So nice to see this website. Anne Irber was my grandmother. My dad was her youngest son, Joseph Irber Jr. I have her old singer sewing machine; my mom used it till the 1970`s!. Her father Frederick Hoerchner was in the civil war and I have the diary he kept from 1861 till his discharge. It`s in german. I`m translating it. He was in the 8th Minn. Infantry Regiment. I`ve been to many of his battlefields such as Killdeer Mountain and Murfeesboro. They joined General Sherman in Savannah Ga. and finished up around Charlotte,NC. I`d like to know about his wife if anyone has a clue? Thanks, J. I.