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Henry E. Sturm (born in Iowa in 1845, died there in 1903) was married to Winnie E. Garner (1846-1910) on May 28th, 1863. Winnie Garner was born April 23, 1846 in Taylor Township, Howard Co. Indiana, daughter of Samuel Garner and Charity (or Chariety as she signed her name) Moon. They were married in Waverly, Iowa, where their first son, Charlton was born. By 1866 they were in Humboldt (Richardson County) Nebraska where their second child Samuel Luther ("Lute") was born (he died Nov. 27, 1924 in Finchford, IA). In August of 1870, the census for Humboldt Neb. lists Henry (age 25), Winnie, (Age 24), Charlotte (Age 11, born Iowa) and Samuel (age 2, at home). [Charlotte's sex was "m," changed to "f" on the form, could this have been Charlton, age 4? Lemuel Ichabod (spelled 'Ichobud') "Bud" (see photo and Bonnie (from Boniface) Sturm, born in Washington, DC)...Need info: where were they born, where did Henry die, etc. Lemuel (Bud) Sturm was crippled by polio as a young boy, and was Deputy Collector of Customs in Los Angeles. By 1871 the family was in Concordia (Cloud Cty.) Kansas where Oather was born. AAB reports that Winnie had told him that Henry "moved a couple of times to avoid supporting some relatives." A Henry Sturm is credited with donating some stones from his dismantled ice house in Dodge City, Kansas to a church which was built in 1890 or so. In the 1900 census for Union Township in Black Hawk CO, IA, Henry lists himself, age 55, Winnie age 54, and son "Ichobud" (hence "Bud") age 25 as well as a Francis Devol, no relation, age 25, the latter said to be a preacher. Also in the 1900 census in Union Township Samuel L. Sturm lists himself, age 32, wife Emma, age 30, son Henry age 8 and son Dalas (sic), age 4. Winnie Garner died in Finchford in 1911. According to AAB, Henry died in Finchford and Oather came back from North Dakota for the funeral, that would have been 1903. Anna Garner wonders if Henry was related to a George Sturm, born in 1853, perhaps the first white child recorded in Maynes Grove, IA. Records say it was either Isaac Garner or one George Sturm (Franklin Co. IA records.)