Second Generation

4. Carl August "Herman" SCHEER was born in 1834 in Jankendorf, Kreis Kolmar, Posen Province, Preussen (Prussia).¹ He immigrated on 16 September 1843 to Germany.^1,3 on the ship Dorothea. He appeared in the census in 1860 in Lebanon Township, Dodge County, WI.^4,5 His household consisted of Herman, age 27, occupation "Farmer," born in Prussia; his wife, Louisa, age 24, born in Prussia; their son, William, age 1, born in WI; their son, Herman, age 1/12, born in WI; C. "Sillman," male, age 78, born in Prussia; Auguste "Sillman," age 56, born in Prussia; and their son, Julius, male, age 3, born in Prussia. The latter three are Louise's parents, Christian and Auguste Zellmer and their youngest son, Julius.

Herman's surname was spelled "Schear."

Notes from Bill Scheer on 2/15/2005: "About three years ago in Dodge Co., I found the original Scheer house was still standing. I found it through the abstract office, as the court house had burned down many years ago along with all the records.

The people that own it now had started to remodel the house. They removed the siding and found a brick and oak timber house. Now I am the proud owner of two oak pegs and a square nail from the house. Interesting to see the knife marks on the pegs may have been made by my great-grand father, Herman, Sr. He was known as a farmer and carpenter."

.
Herman died on 7 March 1866 at the age of 32 in Dodge County, WI.^1,6 He was buried in Dodge County, WI.^1,7 He is probably buried in Immanuel Cemetery, but no records exist.

Carl August "Herman" SCHEER and Anna "Louise" ZELLMER were married on 28 November 1856 in Lebanon Township, Dodge County, WI.^{1,3,8,9,10,11} at the Lutheran Church.
Anna "Louise" ZELLMER, daughter of Wilhelm Christoph ZELLMER and Anna Gustina Auguste MEIER, was born on 19 May 1835 in Jankendorf, Kreis Kolmar, Posen Province, Preussen (Prussia).^6,10,12,13 She appeared in the census in 1860 in Lebanon Township, Dodge County, WI.⁴ She appeared in the census in 1870 in Lebanon Township, Dodge County, WI.¹⁴ Louise appeared in the census in 1880 in Lebanon Township, Dodge County, WI.¹⁵ She died on 28 May 1898 at the age of 63 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^{6,10,12,13,16} She was buried on 30 May 1898 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^6,12 in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Carl August "Herman" SCHEER and Anna "Louise" ZELLMER had the following children:

18	i.	Carl August Wilhelm SCHEER was born on 10 October 1857.^1,10 He died before June 1860 at the age of 2.^1,4 He was not listed with his parents during the 1860 or 1870 Census, so it is assumed that he died before June 1860.
+19	ii.	Wilhelm Ferdinand "William" SCHEER.
+20	iii.	Herman Carl August SCHEER.
21	iv.	Carl Herman SCHEER was born on 15 May 1862.^1,10 He died before 1866 at the age of 4.¹
+22	v.	Elizabeth Alwine Pauline "Lizzie" SCHEER.
+23	vi.	Bertha Amelia Theresa SCHEER.