OBIT: Gabriel Keimig (d. 1916) SUBJECT: Obituary SUBMITTER: Patricia Hauenstein EMAIL: Jthowie@aol.com DATE: Feb 07, 2000 SURNAMES: Keimig, Pospischil, Fuchs, Geister, Armatigni TAPS SOUND FOR GABRIEL KEIMIG Civil War Veteran Called By Grim Angel Taps sounded for another honored veteran of the Civil War when Mr. Gabriel Keimig, a veteran of the 23d Wisconsin regiment, succumbed to a two weeks illness with la grippe and pneumonia Thursday evening, death taking place at his home, 817 Division street at 7:15 o'clock. Mr. Keimig was 81 years of age. He was born in Germany September 27, 1834, and came to this country with his parents at the age of 12 years. The family settled in New Jersey, where Mr. Keimig continued to reside until the middle fifties, when he came to Wisconsin. The marriage of Mr. Keimig to Miss Agnes Pospischil of Watertown took place in 1860 and the couple resided in Madison until he answered the call to the colors. Mr. Keimig enlisted in the Civil War from Madison August 13, 1862. He served as a corporal and was mustered out of service on June 6, 1865. While stationed at Mobile,Ala. during the war he was badly injured by an explosion of explosives stored in that city in which the destruction was complete for four squares. It required forty men to raise up the roof under which Mr. Keimig was pinned at the time of this explosion, and he came near losing his life and the results of the efforts of the rescue party, who, in attempting to chop him out, only increased the pressure of the pins which were being driven into his body by the great pressure. He was unable to speak, but when one hand was uncovered, he managed by motions of his fingers to inform the rescuers that the roof must be raised to save his life. Shortly after the war, Mr. Keimig sold his home and sought better climatic conditions for his health in Missouri, but returned to Wisconsin in 1871, settling in Watertown, where he has resided ever since. Mr. Keimig was a member of O.D. Pease Post No. 94, G.A.R. The widow, three daughters, one brother, one sister, three grandchildren and one great-grandchild survive. The daughters are Mrs. J. Rusy and Mrs. J Keegan, Chicago, and Miss Josephine Keimig, at home. The brother is Nicholas Keimig of Madison, and the sister is Mrs. Gertrude Morhart of Elizabeth, N.J. Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 9 0'clock at St. Henry's church. Interment will be made in St. Henry's cemetery. Buried Feb. 2 or 3 1916. ----------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.