, Fritz. Wilhelm married Emma Kalbow on Dec. 6, 1874, in Eben Ezer Lutheran Church of Berlin, Washington Co., Tx; Pastor Heinrich Pfenninger performing the marriage ceremony, and their witnesses were Wilhelm Spreen and Daniel Imhoff. Wilhelm and Emma Bode had one son, John.
Wilhelm Bode became a prominent farmer in Washington County. At the time of his death, he owned a 206-acre farm in the Zionsville Community.
Wilhelm Bode enlisted January 31, 1864, in Company A, 4th Texas Infantry, Confederate States of America. Wilhelm Bode was detailed as a mechanic. "The 4th Texas Infantry Battalion, nicknamed the German Infantry Division, was a six month battalion composed almost entirely of recent German immigrants. The unit's commanding officer was Major Theodore Oswald. The 4th Texas Infantry Battalion was also known as the German Citizen Guard."
The Bode Family became members of the Eben Ezer Lutheran Church of Berlin, Texas, after Wilhelm Bode signed the church constitution in 1869. Later, the Bode Family became involved with Zion Lutheran Church in Zionsville. Wilhelm Bode, along with neighbors Fritz Lehde, H. C. Meyer, George Grater and Friedrich Wolf, became trustees of the Harrisburg Academy and they purchased 3 acres in Zionsville from Wilhelm Lehde of Burleson County on Feb. 15, 1889, on which a school was constructed.
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OBITUARY FROM THE BANNER PRESS, DECEMBER 10, 1891
DEATH OF WM. BODE
It is with deep regret that the BANNER chronicles the death of Mr. Wm. Bode, which sad event occurred at his home six miles north of here at Zionsville Monday night at 11 o'clock, after an illness of two weeks duration, with abcesses of the liver.
The death of our esteemed friend awakens the mind to solemn dread, and while the philosophers tell us that it is as natural as to be born, who can imagine the groans and convulsions of bereaved relatives and weeping friends, and say that death is not a dreadful thing. Mr. Bode leaves many relatives and a host of warm friends that he has drawn to him by his genial whole-souled nature, who grieve that while he was yet far from the utmost limit of life's allotted span--three score and ten--death should swoop down and bear him from among us. But let us hope that death to him was a port where refuge was found, and an end of labor, for he was hardworking, and an entry into rest.
His funeral took place from the family residence in Zionsville at 3 o'clock Tuesday evening and his remains were interred at Zionsville cemetery, to which place they were followed by a large concourse of grief stricken friends and relatives who turned out to pay this last sad tribute of respect to his memory.
Quite a number of Schiller Lodge of A. O. U. W., of which Mr. Bode was a member in good standing, went out from here to attend the funeral.
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Wilhelm Bode was survived in death by his widow, Emma Kalbow Bode; his three sons, Wilhelm "Bill" Bode, Fritz Bode, and John Bode; his two daughters, Wilhelmine Bode Rosentreter and Sophie Bode Schmidt; his 9 grandchildren: Wilhelmine, Anna, Alwine, Sophie, Albertine, August, and Louis Rosentreter, Willi Bode, and Mina Schmidt; a sister, Friederike Bode Leverkuhn of Houston; and he had two brothers in Denmark and three other sisters in Germany.
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Wilhelm Bode was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Albertine Jahnke Bode in 1866; his second wife, Henriette Spreen Bode in 1874; a daughter, Friederike Bode in 1874; two unnamed infant children, and an infant granddaughter in 1890.
Wilhelm was baptized January 1, 1831, at Godehard Lutheran Church in Rosenthal. His baptismal sponsors were Heinrich Klages, Heinrich Grabbe, and Wilhelmine Bode.
Wilhelm Bode was confirmed March 31, 1845, in the Godehard Lutheran Church in Rosenthal.
In 1860, Wilhelm left Germany on the ship, Fortuna. He met his first wife, Albertine Jahnke, on the ship, and they were married after the ship docked in Galveston, Tx. The ship docked at 7:30 in the evening of Oct. 28, 1860. Wilhelm and Albertine were married Oct. 30, 1860, in the First German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Galveston; Pastor Ebinger conducting the marriage ceremony. Wilhelm and Albertine Bode lived the first year of their marriage in Galveston before moving to Washington County, Texas. Albertine died Aug. 2, 1866, in the yellow fever epidemic that swept Washington County following the Civil War. Wilhelm married Henriette Spreen on Oct. 20, 1866, in Salem Lutheran Church in Washington Co., Tx; Pastor Christoph Geiger performing the marriage ceremony. They had five children, but only two lived to adulthood. Henriette died Oct. 14, 1874, ten days after giving birth to her son, Fritz. Wilhelm married Emma Kalbow on Dec. 6, 1874, in Eben Ezer Lutheran Church of Berlin, Washington Co., Tx; Pastor Heinrich Pfenninger performing the marriage ceremony, and their witnesses were Wilhelm Spreen and Daniel Imhoff. Wilhelm and Emma Bode had one son, John.
