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  • Name Addicks, George B. 
    Born 9 Sep 1854  Hampton Township, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Gender Male 
    Graduation Abt 1874  Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    Address:
    Central Wesleyan College 
    Education 1876–1877  Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Address:
    Garrett Bible Institute 
    Occupation educator  [12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17] 
    • While still in his senior year at Central Wesleyan College at Warrenton, Missouri and for a year after graduating, he taught in the preparatory department at the College (about 1875-1876). He was a Professor of German literature and language at Iowa Wesleyan University and the German College, at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa (1878-1885). In 1889, he returned to Central Wesleyan College as Professor of Practical and Historical Theology. He was named to the Presidency of the College, and appointed a professor of philosophy in 1895.
    Occupation ordained minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church  [18, 19, 20, 21] 

    •      The following biographical sketch was published about 1905 by the St. Louis German Conference of the German Methodist Episcopal Church.

           Der gegenwärtige Präsident der Anstalt [Central Wesleyan-Kollegium und Theologisches Seminar], George B. Addicks, D.D., wurde am 9. September 1854 nahe bei Hampton, Rock Island Co., Ill. geboren, als Sohn christlicher Eltern, die sich als deutsche Leute in dieser Gegend auf einer Farm niedergelassen hatten. Nachdem er die gewöhnlichen Schulen in der Heimat durchgemacht, trat er in das Central Wesleyan-Kollegium in Warrenton, Mo., ein, absolvierte den klassischen Kurfus, lehrte ein Jahr im Vorbereitungs - Department und setzte dann seine Studien im Theologischen Seminar zu Evanston, Ill., weiter fort. Seine erste Bestellung als Prediger war in Geneseo, Ill., seiner Heimatstadt. Von hier folgte er einem Rufe als Lehrer der deutschen Sprache und Litteratur im Deutschen Kollegium in Mt. Pleasant, Ia. woselbst er auch in der Iowa Wesleyan University thätig war. Nach einer siebenjährigen Thätigkeit in diesen Anstalten trat er in das Pastorat zurück und erhielt Pekin, Ill., als Arbeitsfeld zugewiesen, wo er fünf Jahre in großem Segen wirkte. Im Jahre 1890 wurde er zum Professor der praktischen und historischen Theologie im Central Wesleyan-Collegium zu Warrenton, Mo., und im Jahre 1895 als Präsident dieser Anstalt erwählt, in der er seither thätig gewesen ist. Der Herr krönte seine Arbeit unter der Jugen mit reichem Erfolge und die Zahl der Studenten, sowie die Hilfsquellen der Anstalt haben sich unter seiner weisen und energischen Leitung beständig vermehrt.

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           The current president of the institution [Central Wesleyan College and Theological Seminary], George B. Addicks, D.D., was born on 9 September 1854 near Hampton, Rock Island County, Illinois, son of Christian parents of German background who had settled on a farm in the area. After completing his education in the local common schools, he entered Central Wesleyan College in Warrenton, Missouri, completed the classical curriculum, taught for one year in the Preparatory Department and then continued his studies at the Theological Seminary at Evanston, Illinois. His first placement as a preacher was in Geneseo, Illinois, his home town. From there, he answered a call to be a teacher of German language and literature at the German College in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, where he was also active at Iowa Wesleyan University. After a seven year career at these institutions, he returned to the ministry and was assigned to Pekin, Illinois, where he worked with great blessing. In 1890 he was appointed professor of practical and historical theology at Central Wesleyan College at Warrenton, Missouri, and since 1895, president of the same institution. The Lord crowned his work among the young people with much success and the number of students as well as the resources of the college have constantly increased under his wise and energetic leadership.
    Died 31 Jan 1910  Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15, 22, 23, 24] 
    • According to information on his death certificate, Mr. Addicks died at 5:30 p.m. from myelitis. He had suffered from this condition for three years.
           The following notice appeared in the American Educational Review in March 1910:

           The Rev. George B. Addicks, president of Central Wesleyan College, died at Warrenton, Mo., January 31. One year ago he suffered a nervous breakdown, brought on by overwork, and last June was given a year's vacation. Doctor Addicks was born at Rock Island, Ill., September 9, 1854. His education began in the public schools of his native place, where he also made a specialty of German in parochial schools under private tutors. At the age of twenty he graduated from Central Wesleyan College. He later attended the Theological Seminary of the Methodist Church at Evanston, Ill. In his seventeenth year he was ordained a local preacher in the Methodist Church. When twenty-three years old he was ordained, and at the age of twenty-six was made an elder. His first appointment was at his old home at Rock Island, Ill. Later he was elected professor of German in the Iowa Wesleyan University, where he taught several years. In 1889 he was professor of practical and historical theology in his alma mater, and in 1894 was promoted to the presidency of that institution.
    Buried 2 Feb 1910  Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [23, 25] 
    • Rev. Addicks was buried in the New Warrenton City Cemetery.
    Person ID I5776  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 27 Aug 2017 

    Father Addicks, Brand Gerhard,   b. Grand Duchy of Oldenburg Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Frels, Louisa Dorothere Mary,   b. Kingdom of Hannover Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 18 Jul 1852  Rock Island County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 26, 27, 28] 
    • Depending on which source is consulted, the bride's name was either "Louisa Dorothere Mary" or "Mary L. D. Franke." This question requires further research.
    Family ID F1880  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Busch, Louisa K.,   b. Abt 1858–1859, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 1881, Scott County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 22 years) 
    Marriage License 20 Jun 1881  Scott County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [29, 30, 31] 
    • According to marriage records in Scott County, Iowa, George Addicks, of Mount Pleasant, Iowa and Louisa Busch, of Davenport, Iowa, received marriage license 5127 on 20 June 1881 (affidavit made by D. Busch).
    Married 23 Jun 1881  Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [32, 33, 34, 35] 
    • According to marriage records in Scott County, Iowa, George Addicks, of Mount Pleasant, Iowa and Louisa Busch, of Davenport, Iowa, received marriage license 5127 on 20 June 1881 (affidavit made by D. Busch). George Addicks, age 27 at his next birthday and "Teaching a college," was the son of Gerhard Addicks and Mary L. Franke and born at Hampton, Rock Island County, Illinois. Louisa Busch, age 23 at her next birthday, was the daughter of Dedrich Busch and Emma Balcke and born at Davenport, Iowa. They were married on 23 June 1881 at Davenport, Iowa by H. Balcke, Pastor, M. E. C. G. E. Heidle and Lillie Parkhursh were witnesses.
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1882  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Wellemeyer, Mary Wilhelmine,   b. 17 Oct 1862, Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 May 1936, Webster Groves, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 26 Jun 1884  Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42] 

    •      The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of a marriage notice for George B. Addicks and Mary Wilhelmine Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on Wednesday, 2 July 1884 in the Hancock Signal. The Hancock Signal was a weekly newspaper published in Garner, Iowa.

      Married -- Thursday 26 June 1884 at the home of the bride's parents by Rev. F. H. Wellemeyer, assisted by Rev. William Koerner, Mr. George Addicks of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa to Miss Mary Wellemeyer of Garner. A large company of relatives and invited guests were present to witness the impressive service which should make this twain one person. The ceremony took place shortly after 8:00 a.m. and the bride and groom left Garner by the 11:00 a.m. train for Geneseo, Illinois which is the first stopping place on their honeymoon tour. They will make their home at Mt. Pleasant, where Mr. Addicks is a professor in the Iowa Wesleyan University. Miss Wellemeyer is among Garner's worthiest young ladies and we can warmly and sincerely congratulate Professor Addicks upon his choice. We are glad to believe, from all we have learned of the groom, that his bride may also be congratulated on hers. The sterotyped forms of expression are insufficient to convey the wishes and hopes which we, in common with all the people of Garner, entertain for their happiness and prosperity.

           The following appreciation of Mary appeared in a biographical sketch of her husband, published in 1895 in Portrait and Biographical Record of St. Charles, Lincoln, and Warren Counties, Missouri.... Her husband had been promoted to the presidency of Central Wesleyan College, at Warrenton, Missouri in 1894.

      Mrs. Addicks is a lady of many accomplishments, and possessed of more than ordinary intelligence. She was educated in the college at Ames, Iowa, and also at the Iowa Wesleyan University at Mt. Pleasant, and previous to her marriage she was teacher in the public schools of Iowa. Her parents of German birth, and reside in Garner. To the union of President and Mrs. Addicks two children have been born, Marie L. B. and Raymond C.
    Census (family) 1900  Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [43] 

    •      According to the 1900 federal enumeration, the household consisted of George B. Addicks, age 45, a teacher; his wife, Mary W. Addicks, age 37; and, their three living children: Marie Addicks, age 13; Raymond C. Addicks, age 8; and Dorothy E. Addicks, age 5.
    Children 
    +1. Addicks, Marie Louise Busch,   b. 2 Jun 1886, Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 1977  (Age 90 years)
     2. Addicks, George Wesley,   b. 10 Dec 1888, Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Aug 1889, Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    +3. Addicks, Raymond Christlieb,   b. 12 Aug 1891, Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Feb 1959, Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    +4. Addicks, Dorothy Elizabeth,   b. 15 Mar 1895, Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 1986  (Age 91 years)
    +5. Addicks, Eunice Margaret,   b. 15 Jan 1903, Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1986, St. Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1879  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 70.
      George B. Addicks, child of Brand Addicks and Mary Franke, was born on 9 September 1854.

    2. [S103] Portrait and Biographical Record of St. Charles, Lincoln, and Warren Counties, Missouri: containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the counties, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States (Chicago, Illinois: Chapman Publishing Company, 1895), page 362.
      Biographical sketch of George B. Addicks.
           "He is a native of Hampton Township, Rock Island County, Ill., the date of his birth being September 9, 1854. His father and mother, Brandt Gerhardt and Mary L. D. (Franke) Addicks, were natives of Germany, the former having been born in Oldenburg, and the latter in Hanover."

    3. [S184] Warren County [Missouri] Historical Society ( http://www.rootsweb.com/~mowarren/ ), New Warrenton City Cemetery, 1854-1919.
      (http://www.rootsweb.com/~mowarren/cems/new_war_city_cem.htm), 2004. Accessed 29 March 2005.
           Transcription of cemetery roster. #640. Death date: 31 January 1910; Name: "Geo. B. Addicks"; Parents: "B G & Dorothea"; Birth: "55-04-22" "Hampton Ill".

    4. [S198] New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge.... (New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1908), "Addicks, George B." Volume 1, page 40.
      "ADDICKS, GEORGE B.: Methodist Episcopalian; b. at Hampton, Ill., Sept. 9, 1854."

    5. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900 U.S. census. NARA microfilm T623, roll 907, page 14B.
      1900 U.S. census, population schedule; Missouri, Warren County, Elkhorn Township, Warrenton, Supervisor’s District 9, Enumeration District 125, census sheet 14B, enumerated on 25 June 1900; George B. Addicks household, dwelling 297, family 301, lines 86-90. Access through Ancestry.com in November 2010.
           In the household was: Addicks, George B.; head; white; male; born September 1854; age 45; born in Illinois; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1900 U.S. census for this person.

    6. [S22] Obituary, American Educational Review, volume 31, number 6 (March 1910); page 372.
           "Doctor Addicks was born at Rock Island, Ill., September 9, 1854."

    7. [S245] Jubiläumsbuch der St. Louis Deutschen Konferenz, herausgegeben nach ihrer Anordnung zur Feier ihres fünfundzwanzigjährigen Bestandes von E. C. Magaret, Friedrich Munz, Geo. B. Addicks (Cincinnati, Ohio: Printed by Jennings und Graham for the Conference, [1905?]), biographical sketch of George B. Addicks; pages 71-72.
      "...George B. Addicks, D.D., was born on 9 September 1854 near Hampton, Rock Island County, Illinois, son of christian parents of German background who had settled on a farm in the area."

    8. [S279] Ancestry.com (library edition), Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1940 (formerly titled Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937) (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8823 in December 2017), Addicks-Busch 1881.
      Accessed in May 2016. Original data from the State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922 (textual records); Iowa State Archives; Des Moines, Iowa; Volume: 305 (Palo Alto-Taylor). The following is a compilation of relevant portions of a digital image of the source.
           Return of marriages in the county of Scott, for the year ending 1 October 1881. License Number: 5127. Date of License: 20 June 1881. Who made Affidavit: D. Busch. Who gave consent to marriage: [no entry]. Groom's name: George Addicks. Groom's place of residence: Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Groom's occupation: Teaching a college. Groom's age at next birthday: 27. Groom's race or color: White, Cauc[asian]. Groom's birth place: Hampton, Rock Isl'd County, Illinois. Groom's father's name: Gerhard Addicks. Groom's mother's maiden name: Mary L. Franke.
           By calculation from this data, George Addicks, age 26 at the time of the marriage in 1881, would have been born about 1854-1855. For full details of this record, see the sources for the Addicks-Busch marriage.

