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Henry, age 24, Herman, age 21 and Gerhard, age 19 GROTELUSCHEN, 2nd, 3rd, and4th farming brothers from Sage, Lower Saxony, Germany, arrived in Mayville,Dodge, Wisconsin, in 1859. Henry and Herman enlisted for the North in 1861where the Sgt who signed them in stated their name was too long and changed itto LUESCHEN. Gerhard later changed his name to LUESCHEN. The two brothersserved for the full duration of the conflict. For their service each was givena quarter section of land in Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska where theylocated to take up farming. The younger brother Gerhard returned to Germany in1864 to visit family, including the oldest brother who inherited, and to marryCatherine KUHLMAN, then to return to Mayville Wisconsin, where the first twochildren were born. Adolph LUESCHEN in 1874 and Edward LUESCHEN about 1876. In1879, Gerhard and his family moved to Columbus, Platte, Nebraska to buy landand to be with his brothers. |
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