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Died:
JOHANNE CHRISTINE WRESSIG

This information is from photocopies of the Lutheran Church records in the town of Ahlshausen.

Page 341, number 1, year 1821:

Date of Death: 4 January 1821, Ahlshausen

Date of Burial: 7 January 1821, Ahlshausen

Name: Johanne Christine Wressig born Schelm, legitimate daughter of the deceased (died in Ahlshausen) cottager Johann Christion Schlem and his deceased wife Ilse Catharine Beckman, and widow of the cottager Johann Christian Wressig, who died here.

Age: 54 years, 11 months, 16 days

Cause: Chest ailment

Johanne married on 22 Nov 1792 in Ahlshausen, , Lower Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johanne married Johann Christian Wressig on 22 Nov 1792 in Ahlshausen, , Lower Saxony, Germany. Johann (son of Johann Christian Wressig and Maria Sophia Rolff) was born on 09 May 1771 in Ahlshausen, , Lower Saxony, Germany; died on 07 Dec 1810 in Ahlshausen, , Lower Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Christened:
JOHANNE JUSTINE WILHELMINE WRESSIG

At the Niedersaschen State Archives in Wolfenbuttel the following information is taken form original records of the Lutheran Church for the towns of Ahlshausen along wo\ith Sievershausen.

Page 154, number 6, year 18oq Baptism Record verifies the following:

Born: 19 Feb 1801, Ahlshausen

Baptized: 22 February 1801, Ahlshausen

Name of Child Johanne Justine Wilhelmine

Name of Father: Johann Christian Wressig, great-cottager

Name of Mother: Hanne Justine Schelm, age 36

Remarks: The child was brought to baptism by Louise Alland.


Died:
JOHANNE JUSTINE WILHELMINE WRESSIG

This information is from photocopies of the Lutheran Church records in the town of Ahlshausen.

Page 466, number 6, year 1846:

Date of Death: 3 February 1846, Ahlshausen

Date of Burial: 7 February 18461, Ahlshausen

Name: Johanne Justine Wilhelmine Wressig, unmarried, legitimate daughter of the deceased cottager Johann Christian Wressig and his deceased wife Johanne Justine Schelm.

Age: 44 years, 11 months, 15 days

Cause: Inflamation of lungs according to diagnosis of a physician.

Family/Spouse: Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Regenhardt. Christian (son of Johann Ernst Regenhardt and Johanne Fridereca Probst) was born on 14 Dec 1803 in Ahlshausen, , Lower Saxony, Germany; was christened on 18 Dec 1803 in Ahlshausen Lutheran Church, , Lower Saxony, Germany; died on 26 Nov 1831 in Haieshausen, , Lower Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: William
• Confirmation: 18 Apr 1841, Ahlshausen Lutheran Church, , Lower Saxony, Germany
• Emigration: 20 May 1849, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States
• Naturalization: 15 May 1852, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA
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Address

Delivered at the Funeral of William Regenhardt

April 9,1903

Psalm 112, 6.:
"The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance."


When William Regenhardt drew his last breath at half past ten o'clock last Tuesday morning, a good man, a prominent and distinguished citizen, a highly esteemed and valuable member of the Lutheran Church, the honored head of a family, and the cherished friend of many of his fellow-men passed form time into eternity. In his demise a long and useful career on earth has reached its end. Large is the number of those who lament his death. It includes not only his faithful spouse, children, grandchildren andother near of kin; it includes also a large circle of personal friends, business associates and a host of men who formerly or of late were in the employ of the deceased; it includes our whole city and county; it includes the members of the Lutheran church in this city of which the deceased was an old member and a faithful officer for many years. Among the member of mourners is also his pastor who loved and esteemed the deceased very highly as a precious child of God by faith in Christ Jesus. I ventur
But the time of his departure was come, and his soul, in peace with God and man, passed into another, a better and brighter world. Our loss is his gain. It devolves on us to bring his earthly remains to their last resting place on earth. I deem it a privilege to officiate at his funeral and to pay this tribute of love and respect to his memory. For he was one of "the righteous" of whom our text speaks, saying that they "shall be in everlasting remembrance".
"The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance", says the Psalmist. Who are the righteous? Righteousness may be considered under two heads, as righteousness before men and as righteousness before God. The two must not be confounded. The one belongs to the province of nature, the other to the province of grace. The one is a very desirable thing in the sphere of civil life, the other is an important factor in the sphere of spiritual life. The one is the result of our own endeavors under divine providence, the other is the righteousness of Christ appropriated by faith.
In the first place, there is such a thing as civil righteousness or virtuousness. It consists of leading an outwardly honorable and virtuous life before our fellow-citizens. Civil virtues render a man righteous in the eyes of his fellow-men. Such civil righteousness cannot be recommended and praised too highly in this life. Law-abiding citizens, faithful husbands, men that are upright and honest in word and deed and reliable in their dealings, are a great boon to any community, are the mainstay and support, the pillars and sustainers of family, society, and state. God himself demands such virtues and rewards them in this life with temporal blessings. It is mainly this righteousness of which the Book of Proverbs (chap. 14, 34) is speaking when it says, "Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people." By divine providence honesty is still the best policy, and virtue finds its reward.
Of such civil righteousness our departed friend and fellow-citizen was a glorious type. Born, cradled and reared in Germany, in a village of the Duchy of Brunswick, he came to this country in 1849 at the age of twenty-one and since October of that year has been without interruption a resident citizen of Cape Girardeau. Being one of its oldest, he was at the same time one of its best citizens. He was a man who, as to the virtues which go together to constitute good citizenship, far excelled many and would bear comparison with any. He was plain, economical, and temperate in his habits; fair and considerate toward his fellow-men; conservative in his opinions; charitable in his judgments; slow to speak, but when he did speak, every word full of marrow andto the point. He was of a kind and tender-hearted disposition; to refuse a favor asked for was to him well nigh an impossibility. He was a peaceful neighbor, having a strong dislike against quarreling. He was kind and generous to those who were in h
But he was still more. He was also a Christian, who stood high in the estimation of his fellow-Christians, whose memory will be cherished in the church of which he was an active member for many years, and whose departure has inflicted a loss which will be felt by his fellow-Lutherans for years to come. He took a lively interest in the affairs of the church, was a regular attendant at the public worship and at the lord's table; for twenty years and longer he was member of the Board of Trustees, president of the congregation and chairman at its regular monthly meetings, placing his remarkable ability for conducting a public meeting, his experience, his soundness of judgment, his conservative advice, his extensive influence and other gifts at the disposal of his church. His services were at all times valuable and were highly appreciated. His memory will ever be blessed among us.
But there is still another righteousness which is of far greater value for time and eternity than the one that we have hitherto been speaking of. That is the righteousness which is available in the sight of God. It is the righteousness of Christ which is procured for all men and is imparted of all believers. Civil virtues and Christian graces may render a man righteous in the eyes of his fellow-men and fellow-Christians, but will never justify him before God. And why not? God demands perfect obedience to his law, not only in some outward things, but in desires, thoughts, words, and deeds. Outward conformity to the divine law does not satisfy him, but he looks at the heart and will have us to be pure in heart, holy and without any evil lust, fearinghim and loving him above all things; and all our thoughts and words and deeds are to proceed from such fear and love of God. And he that offends against the divine law in a single point is guilty of all. And since no man can keep them, no man is just
this righteousness of Christ actually become partakers of the same and are justified before God. To live up to the so-called Golden Rule is indeed our duty, but since we all come short of fulfilling it perfectly we can not be saved thereby, and if we areto receive for forgiveness of sins and be justified before God, it must be not by our works, but by the grace of God, for Christ's sake, through faith. And in this and in no other way was our departed friend justified before God, and in this and in no other way did he want to be righteous in God's sight. He knew and acknowledged that in spite of his civil virtuousness and Christian conversation he was a sinner deserving divine wrath and eternal condemnation. But he also knew and recognized his Savior Jesus Christ and firmly believed that there was salvation for men in nothing save the grace of God and the merits of Christ. Thus he was righteous before God, and was of the number of "the righteous" who "shall be in everlasting remembrance", who shal
May the memory of William Regenhardt ever remain green among us. May his life and his faith be an example to us prompting us to follow in his foot-steps, striving to be good and useful men and women, and, above all, seeking the kingdom of God and his righteousness. And may we all die the death of righteous, and may our last end be like his. Amen.



