Hello I'm looking for information on Charles Einert. He married Anna Marie Rettstatt in Pennsylvania on February 01, 1877
He was born in Germany and came to the United States with his father at age 21. He was educated in
Germany. All of these were members of the Lutheran Church. Charlie and Anna had seven children, Mary,
Belle,Carl, minerva, Carolina, Willie (Will), and Henry.
Mary and Belle were born in Smithton, Pennsylvania.
while they were young children, around 1882, Charlie and Anna Marie's brother' Fred Rettstatt, were
transferred from caol mining in Pennsylvania. to Spadra mine in Johnson County,Arkansas. South of
Clarksville. This was in the early days of minimg there.
Both men moved their families there. Charlie was a machinist in the mining. Three children were born there,
maybe four. ( information scarce here). They were Carl, Minerva,. Carolina, and Willie ( Willie may have
been born after they left Sparta.
The family suffered much with malaria while they lived there. They decided to move to the foothills; North
of Clarksville. They moved to the Mt. Vernon Community, where the bought homestead rights on a farm,
from a couple named LaRue. Henery Albert was born there on January 29, 1894. Charlie Einert died in
November, Thanksgiving time, that same year. Henry was ten months old. Charlie died of pneumonia, which
developed from injuries sustained when his oxen team ran away with him, while he was hauling lumber to
continue the remodeling and addition work that he was doing on their house,. He was buried on the home
place.
Anna Marie and children continued to live at the place until the children were married. Some years later, she
sold the place and lived with Carl and Maude until she died an february 26, 1941. She was almost 86 years
old. She is buried in Mt. Vernon Cemetery. just a few miles from the home place.
Anna Marie Rettstatt Einert was one of thirteen children, A brother William G.Rettstatt was born September
12,1863. He died April 14, 1941. A sister, Belle M. Rettstatt, was born January 18, 1869. a brother, Herny
A.Rettstatt,was born april 27, 1871.
Anna Marie Rettstatt Einert's children: Mary -married George Campbell. =there children were Charles Lester,
May, Annie, Helen, Russell, Lillie,. Jewell, Robbie, Woodrow Earnest ( Buster) .
Please let me know if you have any information on him this is all I have.
Thank you for your time,
David