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Jussen-Schurz family of Watertown, Wisconsin

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  Jacob Jussen (1802-1880) — of Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis. Born in Prussia (now Germany), 1802. Republican. Postmaster at Watertown, Wis., 1861-66. German ancestry. Died in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., June 24, 1880 (age about 77 years). Interment at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  Relatives: Married to Catharina Ruetz; father of Edmund Jüssen.
  Political family: Jussen-Schurz family of Watertown, Wisconsin.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Carl Schurz Carl Christian Schurz (1829-1906) — also known as Carl Schurz — of Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis.; St. Louis, Mo.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Liblar (now part of Erfstadt), Germany, March 2, 1829. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, 1857; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1860; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1861; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1868 (Temporary Chair; speaker); U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1869-75; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1877-81. German ancestry. Member, American Philosophical Society. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 14, 1906 (age 77 years, 73 days). Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.; statue at Morningside Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Christian Schurz and Mariana (Jussen) Schurz; brother of Antoinette Schurz (who married Edmund Jüssen); married 1852 to Margarethe 'Molly' Meyer.
  Political family: Jussen-Schurz family of Watertown, Wisconsin.
  The community of Schurz, Nevada, is named for him.  — Mount Schurz, in Park County, Wyoming, is named for him.  — Carl Schurz Park, in Manhattan, New York, is named for him.  — Carl Schurz High School, in Chicago, Illinois, is named for him.  — Schurz Elementary School, in Watertown, Wisconsin, is named for him.  — Carl Schurz Elementary School, in New Braunfels, Texas, is named for him.
  Politician named for him: Carl S. Thompson
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about Carl Schurz: Hans Louis Trefousse, Carl Schurz: A Biography
  Image source: William C. Roberts, Leading Orators (1884)
  Edmund Jüssen (1830-1891) — of Columbus, Columbia County, Wis.; Madison, Dane County, Wis.; Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Jülich, Prussia (now Germany), 1830. Republican. Member of Wisconsin state assembly, 1862; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue at Chicago, Illinois, 1869; U.S. Consul General in Vienna, 1885-89. German ancestry. Died in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, February 17, 1891 (age about 60 years). Interment at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of Jacob Jussen and Catharina (Ruetz) Jüssen; married, May 31, 1856, to Antoinette Schurz (sister of Carl Christian Schurz).
  Political family: Jussen-Schurz family of Watertown, Wisconsin.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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