Obit: Leidiger, August #3 (1849? - 1884)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Leidiger, Martin

----Source: The Oshkosh Northwestern (Oshkosh, WI) 05/28/1885

Leidiger, August (1849? - 15 SEP 1884)

Mrs. Anna Leidiger has been arrested in Sheboygan County on a warrant charging her with being accessory to the murder of her husband at Curtiss, Clark County, on the 15th of last September.

It is alleged that Mrs. Leidiger procured Albert Martin, who pleaded guilty at the last term of the court to commit the murder, so that she and Martin might be married.

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1880 Federal Census, Wisconsin, Clark, Mayville

Head: August Leidiger | Age: 31 | Birth Year: abt. 1849 | Birthplace: Saxon Weimar | Home in 1880: Mayville, Clark, Wisconsin | Race: White | Gender: Male | Relationship to Head of House: Self | Marital Status: Married | Father’s Birthplace: Saxon Weimar | Mother’s Birthplace: Saxon Weimar | Occupation: Farmer |

Spouse: Anna Leidiger | Age: 25 | Birth Year: abt. 1855 | Birthplace: Wisconsin | Home in 1880: Mayville, Clark, Wisconsin | Race: White | Gender: Female | Relationship to Head of House: Wife | Marital Status: Married | Father’s Birthplace: Hanover | Mother’s Birthplace: Hanover | Occupation: Keeping House