2. JOSEPH BACH [Simon] was born 9 June 1853 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York. He lived with his parents in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and moved with them to  Mendota, LaSalle County, Illinois.  On 17 Jan. 1877 he married Mary A. Jacobs [Jakobs]  the daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Jakobs.  She was born 24 Feb., 1854 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  In 1870 Joseph was living near Mendota apprenticed to a shoemaker.  By 1880 he was married and living on a farm near Mendota.  Joseph Bach suffering from tuberculosis made his will on 5 June 1889  leaving all of his property to his wife Mary A. Bach and he died on 1 July 1889 at the age of 36 years.  Mary Bach moved into the town of Mendota and worked as a midwife and helping in homes with new babies to support herself and her family.  Mary A. Bach died 10 June, 1943 and is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Mendota next to her husband Joseph Bach.  They were members of the Holy Cross Catholic Church.

 Children:
 11. i. Anastasia Bach    born 21 Mar. 1878
 12. ii Josephine Bach   born 19 Oct. 1880;  died 8 June 1890
 13. iii Anna Lucy Bach  born 7 July 1881;     died 8 June 1904
 14. iv. Julia Bach   born 17 Mar. 1883;  died 8 Feb. 1945
 15. v Johnny Bach   born 12 Aug 1886;  died 3 Dec. 1894
 16. vi Jenny[Tennie] Bach  born 16 June 1888; died 26 Dec. 1894
 17. vii Nickolas Charles  born 31 July 1889;   died 9 Aug. 1967
 

3.  MARIA BACH [Simon] was born in 1854 in Ohio.   She lived with her parents in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and moved to Mendota, LaSalle County, Illinois where she married Nicholas W. REITER on 22 Nov. 1872.  Nicholas REITER was born in Dec. 1846 [some information gives 1856] in Germany and living with parents Nicholas and Susanna Reiter in 1870. Nicholas Reiter was a harness maker by profession.  Nicholas and Maria were married in the Holy Cross Catholic Church in Mendota, Illinois.  They resided in Mendota and Maria died 12 August 1880 leaving three small children.  Nicholas REITER married K. [Gertrude] MELZER in October, 1881. They had 7 children.  The Reiter family were members of the Holy Cross Catholic Church in Mendota, Illinois.

 Children surname REITER:

 18. i Anna Reiter    born 1873
 19. ii Frank Reiter  born Oct. 1877
 20. iii Katherine Reiter born 25 May 1878 and died 24 April 1911

4. JOHANN HEINRICH BACH [Simon] was born 19 Feb., 1856 in West Granville, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  He grew up speaking German in the home and attended a German speaking Catholic school which was farther from home than the local public school.  He moved with his parents to Mendota, Illinois where he was a windmill maker by profession.  On 26, May, 1880 in Ottawa at the Methodist Episcopal Parsonage  John BACH married Mary E. [Carrie] McClure who was the daughter of Dr. Adonijah Stansbury McClure and Melinda Coleman.  Mary was born in Broome County, NY, probably in McClure Settlement, on 8 Oct. 18??[46]  and grew up in Diamondville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.  She worked as a housekeeper for the Barber family who were close neighbors to Joseph Bach.  In 1883, John Bach came to Washington Territory  with some of the Barber family and selected a homestead site.  He returned to Mendota and in October of 1883 moved his family to Pine City, Whitman County, in Washington.  Carrie Bach suffered from consumption and died 4 Jan. 1905 in San Diego, California where she went for her health in the winters.  John Bach continued to improve farm and increase his property near his homestead. He never remarried.  He died 13 Oct. 1935 at his home near Pine City.  He is buried next to his wife in Greenwood Cemetery, Spokane, Washington.   He and his family attended local protestant churches and his funeral was held in the protestant church in Pine City.
 Children:

 21.  i. John Franklin Bach  born 21 Sept. 1881;  died 31 May 1841
 22.  ii Harry Charles Bach  born 3 Sept. 1883;     died 14 Feb. 1968

