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Johann Michael Scheidecker was born in 1830 in Dundenheim, Ortenau, Germany, a son of Johann Georg Scheidecker I (b. 1802 Ichenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany - d. 1862 Dundenheim, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) & Anna Maria Wagner Scheidecker (b. 1797 Ichenheim, Ger. - d. 1877 Dundenheim, Ger.).  Six of Johann's children were born to his first wife, Maria Eva Roth (b. 1832 Ichenheim, Ger. - d. 1866 Dundenheim, Ger.), they were married in 1857 in Dundenheim. She was a daughter of Johann Adam Roth (b. 1805 Ichenheim, Ger. - d. 1879 Dundenheim, Ger.) & Maria Eva Huss Roth (b. 1804 Icheneheim, Ger. - d. 1850 Dundenheim, Ger.). Current genealogical research traces Maria Eva Huss' paternal ancestry back to the early 1600's in Ichenheim. Unknown if Maria is a descendant of Jan Hus ((1369-1375)-1415), martyred Czech theologian and seminal church reformer who influenced Martin Luther, because there is a 300-year gap in research on Ancestry. However, it is notable that one of the early direct ancestors was named Johannes Martin Huss (b. 1682 Ichenheim, Ger.), granted he was baptized Lutheran also. Their children:* John Michael Scheidecker (b. 1858 Schenheim, Dundenheim, Ger. - d. 1931 Clarksville, IA). Wife: Katharina Vetter Scheidecker (b. 1866 Friesenheim, Ortenaukreis, B-W, Ger. - d. 1951 St. Charles Twp., Floyd, IA), daughter of Karl Vetter I (1836-1917 Friesenheim, Ger.) & Katharina Färber Vetter (1831-1904 Friesenheim, Ger.). John & Katharina had sixteen children.* Gottlieb Scheidecker (Mar. 11 - June 16, 1860 Dundenheim, Ger.)* Gottfried Schedecker (b. 1861 Dundenheim, Ger. - d. 1886 Clarksville, IA). Died at 25 years old.* Johann Georg Scheidecker (Sept. 14 - Oct. 13, 1862 Dundenheim, Ger.)* Wilhelm Scheidecker (1863-1865 Dundenheim, Ger.) * David Scheidecker (b. 1864 Dundenheim, Ger. - d. 1885 Clarksville, IA)* George John Scheidecker (b. 1866 Dundenheim, Ger. - d. 1936 Charles City, IA). Wife (1895 @ Fremont Twp., Butler, IA): Maria Elizabetha Kehret Scheidecker (b. 1874 Kehl, Orten., B-W, Ger. - d. 1967 Charles City, IA), daughter of Georg Fredrick Kehret (b. 1830 Kehl, Ger.; emig. 1883; d. 1907 Nashua, Chickasaw, IA) & Christina Müll (b. 1836 Oldenhofen, Ger. - d. 1907 Nashua, IA). Georg & Christina were members of the "German church in Pleasant Valley". George & Maria had five children.  Johann's first wife Maria died on Dec. 9, 1866 in Dundenheim, and on Mar. 8, 1867 he remarried Katharina Barbara Scheidecker (b. 1838 Dundenheim, Ger. - d. 1910 Fremont Twp., Butler, IA), daughter of Johann David Roth & Maria Ursula Wurth Roth, and presumably a cousin of his first wife. Johann emigrated to the U.S. in 1885, and were naturalized by 1889.  * William Scheidecker, Sr. (b. 1880 Germany - d. 1945 IA), son of Johann "John" Michael Scheidecker (b. 1830 Dundenheim, Ortenau, Germany - d. 1896 Butler Co., IA) & Karolina "Carolina" Roth Scheidecker (b. 1838 Germany - d. 1910 Fremont Twp., Butler, IA)* Martha Felten Scheidecker (b. 1885 Germany - d. 1958 IA), daughter of John William Felten (b. 1848 Germany - d. 1929 Sheboygan, WI) & Caroline Nordmann Felten (b. 1847 Germany - d. 1914 Sheboygan, WI). ** Dorothy Scheidecker Hunt (b. 1915 - d. 1997). Husband: James Wesley Hunt (b. 1907 Oak Grove, Anoka, MN - d. 1984 Anoka, MN), son of Rozel William Hunt (b. 1878 Canada - d. 1959 MN) & Cora Hannah Lane Hunt (b. 1883 - d. 1980). Two other sons: James Wesley Hunt & Paul David Hunt.*** Margaret Louise Hunt Twiss (b. 1937 Ramsey, Anoka, MN - d. '''2020''' MN). Husband: John "Harry" Twiss (b. 1928 Bridgeport, Adams, PA - d. '''2019'''), son of Clifford Boerum Twiss (b. 1904 Bridgeport, Fairfield, CT - d. 1942 Georgetown, Mozambique) & Anna Vivian Booth Twiss-Franken (b. 1899 Jersey City, NJ - d. 1995 Hennepin Co., MN). Memorial @ Trott Brook Gospel Hall, donations rec. to Living Word Bible Camp. Clifford Twiss was presumed KIA during WWII while serving as a Merchant Seaman Messman on the S.S. West Chetac enroute from Norfolk, VA to Basra, Iraq, and were hit by a torpedo on Sept. 24, 1942 from a German U-175 submarine while 100 miles north of Georgetown, British Guiana, which sunk the boat within two minutes, as per [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239970503/clifford_boerum-twiss FindAGrave]. 19 of the crew of 50 survived, the remainder declared MIA. *** Merlin William Hunt (1941-'''2022''' Ramsey, Anoka, MN). Wife: Ann Elizabeth Butler Hunt (b. 1945 Oak Park, IL - d. 2016 Coon Rapids, Anoka, MN), daughter of Spencer Martin Butler (b. 1910 Chicago, IL - d. 1994 La Grange, Chicago, Cook, IL) & Janet Frances Claar Butler (b. 1919 Kimmel, Bedford, PA; m. 1941 Bedford, PA; d. 2017 La Grange, IL). ** William Scheidecker, Jr. '''+1949+'''. Wife: Eva.

** Paul Scheidecker '''+1949+''' (b. 1918 Butler Co., IA - d. 1990); Wife: Marjorie.