Second Generation

4. Hermann J. S. RIEKE was born on 24 June 1857 in Preussen (Prussia).^4,6,16,17,18 (His widow's surname was spelled "Reachie" in the 1900 Census. He appeared in the census in 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶ He and his wife were living with his mother-in-law. He died on 30 January 1900 at the age of 42 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^4,16,19,20 Hermann was buried in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^4,8 in the Noth Family Reformed Lutheran Cemetery.

Hermann J. S. RIEKE and Sarah Josephine "Jessie" BALTZ were married on 5 February 1880 in Monroe County, WI.^19,21,22 Sarah Josephine "Jessie" BALTZ, daughter of Sebastian BALTZ and Franziska "Frances" LINDEMANN, was born on 17 August 1862 in Viroqua, Viroqua Township, Vernon County, WI.^18,19,22 She appeared in the census in 1870 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷ She appeared in the census in 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶ Sarah appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁸ She was Lutheran in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²³ and was listed on the Memberbership Roster of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁴ Sarah appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁵ She appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁵ She died on 20 February 1953 at the age of 90 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^19,22 Sarah was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁶ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Hermann J. S. RIEKE and Sarah Josephine "Jessie" BALTZ had the following children: