Third Generation

15. Margaretha Henriette "Margaret" MITTELSTAEDT was born on 17 December 1877 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^{8,10,11,12,29,57,58} She was baptized on 30 December 1877 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹² at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰ Margaret appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ She appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.³² She appeared in the census in 1930 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁹ Margaret died on 3 August 1963 at the age of 85 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.^58,60 She was buried in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.^58,61,62 in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery.

Margaretha Henriette "Margaret" MITTELSTAEDT and Heinrich "Henry" ECKELBERG were married on 25 June 1894 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^11,33,57 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. (They were first cousins, once removed.) Heinrich "Henry" ECKELBERG, son of Christoph ECKELBERGER and Mearea Dorothea Friederike KOEPCKE, was born on 15 May 1861 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^12,57,58,60 (His birth date was listed as 15 May 1861 in his church marriage record, and Glenn Jacobsen's research lists it as 15 May 1863. His gravestone lists the year as 1867, which cannot be the case because his father died in 1864.) He appeared in the census in 1870 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁴ He was confirmed on 25 March 1877 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹² at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Henry appeared in the census in 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰ He was living with his mother. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ He was Lutheran in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁵ and was listed on the Memberbership Roster of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Henry appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.³² (He and his family could not be located in Wisconsin in the 1920 Census.) He appeared in the census in 1930 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁹ His household was at 506 South Court Street. He died on 13 May 1950 at the age of 88 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.^58,60,63 Henry was buried in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.^58,61 in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery.

Margaretha Henriette "Margaret" MITTELSTAEDT and Heinrich "Henry" ECKELBERG had the following children: