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| Haubstadt, Indiana Pioneer: |
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Nicholas Adler |
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23 November 1838 - 09 November 1924 |
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Ed Reinhart prepared the majority of this document on July 21, 1993. Nicholas Charles Adler made some additions on December 20, 2001 from additional sources, including Military Pension Records and other certificates. |
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This article is written to preserve the memory of Nicholas Adler , whom was my wife's great-great grandfather. The legends, as told to me by Norbert Adler heretofore unwritten, are being recorded now to enhance the knowledge and curiosity of the Adler ancestry. |
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Nicholas, referred to as Nick, left Germany between 1855 and 1860 because of economic conditions in his country. Nick was seventeen to twenty two years old when he made the trip to America. Unable to purchase a ticket, he became an indentured servant. (An indentured servant has his passageway to America paid by usually some wealthy family. To repay the passage, the servant must sign a contract agreeing to work for the sponsor until the expense of immigration is met.) |
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During this period of history, jobs were hard to find, even here in America. Thus, Nick became a paid soldier in the Civil War. Military records for Nicholas Adler state that he mustered in to Company D of the 91st Indiana Infantry Regiment commanded by L. A. Burke on August 20, 1862. His post office of enlistment was Evansville Indiana. These same records say he was discharged in Salisbury North Carolina on June 26, 1865. According to these records at age 25 Nicholas was 5 foot 6 inches tall with a fair complexion, light hair, and blue eyes. In January of 1863 the records show that Private Nicholas Adler contracted rheumatism from which later in 1882 he claimed a pension. The 91st Regiment was organized as a battalion of seven companies at Evansville, Indiana, and mustered in October 1, 1862. During the civil war 2 officers and 18 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded in action, and 2 officers and 114 enlisted me died of disease. |
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Some believe that after the Civil War, Nick left the Gulf where he originally landed and came to Gibson County, Indiana. He would have traveled via the Natchez Trace, which would have been the main trail from New Orleans to Southern Indiana. Since the post office at the time he mustered in was Evansville Indiana, Nicholas more likely moved to Indiana before he mustered in. His trip to Indiana from the Gulf region via the Natchez Trace would have been a rigourous adventure, he walked alongside a wooden wagon and placed all his worldly possessions in one large trunk in this wagon. Apparently he walked to save money, or didn't have enough money to buy a ticket to ride. |
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At the East edge of Haubstadt, Nick began farming. Margaret Steckler became his bride, and they raised five sons and three daughters. The children's names were as follows: Theodore, John, Henry, Frank, Adam, Katherine, Margaret, and Mary . |
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Nicholas Adler was born on Friday, November 23, 1838, in Germany. He died on Sunday, November 9, 1924. Margaret (Steckler) Adler was born on Sunday, October 15, 1848, and died in the year 1892. Both are buried in Saint Peter and Saint Paul Cemetery in Haubstadt, Indiana. |
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By Ed Reinhardt on 7-21-1993 |
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Nicholas Adler And Other Haubstadt Area Veterans Circa 1896 |
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