Obit for Mrs. George (Mickels) INHOFER (b.1853 d.1943) Brown Co., MN

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Journal - August 29, 1943
SERVICES TO BE SATURDAY FOR MRS. INHOFER
   Mrs. George Inhofer, 90, refugee in St. Peter during the Indian  
onslaught on New Ulm, and who watched this part of Minnesota grow from 
a Wilderness to a prosperous community, came here with her parents , 
when a small child, died late Thursday morning at her home, 721 North 
Minnesota street.
   Funeral services will be held in Holy Trinity Catholic church Saturday 
at 9 a.m. Burial will be in St. George Catholic cemetery beside her husband, 
who died some years ago.
   Bedfast for the past two years, Mrs. Inhofer has been cared for by her 
daughter, Mrs. Albert D. Flor. She resided in a house on the same lot as 
the Flor residence, where she made her home for the greater part of the
time since the death of her husband.
   Born Jan. 20, 1853, in Dresden, Germany, she came with her parents, 
the late Mr. and Mrs. George Mickels, to America, when but two years of 
age.  The family remained in Chicago for two years.  The father heard of 
the German settlement on the Minnesota River in Minnesota and decided to 
come to New Ulm and take a homestead near the thriving littler German 
village, and carve out a home for himself and his family.  They came to 
New Ulm and Mr. Mickels settled upon a farm in West Newton township, 
Nicollet county.  This was the home for many years and the farm is still 
in the family.
   At the time of the Indian onslaught upon New Ulm and the contiguous 
rural communities, the Mickels family fled to St. Peter.  They remained 
there for three weeks before returning to their farm home.  The Indian 
trouble had not subsided and they returned again to St. Peter for a short 
time.
   In her later years Mrs. Inhofer took keen delight in recounting the 
terrible scourge of the Sioux tribe in this part of Minnesota in 1862 and 
of the hardships of the early settlement period.  Only recently she wrote 
comments on the Indian troubles, explaining the two treks to St. Peter and 
the return after the scourge had subsided.
   Miss Mickels and George Inhofer were married in the St. George Catholic 
church in 1870 and they resided on the homestead for many years.
   Mrs. Inhofer was the mother of 9 children, 6 of whom survive.  They are: 
George Inhofer, Anaheim, Calif.; Joseph Inhofer; Minneapolis; John Inhofer, 
New Ulm; Louis Inhofer, on the old homestead in West Newton township; Mrs. 
Albert D. Flor, New Ulm; and Mrs. Milo Current, Hibbing.
   Mrs. Inhofer is the last of her immediate family.
   She is also survived by 27 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren.