Henry William Klemme

Henry William Klemme

Henry William Klemme was born on August 28, 1821 in Germany. His father John Frederick Klemme was 29 and his mother Mary Charlotte (Wellhausen) Klemme was 23. He married Anna Katharine Gesell on April 12, 1846 in Franklin, Indiana. They had 14 children in 23 years.

Klemme came to Baltimore in 1837. Traveled by stage to Wheeling, West Virginia and then by boat to Cincinnati eventually settling in Franklin County, Indiana. Married there in 1846. In 1862 he moved his family to Winnesheik County, Iowa on a farm he purchased for $1.25 an acre. He did farming and shoemaking before moving his family to Elma in 1893.

He died on August 29, 1908 in Iowa at the age of 87 years and was buried in Decorah, Iowa.

Henry and Anna Katharine Gesell had 14 children:

• John Philip Klemme, 1847-1938
• William Henry Klemme, 1849-1943
• Rosena Klemme, 1850-1852
• John Charles Klemme, 1852-1947
• Harmon Johanas Klemme, 1854-1926
• Anna Katharine Klemme, 1856-1917
• John J. Klemme, 1857-1925
• Mary Klemme, 1858-1944
• Henry Frederick Klemme, 1861-1957
• Christian Klemme, 1862-1933
• Jacob William Klemme, 1864-1924
• Benjamin Frederick Klemme, 1866-1953
• Joseph Klemme, 1868-1964
• Stephan A. Klemme, 1870-1947

Henry had six siblings:

• John Henry Christian Frederick Klemme, 1819 – ?
• Dorothy Christine Rosina Klemme, 1823 – ?
• Dorothy Sophie Charlotte klemme, 1825-1827
• John Charles Louis Klemme, 1828-1894
• John Klemme, 1831-1930
• Abbie klemme, 1839-1913