The Sempsrott/ Sempsroth family has been traced back as far
as Hartman Samesroot born before 1630 in Samen in Northern Germany not far from
Kampsheide, Hanover, Prussia, Germany. Other
areas of the Kingdom of Hanover associated with the Sempsroth/ Sempsrott family
are Asendorf, Brebber,
Essen, Graue, Haendorf, Kampsheide, Kuhlenkamp. The family moved
around Germany but basically stayed in the northern parts. In 1842, brothers Frederich Albert and Johan
Heinrich left Hanover to emigrate to the United States. The accepted story within the family is that
they were stowaways at their mother’s request to avoid conscription into the
German army. This may be true as no immigration records have surfaced for the
brothers.
According to the story, the brothers arrived in Cincinnatti,
Ohio. It may have been there that
Frederich met and married Anna Margaret Steinforth about 1846 in
Cincinnatti. The couple and their
children turned to farming to make a living.
They lived in Ripley, Adams, Indiana for a while where several of their
children were born. Charles was born in
Indiana in 1857, Henry was born in Cincinnati, in 1860 and Carrie was born in
1861 in Indiana. Lizzie’s birth in
Jasper County, Illinois in 1863 along
with the draft registration for Fily Sampsroth on 13 Sep 1863 helps to pinpoint
when they made their way to Jasper County, Illinois.[i]
In 1880 Charles Sempsrott is shown to be farming 80 acres of
tillable land and also having 80 acres of woodland. The value of the farm including
land and buildings was $2500.00 and the value of the farm equipment was $50.00
including livery. The livestock was
valued at $130.00. The estimated value
of the farm products sold in 1879 was $200.00 and at the time the Sempsrotts
owned two horses. They also owned 4 pigs
and six chickens. It appears from the
record that Charles was renting the land from James Johnson. Crops being grown in 1880 include Indian corn,
irish potatoes, and fifteen apple trees yielding fifteen bushels of apples
worth $5.00. Charles also sold fifteen
cords of wood from his land which produced an income of $30.00.[ii]
In 1910 Charles was still farming in Hunt, Jasper, Illinois
with his son Fred A Sempsrott but now Charles owned the farm and Fred was
renting from him.[iii]
In 1920 Charles was still farming along with his sons
Glenneth and Cleo.[iv]
Although, with time, some of the family moved on, the name
Sempsrott can still be found in the Robinson Illinois city directory. Robinson is in Crawford County, just next to
Jasper County.
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[i] National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost
Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau
(Civil War); Collection
Name: Consolidated Enrollment Lists,
1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records); ARC Identifier: 4213514; Archive
Volume Number: 1 of 4.
[ii] Census
Year: 1880; Census Place: Willow Hill, Jasper, Illinois; Archive Collection Number: T1133; Roll: 41; Page: 25; Line: 02; Schedule
Type: Agriculture.
[iii] Census Year: 1910; Census Place: Hunt, Jasper, Illinois; Roll: T624_293; Page: 4B; Enumeration
District: 0082; ; FHL microfilm: 1374306.
[iv] Census Year: 1920; Census Place: Hunt, Jasper, Illinois; Roll: T625_372; Page: 7A; Enumeration
District: 103; Image: 340.
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