Christian William Regenhardt
Biographical Research


BIRTH: From the records of the Lutheran Church in Ahlshausen

Pg 86/87, number 6, year 1828 Baptism Record verifies
the following:
Name of Child: Christian Wilhelm
Name of Father: not given (see remarks below)
Name of mother: Johanne Justine Wilhelmina Wressig
Sponsor: Christian Wressig, Cottager here in Ahlshausen
Remarks: Born illegitimate. This illegitimate son of Johanne Wressig is indeed not formally recognized by the recorder of the church books as the child of the late linenweaver Wilhelm Regenhardt in Haieshausen, but he is openly recognized as his child according to reliable testimony. The mother assented to the decree of the Ducal Consistory of the 22 May 1841.

CONFIRMATION: Christian Wilhelm Wressig, called Ragenhardt

At the Niedersaschen State Archives in Wolfenbuttel the
following information is taken from photocopies of the Lutheran Church records in the town of Ahlshausen:

Page 252, number 11, year 1841 Confirmation Book verifies the following:

Day of Confirmation: 18 April 1841, Ahlshausen

Name of Child: Wressig called Ragenhardt, Christian Wilhelm
- born in the year 1828, on the 20th of February.

Name of Mother: Johanne Justine Wilhelmine Wressig

Remarks: According to the Birth Register for the year 1828,
page 86, number 6, Wilhelm Regenhardt, linenweaver, is the father of this illegitimately born child.

Emmigration: At age 21, listed as a bricklayer from Haieshausen,
he left from the port of Bremen, Germany on the ship EDMOND and arrived in New Orleans 20 MAY, 1849 with one piece of luggage. His destination was listed as Cape Girardeau. He traveled with the Bohnsack family.

He became a member of Hanover Lutheran Church.

He married Johanna Dormeier in Cape on 1 SEPT 1853.

He was a Corporal in Captian Michael Dittinger's Company "C", Cape Girardeau, Missouri Home Guard Volunteers from 27 JUN 1861 to 29 SEPT 1861.

He was a Captain of Co. "B", Cape Girardeau County Regiment, Missouri Militia from 7 OCT 1862 to 15 June 1870.

He was elected to the Board of Directors of the Cape Girardeau and State Line Railroad Co. 21 MAY 1870.

1876 - 1892 member of Cape Girardeau City Council

Wilhelm remarried on 20 April 1879 to M. Louisa Meier. They had no children. She was born in Alivese, Braunschweig Province, Germany, on 3 July, 1831. She died 30 June 1903.


The following information about events of the life of William Regenhardt was taken from various newspaper articles and other sources as noted.

_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 1 May 1876
LOCATED: 1983

From the Minutes of the City Council Meeting - 1 May 1876:
Wm. Regenhardt sworn in as new member (his signature is on this page).
He was appointed to these committees:
Ways and Means, Streets and Wharves.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 21 Feb 1891
NEWSPAPER: CAPE DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 2
LOCATED: 15 July 1983
Wm Regenhardt has contract to lay the foundation for D.A. Glenn's store building on Main Street.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 21 Feb 1891
NEWSPAPER: CAPE DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 3
LOCATED: 1983
We publish a communication today nominating William Regenhardt as the choice of the citizens of the 2nd and 3rd Wards for Mayor. Mr. Regenhardt is one of the gentlemen referred to by the little Main St. sheet as a wooly-mouthed and clabber-headed ignoramus. We will see later who runs the city.

DATE: 21 Feb 1891
SLUG: Bio/Politics
NEWSPAPER: CAPE DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 5
LOCATED: 1983
The Next Mayor
Editor: Democrat:
Since the "Era", backed by its Main Street syndicate is attempting to direct who shall be Mayor, and at the same time giving the Germans and colored citizens continuous complaints of unsavory character, it will be well to inform the "Era" man that Main Street and Main Street influence has run the town for years, and the time has now arrived for a change. And to please the "Era" man we, citizens of the 2nd and 3rd Wards, nominate our worthy councilman and fellow citizen, W. Regenhardt, as our candidate for Mayor, and if he will accept, we are pleased to state that his friends will place him in the Mayoralty by a decidedly handsome majority. Let the people be heard and Main Street influence in our city affairs will be more limited.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 4 July 1891
NEWSPAPER: DEMOCRAT
LOCATED: 1983
Wm Regenhardt is putting a rock foundation in D.A. Glenn's new store building on which the ceder sleepers for the floor will rest.
Wm Regenhardt has the contract for building a vault for the new bank and he is now getting the stone on the ground. The vault will be completed in time for the bank to open up for business on the 1st of August. All the stock for the new corporation has been taken and there are quite a number of people here who wanted stock but spoke too late to get it.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 8 Aug 1891
NEWSPAPER: DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 2
LOCATED: 1983
Wm Regenhardt has the contract to make a granitoid pavement in front of Glenn's new store building on Main Street.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 15 Aug 1891
NEWSPAPER: DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 3
LOCATED: 1983
Wm Regenhardt superintended the job of pulling down the walls of the Hirsch and Post Office buildings this forenoon. Since the walls are down the burnt district presents an ugly place on Main Street and it is to be hoped that the vacant lots will soon becovered with buildings better than the ones that were destroyed.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 26 Sep 1891
NEWSPAPER: DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 3
LOCATED: 1983
Wm Regenhardt has the contract for the stone work for 3 new houses on Main Street.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 6 Feb 1892
NEWSPAPER: DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 6
LOCATED: 1983
William Regenhardt - on Street and Wharf Committee of City Council.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 27 Feb 1892
NEWSPAPER: DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1983
A large number of friends of Wm. Regenhardt called on the old gentleman yesterday (Sunday, 21 Feb 1892) and as a token of their friendship presented him with a handsome gold-headed cane in honor of his 64th birthday. Mr. Regenhardt was looking for a call from his friends and he was prepared to receive them and he proved to be a generous host.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 21 Mar 1892
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 5
LOCATED: 1983
City Govenment Minutes: Petition signed by Trustees of German Methodist Church, and Wm. Regenhardt, Anton Haas, and other citizens was read. Petition asks the board to grade Independence St. between Sprigg and Ellis streets.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 26 Mar 1892
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 7
LOCATED: 1983
Cape Girardeau City Ticket (sample ballot for City Council election) - Wm. Regenhardt not on ballot.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 30 Apr 1892
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 2
LOCATED: 1983
Wm Regenhardt went down to Poplar Bluff this morning to bid on a job of stone work.
________________________________________________________________
DATE: 7 May 1892
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 5
LOCATED: 1983
City Government Minutes - Wm Regenhardt's last meeting as City Councilman was 2 May 1892.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 4 June 1892
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 3
LOCATED: 1983
Wm. Regenhardt, delegate to the National Repbulican Convention, will leave tomorrow morning for Minneapolis (6/3/92 -Friday).
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 18 June 1892
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1983
Wm. Regenhardt returned home yesterday evening from Minneapolis, where he had been to help nominate the next President of the United States.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 13 Aug 1892
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1983
Wm Regenhardt is making the foundation for the addition to the Lincoln School.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 1 Oct 1892
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 2
LOCATED: 1983
Wm. Regenhardt purchased the city lot that was sold by the Sheriff today at partition sale. He paid $75 for it.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 14 Jan 1893
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 3
LOCATED: 1983
Coming down the grade on Broadway yesterday (Tuesday 10 Jan 1893) car number one ran on to the mules and caused them to runaway. The car was full of passengers and many of them jumped out when the car was going at breakneck speed. Wm. Regenhardt was one of the passengers who jumped. His face struck the rock on the street and was badly bruised. Fortunately he was not seriously hurt. The brake on the car did not work and the car was unmanageable.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 11 Mar 1893
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1983
Wm Regenhardt is going to build a residence building on his lot up in Donnybrook. The building will be for rent as soon as it is completed.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 11 Mar 1893
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 3
LOCATED: 1983
Wm Regenhardt is going to build a nice residence building in the Giboney-Houck Addition. There will be no less than eight buildings put up in that part of the city this year and they will all be good buildings, too.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 13 May 1893
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 4
LOCATED: 1983
Wm Regenhardt will soon begin work on a granitoid pavement around the new Sturdivant Bank Building. When completed this will be the longest stretch of granitoid pavement in the city and it will make the grand new bank building show up to much better advantage.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 13 Jan 1894
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 2
LOCATED: 1983
Wm. Regenhardt is apt to be out again. The old gentleman had a lengthy wrestle with the grip, and he was down in bed for a week or two.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 1 Sep 1894
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 5 COL. 2
LOCATED: 1983
Wm. Regenhardt purchased some real estate on Fountain Street the other day.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 8 Sep 1894
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 5 COL. 2
LOCATED: 1983
In the case of Regenhardt vs. Hass, the jury returned a verdict in favor of Regenhardt. (Ciruit Court - Common Pleas)
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 19 Jan 1895

NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 6 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1 Aug 1983
Wm Regenhardt, who was confined to his room last week, is able to be out again.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 16 Feb 1895
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 6 COL. 2
LOCATED: 1 Aug 1983
Wm Regenhardt went out to Jackson this morning and got back in time for dinner.

C. F. Betten will move his family to Jackson as soon as Wm Regenhardt completes the new house he is building out there.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 6 July 1895
SOURCE: City Council Minutes
LOCATED: 1 Aug 1983

The City Council has contracted with Wm Regenhardt for a hose house in the 2nd Ward. Mr. Regenhardt will build the house and lease it to the City for 5 years. (on Broadway near Ellis on
Wm Regenhardt's lot)
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 19 Apr 1898
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. COL.
LOCATED: 1983
Mayor had contracted with parties to quarry sandstone on Lorimier St. north of Mill St. But Wm Regenhardt appeared before Council stating that they were quarrying on his property.
City Engineer requested to locate lines of Lorimier from south side of Mill St. to the north side of Mason St. MOTION CARRIED.
Property owners on Meriweather from Ellis to Pacific asked Wm Regenhardt to ask the City Council to put in sewer pipe on Meriweather.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 27 Aug 1898
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 5 COL. 5
LOCATED: 25 July 1983

Wm Regenhardt has been confined to his bed several days.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 3 Sep 1898
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. COL.
LOCATED: 25 July 1983
Wm Regenhardt is still in his room but he is now improving.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 10 Sep 1898
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 5 COL. 1
LOCATED: 25 July 1983
Wm Regenhardt, assignee of Stein Brothers, sold a lot of notes and accounts last Saturday. They didn't bring enough money to pay for advertising them.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 28 Jan 1899
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 5 COL. 2
LOCATED: 1983
Wm Regenhardt made his final settlement yesterday, as asignee of Stein Brothers.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 29 Dec 1900
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 1 COL. 6
LOCATED: 1983
Wm Regenhardt is on Board of Directors (and President of Stockholders) of the Cape Brewery and Ice Co.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 4 Jan 1902
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 4 COL. 2
LOCATED: 1983
Wm Regenhardt went out to Allenville this morning to lookout after the interests of the Cape Brewery and Ice. Co.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 28 Mar 1903
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 5 COL. 3
LOCATED: Aug 1983
Wm Regenhardt, one of the oldest and best citizens of the city, lies dangerously ill at his home on West Independence St. Mr. Regenhardt is past 74 years of age, and is suffering from an attack of la grippe.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 11 Apr 1903
NEWSPAPER: Weekly Democrat
LOCATED: July 1983, Cape Library


A GOOD MAN GONE

William Regenhardt Passed Away Tuesday Morning

A Life Crowned with Good Deeds Comes to an End

William Regenhardt, aged and respected citizen, known and loved by every man, woman, and child in Cape Girardeau, passed away at 10:30 last Tuesday morning at his home on Independence Street, between Sprigg and Frederick, after a life of usefulness and good deeds that is seldom if ever equalled.

No man has ever lived in Cape Girardeau who was better known or liked. He had lived here for years and was always spoken of with respect, good will, and reverence. A better man and a better friend never lived, and in his death Cape Girardeau and its people lose a valuable man.

The news of his death came as a great shock, as it was given out last night that he was much better and that the chances for his recovery were improved. This morning, however, it became apparent that the end was near and the family and friends were summoned to his bedside. The end came peacefully, the aged sufferer being concious to the last.

The deceased was 75 years old, having passed the birthday in February. He leaves a widow, two sons and one daughter, who were at the bedside when the last breath was drawn.

Mr. Regenhardt was born February 20, 1828 at Alshausen, Braunshweig, Germany.


Civil War Draft:

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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.

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.

Louise Regenhardt et-all heirs of Charles Meyer deceased
To Hermann Weiss; Warranty Deed
This deed made and entered nto this 20th day May eighteen Hundred and Seventy nine by and between Louise Regenhardt late Louise Meyer widow of Charles Meyer deceased and William Regenhardt her husband August Heuer and Auguste Heuer, late Auguste Meyer, his wife. Matilda Masters late Matilde Meyer and David C. Masters her husband, of the County of Cape Girardeau and State of Missouri parties of the first part and Hermann Weiss of the County of Cape Girardeau and State of Missouri party of the Second part Witnesseth. That the Said parties of the first part in Consideration of the Fifteen Hundred Dollars to them paid by the Said party of the Second part, the receipt of which is here by acknowledged do by these presents grant bargain and sell Convey and Confirm unto the Said party of the second part and his heirs and assings forever all their right title and interest of every kind whatsoever, more particularly all their right title and interest in and to the following describedReal Estate, Situate and lyi
Executed in the presence of Louisa Regenhardt Seal
Edward D. Englemann William Regenhardt Seal
August Heuer Seal
Auguste Heuer Seal
Matilde Masters Seal
David C. Masters Seal

State of Missouri
County of Cape Girardeau Be it remembered that on this 20th day of May 1879 before the undersigned a Notary Public within and for the County of Cape Girardeau and State aforesaid personally appeared William Regenhardt and Louise Regenhardt his wife August Heuer and Auguste Heuer his wife and David C. Masters and Matilde Masters his wife who are all personally known to me to be the same persons whose names are Subscribed to the foregoing instrument of writing as parties thereto and Severally acknowledged that they executed the same as their act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned. And the Said Auguste Heuer and Matilde Masters being by me first made acquainted with the contents of the Said instrument of writing upon an examination Separate and aprt from their Said husbands Severally acknowledged that they executed the same freely and without fear compulsion or undue influence of their Said husbands and the said Louise Regenhardt being by me first made acquainted with the contents of S

Seal Edward D. Engleman
Notary Public
Recorded May 22nd 1879 at 10:15am HR English Clk ?? official Recorded

above note courtesy of Judy Tuccinardi


William Regenhardt Naturalization 15 May 1852 Common Pleas Court Book A Pg 71
Cape Girardeau, Missouri

William Regenhardt a native of Germany and formerly a subject to William Duke of Brunswick appears in open court and applies to be admitted a citizen of the United States of America and appearing that said applicant on the 15th day of May 1852 before the clerk of the Cape Girardeau Circuit Court filed his application under oath of intension to become a citizen of the United States of America and it further appears to the satisfaction of the court from the oath of Henry Brandes and William Bierwirth who are known to the court to be citizens of the United States and that applicant for the last five years has resided within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States and for the last three years within the state of Missouri and that during that time he has behaved as person of good moral character attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same. Whereas the said William Regenhardt declares an oath that he wil

Therefore it is ordered by the court that the said William Regenhardt be admitted a citizen of the United States of America.

