Helmbrecht, Frederick C.

FREDERICK C. HELMBRECHT, farmer, P.O. Mosiertown, was born May 22, 1846, in Venango Township, this county. His father, Henry Helmbrecht, a native of Hanover, Germany, married Miss Hannah M.C. Hampe. They immigrated to America in 1836 and immediately settled near Drake’s Mills, Venango Township, this county. There they began clearing up and developing their farm. They sold out April, 1858, and located in Cussewago Township, this county, and here they died, Mr. Helmbrecht April 28, 1883, and his widow May 2, 1883. Their children were Frederick, who died in Germany; Mrs. Amelia Matthews, deceased; Henry C., a soldier of the Eighty-third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, who was killed in the battle of the Wilderness, and Frederick C. Our subject, when a boy, bravely offered his services to the Government, but was restrained from service by his father. He married, September 11, 1866, Miss Amanda Hickernell, of Hayfield Township, this county, who bore him the following named children: Charles H., Frank W., Freddie E., Carrie May, Adelia E. and Israel (deceased). Mr. Helmbrecht has here a fine farm of 104 acres of well-improved land, it being the family homestead. He believes in the cause of popular education and is giving his children good advantages; in politics he is a Republican.