    9. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), George B. Addicks; Warren County; 1910; Certificate of Death #8345.
      http://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1910/1910_00008464.pdf Accessed in May 2008. Missouri State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death #8345. For George B. Addicks. A white, male born on 9 September 1854 in Rock Island County, Illinois. Father's name: G. Addicks; born in Germany. Mother's maiden name: unknown; born Germany. Personal information was provided by A. W. Ebeling, M.D., of Warrenton, Missouri. A. W. Ebeling, M.D., of Warrenton, Missouri, had attended the deceased from 14 January 1910 to 31 January 1910.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    10. [S103] Portrait and Biographical Record of St. Charles, Lincoln, and Warren Counties, Missouri: containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the counties, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States (Chicago, Illinois: Chapman Publishing Company, 1895), page 362.
      Biographical sketch of George B. Addicks.
           He attended public schools, studied German in parochial schools and was privately tutored prior to entering college. He graduated at the age of 20 from Central Wesleyan College, and later attended the "theological seminary of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Evanston, Ill., for one year, and finished the course under allowed absence."

    11. [S198] New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge.... (New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1908), "Addicks, George B." Volume 1, page 40.
      "He was educated at the Central Wesleyan College, Warrenton, Mo., and at the Garrett Bible Institute, Evanston, Ill, (1876-77)."

    12. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 70.
      "George Addicks was president of the Central Wesleyan College in Warrenton, Missouri for 15 years (1895-1910). He was an astute land spectator. He owned farmland in Canada, land in Texas and Arkansas, along with land in Illinois and Missouri. His wife owned the land after he died, but lost most of it during the years of the depression around the 1930's. Most of this land was being farmed with crop proceeds going as an income to Mary."

    13. [S103] Portrait and Biographical Record of St. Charles, Lincoln, and Warren Counties, Missouri: containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the counties, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States (Chicago, Illinois: Chapman Publishing Company, 1895), page 362.
      Biographical sketch of George B. Addicks.
           While still in his senior year at Central Wesleyan College and for a year after graduating, he taught in the preparatory department at the College. "...he was elected Professor of German in the Iowa Wesleyan University, and later in the German College, where he remained one year. After serving these institutions in that capacity for seven years...."
           "Professor Addicks was elected Professor of Practical and Historical Theology in the Central Wesleyan College at Warrenton, Mo., in 1889, and was promoted to the Presidency of this institution in 1894, which position he now holds."

    14. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900 U.S. census. NARA microfilm T623, roll 907, page 14B.
      1900 U.S. census, population schedule; Missouri, Warren County, Elkhorn Township, Warrenton, Supervisor’s District 9, Enumeration District 125, census sheet 14B, enumerated on 25 June 1900; George B. Addicks household, dwelling 297, family 301, lines 86-90. Access through Ancestry.com in November 2010.
           In the household was: Addicks, George B.; head; white; male; teacher; 0 months not employed.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1900 U.S. census for this person.

    15. [S22] Obituary, American Educational Review, volume 31, number 6 (March 1910); page 372.

    16. [S198] New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge.... (New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1908), "Addicks, George B." Volume 1, page 40.
      "From 1878 to 1885 he taught the German language and literature in Iowa Wesleyan University and German College, Mount Pleasant, Ia., and from 1885 to 1890 held a pastorate at Pekin, Ill. In 1890 he returned to the Central Wesleyan College as professor of practical theology and philosophy, and since 1895 has been president and professor of philosophy of the same institution."

    17. [S245] Jubiläumsbuch der St. Louis Deutschen Konferenz, herausgegeben nach ihrer Anordnung zur Feier ihres fünfundzwanzigjährigen Bestandes von E. C. Magaret, Friedrich Munz, Geo. B. Addicks (Cincinnati, Ohio: Printed by Jennings und Graham for the Conference, [1905?]), biographical sketch of George B. Addicks; pages 71-72.
      "After completing his education in the local common schools, he [George B. Addicks] entered Central Wesleyan College in Warrenton, Missouri, completed the classical curriculum, taught for one year in the Preparatory Department and then continued his studies at the Theological Seminary at Evanston, Illinois." He was "a teacher of German language and literature at the German College in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, where he was also active at Iowa Wesleyan University" for seven years. "In 1890 he was appointed professor of practical and historical theology at Central Wesleyan College at Warrenton, Missouri, and since 1895, president of the same institution."

