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Jacob Hawig, II
Birth: 9 Oct 1842 Germany
Death: 21 Jan 1905 Wayne, Washington County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial: Saint Bridget Cemetery, Kewaskum, Washington County, Wisconsin, USA
Memorial #: 142124400
Bio: On January 24, 1862 Jacob II bought the eighty acres on which the homestead had been built. He married Margaret Heim on June 24, 1867. In 1868 he bought another twenty acres west of Simon's farm. A spring on this land drained into the Rock River. Water from a marsh to the east also ran into the creek. A dam was constructed around this creek to form a pond and the family had a boat on it, which they probably used for fishing and gathering the water cress that grew around the spring. As Jacob and Margaret's family increased a large addition was built on the east end of the log house. This consisted of a kitchen, bedroom, pantry, washroom, south and north porches, and a cistern under the pantry. Simon (Sam) was born on April 16, 1868. He married Margaret Heisler on November 28, 1893. Lena, who was born June 6, 1870, also married in 1893. Her husband was Peter Emmer.Jacob III was born May 28, 1873, and married Rose Bingen on June 19, 1906. John was born January 17, 1876 and married Mary Nisius on October 17, 1899. The 1900 Town of Wayne Census shows them living in the Jacob and Margaret Hawig household. Emma was born on March 4, 1880. She married Frank Schaefer on May 5, 1906, and died of tuberculosis on June 7, 1924. Mary was born July 7, 1882 and married Joseph Konopik on October 6, 1920. On January 14, 1905 Jacob II sold all of his land to his three sons. Sam bought sixty acres in Section 12 for $3000. John bought sixty acres across the road from the homestead for $7000, and Jacob III bought the eighty acre homestead for $9000. Their father died January 21, 1905. Although their mother kept one downstairs room and two rooms upstairs in the home, she rarely occupied them. She spent nearly all of twenty-five years after her husband's death keeping house for Lena, who was sick much of the time and for Emma's family until Emma's husband remarried in 1927. She died at age of 88 at the home of her youngest daughter, Mary. The following year her youngest son, John, was killed on the day after Christmas in an auto accident which took three lives. Jacob II found it necessary to build a second floor with four bedrooms above Jacob II's addition. Jacob and Rose had four daughters and three sons who enjoyed playing ball and other outdoor games during the warm weather and skating and sleighriding in winter. Playing house was a favorite both in winter and summer. The second floor of the pig pen was often used during inclement weather. Besides the corn sheller, great-grandfather's shoemaker bench and tools, a workbench with more tools, some broken furniture, and other cast-offs provided play materials. In fall butternuts which had been gathered from trees on the farm were spread out on the floor to dry. Milk was hauled a quarter of a mile to the cheese factory in the Village of Wayne. Whey to feed the pigs was brought home from the factory. On Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings the milk was put through the cream separator, and the cream was used for making butter. Cottage cheese, cook cheese, and balls of hand cheese were made from the skim milk. Butter and buttermilk were sold to several families in the village. Eggs were traded for groceries and yard goods at Petri's store. Calves were also bought and slaughtered there in an adjoining stone building, and families often bought the heart, lungs, and liver to vary the meat diet which was obtained mainly from pigs and chickens. These were butchered on the farm, usually in winter because there was no refrigerators. Hams were cured in brine and smoked in the smoke house. Some of the meat was ground for pork sausage and liver sausage. Much of the pork sausage, side pork, pork chops, and roasts were fried and preserved with lard in three-or-four gallon earthenware crocks. Occasionally, a calf or cow was butchered. Neighbors would buy the three quarters not used by the owner, and the beef was kept frozen outside until used.The Town of Wayne 1900 Census lists that Margaret (Heim) and Jacob Hawig were married 33 years. They had six children and all were living. Jacob (27), Emma (20), Mary (17), and John (24) and his wife, Mary (23), lived together. They owned their farm free of mortgage..The 1860 U.S. Census lists his occupation as farm laborer (age 16) on his father's farm..The 1870 Census lists Jacob as a farmer with a land value of $5000 and personal value of $700. His father, Jacob, age 56 and his mother, Elisabeth, age 63, along with his daughter, Catharina, age 19, were living with Jacob, his wife and their two children..The 1880 Census lists Jacob (37) and Margaret (33) having five children ages (3mo-12 years). Jacob's father, Jacob, age 69 and Peter Casper (22) "servant" lives with them, too..The 1920 Census (Town of Addison) shows Margaret (Heim) Hawig living with her daughter, Emma (Hawig) Schaefer, her husband, Frank, and their five children..
Family Members
Parents
Jacob Hawig 1811-1893
Elizabeth Werner Hawig 1808-1879
Spouse
Margaretha Heim Hawig 1846-1933
Siblings
Simon Hawig* 1840-1915
Children
Simon Hawig* 1868-1931
Lena Hawig Emmer* 1870-1951
Jacob Hawig* 1873-1945
Emma Hawig Schaefer* 1880-1924
Mary Hawig Konopik* 1882-1955
Created by: C Gengler (47355351)
Added: 2 Feb 2015
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142124400/jacob-hawig
Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 February 2018), memorial page for Jacob Hawig, II (9 Oct 1842–21 Jan 1905), Find A Grave Memorial no. 142124400, citing Saint Bridget Cemetery, Kewaskum, Washington County, Wisconsin, USA ; Maintained by C Gengler (contributor 47355351) .
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1842 - 1905 (62 years)