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Coldapp, who was deceased at the time, received the 61 acre farm on
which this house was located, as their part of August Roesler's land.
The eight Goldapp heirs were August Roesler's grandchildren.
On this farm the house is an exact replica of August Roesler's first
farm house that he had built in 1873. He again built this second
house with the help of his neighbors in 1892 on the exact place
where the original farm house had stood. The original farm house
had burned, after August Roesler's family had moved to a better
house on another farm close by.
Tenants now occupedd this house on their first farm.
Through the years, following 1942, six of the eight Goldapp heirs
sold their part of the 61 acre farm to their brother, Otto Goldapp.
Such purchases were made as follows:
Marcus Goldapp to Otto Goldapp on July 21, 1945.
Elda Lorfing to Otto Goldapp on November 24, 1945.
Ina Fischer to Otto Goldapp on July 19, 1946.
Also Lillie Riedel and Vesta Cozart sold their part to Otto Goldapp
during this time and Mamie Lasper sold to Otto Goldapp much later.
B. R. Goldapp sold to Edwin Goldapp, son of Otto Goldapp, who
was deceased at this time, on September 30, 1968
Mrs. and Mrs. C. L. Jenkins, whose names are Carden and Virginia,
bought this house and farm in 1970 from August Roesler'stgrandchildren,
the two sons and two daughters of the late Otto Goldapp, August
Roesler's grandson. The name of the then deceased wife of Otto Goldapp
was Alma Goldapp.
The first farm house on this farm was erected in the year 1873 by
August Roesler, the owner of the 61 acre farm at the time. His
father, Johann Roesler, his brothers, and his neighbors helped him
build it the same year that his second daughter, Martha, was born.
She was born in 1873, which was also the same year that the Zettel's
gin came into being.
The three Roesler sisters, Lina (Roesler) Honish, wife of Joe A. Honish,
Leona Ida Roesler, and Elba Roesler; who are three out of four living
children of the late Robert Gustav Roesler, and the late Eleonora
(Wotipka) Roesler, often heard their late grandfather, August Roesler
tell about his early experiences. They remember that he told them
about the time that he came here to America with his folks shortly befor
the Civil War, and about the time that his second daughter, Martha,
was born, the same year that he built his first house in 1873. In
this first house he and his late wife, Ida (Machemehl) Roesler lived,
worked, and raised their family.