5.  JACOB SIMON BACH  [Simon] was born 19 Nov. 1857 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  He lived with his parents in Milwaukee and moved with them to Mendota, LaSalle County, Illinois.  In Peru, La Salle County, Illinois on 22 August, 1882 he married Mary Elizabeth REITZ who was the daughter of Frank Reitz and Walburgis SOKLMIER.  Mary Reitz was born 14 June, 1859 in Peru, Illinois.  In 1885 Jacob Bach moved to Oketo, Marshall County, Kansas and farmed near his parents.  Jacob Bach was an innovative and industrious farmer and built a large stately home on the Bach farm near Oketo.  Mary Bach died 12 December, 1928.  They lived at Marysville, Kansas during their later years.  Jacob Bach died 25 December, 1934 in Marysville, Kansas.  Both are buried at St. Gregory’s Cemetery in Marysville.  They were members of St. Gregory’s Catholic Church.

 Children:
 23. i.  Martha Barbara Bach born 2 March 1884 died 18 Aug 1884.
 24. ii. Franklin Simmon Bach born 9 March 1885; died 7 Jun. 1947
 25. iii Anastasia Bach  born 28 July 1887; died 17 Oct. 1972
 26. iv. John Theodore Bach born 3 Mar. 1891; died 15 Oct. 1960
 27. v. Edward Ralph Bach born 2 Oct. 1892; died 30 Oct. 1968
 28. vi. Anna Walburga Bach born 14 Feb. 1897; died 6 April 1977
 29. vii. George Mathias Bach born 4 July 1899; died 8 May 1956

6. ANNA MARY BACH [Simon] was born 13 Feb. 1861 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  On March 10, 1861, Anna Maria Bach was baptised in St. Mary's Church which was a German Catholic Church in Milwaukee.  Her god parents were Anna Maria Kleinberg and James Kleinberg. She moved with her parents to Mendota, Illinois.  Simon Bach gave permission for her to marry while only seventeen years old.  On the 8 th. of Jan, 1878, she married William Achatz at the Holy Cross Church in Mendota, Illinois.  William Achatz was born in December of 1850 in Eitorf near to Cologne,Prussia. He was the son of  Fred William Achatz and Anna Maria Bruder. By 1879, William and Anna Achatz had moved to Ellinwood  Lakin Township in Barton County, Kansas.  William was farming.  They lived in Kansas until about 1906 when they moved to Stanley in Costillo County, Colorado.  In 1920 they were living in Stanley Precinct in Alamosa County, Colorado.  William was the owner of a farm.  William Achatz died in 1925 and Anna Achatz died in 1946 in Portland Oregon.   Her family brought her to Portland to take care of her in her last years.  Her daughter, Laura, who was a nurse helped care for her for two years. Buriel place is unknown but probably near Alamosa, Colorado.
 

Children surname Achatz:
 30.  i.  Ida B. Achatz    born Nov., 1878; died 1948
 31. ii Caroline A Achatz    born 10 Oct., 1881; died 15 April 1967
 32. iii Frederick W. Achatz born 7 Nov., 1883 ; died 1941
 33.  iv. John A. Achatz  born 21 Sept. 1885 ; died May 1968
 34. v. Frank Achatz   born 1888; died 1891
 35. vi Emma M. Achatz  born 1 Feb. 1891;  died 17 Feb., 1974
 36. vii. Paul A. Achatz  born 29 Jan. 1893; died Feb. 1969
 37. viii David Achatz  born 28 Dec. 1895; died 15 Nov. 1979
 38. ix Lenore (Laura) Achatz born 7 Aug. 1898; died 1958
 39. x George Achatz  born 29 June, 1900; died Aug. 1966
 40. xi Albert F. Achatz  born 3 May, 1904; died 3 Jan, 1985
 41 xii William N. Achatz  born 24 Aug., 1905; died 22 Sept., 1985

