Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-05-16
SOME LARGE FAMILIES.
TWINS, TRIPLETs, QUADRUPLETs
AND SEXTUPLETS.
Iowa's Champion Leads with Twenty
eight Children, and Another Hawkeye
Claims Two Dozen Michigan's Great
Wisconsin to the Front


Claims Two Dozen Michigan's Great
Wisconsin to the Front
from the Chicago Heraldl
DUBUQUE. Iowa. May. 1889.
Some interesting developments In con-
nection with large families have bean made
In this vicinity. Melchor Mueller. who re-
sides near Bellevue. in the neighboring
county OF Jackson, bears the distinction OF
being the father OF one OF the largest fam
lies on record. Twenty-elght children
have been born to him. eighteen OF whom
are dead and ten living. In this number
there wcr5 three pairs OF twins. Mueller
was born at Tranheim, Germany, in De-
cember, 1884. and is robust, healthy mar.
He has been twice married. His first wife
was Agatha Doser. a native OF Germany.
who bore him six children, three OF whom
are living. His second wife was kunigunde
HummeL also a native OF Germany, who ia
now living aged 46. She has borne twenty
two children. seven OF whom arc living.
Mueller is u poor but industrious man.
deeply attached to his family, thoroughly
domestic in his tastes, and. IL his life is
spared. thinks he W II yet SEQ several other
flaxen- haired. rosy-cheeked children bear
his name. The neighborhood in which
Mueller resides Is largely populated by Lux
emburger', and among them arc many
largo families. The average family is
twelve. Indeed. family OF less than this
number Is considered small in that neigh
lives in Spruce Creek Township. Jackson
County. near Mueller's home.
In the city dubuque there are many large
families. John Benkson, u painter. heads
the list. He has been married but once,
and is the father OF eighteen children. His
wife is native OF Iowa. 50 years of age.
Their residence is 1000 White street. John
Jennie, a laborer. comes next with a family
Of sixteen children. His wife Is 43 years
OF age. and the couple declare they would
not willingly part with ono OF their
offspring. John Krayer. a wcll-to do grocer
in this city, has fifteen children by his pres
ent wife, who is now 43 years OF age and a
woman OF robust health. George Neumiller
has family OF fourteen, and Jake Dodge,
a apeddler one OF the same number. Joseph
Goode is thoroughly happy surrounded by
the same number OF children. Those hav-
ing thirteen children are; Leo Mcdaniel.
Benedict Bossler Z. Vogel. Frank Maier,
Fritz Reibitsch. =. Mccullough and j. G.
Curtis. Those having twelve children are:
j. NJ. Lenehan, j.. Il. Jones, John Parker,
Robert Miller. Adam Doerr. A. J. Patch.
III. A. Mayer. M. Gantenbeim, Joseph Bower.
g. Ridermeyer, Thomas Kenneally. Anton
Baumhover. Henry Dippey. Il. L.. Curtis and
Max Matsch. It would occupy a column of
space to publish the names Of the men in
this city who are the fathers of eleven chill
drcn each. With groat many that number
seems to be high water mark. 1t l. related
here that In 1872 n woman named Schmidt,
living at Roekdalc. i'm this county. gave
birth to six children. all within nm hour. A
year or two ago n woman named Murphy,
residing in this city, gave birth TO four chill
dren, all OF whom were healthy and strong.