Obituary from Burns Citizen of July 20, 1933: Henry Herman Westerhaus was born June 11, 1844, at Neunkirchen beiFerden, Oldenburg, Germany and departed this life July 11, 1933, inLawton, Oklahoma at the age of eighty-nine years and one month. In1857 at the age of thirteen he came to America with his parents andsettled in Cincinatti, Ohio. He was a Civil War vetern, havingentered the Union forces at the age of nineteen. He served in thefourteenth army corps under General Sherman. On May 3, 1869, he wasunited in marriage to Carolina Olberding, and to that union was bornfive sons and five daughters. In 1879, he moved with his family toKansas. In the spring of 1880, he settled on a farm five milessouthwest of Burns. Later moving to Burns. Since the death of hiswife eight years ago, he made his home with his daughter in Lawton,Oklahoma. He leaves to mourn his departure five sons: Henry ofHutchinson, Joe of Florence, Frank of Rose Hill, George of Strong Cityand Leo of Burns; and three daughters: Mrs. Anna Hucht of Burns, Mrs.James Timmons of Lawton, Oklahoma and Mrs. William Walter of Burns.Two daughters, Alberta and Lena, departed this life at an early age.He is also survived by a sister [sic: sister-in-law?] Mrs. FredWesterhaus, St. Louis, Missouri; a niece, Sister Fintana O.S.B.,Ferdinand, Indiana; ninteen grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren. His funeral services were held from the ImmaculateConception church at Burns, the Rev. A. L. Meyer officiating. He waslaid to rest in St. Marys cemetery at Burns. The pallbearers were hisfive sons and one grandson. Those here from a distance to attend thefuneral besides his children and their familiews were Mr. and Mrs.James Bolton, Enid, Oklahoma; Mr. Urban Denker, Mrs. Mark Lewis, Mrs.William Weigand, all of Wichita. Quinton Westerhaus said Henry used to wear a skull cap and had abeard. He used to make them pray the rosary at night, in German.Grandma used to whip with Black Snake whip. Died when Quinton was 8or 9 years old. His wife lived near St. Meyers convent in IndianaOlberdings lived there - one was a nun. Henry served in the OhioBrigade or Ohio Regiment during the Civil War. He fought in thebattle at Lookout Mountain. Quinton also said that the Westerhaus boyall worked at one time or another for the Santa Fe Railroad, and thatall were very good baseball players. Apparently Leo was anoutstanding baseball pitcher. Source, telephone interview withQuinton Westerhaus of Wichita, Kansas on 9/2/94 Quinton also said that his sister, Betty (Mrs. James) Nebergall ofGreat Bend, Kansas, has extensive information about the Westerhausfamily. Bernadine Westerhaus told me (9/2/94) that Betty Kyle has extensiveinformation about the Westerhaus family also. Betty lives in Burns,Kansas. Bettie Nebergall reports that Henry H. was supposed to have fought inthe Civil War under General Sherman. Supposedly, he drove anammunitions wagon. She has a newspaper clipping of his obituary whichsays that he came to the U.S. with his father and sisters when he wassmall and that he was survived by a sister in St. Louis. Bettie hasthe clipping but didn't report her name. She did say that it named,Mrs. ___ Westerhaus, and believes the paper was mistaken about asurviving sister. Rather she believes it was a sister-in-law. Shesays he had no brothers. Bettie says she remembers Henry H. telling the grandkids about theCivil War and that when they slept on the ground, that snakes crawledover them. Then he would push forward in his chair and raise hisvoice to scare them. She seldom saw him walk. Most times he was inthe chair or on his knees praying the rosary. He wore a skull cap.She doesn't believe he had much to do with raising the boys. He justused them to make money to buy land. Caroline had died before Bettiewas born so she never knew her grandma. According to Betty Jane (Walters) Kyle, Henry H. sat in a "Morrischair" which was a kind of recliner, with a pull-out foot stool. Per Betty Nebergall, "Grandpa's house was on a huge lot, about fourlarge lots today. The ground floor consisted of a huge kitchen-diningarea, a living room and another room, brobably the parent's bedroom.There were three bedrooms upstairs. Of course, the privey was way outback. I think there may have been a barn later. There was also thetraditional cave under the house where food was kept cool." 1860 Federal Census of Ohio reflects Will Westerhaus, Hamilton County,Ward 7, at page 194, Roll 973, part 3. It also lists HenryWesterhaus, Hamilton County, Ward 11, page 298, on Roll 974, part 5. LDS microfisch information shows in Ohio, John H. Westerhouse as beingmarried to Catharine M. Shearman on 8/30/1849, in Seneca Co., Ohio.Batch/Film# M514111, SS: 3263. It also shows Harman H. Westerhaus as being married to Catharine M.Berlecamp on 9/17/1853 in Seneca County, Ohio. The latter would beconsistent with Henry Herman Westerhaus. The records for these LDScitations are on Batch/Film# M514111, SS:1918; and #M514115, SS:1359. Found Henry Westerhaus and Carolina Westerhaus in 1850 Federal Censusof Ohio. Showed only one child, Augusta, Age 13. Henry and Carolinawere listed as being 46 years old, and not able to speak English. According to Catherine Westerhaus, St. Meyers in Indiana is nearCorydon, IN, in Southwestern part (just across the river fromLouisville, KY) The following information came from Irene Elisha of Box 183, Burns,Ks: According to the Parish Census of 1892, Henry's listed occupation was"railroader" as was the listed occupation of Henry Olberding. 1880Federal Census reflects that on June 19, 1880, Henry Westerhouse andfamily lived in Lincoln Township of Butler County, Kanas. Accordingto Betty Kyle, Henry and Caroline lived just south of the MarionCounty line into Butler County. Also, Magdaline Meyers was probablythe sister to Henry or the sister of Caroline. It is more probablethat she was the sister of Caroline, given their respective ages in1880 Federal Census.
Marriage 1 Frank HUCHT b: 1862
Married: 1902 in Burns, Kansas
Marriage 1 Marie ?
Children
John WESTERHAUS
Richard WESTERHAUS
Ann WESTERHAUS
Harry WESTERHAUS
Caroline (Carrie) B Westerhaus
Marriage 1 James Harmon TIMMONS b: 6 JUL 1881 in Lagrange, Kentucky
Married: 1911 in Burns, Kansas
Marriage 1 Helen ?
Children
James WESTERHAUS b: ABT 1915
Marriage 1 William F. WALTER b: 1876 in Burns, Kansas
Married: 1901 in Burns, Kansas
Children
Harold WALTER
Fredrick Joseph Roland WALTER
Joseph Raymond WALTER b: 1904
Eugene Francis WALTER b: 1907
Leland Charles WALTER b: 1910
Elizabeth Catharine WALTER b: 1916
Marriage 1 Ivah August BRIDENSTEIN b: 4 AUG 1886 in Jacksonville, Illinois
Married: 23 JAN 1912 in Augusta, Kansas
Children
Leo Louis August , Jr. WESTERHAUS b: 15 DEC 1913
Quinten Lambert WESTERHAUS b: 31 OCT 1919
Bettie Ruth WESTERHAUS b: ABT 1923
3 kids
graduated U of Ok. was a teacher