Wilhelm Bode became a prominent farmer in Washington County. At the time of his death, he owned a 206-acre farm in the Zionsville Community.
Wilhelm Bode enlisted January 31, 1864, in Company A, 4th Texas Infantry, Confederate States of America. Wilhelm Bode was detailed as a mechanic. "The 4th Texas Infantry Battalion, nicknamed the German Infantry Division, was a six month battalion composed almost entirely of recent German immigrants. The unit's commanding officer was Major Theodore Oswald. The 4th Texas Infantry Battalion was also known as the German Citizen Guard."
The Bode Family became members of the Eben Ezer Lutheran Church of Berlin, Texas, after Wilhelm Bode signed the church constitution in 1869. Later, the Bode Family became involved with Zion Lutheran Church in Zionsville. Wilhelm Bode, along with neighbors Fritz Lehde, H. C. Meyer, George Grater and Friedrich Wolf, became trustees of the Harrisburg Academy and they purchased 3 acres in Zionsville from Wilhelm Lehde of Burleson County on Feb. 15, 1889, on which a school was constructed.
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OBITUARY FROM THE BANNER PRESS, DECEMBER 10, 1891
DEATH OF WM. BODE
It is with deep regret that the BANNER chronicles the death of Mr. Wm. Bode, which sad event occurred at his home six miles north of here at Zionsville Monday night at 11 o'clock, after an illness of two weeks duration, with abcesses of the liver.
The death of our esteemed friend awakens the mind to solemn dread, and while the philosophers tell us that it is as natural as to be born, who can imagine the groans and convulsions of bereaved relatives and weeping friends, and say that death is not a dreadful thing. Mr. Bode leaves many relatives and a host of warm friends that he has drawn to him by his genial whole-souled nature, who grieve that while he was yet far from the utmost limit of life's allotted span--three score and ten--death should swoop down and bear him from among us. But let us hope that death to him was a port where refuge was found, and an end of labor, for he was hardworking, and an entry into rest.
His funeral took place from the family residence in Zionsville at 3 o'clock Tuesday evening and his remains were interred at Zionsville cemetery, to which place they were followed by a large concourse of grief stricken friends and relatives who turned out to pay this last sad tribute of respect to his memory.
Quite a number of Schiller Lodge of A. O. U. W., of which Mr. Bode was a member in good standing, went out from here to attend the funeral.
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Wilhelm Bode was survived in death by his widow, Emma Kalbow Bode; his three sons, Wilhelm "Bill" Bode, Fritz Bode, and John Bode; his two daughters, Wilhelmine Bode Rosentreter and Sophie Bode Schmidt; his 9 grandchildren: Wilhelmine, Anna, Alwine, Sophie, Albertine, August, and Louis Rosentreter, Willi Bode, and Mina Schmidt; a sister, Friederike Bode Leverkuhn of Houston; and he had two brothers in Denmark and three other sisters in Germany.
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Wilhelm Bode was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Albertine Jahnke Bode in 1866; his second wife, Henriette Spreen Bode in 1874; a daughter, Friederike Bode in 1874; two unnamed infant children, and an infant granddaughter in 1890.
Heinrich Konrad Wilhelm Bode was born in the village of Rosenthal, near Peine, in The Kingdom of Hanover, Germany; the son of Johann Christoph Heinrich Bode and Dorothea Margarethe (Herweg) Bode. In 1974, the village of Rosenthal was incorporated into the city of Peine.
Wilhelm was baptized January 1, 1831, at Godehard Lutheran Church in Rosenthal. His baptismal sponsors were Heinrich Klages, Heinrich Grabbe, and Wilhelmine Bode.
Wilhelm Bode was confirmed March 31, 1845, in the Godehard Lutheran Church in Rosenthal.
