| Notes |
- 1870 Census:
Name: William Woeleke
Age in 1870: 43
Birth Date: abt 1827
Birthplace: Braunschweig / Brunswick
Dwelling Number: 158
Home in 1870: Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Cape Girardeau
Occupation: Brick Mason
Father of Foreign Birth: Yes
Mother of Foreign Birth: Yes
Male Citizen Over 21: Yes
Personal Estate Value: 4700
Real Estate Value: 4500
Inferred Spouse:
Mary Woeleke
Household Members Age
William Woeleke 43
Mary Woeleke
41
Amelia Tenapple
14
Ellen Strayline
5
- 1880 Census:
Name: William Woeleke
Age: 53
Birth Date: Abt 1827
Birthplace: Brunswick
Home in 1880: Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA
Dwelling Number: 231
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Amalia Woeleke
Father's Birthplace: Brunswick
Mother's Birthplace: Brunswick
Occupation: Merchant
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members Age Relationship
William Woeleke 53 Self (Head)
Amalia Woeleke
51 Wife
Ellen Strehlein
15 Adopted Daughter
Christina Langheim
8 Adopted Daughter
- Civil War:
Name: William Woeleke
Unit: A 15 Ill. Cavalry
Filing Date: 14 Jul 1890
Place Filed: Missouri, USA
Relation to Head: Soldier
Roll number: 531
Cape Girardeau County Civil War records pg 9:
Sgt., A, 15th Ill Cav., 4 Sep 1861 - 29 Aug 1894
Pvt., D, Home Guard, 27 Jan 1861 - 4 Sep 1861
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- Douglas: History of Southeast Missouri, pg 501:
In 1859 the Cape Girardeau, Pilot Knob & Belmont Railroad Company was organized to construct a road from Pilot Knob to Bel- mont, by way of Cape Girardeau. William C. Ranney was made president of the company, arrangements were perfected and a large private subscription obtained for the stock of the company. The county of Cape Girardeau voted to take two hundred thousand dollars worth of the company's stock. It seemed that the railroad would be built and it probably would have been but for the breaking out of the Civil war. Nothing was done during that period, but after the close of the war the matter was taken up again. A company was organized, known as the Cape Girardeau & State Line Railroad Company, with intention to build a road from Cape Girardeau to some point on the Arkansas line. The company was organized April 27th, 1869, with the following directors : G. C. Thilenius, John Albert, T. J. Rodney, Robert Sturdivant, John Ivers, A. B. Dorman, M. Dittlinger, L. F. Klostermann, William Woeleke, F. Hanny, M. M. Kimmell, A. D. Leech, H. Bader, C. Hirsch, William Regenhardt, William Hamilton, J. Vasterling and Casper Uhl. G. C. Thilenius was made president, John Ivers, vice-president, and S. G. Kitchen, manager.
The company started off with very flattering prospects, there was a large private subscription to the bonds and the city of Cape Girardeau voted to take a hundred and fifty thousand dollars worth and the township of Cape Girardeau the same amount. The bonds were sold and with the money the work of construction was begun. Through bad management, however, the funds were exhausted before a single mile of the road was finished. It was then determined to build the road by contract. Accordingly an agreement was entered into with Governor Fletcher and his associates to build the road, and for their services they were to receive a deed to the roadbed, provided they completed twenty-five miles by December 1, 1871.
Governor Fletcher then proceeded to organize a company known as the Illinois. Missouri & Texas Railway Company and issued bonds to the amount of $1,500,000 secured by mortgage on the property of both companies. The bonds found no sale however, and it became impossible to secure funds. The project of building the road was abandoned for ten years. A considerable amount of work had been done in building bridges and in laying ties and throwing up a roadbed; all these suffered very materially during the years when nothing was done, the wood work decayed and the roadbed was washed away by the rain and grew up in brush.
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1826 - 1899 (72 years)
