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Carl Kell

Birth	:	17 Nov 1839 Germany
Death	:	22 Dec 1907 Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Prospect Hill Cemetery, Norfolk, Madison County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.0407982, -97.4289017
Description	:	From "Norfolk Weekly News-Journal", Norfolk, Madison county, Nebraska, dated Friday, Dec. 27, 1907: VETERAN OF THE ARTILLERY CARL KELL, A SOLDIER IN THE GERMAN ARMY. PASSED AWAY SUNDAY MORNING Fought in the Two Wars That Brought German Nationality -- Lived in Norfolk Twenty-four Years and Left Many Friends. Carl Kell, a veteran of the German artillery, three times in the Prussian army, a soldier against Austria and... Read More	From "Norfolk Weekly News-Journal", Norfolk, Madison county, Nebraska, dated Friday, Dec. 27, 1907: VETERAN OF THE ARTILLERY CARL KELL, A SOLDIER IN THE GERMAN ARMY. PASSED AWAY SUNDAY MORNING Fought in the Two Wars That Brought German Nationality -- Lived in Norfolk Twenty-four Years and Left Many Friends. Carl Kell, a veteran of the German artillery, three times in the Prussian army, a soldier against Austria and later against the French when Paris fell, died Sunday morning at his home on South First street in Norfolk. Kell had lived in and about Norfolk for twenty-four years. For an industrious, unpretencious man he had a wide acquaintance. The old veteran of the German wars left many friends behind him in Norfolk. He was a fine specimen of rugged manhood, this old German warrior who in his younger days had faced his country's enemies, had marched with the triumphant German forces through the streets of Paris and who in his later years loved nothing so well as the stirring news of war and war heroes. Kell's strong sinuous wrist up to the day of his death would have been the joy of a young athlete. For his wrist was shaped and strengthened by the swing of the saber in the old German army. Kell's years in America were quiet years, years of the farm and inconspicuous. His young years in Germany were militant with an occasional ring of battle. In the years 1860-3 Kell served his three years of apprenticeship in the German artillery. He got his first taste of soldier life but not of war. Kell did his fighting in the two wars that brought German nationality. He fought against the Austrians in that brief war when the Prussian forces overran their opponents and set up Prussian supremacy. He fought against the Austrians in that brief war when the Prussian forces overran their opponents and set up Prussian supremacy. He fought against the French when the third of the Napoleons was on the throne and when the German forces swept through France. He saw Paris fall. Kell was full of his war stories. This old German was a man with a tender heart and he spoke feelingly of the barbarities sometimes practiced by the invading forces. Kell was born on Nov. 17, 1839, in Barfusdorf, in Pommern, Germany. He was married twice, his marriage to his second wife who now survives him taking place in 1871, just at the close of the Franco-Prussian war. Kell was survived by two children, a son and daughter of his first wife, Paul Kell and Mrs. Henry Miller. In 1884 Carl Kell and his family came to America and Norfolk. Kell went in for rough work till he saved enough to get a farm three miles northwest of Norfolk. The farm was turned over to the son recently. Kell and his wife have been frugal, hardworking German-American citizens. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon from Christ Lutheran church, Rev. J. P. Mueller conducting the services. Interment will be in Prospect Hill. ------- From "Norfolk Weekly News-Journal", Norfolk, Madison county, Nebraska, dated Friday, Dec. 27, 1907: Carl Kell, the old German veteran who died Sunday at his home in Norfolk, was laid to rest Tuesday afternoon in Prospect Hill cemetery. The funeral was held from Christ Lutheran church, Rev. J. P. Mueller officiating. The pallbearers were Al Degner, William Ahlman, H. F. Pasewalk, Carl Schmiedeberg, L. Buckendorf and Frank Stengel.

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Carl Kell's memorial is located at: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Norfolk, Madison County, USA.
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Carl Kell death on 22 Dec 1907 in Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 42.0407982
Longitude: -97.4289017

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Augusta Dollerschell Kell Hoffman

(1848 - 1922)

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(unknow - 1902)

(1863 - 1928)

(1866 - 1949)

(1868 - 1903)

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