New Ulm review., 1913-12-31
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OBITUARY
Observation-Disclosures.

OBITUARY
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! Fridsy morning shortly before one
O'clock, Friedrich william Prahl.
aged 10 years brsathed hls last q his
home % North German Street. For
some time be had not been In tho bses
Of health, but bis condition did not
become alarming until shout ~
middle OF November whom stomach
troub1s setio which did uot ;yisld "
medical treatment. he grow wssker
and . few days before HE death
suffered stroke which psralysed his
right side and hastened bis end. IN IN
The deceased wss born April 30,
1887 in Deutsch. Ruden, Brombere.
/, Province Of Posen, Germauy. Ia the
year 1865 when he WAS % years old hs
came TO America sni directly to New
Ulm. For some years he rented farms
10 the neiRbborhood Of New Ulm and
In the year 1872 be bought one 10 the
Town OF Mulligsn on which he lived
until the year 1885 whom he moved TO
New Ulm. He hiss lived hero con-
tinuously ever since. June 6, 1878 ~
vas msrried In New Ulm to Louise
Henrietta Roepke, his survivine
widow. They had no children. Hs =
slso survived BY ono sister, Nrs.
Ferdinand Dslueg Who resides here
and . large number Of nephews ana
nieces. His two brothers precsdea
him in death within Tho past six weeks.
The deceased Vas known @ % hopsst,
upright msn and good citizen.
The funeral vas hold from Turnse
Hall Moadsy sfpsrn0on q 2 o'elos1
and internsnt Vas made q, ~ 1it3
cemstsry. +. LrBushrsr delivered
the fansrsl address. '
Taps sounded for anothsr ystSran
Of the Sioux Indian war Of 1861 last
Tuesday. morning, when Keton 4.
Hatcher passed away at his home n
this city. The deceased, who was IN
the seventy third year Of his ags,
was territorial pioneer Of Mime
sta and one Of st. Peters oldest
residents. Il "A
Keton Ellison Hatcher, who was ..
son of Louis Hatcher, was born ii
Mercy county, West Virginia, on May
16, 1841. When he was twelve years
old, in 1858, his parents moved from
West Virginia to Iowa, and four
years later they came to Minnesota.
On attaining young manhood Mr..
Hatcher obtained employment as .
teamster, and also engaged in farm
ing. In August, 1862, when word
was received in St. Peter Of the In
dian uprising, near New Ulm, Mr..
Hatcher enlisted in Judge Chas. =.
Flandrau's company and marched
with it to the relief of the threatened
village. He fought in both the bat
ties at that place, and .helped -gnayd
the refugees when the town was
abandoned and they fed to Mankato.
In the fall Of that year the urgent
necessity Of 3 cavalry command to
operate against the. Sioux led to the
Of the First Minnesota
Mounted Rangers. Mr.. Hatcher en-
listed in Troop B, commanded BY
Capt. Horace Austin, afterwards gov
ernor of Minnesota. He began Ms
military service on Oct. II, 1862, and
was mustered out with tho regiment
on Nov. 8, 1868. While he was in
the regiment it took part in Gen. Sib-
ley's campaign through Dakota Ter
ritory, campaign which effectively
destroyed the power Of the Sioux.
On Feb. s, 1868, the deceased WAS
united in marriage to Miss Rebeeca
Dellaughter of Ottawa, who survives.
Fourteen children were born to them,
Of whom eleven remain to mourn
their fathers death. Funeral servi-
ces were held from the NJ. E. church
Rt 2:3O o'clock Friday afternoon
st. Peter Herald. .ss.s Z.
For SALE Desirable residsnes pro-
perry new house) In the hsart of tho
city, two blocks from the Court
House acd two blocks, from the
: school house 10 for sale, Inquire OF
ALBERT STEINHAUsER. ady46t