Individual Details

With the father's name, I checked for him earlier:
1900 Census, Bayliss Twp, Pope Co AR
Henry Priebe, b. Jan 1848, age 52, married for 28 years, born Germany as were his parents. Immigrated 1873, here for 27 years; Naturalized, farmer
Willie M., wife, b. Mar 1840, age 60; had 5 children, b. Germany
Willie, son, b. Mar 1881, age 19, b. Arkansas [was this really a son ...or is this Minnie - see 1910 and 1920]
next door:
Robert Priebe, b. Mar 1867, age 33, b. IN

Living near son August in 1900, Bayliss Twp was:
Charley Priebe, b. Dec 1843, age 56, married 30 years, also came in 1873, and Naturalized
Mary, wife, b. Sep 1843, age 46, has had 9 children only 2 are living, b. Germany
Emma, dau, b. Sept 1879, age 20, b. AR
Herman, son, b. Dec 1881, age 18, b. AR

1910, Bayliss Twp, Pope Co, AR, Hh 171
William Preibe, age 62, married 1 time for 40 years. Immigrated 1873. Naturalized. Born Germany.
Wilhemina, wife, age 70. Had 5 children, all living. Immigrated 1873; b. Germany.
Minnie, daughter, age 25. b. AR.

1920 Census. Bayliss Twp, Pope Co AR, Hh 12
Henry W. Prebe, age 71, came in 1873, naturalized 1890, born Grasr Tehen [marked over as Ger. for Germany]; father b. Belgrad, mother b. Germany
Minnie G., wife, age 79, came 1873, nat. 1890, born Belgrad [marked over Ger.], parents b. Germany
Minnie, dau, age 38, single, b. AR
Hh 53 was Carl [Charley?] Prebe living with son Herman. He was age 76, widowed, came in 1873, Na in 1878. Born Germany as were his parents. In 1930, Carl was still living with Herman.

1930 Census. Bayliss Twp, Pope Co AR. Hh 37
August Prebe, Sr., age 63, married at age 22, b. Germany
Anna, wife, age 57, married at age 17, b. Germany
Freda, grd daughter, age 11, b. Arkansas
Will H., father, age 83, Widowed, married at age 24, b. Germany
In 1930, August Prebe, Jr. was in Hh 36, next door. Age 29, Married at 23.
Emma, his wife, was age 25. Son, Charles W., age 4 5/12.

1940 Census. Bayliss, Pope, AR, Sheet 5A, Hh 78
August S. Priebe, age 72, b. Germany, lived same house in 1935, Farmer
Anne, wife, 65, b. Germany
Bill, son, age 35, b. AR, Bill and the two children lived in rural, Pope Co, in 1935 - apparently has moved in with his parents & sister after the death of his wife
Freda, Daughter, 21, b. AR
Ruby, Granddaughter, 8, b. AR
Robert, grandson, age 2, b. AR
W. H., father, age 92, widowed, b. Germany


Although the family states they immigrated in 1873, I could not find them anywhere in the 1880 Census. The following family actually debarked, New York, April 20th of 1868, on the Weser from Bremen, Germany. G. Wenke, was Master of the North German Lloyd steamship. The passenger lists shows:
Aug. Priebe, age 31, carpenter [city of ancestry appears to be Pomerania]
Wilhelmine, age 21
Jr. August, age 3
Rudolf, age 3 months
However, this makes young August three years older than believed and the father's name isn't quite right. There were many families of similar name.
Another Priebe family disembarked in Baltimore on 10 Apr 1881. They had departed from Bremerhaven on the ship Koln and were from Prussia. There was Wilm. Priebe age 33, a farmer; Joanna age 34, Bertha age 5. Ferd. was 28. Friedr. age 4. Bertha age 20. August age 2. This one doesn't work too well, either.
Still a third Priebe family arrived on 6 Jul 1868, sailing for Bremen. The name of their port of departure seems to be Niervinka/Niervinko. August Priebe was 50. Wilhelmena 38. Whilhelm 19. Gustav 16. August 14. Emil 7. Paul 6. Ruth 4. And a female child whose name I cannot read and had no age. They had sailed on the Hansa which arrived in New York

This passenger list seems to be the most likely. Sailing on the Hamburg from Hamburg to New York via Liverpool, departed 4 Apr 1873.
Wilhelm Priebe, 25. Wilhelmine Priebe, 24.
August, 5. and Heinrich, age 2
The record is on Ancestry, but is in German. Their home was Utzke, Prussia.

