Augustus Wiedebusch, born in Germany about 1843, was the son of Henry and Louisa Wiedebusch. Augustus married Gertrude Weneke. He died July 19, 1887 and is buried at Mt. Rose Cemetery, Moundsville, Marshall County, W. Va. On July 5, 1887, just prior to his death, he applied for a government pension, application number 615.322. No certificate was issued, probably because he died before the pension claim could be approved. His widow applied for a pension and was awarded certificate #352.480.

1860 Census, South Wheeling, Ohio County, W. Va.
WEIDERBUSCH, #3864
Henry,43, Shoemaker, $75 personal, b Ger
Louisa, 39, b Ger
August, 16, b Ger
Adam, 14, b Ger
Louisa, 12, b Ger
Mena, 10, b Va
Margaret, 6, bGer
Augusta, 4, b Va
Caroline, 6 mos, b Va

1870 Census, Washington District, Marshall County, W. Va.
WEIDEBUSCH, #45
August...26-wm...$200... ...shoemaker...Brunswick
Gertrude...21-wf...WV
Adolph...1-wm...WV
Charles...1-wm...WV

WEIDEBUSCH, #44
Henry...52-wm...$900... ...shoemaker...Brunswick
Louisa...48...Hanover
Maria...16-wf...WV
Margaret...14-wf...WV
Augusta...12-wf...WV
Caroline...10-wf...WV
Sophia...8-wf...WV
Mary...6-wf...WV
Henry...4-wm...WV

[Note: Adolph Weidebusch, 26, was #46 in the 1870 Census and is evidently the brother of Augustus. He served in Co. A 25th Ohio Infantry and was wounded at Gettysburg. A biography of the family includes much information about Adolph:

From: Genealogical & Personal History of the Upper Monongalia Valley, West Virginia, by Bernard L. Butcher, 1912.

WIEDEBUSCH - Among the artisans connected with the plumbing trade in Fairmont is William A. Wiedebusch, who is a thorough master of his trade. He is the son of A. L. Wiedebusch, a farmer by occupation, a civil war soldier who distinguished himself on many a hard-fought battlefield, though he was a native of Germany. He came from Germany when but three years old. He died June 8, 1910. His father was Henry, as was his grandfather on the paternal side. Both were well-to-do, thrifty farmers. The great-grandfather, Henry Wiedebusch Sr., was also a shoemaker; he died at the age of eighty-four years, and while in his eighties would frequently walk from Powhattan, Ohio, his home, to Wheeling and return, a distance of fifty miles, in one day. He was a man of wonderful vital powers. A. L. Wiedebusch enlisted in the Twenty-fifth Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, being a member of Company A. He was in many severe and lesser engagements. After the war ended he engaged at stone-cutting, and assisted in cutting the stone for the West Virginia penitentiary at Moundville. Later he followed the stone contracting business, but having received a severe wound at the battle of Gettysburg he was partly disabled from doing hard work; consequently he took up the work of making cigars, having a store and shop of his own. Subsequently he sold out his business and was made superintendent of the great cigar works of August Pollock, using convict labor at the penitentiary. His health failed and he re-moved to Colorado, where he mined gold, and after nearly two years regained his health, enough at least to return home and engage in the butchering business. He next joined the large number of traveling salesmen then on the road for the McCormick Reaper and Mower Works, of Chicago, which position he filled a number of years, then retired to a small farm in this county. Politically he was a Democrat, and in church connection was an Episcopalian. He married Mary Bryan, who now resides at Moundville, West Virginia; she was a native of Port Stanley, province of Ontario, Canada. Their children were: William A., of whom further; Edward C. W., residing in Morgantown, West Virginia; Ella M., residing at Moundville; Clara A., married Dr. Hoy McCusky, and lives in Oklahoma, in the village of Muskogee. - William A. Wiedebusch was born in Moundville, West Virginia, September 16, 1870, son of A. L. and Mary (Bryan) Wiedebusch. He obtained a fair common school education at his native village and at Linsly Institute, Wheeling. He then learned the plumbing trade at Bellaire, Ohio, commencing business for himself at Piedmont, West Virginia, in 1893, remained there two years, and located at Scranton, Pennsylvania, where he remained five years, then removed to Fairmont, West Virginia, in August, 1899. He established the firm of the Fairmont Plumbing Company, of which he is now the chief owner. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, votes an independent political ticket, and is a member of the Episcopal church. He married, January 25, 1899, Birdie E. Tonry, of Western Port, Maryland, born May 4, 1876, daughter of Charles Tonry, general manager for the Fredlock Manufacturing Company. They have no children.

1880 Census, Clay District, Marshall County, W. Va.
WEIDEBUSCH (36)
August...36-wm...sewing ships...GER....GER....GER
Girtrude...31-wf...keeping house...VA...GER....GER
Adolph...11-wm...WV...GER....VA
August...8-wm...WV...GER....VA
William...6-wm...WV...GER....VA
Albert...1-wm...WV...GER....VA