When Frederick Volkel was born on 31 August 1831, in Germany, his father, John Frederick Vochel, was 30 and his mother, Anna Maria Fagil, was 25. He married Mary Jane Davis on 11 April 1854, in Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Duncan Township, Mercer, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. He died on 20 August 1900, in Ada, Ottawa, Kansas, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Lamar, Ottawa, Kansas, United States.
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"The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the ""British Band"", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis."
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
On May 25, 1852, the Book of Mormon is published in German.
Some characteristic forenames: German Angelika, Eldor, Franz, Kurt, Lutz.
German (mainly Völkel): from a pet form of Volkmar .
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