Name/Title
Sorge, Oscar Family Group & Family Tree that includes Hillyard & Roth Families, to c. 1960sEntry/Object ID
P2020.1.396Description
Sorge, Oscar Family Group & Family Tree that includes Hillyard & Roth Families, to c. 1960s. b/w. Photocopy of a print showing a family group c. 1884.. Man & his wife surrounded by 7 daughters. Taken in studio setting. Photographer: Lozo.
2020.1.396A = photo
Identified as:
Back row: Anna, Bertha, Blanche, Minnie,
Front row: Elizabeth Schaeffer Sorge, Oscar Sorge, Lena, Lalla, Dora
2020.1.396B = Family
Handwritten Tree: "Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Sorge and Family. Oscar born Saxon, Germany, Aug. 12 1829. died Feb. 22, 1895. Gives 5 generations. Includes the Robert B. Hillyard Family.
2020.1.396C
Page from "History of Buchanan Co., 1881"
"Oscar Sorge baker and dealer in groceries, is a native of Saxon, Germany, and was born, Aug. 12, 1829. He was there reared, educated, and learned the harness making trade, and came to America in 1854, locating in New Jersey, where he resided two years: thence to Illinois, locating in Whitesides County, for a time, after which he came to Farmington, Van Buren County, Iowa, and there lived until 1861. He enlisted in Company B, Third Iowa Cavalry, was elected sergeant, and passed through the usual routine of promotion and was honorably discharged as First Lieutenant. He participated in the battles of Pea Ridge, Helena (Arkansas), and all the principal engagements of the Potomac, and served until the rebellion was suppressed. He returned to St. Louis and then to Trenton, Grundy County, Missouri and engaged in the hotel business, keeping the Bismarck House for four years; also kept the Palace Hotel at Gallatin, Missouri. He next engaged in the hotel business at Atchison, Kansas and was burned out, which proved disastrous financially. Came to St. Joseph, January, 1880, worked at the harness making trade for Mr. Landis and Mr. Haspel, and in June, 1880, engaged in trade. He was married in 1857 to miss Elizabeth Shaffer. They have seven children, Annie, Bertha, Lena, Dora, Minnie, Laura, and Blanche and Lalla. Mr. S. was an Encampment Odd Fellow and was a charter member of Grand River Lodge No. 53, of Trenton, Missouri"Made/Created
Studio
Alex Lozo Photographic Gallery of ArtDate made
1990Place
City
St. JosephState/Province
MissouriLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Civil warsSearch Terms
Civil War in St. Joseph, Confederate Army, Hannibal & St. Joseph RailroadRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
M. Jeff Thomspon