Shep's Place Family Tree

Mildred Chapman Gibbs in her book about Hartford says that Charles Christian and Julius Hugo Juhling were the sons of Carl and Augusta ‎(not Johanna Christiane)‎ Juhling of Mittasida, Saxony, Germany.

Hugo's English vocabulary was limited, but with his "rosy cheeks and full blown beard, he was pleasant to look at," thought Rev. George Wilding. His general attractiveness, in fact, made it possible for Betsy Shank to understand the handsome foreigner's "shy and timid" courting.

June 25, 1863, was the wedding date for Hugo Juhling, age 25, and Elizabeth Shank, 19 years old. She was the daugher of Jacob and Mary Roland Shank of Botetourt County, Virginia. They were married by the Rev. W.W. Harper at the C.T. Shank home in New Haven.

In a year or two Hugo started a little store in New Haven; and when a federal post office was established there in 1864, Hugo Juhling was commissioned as its postmaster. Though he learned English rapidly, his occasional call, "Betsy, come here out" brought his blond wife immediately to his rescue in some speech entanglement. Betsy died in 1869. They had no children.

Two years later in September 1872 Hugo married Miss Emma Rehm of Pomeroy, Ohio. She was the daughter of the celebrated Dr. Sebastian Rehm, formerly of Germany. Emma Rehm Juhling died in 1894.

To this family were born five children: Hugo, Jr; Charles William; Ernest; Edward and Anna. Only two of the children married, Hugo and Ernest.

According to the 1900 census of Mason Co., Hugo, aged 61, worked as a general merchant. He and his parents were all born in Germany. He had come to the United States from Saxony in 1862, but was not naturalized. His son Hugo J. was 26 years old and managed a mill. This was shortly before Hugo Jr. married Martha J. Heslop. Son Charles 24 years was a salesman.