Hironimus Neaderhauser - Bishop Post, G.A.R.

Hironimus Neaderhauser came to America from Switzerland with his parents, Hironimus Sr. and Elisabeth, and sisters, Elisabeth and Anna, when he was ten years old.  They were on the passenger list of the ship, Indiana, which landed in New York City in 1851. 
(List may be viewed on www.familysearch.org)

Eventually, the family made its way to Tuscawaras County, Ohio, were naturalization records there show that Hironimus was naturalized in 1856.  He would go on to defend his country by joining the 57th Ohio Infantry, Company D, enlisting on March 15 1865 and mustering out on August 14, 1865.

Pension card

In 1867, he married Catherine Helmick and the couple settled in Tiffin Township, Defiance County where Hironimus began farming. 

In 1898, one of their sons, John Henry, enlisted to fight in the Spanish-American War.  Hironimus decided he would check for himself on the condition of Camp Poland in Knoxville, Tennessee.  Eventually, the units here would go on to Cuba.



The couple would have seven children, five of whom were living when the census enumerator came in 1910.  Hironimus, then 69, and Catherine, 70, still lived on the farm with two single daughters, Mary E., 34,who worked for the Y.M.C.A., and Alice, 30, who helped the hired man, Franklin Bennett, work on the farm.















By April, 1917, the couple had moved to 409 Nicholas Street in Defiance.  Daughter Mary still was single and lived with them.  That year, they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a party that was covered by the newspaper.  

Defiance Crescent-News - April 6, 1917  (Click on to make images larger.)

 Just six months later, son Fred from Illinois would precede his father in death.  
Hironimus Neaderhauser died on November 8, 1920 in Defiance.  His wife would live another ten years.

 Crescent-News - November 16, 1920

Noble-Tiffin (Webb) Cemetery in Defiance County