    18. [S103] Portrait and Biographical Record of St. Charles, Lincoln, and Warren Counties, Missouri: containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the counties, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States (Chicago, Illinois: Chapman Publishing Company, 1895), pages 362-363.
      Biographical sketch of George B. Addicks.
           "He later attended the theological seminary of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Evanston, Ill., for one year, and finished the course under allowed absence.
           "In his seventeenth year our subject was ordained a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and joined the Southwest German Conference of that denomination when in his twenty-second year. When twenty-three years of age he was ordained a Deacon, and became an Elder at the age of twenty-six. His first ministerial appointment was at Geneseo, Ill., the old home of his parents, and shortly afterward he was elected Professor of German in the Iowa Wesleyan University, and later in the German College, where he remained one year. After serving these institutions in that capacity for seven years, he accepted a call from the First German Methodist Episcopal Chruch at Pekin, Ill. Here he remained for five years, the longest time allowed a Methodist minister to remain in one place."

    19. [S22] Obituary, American Educational Review, volume 31, number 6 (March 1910); page 372.
           "He later attended the Theological Seminary of the Methodist Church at Evanston, Ill. In his seventeenth year he was ordained a local preacher in the Methodist Church. When twenty-three years old he was ordained, and at the age of twenty-six was made an elder. His first appointment was at his old home at Rock Island, Ill."

    20. [S198] New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge.... (New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1908), "Addicks, George B." Volume 1, page 40.
      "...and in 1877-78 preached at Geneseo, Ill., being ordained to the Methodist Episcopal ministry in the latter year."

    21. [S245] Jubiläumsbuch der St. Louis Deutschen Konferenz, herausgegeben nach ihrer Anordnung zur Feier ihres fünfundzwanzigjährigen Bestandes von E. C. Magaret, Friedrich Munz, Geo. B. Addicks (Cincinnati, Ohio: Printed by Jennings und Graham for the Conference, [1905?]), biographical sketch of George B. Addicks; pages 71-72.

    22. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 70.
      George B. Addicks died on 31 January 1910 at Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri.

    23. [S184] Warren County [Missouri] Historical Society ( http://www.rootsweb.com/~mowarren/ ), New Warrenton City Cemetery, 1854-1919.
      (http://www.rootsweb.com/~mowarren/cems/new_war_city_cem.htm), 2004. Accessed 29 March 2005.
           Transcription of cemetery roster. #640. Death date: 31 January 1910; Name: "Geo. B. Addicks"; Parents: "B G & Dorothea"; Birth: "55-04-22" "Hampton Ill"; Cause of death: "Myelitis of Spin/Cord".

    24. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), George B. Addicks; Warren County; 1910; Certificate of Death #8345.
      http://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1910/1910_00008464.pdf Accessed in May 2008. Missouri State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death #8345. For George B. Addicks. A white, male born on 9 September 1854 in Rock Island County, Illinois. Father's name: G. Addicks; born in Germany. Mother's maiden name: unknown; born Germany. Died at 5:30 p.m. on 31 January 1910 at Warrenton, Elkhorn Township, Warren County, Missouri at the age of 55 years, 4 months, 22 days. He was married at the time of death; the name of spouse was not provided. His usual occupation was "College President." Cause of death was "myelitis" (3 years duration). Burial was to be on 2 February 1910 at Warrenton, Missouri. The undertaker was F. W. Nieburg, of Warrenton, Missouri. Personal information was provided by A. W. Ebeling, M.D., of Warrenton, Missouri. A. W. Ebeling, M.D., of Warrenton, Missouri, had attended the deceased from 14 January 1910 to 31 January 1910, had last seen him alive on 31 January 1910, and signed the death certificate on 1 March 1910. The certificate was received by the local registrar on 4 March 1910.

