Nicholas Schoenborn

Name: Nicholas Schoenborn Company: E Veteran; Corporal, promoted Sergeant; discharged for disability.
Birth Date: about 1832-1833 Place: Prussia	Mustered In Date: February 10, 1862 Rank: Corporal Age: 29 Residence prior to military service: Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota Vocation prior to military service: Laborer
Death Date: unknown	Mustered Out Date: May 30, 1865 Rank: Sergeant Age: 32-33 Residence following military service: Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota Vocations following military service: Barber, Saloon Keeper

Nicholas Schoenborn in the Civil War

Before the Civil War, Nicholas Schoenborn lived in Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota. In 1860 he worked as a laborer and lived with his wife, Dina (or Dine), and son, Benjamin. Nicholas was born in Prussia; Dina was born in Saxonia on November 7, 1841, and their son Benjamin was born in Minnesota about 1859.

Nicholas enlisted when Company E was formed and was given the rank of Corporal. During the war, Nicholas was promoted to Sergeant. He was discharged for disability on May 30, 1865 -- after the war was over, but before Company E was disbanded.

Following his military service, Schoenborn returned to Chaska. He opened a barber shop in his home in 1867. Shortly thereafter, Dina died; she was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota. A daughter, also named Dine, is also buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

The 1880 United States census shows Nicholas still living in Chaska and working as a saloon keeper. He is married to Caroline who was born about 1846 in Ohio. Her parents were from Bavaria (Germany). Children in the household include sons Frank (age unknown), John (12), and Eddie (10), and daughters Anna (9), Eliza (5), and Margaret (4 months). Another daughter, Caroline, had died in October 1874 at the age of 4 months and 22 days. She too was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Chaska.

In 1883, Nick moved his barber shop to the Washington House. His listing in the 1883 Pensioner census shows him continuing to live in Chaska. His cause for pension is listed as ulcers on his left leg. The following year, son Frank opened a barber shop in the Washington House as well.

After divorcing her husband in 1885, Caroline Schoenborn moved to Minneapolis with her family, but just months later, she died in Minneapolis and was buried in Shakopee.

The marriage of son Ben to A. M. Schreitmueller was reported in the Weekly Valley Herald on April 24, 1879 (page 4).

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