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One of the highlights of the walking tour of Johnson Creek at the 2007 reunion was the visit to the home of Lloyd Schul tz. The home (above, in Johnson Creek) may once have been owned by Henry (Heinrich) Stiehm, Wilhelm’s grandson. Lloyd Schultz owns the home and is very knowledgeable about the home. But no one was certain that this was Heinrich’s h ome. As the tour ended, on the porch of the home, to the left of the door, some proof may have been found. There, names wer e scribbled in the brick by a child or children. The names are in the birth order of his children: Papa, Mommy, Paul, H erman, Henry, Otto, Louis, Hattie, Elizabeth, Nora.

Published Obituary Watertown Daily Times, Watertown, Wisconsin, May 26, 1932: "Henry Spiehm (sic) of Johnson Creek Is Dead From Injury Henry Spiehm, (sic) a former resident of Johnson Creek, died at the Fort Atkinson hospital last night from head injurie s sustained when he fell at the cottage of his daughter, Mrs. Olie Olson, of Fort Atkinson, last week Friday at Lake Mi lls . He was 76 years of age. Until recently, Mr. Spiehm had lived two miles from Johnson Creek practically all his life. His wife preceded him in de ath four years ago and since then he has been living with his children. Five years ago the couple celebrated their silv er wedding anniversary at Johnson Creek. He was born June 5, 1856. He is survived by eight children, Herman of Catawba, Wis., Paul, Henry and Otto of Milwaukee, Louis of Rolling Stone, W is., Mrs. Olie Olsen of Fort Atkinson, Mrs. Edwin Behling of Milwaukee and Mrs. Erwin Feldschneider of Evans, Fall