IAGenWeb Project - Clayton co.
updated 09/17/2013


Clayton county Album
John C. Kohls family


John and Tamar Kohl, 1865
Wedding photo of John Christian Kohls and Tamar Matilda Cumley

John is wearing his Civil War uniform. They were married March 23, 1865, four months after his honorable discharge from the Wisc. C-3 Voluntary Infantry. The marriage took place in Green co. Wis. by Lewis Rote JP. It is recorded in Vol 3, pg 52 of the Green co. Marriage records.

John was seriously injured in the Battle of Resaca during Sherman's March to the Sea. He lived with the complications of a leg wound until his death in 1922.

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John Kohls at the 50th Anniversary reunion of old soldiers at Gettysburg in July 1913
John Kohls at the 50th Anniversary reunion of old soldiers at Gettysburg in July 1913.

 

Headline of an article announcing the 50th anniversary meeting of Civil War veterans at Gettysburg. It was printed in the June 13, 1913 issue of the North Iowa Times. John Kohls was one of the two Civil War veterans from northeast Iowa to attend. He was accompanied to the reunion of old soldiers by his son Edwin.

Photo: On the right is John Kohls. The man on the left was another veteran from NE Iowa, named Russell (first name unknown)

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Tamar Matilda (Cumley) Kohls
Tamar Matilda (Cumley) Kohls 		Tamar Kohls, ca 1931
Tamar Kohls, ca 1931

(above) Tamar Kohls standing next to the airplane that she flew in at the age of 87 at the Clayton County Fair at National.

Tamar was born 12 Feb 1844 in Green County, PA. She moved to Green County, Wisconsin in 1850 with her parents, Jacob and Massey Elizabeth (Inghram) Cumley, and her two younger siblings. Tamar died on March 23, 1938 in McGregor.

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John and Sylvia (Kohls) Fritz family
John E. and Sylvia (Kohls) Fritz family
front: Sylvia, Dolly and John E.
back: Archie, Edward and Eldie

Sylvia was the daughter of John and Tamar Kohls.

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Ted Kohls and Alvena (Baltes) Kohls
Ted Kohls and Alvena (Baltes) Kohls		 Ted Kohls and a barn-building crew
Ted Kohls and a barn-building crew

Above is a photo of a Clayton County barn building crew headed by Ted Kohls. Ted and his 3rd son, Dallas, are shown in the top left of the photo.

Edwin "Ted" Elmer Kohls was the son of John and Tamar Kohls. He was born August 14, 1870 in Clayton co. He lived most of his life in Clayton co. and built many of the barns around the county. He died December 3, 1929 in Chicago and is buried in the Pleasant Grove cemetery, McGregor.

Alvena Anna Baltes was born February 13, 1874 in Iowa. She died 28 February 28, 1963 in McGregor and is buried in the Pleasant Grove cemetery.

Ted and Alvena had seven children: Willis, Earl, Dallas, Sylvia (Brechler), Violet (Knapp), Clarice (Knapp), and Beatrice (Sawvell, Rathje).

Daughters of Ted and Alvena Kohl
Daughters of Ted and Alvena Kohl

The four daughters of Ted and Alvena Kohls: Clarice, Sylvia, Violet, and Beatrice (in front).

 2 of the 3 sons of Ted and Alvena Kohls
2 of the 3 sons of Ted and Alvena Kohls

Two of the three sons of "Ted" and Alvena Kohls: Willis (left) and Earl. Another son, Dallas, is not pictured.

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"The Family History of John & Tamar Kohls and Jacob & Massey Cumley"
(.pdf file - opens in a new window)

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~photos were contributed by Joye Kohl from the family collection. Interested researchers can contact John & Joye Kohl at their email address found in the surname registry for Kohl.

 

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