- Cape Girardeau County Archives Center, Jackson, Missouri - 3 Jun 2021


Christened:
At the Niedersaschen State Archives in Wolfenbuttel the following information is taken form photocopies of the Lutheran Church records in the town Alshausen.

Page 86/87, number 6, year 1828 Baptism Record verifies the fowllowing:

Born: 20 February 1828, Ahlshausen

Baptized: 24 February 1828, Ahlshausen

Name of Child: Christian Wilhelm

Name of father: not given

Name of mother: Johanne Justine Wilhelmina Wressig

Sponsor: Christian Wressig, cottager here in Ahlhausen

Remarks: Number 6 was born illegitimate. This illegitimate son of Johanne Wressig is indeed not formally recognized by the recorder of the church books, as the child of the late linnenweaver Wilhelm Regehnardt in Haichshausen, but he is openly recognizedas his child according to reliable testimony. The mother assented to the decree of the Ducal Consistory of the 22 May 1841.


Confirmation:
Christian Wilhelm Wressig, called Regenhardt

At the Niedersaschen State Archives in Wolfenbuttel the following information is taken form photocopies of the Lutheran Church records in the town Alshausen.

Page 252, number 11, year 1841 Confirmation Book verifies the following:




Day of Confirmation: 18 April 1841, Ahlshausen


Name of Child: Wressig called Regenhardt, Christian Wilhelm
Born in the year 1828, on the 20th of February


Name of mother: Johanne Justine Wilhelmina Wressig

Remarks: According to the Birth Register for the year 1828, page 86, number 6,


Emigration:
Ship passenger list on-line:

https://www.immigrantships.net/v11/1800v11/edmund18490511_01.html

Buried:
findagrave.com memorial # 8005575

Section 2, Lot 79, Grave 2

Christian married Johanne Sophie Amalie Mankopf on 01 Sep 1853 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. Johanne (daughter of Johann Heinrich Carl Mahnkopf and Johanne Dorothee Charlotte Wille) was born on 02 July 1834 in Upstedt, , Lower Saxony, Germany; was christened on 13 Jul 1834 in Upstedt, , Lower Saxony, Germany; died on 13 Jun 1876 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; was buried on 14 Jun 1876 in New Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christian married Luise Henriette Christine Weiss on 20 Apr 1879 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. Luise (daughter of Anton Jacob Weiss and Anne Mathilde Friederike Luise Clauditz) was born on 03 Jul 1831; died on 30 Jun 1903 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; was buried on 01 Jul 1903 in New Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

Trinity Lutheran Church records state she died of Consumption.

Died:
Consumption

Buried:
Old Lorimier Cemetery

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Notes:

Trinity Lutheran Church records state she died of pneumonia.

Died:
pneumonia. Grave H30

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• Created: 09 Aug 2018

Notes:

HENRY REGENHARDT
BIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH


DATE: 11 Mar 1893
SLUG: Bio/House of Delegates Nomination
NEWSPAPER: DAILY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 2
LOCATED: 1983
Henry Regenhardt has been nominated by the Republicans of St.
Louis for the House of Delegates. Mr. Regenhardt is the son of Wm
Regenhardt of this city. He is quite a ward politician in the big
city and his nomination to the House of Delegates shows that he is
successful in politics too.
________________________________________________________________
DATE: 11 Mar 1893
SLUG: Bio/House of Delegates Election
NEWSPAPER: DAILY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 2
LOCATED: 1983
Henry Regenhardt, son of our fellow citizen Wm Regenhardt, was
elected to the House of Delegates in St. Louis last Tuesday.


MORTUARY RECORD - City of Cape Girardeau
Page 32
246. Henry Regenhardt
D.O.D. - 11 March 1899
Locality of Death - St. Louis
Cause - Pneumonia
Physician - E.J. Washington
Cemetary - Lorimier Lot 79, Section 2, Grave 7
Sexton - Chas Rueseler
Undertaker - Henry Leidner (St. Louis)

Buried:
Section 2, Lot 79, Grave 5

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• Name: Fred
• Name: Frederick
• Created: 09 Aug 2018

Notes:

FRED REGENHARDT
Biographical Research

FROM: St. Louis City Hall Marriage Records Vol. 34, Pg. 37.

FREDERICK W. REGENHARDT AND JOHANNA W. T. ACKENHAUSEN
- married 12 Oct 1887
- by Henry Lieck
1420 Warren St.
- an ordained preacher of the gospel.
- both of Cape Girardeau
________________________________________________________________
DATE: 16 Sep 1893
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 1
Fred Regenhardt went out to Greenville, Wayne County this
morning (Monday, 9/11/93) to put down the stone foundation for a
new courthouse.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 17 Nov 1900
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. COL.
LOCATED: 1983
The work on the new addition to St. Francis Hospital is
progressing nicely. Fred Regenhardt has avbout completed the stone
work and the brick masons are pushing their end and in a few weeks
it will be ready for the finishing touch.
________________________________________________________________
DATE: 16 Feb 1895
SLUG: Bio
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 6 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1983
Fred Regenhardt will be at the courthouse till Saturday to
collect back taxes for the County Collector.
________________________________________________________________
DATE: 12 Apr 1898
FROM: Cape City Council Minutes
Fred Regenhardt elected to City Council 12 Apr 1898 (2nd
Ward). Appointed to Fire Board.
________________________________________________________________
DATE: 3 Apr 1902
FROM: Cape City Council Minutes

Fred Regenhardt re-elected.

1902: Served on these standing committees:
Street and Wharves
Water and Light
Judiciary
Also on Fire Board

1903-1904: Served on these standing committees:
Judiciary
Ways and Means
Claims
Appropriations
________________________________________________________________
DATE: 3 Aug 1903
FROM: Cape City Council Meetings

Fred Regenhardt's last City Council meeting attended.
Missed Meetings of 17 Aug, 3 Sep.

Pg. 150 Minutes of Special Session 10 Sep 1903:

Resignation of Fred W. Regenhardt of the office of
councilman of the 2nd Ward was presented and read.
Mr. R. states ill health and an indefinite absence from
the city the reasons for tendering his resignation and
asks its immediate acceptance.

On motion the resignation of Mr. R. was received,
accepted, and ordered filed.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 26 Sep 1903
SLUG: Bio
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 5 COL. 2
LOCATED: Aug 1983
L. B. Houck has announced himself as a candidate for
councilman in the 2nd Ward to fill the unexpired term of Fred W.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 24 Oct 1903
SLUG: Bio/Death
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 1
LOCATED: Aug, 1983, Cape Library

F.W. REGENHARDT
Dies at Roswell, New Mexico Wednesday

Fred W. Regenhardt died at Roswell, New Mexico, Wednesday.
The deceased was the son of the late William Regenhardt, whose
death occurred only a few months ago.
Fred Regenhardt had consumption and left here a few weeks ago
at the advice of physicians to seek his health in the far West. He
grew worse all the time till death ended his suffering.
The remains will be brought to this city for interment.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 31 Oct 1903
SLUG: Bio/Death
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 5 COL. 2
LOCATED: Aug 1983
The body of Fred W. Regenhardt arrived here today (Monday
10/26/03) on the noon train from Roswell, New Mexico and was buried
in Lorimier Cemetary at 2:30 pm. The remains were followed to the
grave by a large concourse of relatives and friends.