7. THEODORE BACH [Simon] was born 19 January, 1863 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Theodore was baptised on March 11, 1863 at the St. Mary's German Catholic Church in Milwaukee.  His god parents were Theodore Geradi and Ludovica Bolzer.  He moved with his parents to Mendota, Illinois, and then to Oketo, Kansas in 1885. On 22 November, 1888 Theodore Bach married Mary Margretta Fossenberger.  Mary Fossenberger was born 2 Feb., 1870 in Otoe, Nebraska, the daughter of Herman Fossenberger and Elizabeth Margar Oltmanns.  In 1904 Theodore moved to Stamford, Nebraska and in 1913 to Dillon, Colorado.  In 1916 they returned to Franklin, Nebraska where they settled.  Theodore leased farm land from Simon and Anastasia Bach.  The lease expired March 1, 1894.  Originally Bernard Bach was the administrator but soon Theodore was appointed administrator of the Simon Bach estate but resigned in 1904 when he moved to Nebraska.   Theodore  and Mary Bach and their youngest daughter Eva Bach McNiff were survivors of the Republican River Flood of June 1, 1935.  Theodore Bach died 3 Jan., 1937 and Mary Bach died 6 Sept., 1944.  They are buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Franklin, Nebraska.

 Children:

 42.  i   Elizabeth Anna Bach born 17 Sept, 1889; died July, 1965
 43  ii Simon Charles Bach born 11 Feb., 1891; died 22 Aug. 1926
 44. iii Baby girl   born and died  11 Feb. 1891
 45 iv. Christina Marie Bach born 2 Mar. 1893; died 17 Sept, 1962
 46. v. Herman Jacob Bach born 5 Nov. 1895; died 5 Jan.,1979
 47. vi. William John Bach  born 2 Nov. 1897; died 15 Oct. 1977
 48. vii Johanna Bach  born Jan, 1900; died 1903
 49. viii. Mary Agatha Bach  born 26 May 1902; died 2 Nov. 1992
 50. ix. Robert Jacob Bach  born 2 May 1904; died 22 Aug. 1982
 51 x. John (G. or H.) Bach born 25 Mar. 1907; died  18 Feb., 1908
 52. xi Joseph Henry Bach  born 23 July 1909
 53. xii Eva Josephine  Bach born 13 June 1911
 

8.  PETER BACH [Simon] was born 28 May, 1865 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  He was baptised on June 8, 1865 at St. Mary's German Catholic Church in Milwaukee.  His god parents were Peter Jacobs and Elizabeth Jacobs.  I believe his god parents to be the parents of Joseph Bach's wife, Mary.  Peter is listed in the 1870 census of Mendota, LaSalle County, Illinois.  There is no mention of him in 1880.    Anastasia Bach stated that she had 9 children and only 5 were living in 1900.

9.  BERNHARD H.BACH [Simon]  was born in 1867 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  He lived with his parents in Mendota, Illinois, and moved to Oketo, Kansas, in 1885.  On 16 Sept., 1895 he married Mary E. White the daughter of James and Elmira White.  Ben Bach was the original administrator of the Simon Bach estate but it was soon turned over to Theodore.  Ben was in some financial difficulties and his share of the estate went to a creditor.  In 1900, Mary Bach was living with her father in Nebraska with their small daughter.  By 1904 Mary Bach had divorced Ben Bach.  He had left the state and his address was unknown.   Ben Bach’s death date is not know.
 54.  i.  Phoebe Bach born May 1896.

10. MATHIAS BACH [Simon] was born in 1869 in Mendota, LaSalle County, Illinois.
Little is known about Mathias.  Family legend has it that he drove off in a wagon one day and never returned.   He died prior to the death of his parents at about the age of 19 years on  5  October of 1889.  He died unmarried, intestate with no issue.  He is buried in old St. Mary’s Cemetery, Blue Springs, Nebraska.
 

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