George Juenger Senior aka "Ol Hickory" aka Buck UPDATED



George was known as Ol Hickory because he walked with a hickory stick and used it to beat his wife, Anna.  She left him and moved to Nashville.  He was known as Buck because he killed the last buck deer in the area after he was challenged that he couldn't do it.


Notice the 2 George Juengers---one died at birth in 1864 and the second was born in 1873 and is our grandfather.  George Senior was born in Diezenbach, Hessen Germany.  He died on September 13, 1917 when his buggy went out of cotrol because of an automobile.  George married Anna Maria Stehl on May 10, 1863 in St Clair County IL.  Anna was born on January 25 1845 or 18 December 1846.  Anna separated from George and moved to Nashville and ran an hotel which failed.  Then she moved to the Carmi area and married Nicholas Logh and lived on Adam Manz farm.  Sons George and Conrad worked for Freeburger near Carmi. 

Picture of Ol Hickory or Buck

 

Notes from Jan Bollheimer:  Great Grandfather George Juenger III, Buck, was born in Dietzenbach, Germany February 3, 1842, son of Heinrich and Susanna (Koehler) Juenger.

He was accompanied to IL in 1846 with his eight year old sister, Susanna Juenger. (See "Juenger Family Journey")

George's obituary states that he was 75 years old and resided three miles northeast of Marissa, IL. He was admitted to St. Elizabeth Hospital, Belleville August 27, 1917. He died August 31 due to injuries sustained by a car scaring the horse that was pulling his carriage. His baptismal records were in German and are dated May 15, 1842.  George's body was "shipped" to Finger Funeral Home, Marissa for burial at Biddleborn.