Buried:
findagrave.com memorial # 131580458

Section 2, Lot 14, Grave 2

Christian married Wilhelmina Johanna Ackenhausen on 12 Oct 1887 in St. Louis, (City of St. Louis), Missouri, USA. Wilhelmina (daughter of August Ackenhausen and Whilhelmina Dormeyer) was born on 05 Apr 1866 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; was christened on 08 Jul 1866 in Trinity Lutheran Church, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; died on 11 Nov 1898 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; was buried in New Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Confirmation: Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA
• Occupation: St. Louis, (City of St. Louis), Missouri, USA; 1910-1914: U. S. Marshal - Eastern District of Missouri - Office in St. Louis
• Residence: 1910-1911; Address:
  4132 Cleveland Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri
• Residence: 1911-1914; Address:
  2449 Hord Avenue, Jennings, Missouri
• Created: 09 Aug 2018

Notes:

(Research):

1910-1914
Appointed U.S. Marshal Eastern District of Missouri by President Taft.

EDWARD F. REGENHARDT
Biographical Research

DATE: 8 Aug 1891
SLUG: Bio
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 2
LOCATED: 1983

Ed Regenhardt is taking music lessons up at the College.
He will graduate in about two weeks from now.
_________________________________________________________________
FROM: St. Louis City Hall Marriage Records Vol. 34, Pg. 37.
EDWARD F. REGENHARDT AND ALOINE THEUERKAUF
- married 9 Sep 1891
- by Rev. Chas T. McDaniel
- at St. Marks Lutheran Church
Southwest corner Bell and Cardinal Streets
- he is listed as being from Cape, she from St. Louis
________________________________________________________________
DATE: 12 Sep 1891
SLUG: Bio/Marriage License
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 2
LOCATED: 1983
Marriage License was granted in St. Louis last Monday to
Edward Regenhardt and Miss Alvina Theuerkauf, daughter of the late
Wm Theuerkauf of this city. When Mr. Regenhardt returns home he
will be bringing with him as his bride one of Cape's fair daughters
who is an accomplished young lady. The Democrat wishes the happy
pair a world of enjoyment and a long life of happiness.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 19 Sep 1891
SLUG: Bio
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1983

TUESDAY: Ed Regenhardt has rented the 2nd story in the
Stratman house on Spanish St. and will go to housekeeping in a few
days.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 2 Jan 1892
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 3
LOCATED: 1983
Ed F. Regenhardt and Charles Bode have formed a coªpartnership
under the firm name of Regenhardt & Bode, Contractors for Brick
Work. They have fitted up an office in a room over Burgess' Store
on Main Street where they will give careful attention
to calls for estimates on brick work of any kind. They are both
first class mechanics, and we cheerfully recommend them to all in
need of brick work of any description.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 30 Jan 1892
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1983
Regenhardt and Bode, contractors for brick work, are now ready
to make estimates and contract for work. They have an office over
Burgess' Store on Main St., where they would be pleased to have
their friends and those contemplating building call on them.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 19 Mar 1892
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 3
LOCATED: 1983
Ed Regenhardt pulled down the big smoke stack at the ruins of
the Lorimier Mills this morning (Thursday, 3/17/92). He took it
down whole and without making a dent in it.
Otto Buekrmann from Fayetteville, Arkansas owned the mills,
destroyed by fire previous Saturday night (3/19/92).
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 9 Apr 1892
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 2
LOCATED: 1983
Ed Regenhardt is putting down a granitoid pavement in front
of the First National Bank.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 25 June 1892
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 2
LOCATED: 1983
Ed Regenhardt went down to Malden this afternoon to put in a
bid for the brick work on the bank building that is to be put up
there.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 17 Sep 1892
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1983
E.F. Regenhardt is building a brick house for Herman Muellerin
Jackson, and his partner, Chas. Bode. will go to Sikeston in a few
days to build a brick house in that town.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 21 Jan 1893
SLUG: Bio
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1983

Ed Regenhardt is going to move up on Sprigg St.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 25 Feb 1893
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 2
LOCATED: 1983
As soon as weather will permit Ed Regenhardt will make
granitoid pavements in front of the new Sturdivant Bank building
on both Main and Themis streets. The walk on Themis Street will
be the longest stretch of granitoid pavement in the city.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 25 Mar 1893
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1983
The granitoid curbing for the sidewalk around the Sturdivant
Bank was delivered yesterday (Monday 3/20).
The granite curbing being put down around the Sturdivant Bank
building will be there long after the present generations of our
citizens are under the sod.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 27 May 1893
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 2
LOCATED: 1983
Ed Regenhardt is putting in granitoid steps for the Sturdivant
Bank.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 3 June 1893
SLUG: Bio
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1983
Ed Regenhardt is making a granitoid pavement in front of
Dr.S.S. Harris's property on Themis street. When this job of work
is done Themis Street will have the longest stretch of granitoid
pavement in the city. <2nd house on south side of Themis west of
the courthouse (Al Spradling Jr.)>
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 27 Oct 1894
SLUG: Bio
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 5 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1983

E.F. Regenhardt returned home from Poplar Bluff. Ed says he
has no notion of moving to the Bluff.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: Aug 1895
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 6 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1 Aug 1983
The contract for repairing the Meriweather Street sewer was
awarded to E.F. Regenhardt by the Council.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 5 Oct 1895
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 5 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1983
E. F. Regenhardt is putting in some granitoid pavement for
Wilson Cramer at Jackson.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 23 Nov 1895
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 5 COL. 2
LOCATED: 1 Aug 1983
Ed Regenhardt came in from Greenville, Wayne County, Saturday
night. Mr. R. has the contract to build a big business house at
Greenville and he will have work for a force of hands there for
several months.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 16 Oct 1897
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 5 COL. 1
LOCATED: 25 July 1983
Ed Regenhardt was awarded the contract for the granitoid walks
in the Normal grounds. The contract was for 800 yards, more or
less.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 30 Oct 1897
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 5 COL. 2
LOCATED: 1983
E. F. Regenhardt is down at Kennett this week building some
flues in the stone railroad depot building he completed a few weeks
ago for the Kennett Railroad Company.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 6 Nov 1897
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 5 COL. 4
LOCATED: 1983
E. F. Regenhardt will begin work on the granitoid walks up at
the Normal next month.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 27 Aug 1898
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 5 COL. 1
LOCATED: 25 July 1983
E. F. Regenhardt, who has the contract to build a big
schoolhouse in Bonne Terre, came down Saturday to get some hands
to work.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 11 July 1903
SLUG: Bio/Construction
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 5 COL. 2
LOCATED: Aug 1983
E. F. Regenhardt has the contract to build the new building
for the new ice plant.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 29 Aug 1903
SLUG: Bio/Construction/Academic Hall
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
LOCATED: 1983