    25. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), George B. Addicks; Warren County; 1910; Certificate of Death #8345.
      http://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1910/1910_00008464.pdf Accessed in May 2008. Missouri State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death #8345. For George B. Addicks. A white, male born on 9 September 1854.. Died on 31 January 1910 at Warrenton, Elkhorn Township, Warren County, Missouri at the age of 55 years, 4 months, 22 days. Burial was to be on 2 February 1910 at Warrenton, Missouri. The undertaker was F. W. Nieburg, of Warrenton, Missouri. Personal information was provided by A. W. Ebeling, M.D., of Warrenton, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    26. [S103] Portrait and Biographical Record of St. Charles, Lincoln, and Warren Counties, Missouri: containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the counties, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States (Chicago, Illinois: Chapman Publishing Company, 1895), page 362.
      Biographical sketch of George B. Addicks.
           "He is a native of Hampton Township, Rock Island County, Ill,, the date of his birth being September 9, 1854. His father and mother, Brandt Gerhardt amd Mary L. D. (Franke) Addicks, were natives of Germany, the former having been born in Oldenburg, and the latter in Hanover."

    27. [S110] Illinois State Archives, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900 [online database] (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/marriage.html - last confirmed in March 2012), Addicks-Frels marriage. Accessed in May 2008.
      "Brand Gerhard Addicks" and "Louisa Dorothere Mary Frels" were married on 18 July 1852. Rock Island County marriage license 817, volume A, page 57.

    28. [S279] Ancestry.com (library edition), Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1940 (formerly titled Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937) (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8823 in December 2017), Addicks-Busch 1881.
      Accessed in May 2016. Original data from the State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922 (textual records); Iowa State Archives; Des Moines, Iowa; Volume: 305 (Palo Alto-Taylor). The following is a compilation of relevant portions of a digital image of the source.
           Return of marriages in the county of Scott, for the year ending 1 October 1881. License Number: 5127. Date of License: 20 June 1881. Who made Affidavit: D. Busch. Who gave consent to marriage: [no entry]. Groom's name: George Addicks. Groom's place of residence: Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Groom's occupation: Teaching a college. Groom's age at next birthday: 27. Groom's race or color: White, Cauc[asian]. Groom's birth place: Hampton, Rock Isl'd County, Illinois. Groom's father's name: Gerhard Addicks. Groom's mother's maiden name: Mary L. Franke. Number of Groom's marriage: 1st.
           For full details of this record, see the sources for the Addicks-Busch marriage.

    29. [S226] FamilySearch.org, "Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992." Entry for George Addicks-Louise Busch.
      Internet index. (https://familysearch.org/). Accessed in Aug 2012. Family History Film 1852257; Reference Number: 5127; Marriage applications (brides) Abel, Ottilie-Elliri, Annie 1865-1895. And also, Family History Film 1852360; Reference Number: 5127; Marriage applications (grooms) Aberle, John Baptist - Penney, George A. 1865-1895. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976-1998. Compiled from: Iowa. Scott County. Clerk of the District Court. "Marriage records, 1830-1956; index, 1838-1861." Davenport, Iowa: Scott County Courthouse.
           George Addicks, born 1860, age 21; Louise Busch, born 1863, age 18; married on 20 June 1881 in Scott County, Iowa.
           Although the FamilySearch.org database claims the marriage took place on 20 June 1881, the sources for this date are microfilms of applications for marriage licenses. The same database, referencing microfilms of marriage license records, also claims the marriage took place on 23 June 1881. It seems unlikely that the couple wed twice in such short succession. The genealogical researcher is well advised to be cautious with data derived from FamilySearch.org indexing procedures.

    30. [S113] Web site, Scott County Iowa USGenWeb Project; 1881 Marriages.
      (http://iagenweb.org/scott/bmd/1881marriagesjanjun.htm). "Transcribed by William Gertz from LDS film 1004416." Accessed in Aug 2012.
           George Addicks and Louise Busch were issued license 5127 on 20 June 1881. They were married on 23 June 1881 by H. Balcke. The witness was D. Busch.