In 1860, Wilhelm left Germany on the ship, Fortuna. He met his first wife, Albertine Jahnke, on the ship, and they were married after the ship docked in Galveston, Tx. The ship docked at 7:30 in the evening of Oct. 28, 1860. Wilhelm and Albertine were married Oct. 30, 1860, in the First German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Galveston; Pastor Ebinger conducting the marriage ceremony. Wilhelm and Albertine Bode lived the first year of their marriage in Galveston before moving to Washington County, Texas. Albertine died Aug. 2, 1866, in the yellow fever epidemic that swept Washington County following the Civil War. Wilhelm married Henriette Spreen on Oct. 20, 1866, in Salem Lutheran Church in Washington Co., Tx; Pastor Christoph Geiger performing the marriage ceremony. They had five children, but only two lived to adulthood. Henriette died Oct. 14, 1874, ten days after giving birth to her son, Fritz. Wilhelm married Emma Kalbow on Dec. 6, 1874, in Eben Ezer Lutheran Church of Berlin, Washington Co., Tx; Pastor Heinrich Pfenninger performing the marriage ceremony, and their witnesses were Wilhelm Spreen and Daniel Imhoff. Wilhelm and Emma Bode had one son, John.
Wilhelm Bode became a prominent farmer in Washington County. At the time of his death, he owned a 206-acre farm in the Zionsville Community.
Wilhelm Bode enlisted January 31, 1864, in Company A, 4th Texas Infantry, Confederate States of America. Wilhelm Bode was detailed as a mechanic. "The 4th Texas Infantry Battalion, nicknamed the German Infantry Division, was a six month battalion composed almost entirely of recent German immigrants. The unit's commanding officer was Major Theodore Oswald. The 4th Texas Infantry Battalion was also known as the German Citizen Guard."
The Bode Family became members of the Eben Ezer Lutheran Church of Berlin, Texas, after Wilhelm Bode signed the church constitution in 1869. Later, the Bode Family became involved with Zion Lutheran Church in Zionsville. Wilhelm Bode, along with neighbors Fritz Lehde, H. C. Meyer, George Grater and Friedrich Wolf, became trustees of the Harrisburg Academy and they purchased 3 acres in Zionsville from Wilhelm Lehde of Burleson County on Feb. 15, 1889, on which a school was constructed.
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OBITUARY FROM THE BANNER PRESS, DECEMBER 10, 1891
DEATH OF WM. BODE
It is with deep regret that the BANNER chronicles the death of Mr. Wm. Bode, which sad event occurred at his home six miles north of here at Zionsville Monday night at 11 o'clock, after an illness of two weeks duration, with abcesses of the liver.
The death of our esteemed friend awakens the mind to solemn dread, and while the philosophers tell us that it is as natural as to be born, who can imagine the groans and convulsions of bereaved relatives and weeping friends, and say that death is not a dreadful thing. Mr. Bode leaves many relatives and a host of warm friends that he has drawn to him by his genial whole-souled nature, who grieve that while he was yet far from the utmost limit of life's allotted span--three score and ten--death should swoop down and bear him from among us. But let us hope that death to him was a port where refuge was found, and an end of labor, for he was hardworking, and an entry into rest.
His funeral took place from the family residence in Zionsville at 3 o'clock Tuesday evening and his remains were interred at Zionsville cemetery, to which place they were followed by a large concourse of grief stricken friends and relatives who turned out to pay this last sad tribute of respect to his memory.
Quite a number of Schiller Lodge of A. O. U. W., of which Mr. Bode was a member in good standing, went out from here to attend the funeral.
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Wilhelm Bode was survived in death by his widow, Emma Kalbow Bode; his three sons, Wilhelm "Bill" Bode, Fritz Bode, and John Bode; his two daughters, Wilhelmine Bode Rosentreter and Sophie Bode Schmidt; his 9 grandchildren: Wilhelmine, Anna, Alwine, Sophie, Albertine, August, and Louis Rosentreter, Willi Bode, and Mina Schmidt; a sister, Friederike Bode Leverkuhn of Houston; and he had two brothers in Denmark and three other sisters in Germany.
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Wilhelm Bode was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Albertine Jahnke Bode in 1866; his second wife, Henriette Spreen Bode in 1874; a daughter, Friederike Bode in 1874; two unnamed infant children, and an infant granddaughter in 1890.
Wilhelm was baptized January 1, 1831, at Godehard Lutheran Church in Rosenthal. His baptismal sponsors were Heinrich Klages, Heinrich Grabbe, and Wilhelmine Bode.
Wilhelm Bode was confirmed March 31, 1845, in the Godehard Lutheran Church in Rosenthal.