PG. 5 COL. 1 :
The contract let to Temple and Slavick for plumbing the Normal
building was the biggest plumbing contract ever let in S.E.
Missouri.
PG. 5 COL. 2 :
E. F. Regenhardt says he will begin clearing the ground for
the new Normal within the next 5 or 6 days .
E. T. Maule and son, E. P., came down on the Chester this
morning (Wed 4/29/03). Mr. Maule's son is associated with
Mr.Regenhardt in the contract for the building of the new Normal
structure. Mr. Maule says we have an extra fine quality of
stone here for building purposes.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 17 Sep 1904
SLUG: Bio/Quarry
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 7 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1983
Mr. Regenhardt invited us to take a drive to the quarries west
of the Normal Campus and there showed us a solid block of marble,
nine and on half feet long, six and a half broad and four and a
half thick, which contained 222 cubic feet of marble, weighing 21
tons. This block was raised from the bottom of the fifty foot
level and set down at the door of the mill ready to be placed under
the saws. This will be sawed into lintels 9' long, 22" broad and
13" thick for the Academic Hall. We expect to live to see the day
when a Missouri new State Capitol will be built from this quarry.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 1 Jul 1905
SLUG: Bio/Quarry
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 5 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1983
At Regenhardt's quarry Monday Mr. Regenhardt had some words
with his engineer and the two came to blows. Regenhardt, who is
a powerful man, struck at the engineer, missed him, hit a piece of
machinery and broke his right arm just above the wrist. Dr. Ben
Schultz bandaged the broken limb and Mr. Regenhardt will soon have
the use of it again.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 25 NOV 1905
SLUG: ACADEMIC HALL
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
PG. 5 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1983
MONDAY:
The new Academic Hall was not opened to the public Sunday as
contemplated, on account of bad weather, but will be the first
Sunday that the weather is fair and it is not so muddy.

From The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, Published circa 1905. Pages 113-114. Book located in the University of Missouri-Rolla Library, January 18, 1993.

The Edward F. Regenhardt Quarries

Mr. Regenhardt operates two quarries, one the "Normal" quarry, is located just east of the fair grounds, near the west limits of the city; and the other is located two miles south of the city, just beyond the Killebrew quarry.
The Normal quarry consists of a single irregular opening, 70 feet east and west and 100 feet north and south, having a maximum vertical face of 35 feet. This quarry was opened in 1901 to obtain the stone to be used in the Normal School building at Cape Girardeau.
This stone is coarsely crystalline, heavily bedded limestone, having much the appearance of marble. It is almost pure white in the bottom of the quarry, but has a faint pinkish or bluish gray tint near the surface. Fine structure joints occur from two inches to three feet apart. The stone contains small cavities, known locally as "sand holes". These are not sufficiently abundant to cause any considerable waste.
The quarry is covered with a very light stripping of clay. Large irregular cavities and open joints, resulting from weathering, occur throughout the quarry, These are usually filled with red clay, which occasionally extends to the bottom of the quarry. These cavities and open joints make it difficult to obtain large blocks, free from the effects of weathering. It is the practice to quarry irregular blocks by hand and saw them in the mill. The stone in the upper part of the quarry is said to be harderthan that deeper down. It can be sawed at an average rate of two inches per hour. The stone works nicely under the hammer, and has a pleasing appearance when used as in the Normal school buildings at Cape Girardeau. An excellent grade of white lime ismanufactured out of this stone.
This quarry is equipped with a Wordwell channeling machine, a crushing plant and two gang saws.
The second quarry operated by Mr. Regenhardt is located about two miles south of the city on a bluff just south of the Killebrew crusher, on land leased from St. Vincent's college. It has a face 70 feet long and about 15 feet high. The following are thethicknesses of each of the beds from top to bottom: 4 ft., 1 ft. 5 in., 1 ft. 8 in., 1 ft. 9 in.,1 ft., 1 ft. 10 in., 1 ft, 2 in., 2 ft. 4 in., 1 ft. 2 in., 1 ft. 8 in. Some of the stratification planes have a black color. Near the crossing of these planes and the joints the stone weathers more rapidly than in other parts of the quarry.
All the stone in this quarry has the same general texture and color. It is a very fine grained, compact limestone, having a brownish black to very dark blue color. It is very hard and breaks with a sub-conchoidal fracture.
The major joints strike N 40° - 50° W. A minor set strikes N 55° E. These parting planes are taken advantage of in quarrying an are sufficiently far apart to permit the removal of blocks of practically any required dimensions.
The stone has been used in the basement of the new Normal school buildings and in other structures in Cape Girardeau, The dark color of the stone is in striking contrast with the nearly white "Cape marble".

The William Regenhardt Quarry

This quarry is located near the north limits of the city and is situated on one of the Mississippi River bluffs. The stone, which is known as the Thebes of Cape Girardeau sandstone, caps the hills along the river. The first stone used in Cape Girardeau was obtained from this formation.
It is a yellow, fine grained sandstone which is soft when first quarried but hardens upon exposure, the formation is about fifteen feet thick and consists of beds from three feet to six feet in thickness. When used above ground, it appears to be very durable, as shown by a dwelling built out of it in 1853. For half a century, this building has been exposed to the weather without showing any very marked evidence of deterioration. At one time, this stone was shipped quite extensively through the extremesoutheastern part of Missouri along the Mississippi River. At present very little is being quarried.
The face of the quarry is about 600 feet long and 15 feet high. It is covered with a stripping of twenty feet of loess, on account of which, it is said to have been abandoned.


Southeat Missourian - Out of the Past:

Nov. 27, 1904
Edward F. Regenhardt returns from St. Louis with six bricklayers, and now the brick work on the new Normal School building will be rushed; if the weather continues to cooperate, the building will be completed by June.
Feb. 16, 1905
In the coal famine now facing Cape Girardeau, only one man has come forward to offer relief to suffering people; that man is Ed. Regenhardt; Regenhardt, who owns a marble quarry west of town, has several carloads of screenings in storage for his mill.
June 2, 1905
Thousands of people were attracted to the Cape City Brick plant west of the Cape Girardeau late last evening by a fire which destroyed one of the buildings; the large building west of the engine house and near the Cape and Chester Railroad was in heavy flames before it was discovered; A.R. Ponder, T.M. Williams, Ed Regenhardt, E.W. Flentge, M.E. Leming and other prominent citizens directed the fire-fighting efforts with the fire chief and his men.
June 26, 1905
Ed Regenhardt breaks the small bone in his arm early in the morning; while working at his quarry, his arm is thrown against the derrick, and the bone is broken; he is now sporting a plaster cast.
Nov. 16, 1905
Edward F. Regenhardt, the contractor for the Normal School buildings, has about completed his work on the immense Academic building, which is the finest school building in Missouri; Regenhardt's work has been beyond expectations, and as the building may not be formally dedicated for some time, it is possible he will invite the public to call Sunday and inspect the structure.
Nov. 18, 1905
Edward Regenhardt, builder, says he will throw open the doors of the new academic hall at the Normal School tomorrow from 1 to 5 p.m.; he specially invites his hundreds of friends to be present and look over the building; he states, however, that if it should rain and the Normal grounds around the new building should become muddy, it won't be opened; he is at a point of turning it over to the state and cannot take the risk of having it damaged in any way.
Nov. 25, 1905
Because of the rainy weather last Sunday, contractor Edward F. Regenhardt didn't open the new Normal School building to the public as he had planned; instead, if the weather is nice, he will throw open the doors to public inspection tomorrow.
Nov. 27, 1905
Probably the greatest crowd of Girardeans to ever visit the Normal School at one time was there yesterday afternoon to take a first look at the interior of the great Academic Hall; it is believed more than 5,000 people walked the halls of the new building; the building stands as a monument to the skills of contractor Edward F. Regenhardt.
SAVED: Academic Hall. After the fire destroyed the original Normal School building in 1902, plans were quickly drawn up for Academic Hall at the same location. The legislature authorized an appropriation of $200,000, and work on the new structure began in1903. The architect for the hall was J.B. Legg, and the general contractors were Edward F. Regenhardt and C.O. Allen Maule of Cape Girardeau. The building was opened for public viewing in December 1905 and was put to use early in 1906. It has become the symbol of Southeast Missouri State University.

