Conrad Christian Achilles

Conrad Christian Achilles

Mrs. Achilles

Achilles Headstone

Born: 25 AUG 1823, Brunswick, Germany
Died: 19 MAR 1913, Blair Washington County, Nebraska
Buried: Blair Cemetery

Married: 19 SEP 1851 Sophia Krier in Lee County, Iowa

Born: 20 AUG 1829, Brunswick, Germany
Died: 25 DEC 1915, Blair, Nebraska
Buried: Blair Cemetery

Children:
According to the obituaries, there were no children born to his couple. However, a Nellie Achilles, age 14 years, was living with them at the time of the 1870 census.

OBITUARIES

Blair Tribune. March 19, 1913
Death of C.C. Achilles

Just as we go to press, we learn of the death of C. Achilles which occurred at 12:45 today. Mr. Achilles would have been ninety years in August, being the oldest man in Washington county. Conrad Christopher Achilles was born in Brunswick, Germany in 1823 and came to America in 1849, locating in Denmark, Iowa. In September 1851 he was married at Ft. Madison, Iowa to Sophia Krow also of Germany. They came to Nebraska in 1857 locating at Fontanelle where they lived until 1883 when they moved to Blair. The wife, two nephews and one neice who live in Iowa, survive him. There are no children. He had been a member of the Congregational church for many years. No arrangements for the funeral have been made.

Blair Tribune

The funeral of C. Achilles was held from the family home last Friday afternoon, the services being conducted by Rev. McKeith, pastor of the Congregational church, of which Mr. Achilles had been a faithful member for a long term of years. Mr. Achilles who would have been 90 years old had he lived until next August, was born in Brunswick, Germany, August 25, 1823 and came to America in 1849, settling near Denmark, Ia. He was married to Miss Sophia Krow at Ft. Madison, Ia. in Sept 1851 and they came to this county in 1857 settling out in the Fontanelle neighborhood. They moved to Blair in 1883 where they have since lived. They had no children.

ANOTHER AGED PIONEER SUCCUMBS TO THE GRIP

One of the old pioneers of Washington county died on Christmas day after living a life of Christian piety and love. Mrs Sophia Achilles whose husband Conrad C. Achilles died on March 19, 1913, followed him to a resting place in the Blair cemetery. For many years Mrs. Achilles took an active part in church and charitable circles and a memorial window to her sterling character is part of the Congregational church in this city. Mrs Sophie Kraecon was born in Brunswick, Germany, Aug. 20th, 1829 and came to the United States twenty years later, after a long and tempestous voyage on the Atlantic. She settled in Denmark, Ia. where in 1851 she married Conrad C. Achilles. In 1857 this couple came to Fontanelle, by ox team and settled down to farming in an Indian neighborhood then presided over by Chief Fontenellle. In 1883 the couple, tiring of farm life, came to Blair where they erected a neat cottage on West Colfax Street. They enjoyed a happy married life until the death of Mr. Achilles. Three weeks ago, Mrs. Achilles was attacked with a severe case of grip and owing to her advanced age was unable to rally from the disease. No children were born to the aged couple, a few relatives in Germany being the sole survivors of the family. Mrs. Achilles will be sadly missed by many who know her real goodness and open hearted charity.

Source: Ruth Moss, Washington County Genealogical Society