(Thank you to our guest blogger, Joanne Allison, who provided information and wrote most of the following post on her ancestor, Warner Wrede.)
Warner (Werner) Wrede was born on May 8, 1838 in Johannisleben, Preussen, Germany, to Henry Wrede and an unknown mother. If Warner immigrated to America the same time as his brother, Adolph, it was the year 1854.
A marriage record, dated August 25, 1857, was found in Defiance County which named Werner Wrede, age 19, as marrying Louisa Kahlo, his first wife. They were divorced on May 31, 1860. In the divorce papers, Louisa was listed as a faithful and obedient wife, and she was the mother of a three month old at the time. The divorce degree said Werner disregarded his duties as a husband for two years and was guilty of gross neglect of duty, leaving his wife dependent on the charity of relatives and friends, although he occasionally cohabited with her during that time. She was always ready to live with him and frequently requested him to provide a home for her. At first he did, but then neglected his promises and spent all his money on "dissipation" (habitual drunkenness ) instead. Louisa was awarded custody of the infant child.
On August 9, 1862, Warner enlisted into Company K of the 107th Ohio Volunteer Infantry as a musician. Military musicians were used to entertain the troops, position troops in battle and to stir them on to victory. The nonmilitary duties of the musicians were largely medical. After the fighting, they helped carry the wounded to hospitals and helped surgeons perform amputations or other tasks. Musicians were by no means overpaid when their high casualty rate was taken into account. Warner mustered out on July 10, 1865, and left the unit in Cleveland.
The Defiance Democrat ran a column called "A Glimpse Back Into History" on August 10, 1910, that gave an account of some of the service of the 107th. This is a partial clip:
After the war, he married Carolyn Richholt in October, 1865. Their son, Albert, was born in 1866. Warner's profession was listed as a baker in the 1870 census. His brother, Adolph, operated a bakery, so Warner may have worked with him.
One newspaper noted that Warner opened a bakery/ confectionary shop of his own in January 1882 at the corner of Perry and 5th Streets. He erected a building there for his shop. By 1887, he had a shop at the corner of Clinton and 5th Streets in the Weaner Building.
After Carolyn Richholt Wrede died in 1895, Warner went to live with his son, Albert, in North Baltimore, Wood County, Ohio for the last fifteen years of his life. He died on June 2, 1915, and he was buried in Riverside Cemetery after a funeral in North Baltimore. The Bishop Post of the G.A.R. gave their comrade the last rites.
Warner Wrede's obituary appeared in the Defiance Democrat on June 3, 1915:
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