Dec. 15, 1905
Since the public visited the new Academic Hall at the invitation of the contractor, Edward F. Regenhardt, the upper sections of the windows in the auditorium have been filled with fine stained glass; these windows bear coats of arms and inscriptions commemorative of the history of the Louisiana Purchase, as well as men who were benefactors of education in Missouri.
Jan. 16, 1906
At last week's meeting of the board of regents of the Normal School, contractor E.F. Regenhardt turned the Academic Hall over to the school; the great building is finished, so far as Regenhardt is concerned, and all that remains to be done is completing of the heating and lighting apparatus, which will be done this week.
March 22, 1906
According to Edward F. Regenhardt, Cape Girardeau contractor, his big quarrying plant will start operation tomorrow; it has been idle for some time because of the severe weather; the department of stone trimming will begin at once, and in a short time thework in the shaft will resume; Regenhardt plans to start a new shaft just north of the present hole, filling in the old place with the refuse from the new.
April 14, 1906
E.W. Flentge, Edw. W. Regenhardt and Charles Stones of Cape Girardeau go to Jackson to attend a session of the county Republican committee.
May 1, 1906
The county court is sitting in executive session at Jackson with the courthouse building committee; they are examining bids for the courthouse; there are four bidders for the big job, including Ed Regenhardt of Cape Girardeau, Taylor & Morton of Jackson, one from Kentucky and one from Florida.
May 7, 1906
Squalls and excitement mark the regular meeting of the city council; that body finally passes the sewer ordinance, as well as a measure granting a franchise to the street railway; Edward Regenhardt, a bidder on street improvement work, demands to be heardwhen the council seems ready to accept bids lower than his.
May 30, 1906
Edward Regenhardt is a busy man; his quarry is supplying stone to several projects in other towns, including Advance, Mo., Oran, Mo., and Bradwell, Ky.
June 3, 1906
Teachers for the Juden School District have been appointed for next year; Elsie Regenhardt of Cape Girardeau will teach at Juden School, about four miles north of the city, and A.E. McGuire will have charge of the district's black school; classes will begin about Oct. 1.
June 11, 1906
Fourteen of the 27 members of the county Republican committee met at Jackson Saturday and organized; Blucher Sperling was made chairman, Edward F. Regenhardt vice chairman, Henry Puls secretary, and J.D. Porterfield treasurer.
Sept. 6, 1906
Edward F. Regenhardt has prepared a block of marble from his Cape Girardeau quarry that will be sent to J. Knox Taylor, supervising architect of the treasury and who will make the plans for the federal building which will be built in Cape Girardeau; it ishoped the government can be persuaded to use local marble in the construction of this building.
April 20, 1907
Suit has been filed in the Court of Common Pleas against M.T. Lowman & Co., of Louisville, Ky., by Edward F. Regenhardt for $450, being a claim for stone used in construction of the new county courthouse at Jackson; Regenhardt claims that the account has been due for six months or more, and that repeated attempts to collect the bill have been fruitless.
Feb. 2, 1908
The Republican county convention held yesterday at Jackson was the best attended and most harmonious meeting of the kind ever held in Cape Girardeau County; speeches were made by Judge John A. Snider, Fred Kies, E.W. Flentge, E.F. Regenhardt and L.R. Johnson; delegates and alternates to the congressional and state conventions were selected.
Feb. 8, 1908
A message from Fred Naeter, one of the publishers of The Daily Republican newspaper and a delegate to the congressional convention at West Plains, Mo., reveals that the convention chose Edward Regenhardt as one of the two delegates to the national convention, where William H. Taft is expected to be nominated as candidate for president on the Republican ticket.
July 28, 1908
Ground was broken yesterday for the foundation of The Daily Republican newspaper's new home in the 200 block of Broadway; Jerome Legg, who designed Academic Hall, is the architect for the new building, and Edward Regenhardt is the contractor.
Sept. 5, 1908
Edward Regenhardt is rushing two jobs on Broadway; The Republican building is built up to the second story, and the old Ruesskamp property is rapidly disappearing to make room for the Federal Building.
Sept. 17, 1908
E.F. Regenhardt is advertising the sale of old brick, stone, doors, rods, gutters, building wood, etc., the remains of the old Ruesskamp house he tore down to make room for the new federal building.
Oct. 6, 1908
Edward F. Regenhardt appeared before the Cape Girardeau City Council last night when he filed his bond for the construction of the new city hall, fire and police station; Regenhardt is to complete the hall within 90 working days.
Jan. 28, 1909
The concussion felt in Cape Girardeau in the morning isn't of seismic origin; the cause is simply the tumbling of big Ed Regenhardt into the basement of the new city hall building, which is under construction on Independence Street; the contractor isn't seriously injured.
March 4, 1909
At a meeting last night, a slate of candidates for an "Industrial Ticket" for Cape Girardeau municipal offices was organized; the ticket consists of Merit E. Leming for mayor; Joel T. Nunn, collector; William H. Coerver, treasurer; Robert H. Whitelaw, city attorney; Lee L. Bowman, police judge; Antone Kammer, assessor; William H. Summers, marshal, and for aldermen, Joel T. Juden, E.F. Regenhardt, Will Hirsch and David A. Glenn.
March 18, 1909
The new Duplex printing press for The Daily Republican has arrived and, as contractor E.F. Regenhardt expects to complete the foundation piers this week, arrangements have been made with the expert from the factory to be here next week to set up the machine; this will be the largest printing press in use between St. Louis and Little Rock, Ark.
May 12, 1909
JEFFERSON CITY -- The Missouri House yesterday increased the appropriation budget, passing bills that will take an additional $24,011.75 from the state treasury; among the items was $5,382 to Edward F. Regenhardt for repairs to the Cape Girardeau Normal School.
July 2, 1909
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Charles A. Crow, Edward F. Regenhardt and Harry Naeter of Cape Girardeau visit President William Howard Taft in the morning while all Cabinet officers are with the president.
Aug. 16, 1909
About 20 prominent Cape Girardeau residents responded yesterday to the call issued by Edward F. Regenhardt for a meeting to lay preliminary plans for the Taft Day celebration in October; a 60-minute program was planned, which includes an automobile drive to the Normal School, where the president will address the crowd and plant a tree.
Aug. 20, 1909
Edward F. Regenhardt, chairman of the Taft Day celebration committee, learns there will be special trains running to Cape Girardeau over two lines that day, bringing visitors from Poplar Bluff, Kennett, Campbell and Malden, Mo.

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8/19/2004
Rob Lewis

St. Louis Central Public Library
Rare Book Room

Men of Affairs of St. Louis

Edward Franz T. Regenhardt

Edward Franz T. Regenhardt can be justly called the original rock ribbed Republican. His sons are named after three presidents; McKinley, Roosevelt, and Taft. Cape Girardeau people hunt him out whenever they come to the U. S. Court House where he reigns, six feet six, as United States Marshal.

He is a strong, rugged man; a man who started in the Lutheran Schools and hewed his way out to success with his two hands; descendant of sturdy German stock, born March 24, 1867 at Cape Girardeau and known everywhere. When President Taft sent into Missouri to know who was wanted as U.S. Marshal, he expected a host of candidates. Some people recommended Franz, some Edward, and some Ed., but one and all gave the last name as Regenhardt; and Regenhardt got it. And since then he has earned the respect of the bench and bar for his sterling honesty, his willingness to give everyone a square deal, and his ability to make good. Up and down, sideways and across, through and through he is just what he appears to be a native born Missourian and a credit to hisstate.

This Newspaper Reference Library book, containing portraits, biographies, and cartoons of progressive men of St. Louis, who have helped in the development and history making of St. Louis

It is primarily a publisher's utility library and it's aim is to principally supply newspaper offices with a work of reference wherein it can be found, in correct from, the basic facts, from the birth down to date, regarding the lives of men of notable achievement, together with half-tones from the latest photographs and dealing with the lighter vein of each man's life, a cartoon.

