Gottlieb Westermann

Name: Gottlieb Westermann Company: F
Birth Date: February 12, 1821 Place: Hannover (Germany)	Mustered In Date: September 3, 1864 Rank: Private Age: 43 Residence prior to military service: Florence Township, Carver County, Minnesota Vocation prior to military service: Farmer
Death Date: March 22, 1907 Place: Carver County, Minnesota Burial: Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Mayer, Watertown Township, Carver County, Minnesota	Mustered Out Date: September 6, 1865 Rank: Private Age: 44 Residence following military service: Camden Township, Carver County, Minnesota Vocation following military service: Farmer

Gottlieb Westermann Biography

Gottlieb Westermann, born February 12, 1821, in Hannover, Germany, settled in Carver County, Minnesota, with his wife, Mary, and their four children in 1859. Mary Katherina was born March 19, 1823, also in Hannover. In 1860 the Westermann family resided and farmed in Florence Township (renamed Young America Township in 1863).

Gottlieb and Mary had six children in all: Fred (born December 19, 1850; died 10/23/1912), Dietrich (born November 1852; married Louisa Merkle), Dorothy (born about 1855; married August Farber), George (born about 1856; died 11/10/1912), Mary (born after 1860; married Gus Schwartz), and Louisa (born after 1860; married Rudolf Boemke).

Gottlieb enlisted in the Union Army on September 3, 1864, at the age of 43. He served in Company F of the 5th Minnesota during the final year of the Civil War. According to the "Compendium of History and Biography of Carver and Hennepin Counties, Minnesota,"published in 1915 and edited by Maj. R.J. Holcombe and William H. Bingham, Gottlieb was wounded, but recovered and returned to his regiment and served until the regiment was mustered out on September 6, 1865.

Maria Katherina Westermann died November 5, 1872, at the age of 49. She is buried in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Waconia, Carver County.

Gottlieb was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Waconia, later changing his membership to Zion Lutheran Church in Mayer. Following Mary's death, Gottlieb continued living on his farm in Camden Township, Carver County, with his son, Frederick, and his family. In 1880 the household consisted of Fred (age 29), his wife Elisabeth (age 22), children Heinrick (age 3), Louise (age 2), and Wilhelm (age 7 months), Gottlieb (age 59), and Gottlieb's daughter Louise (age 17).

Gottlieb Westermann died March 22, 1907, in Carver County and is buried in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Mayer (Watertown Township), Carver County.

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