A portion of a EULOGY rendered on October 27, 1875    

    Written by me, Friedrich Knoblock.
    
    I was born on January 23, 1797, in the village of Hoensheim
    near Strasbourg, which was in France at that time. My father was
    born in Silesia, in the kingdom of Prussia. My mother, Magdalena
    Friesz was her maiden name, was born in Hoensheim. My parents
    brought me up in and taught me the Lutheran faith, in which I was
    baptized. When I was 25, I married Margareta Beutz, from which
    marriage three children were born; two are still alive and are
    living here.
    In 1828, we emigrated to America and arrived on June 5 in Canton,
    Ohio. On September 8 of the same year, my first wife died, and 
    I married Salome Hageman, a widow. From this marriage, we had
    five children, of which three are living here.

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