Buried:
Section 3. Lot 58, Grave 2

Edward married Caroline Emilie Alvina Theuerkauf on 09 Sep 1891 in St. Mark's Lutheran Church, St. Louis, , Missouri, USA. Caroline (daughter of Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Theuerkauf and Johanna Sophia Augusta Allers) was born on 01 Jun 1865 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; died on 23 Nov 1942 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; was buried in New Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• familyserch.org ID: LH3S-18L
• Confirmation: 2 Apr 1882, Trinity Lutheran Church, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA
• Created: 09 Aug 2018

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Died:
DATE: 6 Feb 1950
NEWSPAPER: SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN
PG. 10 COL. 1
LOCATED: Sep 1983

Mrs. Emma Weiss, 80 Dies
Rites to Be Tuesday

Mrs. Emma Weiss, 80 years old, wife of the late August Weiss, died at 11 a.m. Sunday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Malinda Kurre, 1865 Broadway, following an illness of eight months of a heart condition.
Funeral services will be conducted a 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Hanover Lutheran Church with the pastor, Rev. Wm. Wittrock, in charge. Burial will be in Lorimier Cemetary. The body will be taken to the church at noon Tuesday from the Brinkopf-Howell Funeral Home.
Born in Cape Girardeau, April 20. 1869, she was the last of 10 children of the Wm. Regenhardt family. She was married to Mr. Weiss on July 11, 1889, and he died five years ago. They resided on a farm in the Hanover community until 11 years ago when they moved to a residence on Perry avenue. For the past two years she has made her home with her daughter. Mrs. Weiss was a life-long member of Hanover Church being confirmed on April 2, 1889. She was a charter member of the Hanover Lutheran Ladies Aid and was very active in the organization until eight months ago when she became ill.
Besides her daughter, she leaves a son, Ernst Weiss, of Cape Girardeau; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The pallbearers will be: George Koerber, C.H. Foeste, H.A. Brinkopf, Martin Strack, August Heuer, and Hilbert Heuer.


Buried:
findagrave.com memorial # 79836582

Julia married August Weiss on 11 Jul 1889 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. August (son of Georg Heinrich Theodor Weiss and Wilhelmina Lowes) was born on 27 Sep 1866 in Cape Girardeau County, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; died on 09 May 1945 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; was buried in New Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• familyserch.org ID: 9XLK-GBM
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ERNST REGENHARDT
Biographical Research
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DATE: 6 Feb 1892

NEWSPAPER: DAILY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 2
LOCATED: 1983
Ernst Regenhardt left this morning (2/3/92 Wednesday) for St.
Louis. He will be absent from the city 3 or 4 days.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 5 Mar 1892

NEWSPAPER: DAILY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 1
LOCATED: 1983
Ernst Regenhardt, who has been depot agent for the St. Louis,
Cape Girardeau, and Fort Smith Railway for a long time, has
tendered his resignation and will, we understand, go to St. Louis
and engage in the greenery business. Ernst is a model young man
and we wish him well wherever he may go.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 12 Mar 1892

NEWSPAPER: DAILY DEMOCRAT
PG. 3 COL. 2
LOCATED: 1983
Ernst Regenhardt, who handed in his resignation as depot agent
for the St. Louis, Cape Girardeau, and Fort Smith Railway Co. in
this city only a few weeks ago, will finish up his business with
the Company today (3/8/92 Tuesday) and next week he will go to St.
Louis. The Company will not find as clever a young man for the
position soon as was young Mr. Regenhardt.

PG. 3 Col. 3:
Thursday, 3/10/92. Ernst regenhardt will leave for St. Louis
tomorrow. The Daily Democrat will visit him regularly.
_________________________________________________________________
DATE: 23 Apr 1892
NEWSPAPER: WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
LOCATED: 1983

PG. 3 COL. 2 :
Wm Paar, Adam Hoffman, and Mr. Dormeyer came in from Jackson
this morning to attend the funeral of Ernst Regenhardt.

Pg. 3 COL. 2 :
Thursday, 4/23/92. The remains of Ernst Regenhardt were
followed to their last resting place this forenoon by a host of
grief-stricken friends.

PG. 3 COL. 3 :
The floral offerings at the funeral of Ernst Regenhardt were
evidence that the young man had a host of friends. It required a
wagon to haul the flowers to the cemetery and the remains of the
noble young man now sleep beneath a wilderness of flowers.

PG. 3 COL. 3 :
Henry Regenhardt of St. Louis accompanied the remains of his
brother from that city to the Cape yesterday (Wednesday, 4/6/92).
He was at the bedside of his brother when he died.



DEATH CERTIFICATE:
Name: Ernst Regenhardt
Age: 21 yrs., 6 months
Occupation: Storekeeper
Place of Death: 1427 Benton St.
Date of Death: 18 APR 1892
Cause of Death: Purpura Haemorrhagica
Physician: C.E. Bauer, 2104 N. 14th St.
FROM: Globe Democrat, Tues, April 18, 1892, Pg. 7, Col. 3
Regenhardt - Monday 6 AM Ernst Regenhardt. Funeral from
1425 Benton Street to Union Depot, Wednesday, 6:30 AM.
FROM: Daily Democrat (Cape), 23 Apr 1892
Death of Ernst Regenhardt
The announcement of the death of the death of Ernst Regenhardt
was received here Monday evening but no particulars of the sad affair were
given in the telegram that brought the news and everybody was anxious to
learn the cause of the sudden taking of so noble a young man who left here
only a few weeks ago enjoying the best of good health for St. Louis where
he went to go into business for himself.
Not until this morning could we get any information as to the
cause of the young man's death. We were shown a telegram this
morning from Ed. Regenhardt to his father informing the family that
Ernst died from the bursting of a blood vessel. He was not sick a
day and as he lived only a short time after the bursting of the
blood vessel his suffering was of short duration. Ernst Regenhardt
was the youngest son of Mr. William Regenhardt of this city and he
was a son of whom any father could well afford to be proud of, for
a nobler young man was never born. In years he was not yet a man,
but in many ways in actions and in all that goes to make a true and
worthy man and good citizen, he was all. He was courteous, obliging,
and kind to all with whom he had any acquaintance, and we can truthfully
say that all his acquaintances were all his friends.
His death, coming suddenly and unexpected as it did, is a
terrible shock to a father who idolized him as his baby son. While
that father is bowed down with grief almost unbearable he must not
imagine that he and his family are the only ones that are mourning
the loss of this noble young man, for such is not the case. The
whole community is deeply grieved for they knew the young man and
loved him for his many and manly qualities.
The remains of the young man arrived here Wednesday evening
and his funeral took place from the residence of his father at ten
o'clock Thursday morning.

MORTURARY RECORD - City of Cape Girardeau
Page 18
31. Ernst Regenhardt
D.O.D. - 18 Apr 1892
Interment - 21 Apr 1892
Age - 20 years 8 months 18 days
Locality of Death - Cape
Cause - Purpues Hemorrhage
Physician - Bomer
Cemetary - Lorimier Lot 79, Grave 8


Buried:
findagrave.com memorial # 8005603

https://www.capegenealogy.org/books/DeathCapeCountyBookA1882_1911.pdf - Entry #631

findagrave.com memorial # 8005603

Section 2 Lot 79 Grave 6

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• familyserch.org ID: 9N3P-BWY
• Confirmation: Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA
• Created: 09 Aug 2018

Notes:

Christened:
Trintiy Lutheran Church

Died:
Died of convulsions - Trinity Lutheran Church records

Buried:
Section 2, Lot 79, Grave 7