Margaret Heide 1832-1916

HEIDE, SILBERHORN, GRAUL, FRANK, DANNENBAUR, DIBBON, PUTNAM

Posted By: Sharon Elijah (email)
Date: 3/19/2019 at 17:21:38

5 June 1916 - The Clinton Advertiser

Maquoketa, Ia. June 5--Margaret Magdalena Silberhorn was born near the city of Essligen in the Kingdom of Wurttemburg, Germany, on Feb. 16, 1832, and passed away at the home of her daughter Mary Graul, in this city at 10:30 p.m. May 25th, 1916 at the ripe old age of 84 years, 3 months and 9 days.

She was the daughter of pious and industrious parents, in whose home and under whose instruction she grew to womanhood, and where on the 13th day of April, 1856, she was united in marriage to John Heide, a Baptist minister.

They emigrated to America in the year 1865, and settled at Fulton, Iowa, to which place some of their friends and acquaintances had preceded them.

Here like other pioneers, they endured many of the hardships and self-denial of the early pioneer life. To them were born eleven children, two dying in infancy.

In 1878 the family circle was broken when the husband and father was taken away and this noble woman was left to fight the battle of life alone with a family of nine children.

After the death of her husband the family circle remained unbroken for nearly 37 years, when the youngest daughter, Lena, the wife of L. W. Frank of Bochito, Okla., passed on to her Heavenly home in September, 1915.

The surviving children are as follows: Rev. John Heide of Fulton, Iowa; Rev. G. O. Heide of Vespers, Kansas; Mary Graul of Maquoketa; Ricca Dannenbaur of Arbela, Mo., Minnie Dibbon of Glendale, Cal., Hannah Putnam of Buffalo Center, Iowa; J. B. Heide of Oakland, Iowa, and S. D. Heide, of Maquoketa, Iowa. Forty-five grandchildren and 34 great grandchildren also survive.