    31. [S279] Ancestry.com (library edition), Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1940 (formerly titled Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937) (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8823 in December 2017), Addicks-Busch 1881.
      Accessed in May 2016. Original data from the State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922 (textual records); Iowa State Archives; Des Moines, Iowa; Volume: 305 (Palo Alto-Taylor). The following is a compilation of relevant portions of a digital image of the source.
           Return of marriages in the county of Scott, for the year ending 1 October 1881. License Number: 5127. Date of License: 20 June 1881. Who made Affidavit: D. Busch. Groom's name: George Addicks. Groom's place of residence: Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Bride's name: Louisa Busch. Bride's maiden name if widow: [no entry]. Bride's residence: Davenport, Iowa. Where and when married: at Davenport, Iowa. 23 June 1881.
           For full details of this record, see the sources for the Addicks-Busch marriage.

    32. [S103] Portrait and Biographical Record of St. Charles, Lincoln, and Warren Counties, Missouri: containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the counties, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States (Chicago, Illinois: Chapman Publishing Company, 1895), page 362.
      Biographical sketch of George B. Addicks.
           "The subject of this sketch has been twice married, having chosen for his first companion Miss Lovisa [sic] K. Busch, of Davenport, Iowa. The date of their wedding was June 23, 1881, and after a short married life of three months, the young wife was called to her home beyond."

    33. [S226] FamilySearch.org, "Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992." Entry for George Addicks-Louise Busch.
      Internet index. (https://familysearch.org/). Accessed in Aug 2012. Family History Film 1004416; Reference Numbers: 2:3V5LT7M & 2:3W3V54J; Marriage records, 1830-1956; index, 1838-1861. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976-1998. Compiled from: Iowa. Scott County. Clerk of the District Court. "Marriage records, 1830-1956; index, 1838-1861." Davenport, Iowa: Scott County Courthouse.
           George Addicks; Louise Busch; married on 23 June 1881 at Davenport, Scott County, Iowa.
           The same database, referencing microfilms of applications for marriage licenses, also claims the marriage took place on 20 June 1881. It seems unlikely that the couple wed twice in such short succession. The genealogical researcher is well advised to be cautious with data derived from FamilySearch.org indexing procedures.

    34. [S113] Web site, Scott County Iowa USGenWeb Project; 1881 Marriages.
      (http://iagenweb.org/scott/bmd/1881marriagesjanjun.htm). "Transcribed by William Gertz from LDS film 1004416." Accessed in August 2012.
           According to this source, George Addicks and Louise Busch were issued license 5127 on 20 June 1881. They were married on 23 June 1881 by H. Balcke. The witness was D. Busch.

    35. [S279] Ancestry.com (library edition), Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1940 (formerly titled Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937) (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8823 in December 2017), Addicks-Busch 1881.
      Accessed in May 2016. Original data from the State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922 (textual records); Iowa State Archives; Des Moines, Iowa; Volume: 305 (Palo Alto-Taylor). The following is a compilation of relevant portions of a digital image of the source.
           Return of marriages in the county of Scott, for the year ending 1 October 1881. License Number: 5127. Date of License: 20 June 1881. Who made Affidavit: D. Busch. Who gave consent to marriage: [no entry]. Groom's name: George Addicks. Groom's place of residence: Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Groom's occupation: Teaching a college. Groom's age at next birthday: 27. Groom's race or color: White, Cauc[asian]. Groom's birth place: Hampton, Rock Isl'd County, Illinois. Groom's father's name: Gerhard Addicks. Groom's mother's maiden name: Mary L. Franke. Number of Groom's marriage: 1st. Bride's name: Louisa Busch. Bride's maiden name if widow: [no entry]. Bride's residence: Davenport, Iowa. Bride's age at next birthday: 23. Bride's race or color: Wh[ite], Cauc[asian]. Bride's birth place: Davenport, Iowa. Bride's father's name: Dedrich Busch. Bride's mother's maiden name: Emma Balcke. Number of Bride's marriage: 1st. Where and when married: at Davenport, Iowa. 23 June 1881. Witnesses: G. E. Heidle, Lillie Parkhursh. By whom married: H. Balcke, Pastor, M. E. C. Date of return: 29 July 1881. When registered: 20 July 1881. The transcription of the marriage records compiled in this volume was certified by J. Andrews, Clerk District and Circuit Courts, on 1 October 1881.

    36. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 70.
      George B. Addicks and Mary Wilhelmine Wellemeyer were married on 26 June 1884 at Garner, Hancock County, Iowa.

    37. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 70.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of a marriage notice for George B. Addicks and Mary Wilhelmine Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on Wednesday, 2 July 1884 in the Hancock Signal. The Hancock Signal was a weekly newspaper published in Garner, Iowa.