W. Herman Priebe has a memorial on FindAGrave, #63916679. He is buried in the Augsburg Cemetery, Dover, Pope Co, AR.
Inscription on his stone: Blessed are they that hear the word of God and keep it.
There is a discrepancy in his birth date and year - an old Augsburg Cemetery Book lists his birth as 31 Jan 1844; his stone which could be newer than his death year of 1941, says 30 Jan 1848. The censuses seem to suggest the 1848 year.

Arkansas Death Certificate #873
H. William Priebe died of cerebral hemorrhage, 29 Apr 1941, London, Bayliss Twp, Pope Co, AR. He was born 30 Jan 1848 in Germany. Parents unknown. Informant was August Priebe, London, AR. Buried Augsburg cemetery May 1st.


Wikipedia:
Augsburg is a small unincorporated community in Pope County, Arkansas, United States.
In 1883, the first German-speaking Lutheran families began arriving in Pope County, 15 miles northwest of Russellville.
Augsburg was named for the German city of Augsburg. In 1884, they built their first church, Zion Lutheran Church. In 1907, it burned and a new one was built which also burned in 1978, and replaced in 1979-80. Rev. F. W. Herzberger was the first Pastor

Lutherans in Arkansas
The first known Lutherans to live in Arkansas were German farmers who lived near Arkansas Post (Arkansas County) in the 1790s. Because both the Spanish and French governments were hostile to Lutheranism, these farmers never built a church or called a pastor, but they probably practiced their religion in private family devotions and local gatherings. Other settlers followed after Arkansas became a U.S. territory with the Louisiana Purchase. A lengthy editorial appeared in the Arkansas Gazette on May 22, 1833, welcoming 140 immigrants from Germany to the Little Rock (Pulaski County) area. The editorial mentions a minister among the group, but no more is known about him. By 1836, there were sixty German-Lutheran families living near Little Rock, mostly farmers. Although they were led by a Reverend Klingelhoffer (or Klingenhofer), they appear to have made no effort to create a Lutheran congregation.
A similar group arrived in Long Prairie (Sebastian County) ten years later. Until the Civil War, they lived and farmed in that area, meeting in their homes on Sundays for services of Bible readings, hymns, and prayers, though they had no pastor. Difficulties with guerrilla fighters during the war caused them to relocate to Fort Smith (Sebastian County) where, for a time in 1864, they ran the only school in the city. During these years, they continued to exist without a pastor or church building. Finally, in 1868, Pastor Martin L. Wyneken answered the call to serve this group, and the first formal Lutheran congregation was chartered in Arkansas. On his way to Fort Smith on the Arkansas River, Wyneken met with the German Lutherans in Little Rock and led them in worship. First Lutheran Church of Fort Smith and First Lutheran Church of Little Rock both were formed in 1868.
Other immigrants continued to come from Europe to work along the rivers and later on the railroads. The 1870 census found 1,708 persons living in Arkansas who had been born in Germany, Austria, or Switzerland; by 1890, this number had grown to 7,018. Communities formed by German settlers in Arkansas included Lutherville (Johnson County), with St. Paul’s Lutheran Church organized in 1882; Waldenberg (Poinsett County), with Zion Lutheran Church established in 1881 and St. Paul Lutheran Church in 1882; Augsburg (Pope County), with Zion Lutheran Church established in 1883; and Wittenberg (Conway County), with Trinity Lutheran Church established in 1884. Several other Lutheran groups that established new churches at this time came from elsewhere in the United States. Thirteen families from North Carolina came to Springdale (Washington County) in 1871 and, by 1879, had established Salem Lutheran Church. Sixty-five settlers, including Pastor Adam Buerkle, came to Stuttgart (Arkansas County) from Ohio in 1879 and formed Immanuel Lutheran Church. Other settlers from Illinois came to Ulm (Prairie County) two years later and formed St. John Lutheran Church. German settlers from Saxony and Dresden organized Hope Colony (later Avilla in Saline County) in 1881 and Zion Lutheran Church the next year. By the year 1900, fourteen Lutheran congregations had been formed in Arkansas, most of which still exist today.
http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=4124

Birth	30 Jan 1848	Germany
Marriage	Ca 1867	Germany - Johanne Wilhemine Auguste
Death	29 Apr 1941	Pope County, Arkansas

Spouse	Johanne Wilhemine Auguste (1840 - 1921)
Child	August Frederick Priebe (1868 - 1950)
Child	Albert Carl Priba (1874 - 1954)
Child	William Carl "Will" Priebe (1876 - 1935)
Child	Anna Priebe ( - )
Child	Emma Priebe ( - )
Child	Wilhelmina "Minnie" Priebe (1881 - 1932)