FOURTH GENERATION

166. James W. TRAFFANSTEDT ⁽¹⁾ was born on 14 Oct 1841 in Alabama DeKalb Co.. He died on 15 May 1916. He was buried in Red Hill Cemetery, DeKalb Co., AL. Notes by Mary Jo Traffanstedt Nance:

James joined the Confederate Army and was wounded in the Civil War. His back was broken. He had been a cripple caused from this wound. He received a pension from the military.

The grandson of James, Bill Traffanstedt from Collinsville, told me a great deal about his branch of the family before his death. He said that Joseph and his family brought a fiddle with them from Germany and that it had been passed down to other family members. Bill's father, Robert, played it and passed it on to Bill who gave it to one of his daughters.

AUTHOR: Jan Hoekstra

My Aunt Grace Traffanstedt Watson is in possession of a violin which is rumored to have come with the two brothers from Germany.

Martha Isabell HILL⁽¹⁾ was born on 12 Dec 1842. She died BET 1925/1926. She was buried in Red Hill Cemetery. James W. TRAFFANSTEDT and Martha Isabell HILL had the following children:

+224 i. William J. TRAFFANSTEDT.
+225 ii. George Edward TRAFFANSTEDT.
+226 iii. James Taylor TRAFFANSTEDT.
+227 iv. Robert Allen TRAFFANSTEDT.
+228 v. Charlie D. TRAFFANSTEDT.

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