    38. [S103] Portrait and Biographical Record of St. Charles, Lincoln, and Warren Counties, Missouri: containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the counties, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States (Chicago, Illinois: Chapman Publishing Company, 1895), pagea 362-363.
      Biographical sketch of George B. Addicks.
           "Three years later President Addicks and Miss Mary W. Mellemyer [sic] of Garner, Iowa, were unite in marriage, the ceremony taking place June 26, 1884."

    39. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1910 U.S. census. NARA microfilm T624, roll 828, image 104, page 7B.
      1910 U.S. census, population schedule; Missouri, Warren County, Elkhorn Township, Warrenton, Ward 2, Supervisor’s District 9, Enumeration District 175, census sheet 7B, enumerated on 25 April 1910; Mary W. Addicks household, dwelling 71, family 74, lines 84-88. Access through Ancestry.com in November 2010.
           In the household was: 84) Addicks, Mary W.; head; female; white; age 47; widow; mother of 5 children, 4 still living.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1910 U.S. census for this person.

    40. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900 U.S. census. NARA microfilm T623, roll 907, page 14B.
      1900 U.S. census, population schedule; Missouri, Warren County, Elkhorn Township, Warrenton, Supervisor’s District 9, Enumeration District 125, census sheet 14B, enumerated on 25 June 1900; George B. Addicks household, dwelling 297, family 301, lines 86-90. Access through Ancestry.com in November 2010.
           In the household was: 86) Addicks, George B.; head; white; male; born September 1854; age 45; married, for 16 years; and, 87) Addicks, Mary W.; wife; white; female; born October 1862; age 37; married, for 16 years; mother of 4 children, 3 still living.
           By calculation from the information provided, the marriage would have taken place about 1883-1884.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1900 U.S. census for these individuals.

    41. [S226] FamilySearch.org, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934." Entry for George Addicks-Mary W. Wellemeyer.
      Internet index. (https://familysearch.org/). Accessed in Aug 2012. Family History Film 1468397; Image Number: 00815. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1986. Compiled from: Iowa. Hancock County. County Recorder. "Marriage index, 1911-1956; marriage records and registers, 1873-1930." Garner, Iowa: Hancock County Courthouse.
           George Addicks, age 29; Mary W. Wellemeyer, age 22; married on 26 June 1884 in Hancock County, Iowa.

    42. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Mary W. Addicks; St. Louis County; 1936; Certificate of Death #20580.
      http://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1936/1936_00021331.pdf Accessed in May 2008. Missouri State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death #20580. For Mary W. Addicks. A white, female born on 17 October 1862. Died on 31 May 1936. She was married at the time of death to "Dr. Geo. B. Addicks." Personal information was provided by Ray C. Addicks, of 115 S. Gore.
           It should be noted that although the death certificate recorded that Mary was married at the time of her death, it is known from other reliable sources that George B. Addicks had died in 1910. See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    43. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900 U.S. census. NARA microfilm T623, roll 907, page 14B.
      1900 U.S. census, population schedule; Missouri, Warren County, Elkhorn Township, Warrenton, Supervisor’s District 9, Enumeration District 125, census sheet 14B, enumerated on 25 June 1900; George B. Addicks household, dwelling 297, family 301, lines 86-90. Access through Ancestry.com in November 2010.
           The household consisted of: 86) Addicks, George B.; head; white; male; born September 1854; age 45; married, for 16 years; born in Illinois; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; teacher; 0 months not employed; can read; can write; speaks English; rents home; home is a house. 87) Addicks, Mary W.; wife; white; female; born October 1862; age 37; married, for 16 years; mother of 4 children, 3 still living; born in Iowa; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; can read; can write; speaks English. 88) Addicks, Marie; daughter; white; female; born June 1886; age 13; single; born in Illinois; father born in Illinois; mother born in Iowa; can read; can write; speaks English. 89) Addicks, Raymond C.; son; white; male; born August 1891; age 8; single; born in Missouri; father born in Illinois; mother born in Iowa; can read; can write; speaks English. 90) Addicks, Dorothy E.; daughter; white; female; born March 1895; age 5; single; born in Missouri; father born in Illinois; mother born in Iowa; speaks English.


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