| 6. |  FREITAG, Albert O. was born on 28 Aug 1844 in Prussia (son of FREITAG, Carl and BLANK, Charlotte S. Henrethe); died on 11 Apr 1923 in New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, United States; was buried in Nicollet, Nicollet, Minnesota, United States. Other Events and Attributes:
- Cause of Death (Facts Pg): Broncho Pneumonia, Endarteritis Obliterans
- Military: Union Soldier; Civil War, Indian Wars; Address:
Civil War, Indian Wars
- Misc: 25 Aug 1862, Nicollet, Minnesota, United States
- Misc: 1913; news article
- Obit: Apr 1923
Notes:
Albert Freitag was born August 28, 1844 in Prussia. In 1861 the family immigrated to Nicollet, Minnesota. From October, 1862 to November, 1863, he served in Company E, First Minnesota cavalry; re-enlisted January, 1864, in First Minnesota, artillery, Company F. was discharged at Nashville. With the exception of two years in Mankato and two years in Chicago, he has lived since 1867 at his farm in Nicollet. Minnie Meyer who was married to him in 1866, died in 1875, leaving him four children. Married Bertha Metzke in 1879; they have two living children.
From History of Minnesota Valley
Misc:
46th Congress 2d Session House of Representatives
Report No. 1567
Albert Freitag.
June 4, 1880-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed
Mr. Barber, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following
REPORT:
[To accompany bill H.R. 1151.]
The committee on Claims, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 1151) for the relief of Albert Freitag, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report:
That the claimant, Albert Freitag, is a resident of Nicollet, Nicollet County, State of Minnesota, and resided there during the year 1862.
The testimony of Mr. Freitag shows that on the 25th day of August, 1862, he was on his way to Saint Peter, in said Nicollet County; that at the time he owned and was driving a span of gray horses, three years old; that said span of horses were in good condition; that while driving he was met by Capt. E. St. Julien Cox, who had command of a company, marching to the relief of New Ulm, which was at that time besieged by hostile Indians of the Sioux Nation or tribe. Captain Cox as an officer iin command of State forces, took from the claimant his team, and pressed the same into service of the volunteers he was then leading against the Indians; that Cox gave claimant a voucher or certificate, setting forth that his team had been taken for the use of the volunteers in the defense of New Ulm. In two weeks from the time said team was taken, claimant found them at Saint Peter, reduced in flesh, saddle-galled, and so poor that they could not be used until sometime in the winter; that in consequence thereof he was compelled to hire a team to do his fall plowing. The claimant testifies that the voucher given him by Captain Cox was burned up with his father's house, and for a long time he thought he could not collect any compensation because he had lost the voucher. He has, however, furnished a certificate from Captain Cox, who is now judge of the ninth judicial district of Minnesota, certifying that he took the horses belonging to Mr. Freitag for the use of the volunteers he was in command of. The claimant has also produced a certificate from ten of his neighbors who were well acquainted with him at the time the horses were taken, and who state they believe the facts to be true as stated, and the use of the property with the amount claimed.
Your committee are of the the opinion that the facts as stated by the claimant are true, and that he is entitled to relief in the sum of $65. They therefore recommend that the bill be amended by inserting said amount and put upon its passage.
Misc:
Published in 1913
Fifty-one years ago during the Indian uprising, state troops of Minnesota confiscated a team of horses from Albert Freitag, a resident of Nicollet county. Freitag sought to obtain payment for the team from congress, but the claim was disallowed.
Yesterday Albert Pfaender of new Ulm introduced a bill in the house appropriate $250 for reimbursing Freitag for the team.
Obit:
The funeral of the late Albert O. Freitag of this village, of whose demise mention was made in these columns last week, was held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The services were conducted by Rev. E. H. Sans of New Ulm at the local Friedens church, and the remains were laid to rest in the church cemetery north of Nicollet. Mr. Freitag has been ailing for about two years. His death occurred on Wednesday April 11 at the Union hospital, New Ulm, where he had been receiving medical attention for two weeks on account of a gangrenous affliction of his right foot.
Deceased was a native of Repsin, Prussia, German, where he was born August 28, 1844. In 1861 he came to America with his parents, the late Carl and Henrietta Freitag, and the family located on a farm south of Nicollet.He was united in marriage to Wilhelmine Meyer in 1866, and to this union four children were born, there of who survive. They are: A. C. Freitag and Paul Freitag of Max, N.D., and Mrs. Chas. Vogtel of New Ulm. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Freitag was wedded for a second time in 1875, this time to Miss Bertha Netzke, his surviving widow. Of the four children born to the second marriage, the two remaining being Emil Freitag, Des Moines, Iowa, and Mrs. Aug. E. Ott, Stutler, Alberta, Canada. He also leaves 17 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren to mourn his demise, as well as one brother, August Freitag, Sr., of Nicollet township. Some twenty years ago Mr. and Mrs. Freitag moved to Max, N. D. where they resided until returning to this village three years ago.Mr Freitag saw many hardships in the pioneer days and was a veteran of the Civil and Indian wars. He was accorded a military funeral. May the old soldier rest in peace.
unknown paper. Newspaper in possession of Ellen Rohr
Albert married MEYER, Wilhelmine in 1866. Wilhelmine was born on 7 Aug 1847; died on 11 Jan 1875; was buried in Nicollet, Nicollet, Minnesota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Jindra and Chaloupka Families
VOGTEL, Charles was born on 4 May 1867 in Erfurt, Thüringen, Germany (son of VOGTEL, Carl and WORCH, Amalie); died on 8 Nov 1920 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States. 
FREITAG, Carl was born on 7 Jan 1816 in Prussia; died on 19 Oct 1898 in Nicollet, Nicollet, Minnesota, United States; was buried in Nicollet, Nicollet, Minnesota, United States. 
BLANK, Charlotte S. Henrethe was born about 1815 (daughter of Living); died on 9 Mar 1882; was buried in Nicollet, Nicollet, Minnesota, United States. 
