Sophie Elizabeth (Pitts) Fiegenbaum was the only child of Samual Pitts, Jr. (1833-1912) and Isabella (Pringle) Pitts to lead a long live beyond the age of 21. She married Dr. Julius Heinrich Fiegenbaum on September 11, 1889. Dr. Fiegenbaum's father, the Reverend William H Fiegenbaum, performed the wedding ceremony.
Mrs. Sophie Fiegenbaum had two children, Harry Pitts Fiegenbaum, who died of whooping cough in 1891 at the age of eleven months and daughter Bertha, was born only a few months after her brother's death.
A popular story surrounding the death of Sophie Fiegenbaum is that following her husband's death in 1938, she followed him in death the following year due to a 'broken heart'. Whether or not this story is true, both the good doctor and his wife were present when their daughter, Bertha Fiegenbaum, married Harvey Harris on November 15, 1922 in the family home at 628 Henry Street in Alton.
Mrs. Sophie Fiegenbaum had two children, Harry Pitts Fiegenbaum, who died of whooping cough in 1891 at the age of eleven months and daughter Bertha, was born only a few months after her brother's death.
A popular story surrounding the death of Sophie Fiegenbaum is that following her husband's death in 1938, she followed him in death the following year due to a 'broken heart'. Whether or not this story is true, both the good doctor and his wife were present when their daughter, Bertha Fiegenbaum, married Harvey Harris on November 15, 1922 in the family home at 628 Henry Street in Alton.
Sophie Elizabeth (Pitts) Fiegenbaum was the only child of Samual Pitts, Jr. (1833-1912) and Isabella (Pringle) Pitts to lead a long live beyond the age of 21. She married Dr. Julius Heinrich Fiegenbaum on September 11, 1889. Dr. Fiegenbaum's father, the Reverend William H Fiegenbaum, performed the wedding ceremony.
Mrs. Sophie Fiegenbaum had two children, Harry Pitts Fiegenbaum, who died of whooping cough in 1891 at the age of eleven months and daughter Bertha, was born only a few months after her brother's death.
A popular story surrounding the death of Sophie Fiegenbaum is that following her husband's death in 1938, she followed him in death the following year due to a 'broken heart'. Whether or not this story is true, both the good doctor and his wife were present when their daughter, Bertha Fiegenbaum, married Harvey Harris on November 15, 1922 in the family home at 628 Henry Street in Alton.
Mrs. Sophie Fiegenbaum had two children, Harry Pitts Fiegenbaum, who died of whooping cough in 1891 at the age of eleven months and daughter Bertha, was born only a few months after her brother's death.
A popular story surrounding the death of Sophie Fiegenbaum is that following her husband's death in 1938, she followed him in death the following year due to a 'broken heart'. Whether or not this story is true, both the good doctor and his wife were present when their daughter, Bertha Fiegenbaum, married Harvey Harris on November 15, 1922 in the family home at 628 Henry Street in Alton.
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