Steffens, Joseph J.

Abt 1824 - 1886  (~ 62 years)    Has 2 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Steffens, Joseph J.
  Born	Abt 1824	Hachy, , Luxembourg, Belgium
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	15 May 1856
  News Mention	Feb 1860
  Milwaukee Sentinel
  Milwaukee Sentinel, Feb 31, 1860:JOSEPH STEFFENS killed a large grey wolf in Town 23, Range 17, (Centre), some 12 miles from Appleton, on Monday last. (Obvious problem with the date as there is no 2/31/1860)
  Military Service	Between 9 Jan 1864 and 20 Jun 1865  [1]
  Civil War, Private, Company E, Wisconsin 5th Infantry
  U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles Joseph J Steffins Residence: Algoma, Wisconsin State Served: Wisconsin Rank, Company: Private, Company E Regiment: Wisconsin 5th Infantry Enlisted: 9 Jan 1864 Musturerd Out: 20 Jun 1865 Survived the War? - Yes Was POW? - WasPOW? Was Wounded? - WasWounded? Service Record: Enlisted in Company E, Wisconsin 5th Infantry Regiment on 01 Sep 1864. Mustered out on 20 Jun 1865.
  1870 Census	1870	Black Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Page 11
  Listed living with wife and 4 children a ge 48 born in BelgiumNext door is Daniel Herb age 35, Thekla age 29, Joseph age 7, Helen 5, Cel ia 4, Ann 1, Elizabeth 1 month father Joseph age 68
  1880 Census	1880	Black Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Page 109b
  Listed living with wife and 4 chi ldren age 59 born in BelgiumNext Door is Daniel Herb age 45 born in Baden, wife Thechle age 39 bo rn in Baden Joseph age 17 born in Wis, Hellen 16, Cecelia 15, Anna 11, Eli zabeth age 10, Clara 8, Jacob 7, Daniel 4, Paul 1 month (Daniel is posssib le brother to Catherine)
  Died	4 May 1886	Freedom, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Biography	1911
  History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 0754
  JOSEPH J. STEFFENS, father of Albert A., was the third son of his parent s, and he was a young man when the family came to this country from Belgiu m. He worked at various occupations in and around Appleton, Wisconsin, b ut eventually took up farming, as his father had claimed for each of the s ons forty acres- of land from the Government, under an act passed by the G overnment for the reclamation of the Wisconsin swamp lands. He sought o ut the forty acres that was his share, and this is a. part of the land n ow owned by Albert A. Steffens in Black Creek township. I-He built a log s hanty, where he lived all alone, working at various tasks for other settle rs who needed his services, and as soon as he had accomplished the cleari ng of a. small portion he planted it and carried the harvested ,crop to Ap pleton on his back. There were no roads at this time, and M-r. Steffens en dured many hardships in his trips on foot through the woods, but-soon he w as able to purchase a team of-oxen and he thenl considered himself a full- fledged farmer. During one of his twelve-mile trips to Appleton, he beca me acquainted with Catherine Herb, the daughter of one of the early settle rs of the county, and thev were eventually married and settled down to li ve in the little log home in the woods. In 1864, Mr. Steffens enlist ed in Company E, Fifth Regirment, WAisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and serv ed until the close of the war,' participating in the battles of Hatches Ru n, Fort Fisher and Petersburg, and being present at the surrender of Gener al Lee. After completing his army service he returned to his farming opera tions, and acquired by purchase the land taken up by his brothers which h ad changed hands several times. Mr. Steffens served as assessor of Black C reek township from the time of its organization for fifteen years, and nam ed the township after the creek that runs through its northwestern par t. He died May 4, 1886, at the age of sixty-one years and is buried in t he Catholic Cemetery near Five Corners, in Freedom township, while his wid ow survived him until May 6, 1892, and is buried near her husband. Mr. a nd Mrs. Steffens had five children: Albert A.; Amelia, who married Patri ck Richev and died in Oregon in 1891, leaving seven children; Alexander, w ho died at the age of seventeen years, being accidentally shot while hunti ng deer; Pauline, who married John Raddemacher, and' now lives in Californ ia, having four children; and Mary, who married John Nabbefeld, and liv es in Saskatchewa.n, Canada. Albert A. 'Steffens received but a limited education in the schools nativ es of Prussia, Germany,. who ·of his district, but this he later add ed to through much reading and study. He remained at home with his pare n ts until his marriage, ·October 28, 1888, to Miss Matildal Huven, a daught er of Peter and Johlal.nnah (Nabbefeld) Huvenl, came to the United Stat es and settled in Washington county, Wisconsin about 1860, five years lat er coming to Outagamie county and settling in the town of Freedom. The mother died there in 1879, aged forty-four years, and the father then ca me to live with Ml and Mrs. Steffens, at whose home-he died January 11, 18 99, aged seventytwo years. Mrs. Steffens was the fourth of her parents' tw elve children, and was born April 12, 1863. Seven children have been bo rn to Mr. and Mrs. Steffens: Joseph, Johannah, Henry, Lawrence, Leo, Fr ed and Paul. Mr. Steffens has engaged in general farming and stockraising and market da iry products, hogs and cattle and some grain. He is breeding to full-blood ed Holstein cattle and Poland-China hogs and has a team of Percheron horse s. His farm is fenced with barbed and woven wire and about ninety acres a re under cultivation, and is a well-appearing, fertile and highly producti ve tract. Mr. Steffens is a member of the Catholic Knights Lodge N o. 6, of Appleton, and is a Democrat in his political views, serving as cl erk of the school board for four years. The family have always been connec ted with the Roman Catholic Church, and Mr. and Mrs. Steffens attend the c hurch of that denomination in Freedom township.
  	Steffens, Joseph J. Biography from History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; 1911.
  Buried		Steffens, Joseph St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, West Freedom, Wisconsin ?? or St. Mary's in Black Creek?? Military
  Person ID	I17046	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	Steffens, Joseph Hubert,   b. 24 Jan 1786, Schüttburg-Chateau, Wiltz, , Diekirch, Luxembourg ,   d. 28 Aug 1868, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Mathelin, Marguerite,   b. 31 Jan 1793, Neufchateau, Luxembourg ,   d. 4 Aug 1872, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F7763	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Herb, Catherine,   b. 19 Apr 1836, Nuesloch, Germany ,   d. 12 Dec 1910, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Married	26 Dec 1858	Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Marriage Record (Family)	27 Dec 1858
  Alt. Marriage
  Little Chute, Outagamie Co, Wisconsin
  Children	+ 1. Steffens, Albert August,   b. 21 May 1859, Black Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 25 Apr 1931, Black Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 71 years) + 2. Steffens, Amelia,   b. 21 Apr 1861, Black Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. Abt 1891, , , Oregon, USA  (Age 29 years) + 3. Steffens, Pauline,   b. 12 Feb 1869, Black Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 28 Feb 1941  (Age 72 years)   4. Steffens, Alexander,   b. 21 Aug 1869, Black Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 22 Jun 1882, Black Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 12 years)   5. Steffens, Mary,   b. 20 May 1875, Black Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. Aft 1953, Saskatchewan, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	5 Oct 2016
  Family ID	F6124	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - Abt 1824 - Hachy, , Luxembourg, Belgium Married - 26 Dec 1858 - Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1870 Census - Page 11 - 1870 - Black Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1880 Census - Page 109b - 1880 - Black Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Died - 4 May 1886 - Freedom, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S836] U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, Ancestry.com, (U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, online Ancestry.com). Historical Data Systems, comp.. U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Original data: Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA