Back, Phillip Gottfried

1826 - 1901  (74 years)

• Name	Back, Phillip Gottfried
  Birth	26 Aug 1826	Rettert, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Departure	1853	Germany   [3]
  Occupation	Farmer  [2]
  Death	28 Apr 1901	Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA   [2, 3]
  Burial	30 Apr 1901	Walnut Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I9539	The Thoma Family
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Back, Johann Peter,   b. 8 Feb 1786, Rettert, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany d. 20 Jul 1832, Rettert, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany (Age 46 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Debusman, Anna Elizabeth,   b. 24 Mar 1791, Ergeshausen, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany d. 9 Apr 1853, Rettert, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	30 May 1809	Rettert, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany   [2]
  Family ID	F6052	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Saueressig, Katherine Christine,   b. 24 Apr 1827, Larrelt, Emden, Niedersachsen, Germany d. 9 Mar 1910, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	27 Oct 1857	Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA
  Children	1. Back, Johann George Anton,   b. 3 Apr 1858, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA d. 15 Aug 1916, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA (Age 58 years)  [natural]   2. Back, Elizabeth Bertha Friederica,   b. 15 May 1861, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA d. 7 Jul 1893, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA (Age 32 years)  [natural]   3. Back, William Paul,   b. 4 Jul 1864, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA d. 20 Jan 1898, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA (Age 33 years)  [natural]   4. Back, Margaret,   b. 21 Mar 1865, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA d. 14 May 1942, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA (Age 77 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F806	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 26 Aug 1826 - Rettert, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Departure - 1853 - Germany Marriage - 27 Oct 1857 - Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA Death - 28 Apr 1901 - Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA Burial - 30 Apr 1901 - Walnut Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Central Missouri Republican, 2 May 1901 GOTTFRIED BACK Gottfried Back, aged 74 years and 9 months, died Sunday afternoon, April 28, 1901 at his home on West Morgan street in this city. The funeral was held from the German Evangelical church to Walnut Grove cemetery Tuesday afternoon, Rev. E. L. Mueller officiating. Deceased was born in Rettert, Nassau, Germany, August 26, 1826 and came to America in 1853, settling in Cooper county, where he has continuously resided. He has lived on a farm in this county until about six years ago when he moved to Boonville. Gottfried Back and Miss Katherine Saueressig were united in marriage in 1858. Five children were born to this union, three of whom are dead. The widow and two children, George Back and Mrs. Joseph Kessel, survive. He was the grandfather of 11 children. One sister, Mrs. Magdalena Huth, of Minneapolis, Minn., happened to be visiting in Boonville at the time of the demise of Mr. Back. Deceased served at the beginning of the war in the Boonville Home Guard; he was a good man and a kind neighbor. May he rest in peace! There is one story about Gottfried Back's Civil War experiences. He was a teamster. He used to boast that during one battle he was where the bullets were the thickest and survived the battle. He was under the ammunition wagon.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] USA: MO: CHILLICOTHE: Chillicothe: Obituary. https://shsmo.org/collections/newspapers [S433] CONTRIBUTORS:. Woodruff, Helen Stone. [S292] USA: MO: COOPER: Boonville Weekly Advertiser: Obituary. https://shsmo.newspapers.com/paper/boonville-weekly-advertiser/26045/?odt=%2Bwpr6t9G%2BhZIS5Idrj55MA%3D%3D