Hermann Oswald

1820 - 1903  (83 years)

• Name	Hermann Oswald
  Born	15 Apr 1820	Bayern
  Gender	Male
  Died	15 Dec 1903	Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri, USA
  Person ID	I27036	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2014

  
  

  Family	Christina Jungkamp,   b. 12 Oct 1844, Westfalen ,   d. 10 Mar 1893, Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri, USA  (Age 48 years)
  Married	1861	Cooper, Harford County, Maryland, USA
  Children	1. Frank Oswald,   b. 17 Sep 1868, Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 11 Jun 1935, Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri, USA  (Age 66 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F13556	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The Hiller-Marshall Family Entries: 5158 Updated: Sun Oct 28 06:56:05 2001 Liz Schulte rjschulte@msn.com BIOGRAPHY: According to the History of Cooper Co., " Herman Oswald was born in Bavaria, Germany, April 17, 1820, and died in Cooper County Dec. 15, 1903. His wife, who was Christina Youngkamp prior to her marriage was born in Westphalia, Germany, Oct. 12, 1844 and died March 10, 1893. They were parents of the following children: Frank, born Sept. 17, 1868, lives in Boonville; Julius, born Feb. 2, 1863, Cooper Co. farmer; August, born July 6, 1864, Cooper County farmer; Christina,etc. (names all children) "Herman Oswald came to America in 1854 and first located in the timber lands of Wisconsin. He entered 40 acres of virgin timber land near Green Bay and proceeded to cut a road through the timber which to this day is known as the Oswald road. He came to Cooper Co. after a year or so to be able to live in a climate which was not so severe as the Wisconsin climate. Not long after he came here he sold his northern farm and after renting land for a time in Cooper County he purchased a place south of Boonville. He accumulated over 400 acres of land and became one of the wealthy citizens of Cooper County. He owned prior to his death a total of 1,300 acres of land, 1,000 of which was situated in Cooper County and 300 acres located in Kansas. Mr. Oswald followed general farming and stock raising and operated on a large scale as a feeder of livestock. He prospered until the breaking out of the Civil War when the depredations of the bands of soldiers who were overrunning the country practically cleaned him out; his live stock was run off; his provisions taken whenever he had any and everything movable was "requisitioned". At the close of the war he was practically "broke" and a new start was necessary. Like others who were in the same plight, he recovered from his losses and became wealthy. He was married in 1861 to Christina Youngkamp who came to America from Germany in 1858 with her father, Bernard Youngkamp. "