FOUNDED

APRIL - MAY, 1877

The story of Schoenchen begins at Liebenthal.  Founded on February 22, 1876 Liebenthal was the creation of a part of the Volga-german group which left Saratov, Russia on October 24, 1975, sailed from Bremen, Germany on the Ohio November 2, landed in Baltimore on November 23 and spent the winter in Topeka after arriving there by train on November 28, 1875.  On February 21, 1876 the Liebenthal group came to Hays and the following day moved to the present twonsite in Section 21, Township 16, Range 18, in Rush county.  Below are listed the Schoenchen founders:

Adam Bieker
Katharina Sauer Bieker

Heinrich Bieker
Elisabetha Herman Bieker

Johann Bieker
Maria Eva Wasinger Bieker

Johann Joseph Bieker
maria Mayer Bieker

Konrad Bieker
Maria Elisabetha Pfannenstiel Bieker

Nickolas Bieker
Anna Maria Hardinger Bieker

Philil Bieker
Dorothea Siegel Bieker

Wilhelm Bieker

Paul Dinges
Christina Schueller Dinges

Franz Dreher
Maria Julia Gross Dreher

Johann Dreher
Anna Maria Unrein Dreher

Konrad Dreher
Anna Elizabetha Wendler Dreher

Ann Katharina Graf

Friederich Graf
Anna Maria Kohlmeyer Graf

Agnes (Maria) Hepner

Helena Herklotz

Karl Anton Herklotz

Anna Elizabetha Munsch

Jacob Munsch

Joseph Munsch
Anna Elizabetha Lang Munsch

Joseph Rumbach

Michael Schmidt
Maria Agnes Hepner Schmidt

Franz Waldschmidt

Alois Werth

Friederich Werth
Lucia Ebel Werth

Jacob Werth
Maria Babara Munsch Werth

Johann Werth
Maria Elisabetha Munsch Werth

Johann Peter Werth
Maria Zimmerman Werth

Karl Werth
Anna Margaretha Wendler Werth

August Wolf
Margaretha Dreher Wolf

Philip Wolf
Maaria Elizabetha Wolf

J. Jacob Zimmerman
Marie Werth Zimmerman

Johann Zimmerman
Anna Katharina Zimmerman

Joseph Zimmerman
Anna Katharina Zimmerman

Katharina Zimmerman

Peter Zimmerman
Barbara Dreher Zimmerman