In 1860, Wilhelm left Germany on the ship, Fortuna. He met his first wife, Albertine Jahnke, on the ship, and they were married after the ship docked in Galveston, Tx. The ship docked at 7:30 in the evening of Oct. 28, 1860. Wilhelm and Albertine were married Oct. 30, 1860, in the First German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Galveston; Pastor Ebinger conducting the marriage ceremony. Wilhelm and Albertine Bode lived the first year of their marriage in Galveston before moving to Washington County, Texas. Albertine died Aug. 2, 1866, in the yellow fever epidemic that swept Washington County following the Civil War. Wilhelm married Henriette Spreen on Oct. 20, 1866, in Salem Lutheran Church in Washington Co., Tx; Pastor Christoph Geiger performing the marriage ceremony. They had five children, but only two lived to adulthood. Henriette died Oct. 14, 1874, ten days after giving birth to her son, Fritz. Wilhelm married Emma Kalbow on Dec. 6, 1874, in Eben Ezer Lutheran Church of Berlin, Washington Co., Tx; Pastor Heinrich Pfenninger performing the marriage ceremony, and their witnesses were Wilhelm Spreen and Daniel Imhoff. Wilhelm and Emma Bode had one son, John.
Wilhelm Bode became a prominent farmer in Washington County. At the time of his death, he owned a 206-acre farm in the Zionsville Community.
Wilhelm Bode enlisted January 31, 1864, in Company A, 4th Texas Infantry, Confederate States of America. Wilhelm Bode was detailed as a mechanic. "The 4th Texas Infantry Battalion, nicknamed the German Infantry Division, was a six month battalion composed almost entirely of recent German immigrants. The unit's commanding officer was Major Theodore Oswald. The 4th Texas Infantry Battalion was also known as the German Citizen Guard."
The Bode Family became members of the Eben Ezer Lutheran Church of Berlin, Texas, after Wilhelm Bode signed the church constitution in 1869. Later, the Bode Family became involved with Zion Lutheran Church in Zionsville. Wilhelm Bode, along with neighbors Fritz Lehde, H. C. Meyer, George Grater and Friedrich Wolf, became trustees of the Harrisburg Academy and they purchased 3 acres in Zionsville from Wilhelm Lehde of Burleson County on Feb. 15, 1889, on which a school was constructed.
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OBITUARY FROM THE BANNER PRESS, DECEMBER 10, 1891
DEATH OF WM. BODE
It is with deep regret that the BANNER chronicles the death of Mr. Wm. Bode, which sad event occurred at his home six miles north of here at Zionsville Monday night at 11 o'clock, after an illness of two weeks duration, with abcesses of the liver.
The death of our esteemed friend awakens the mind to solemn dread, and while the philosophers tell us that it is as natural as to be born, who can imagine the groans and convulsions of bereaved relatives and weeping friends, and say that death is not a dreadful thing. Mr. Bode leaves many relatives and a host of warm friends that he has drawn to him by his genial whole-souled nature, who grieve that while he was yet far from the utmost limit of life's allotted span--three score and ten--death should swoop down and bear him from among us. But let us hope that death to him was a port where refuge was found, and an end of labor, for he was hardworking, and an entry into rest.
His funeral took place from the family residence in Zionsville at 3 o'clock Tuesday evening and his remains were interred at Zionsville cemetery, to which place they were followed by a large concourse of grief stricken friends and relatives who turned out to pay this last sad tribute of respect to his memory.
Quite a number of Schiller Lodge of A. O. U. W., of which Mr. Bode was a member in good standing, went out from here to attend the funeral.
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Wilhelm Bode was survived in death by his widow, Emma Kalbow Bode; his three sons, Wilhelm "Bill" Bode, Fritz Bode, and John Bode; his two daughters, Wilhelmine Bode Rosentreter and Sophie Bode Schmidt; his 9 grandchildren: Wilhelmine, Anna, Alwine, Sophie, Albertine, August, and Louis Rosentreter, Willi Bode, and Mina Schmidt; a sister, Friederike Bode Leverkuhn of Houston; and he had two brothers in Denmark and three other sisters in Germany.
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Wilhelm Bode was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Albertine Jahnke Bode in 1866; his second wife, Henriette Spreen Bode in 1874; a daughter, Friederike Bode in 1874; two unnamed infant children, and an infant granddaughter in 1890.
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The tombstone gives Opa's year of birth as 1832; however, the baptism records in Germany show he was born in 1830.
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