Michael Willmsen

Name: Michael Willmsen Company: D Discharged for disability
Birth Date: August 1840 Place: Germany	Mustered In Date: March 11, 1862 Rank: Private Age: 21
Death Date: December 24, 1920 Place: Carver County, Minnesota	Mustered Out Date: September 2, 1863 Rank: Private Age: 23 Residence following military service: Benton Township, Carver County, Minnesota Vocation following military service: farmer

Michael Willmsen in the Civil War

Michael Willmsen was born about 1840 in Germany. He migrated to the United States in 1858 at about age 18. Having enlisted on March 11, 1862, at the age of 21, he served as a private in Company D during the early service of the 5th Minnesota Regiment in the Civil War. He was discharged for disability on September 2, 1863.

In November 1868, Michael married Catharine Verruffen in Carver County, Minnesota. Catharine was born February 24, 1845, and died May 13, 1879. She was buried in St. John's United Church of Christ cemetery in Benton Township, Carver County, Minnesota. About three years later in April 1882, Michael married Christina Lettmeier, born April 1860 in Germany. Michael was 42 and Christina was 22.

In the 1900 U.S. Census, Michael "Wilemschen" is shown as a 59-year-old farmer living with his family in Benton Township, Carver County, Minnesota. He and Christina (now 40 years old) have six children, all of whom are living with them. His children are Anna (age 17, born January 1883), Margaret (age 15, born September 1884), John (age 14, born April 1886), Jacob (age 10, born November 1889), Mathilda (age 6, born July 1893), Magdalena (age 5, born May 1895), and Arnold (age 22, born in December 1877).

Michael died December 24, 1920, in Carver County, Minnesota. His wife, Christina, died June 10, 1930.

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