TRABERT, Lewis 1852 - 1905

TRABERT, SCHMIDTLEIN, LYNN

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 6/3/2011 at 22:51:52

"The Fairfield Tribune"
Wednesday, September 20, 1905
Page 6, Column 1

FOUR CORNERS, Sept. 18. Our community was shocked Saturday morning by a telephone message from Brighton, stating that our valued citizen, Mr. Louis TRABERT, had died at the depot there while waiting for a train home. He and his son, Frank, have been in Canada looking after some land interests there. Frank came home yesterday, while his father stopped off at Oskaloosa to visit a friend. Death overtook him while he was changing cars at Brighton. Mr. TRABERT was born here Nov. 13, 1852. He was married Apr. 21, 1876 to Miss Sophia SCHMIDTLEIN, who, with four children, survives him. Two of the children are married, namely, Frank and Mamie, the latter being the wife of our merchant, D. R. LYNN....

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I am not related to the person(s) mentioned.

Buried at St. John Lutheran Cemetery. Given name is Lewis on his gravestone.