William Louis Foertmeyer MD

William Adolphus Foertmeyer-6(William Louis-5, Wilhelm Adolph (Adolphus William)-4, Dietrich Friedrich Wilhem-3, Johann Friedrich-2, Hans Jeurgen-1) was born in 1888 in Kentucky. He died about 1962. He married Nelle Mae Stangle, daughter of Lincoln B. Stangle and Ida Belle Hadley. She was born on 05 Jun 1893 in Brazil, Indiana. She died on 19 Feb 1997 in Carmel, Monterey Co., California. Notes for William Adolphus Foertmeyer: William started a medical practice in 1916 in Bellevue, KY. Prior to this he was a general surgeon at General Hospital in Cincinnati for 18 months. He married Nelle Mae Stangle of Brazil, IN. Nelle was of the Quaker faith. According to grandson Samuel, William was a Major during WWI. Sam said he recalls seeing a photograph of his grandfather, Maj. Foertmeyer at Cassatt's Chateau in France during the war. In the photo were his grandfather, Mary Cassatt, Black Jack Pershing and a young Army lieutenant named "Hap" Arnold, later the first general of the USAF. From the obituary of his wife, Nelle Stangle Foertmeyer: "In 1916 she was married to William A. Foertmeyer, a graduate of the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine and of the Army Medical School of Washington D.C. Her husband, a regimental surgeon, served with the Second Division, Corps of Engineers, in every major engagement of the A.E.F. [American Expeditionary Forces] in France in World War I and was awarded the American Silver Star and the French Croix de Guerre with Fourragerre for heroism before Soissons (at Vitry). After the cessation of hostilities he served with the American Army of Occupation in the German Rhineland from 1919 to 1920." William A Foertmeyer inherited a farm in Milford, Ohio from his father, William L. Foertmeyer. The farm was known as "Belle-Vue" and located on US 50, just east of Milford proper. My father, Charles Henry Foertmeyer MD, remembered visiting there when he was a youngster. He told me he loved going out there with his folks for visits. The property was eventually sold by Nelle Mae Foertmeyer after the death in 1961 of her husband, William A. Foertmeyer.


William Adolphus Foertmeyer-6(William Louis-5, Wilhelm Adolph (Adolphus William)-4, Dietrich Friedrich Wilhem-3, Johann Friedrich-2, Hans Jeurgen-1) was born in 1888 in Kentucky. He died about 1962. He married Nelle Mae Stangle, daughter of Lincoln B. Stangle and Ida Belle Hadley. She was born on 05 Jun 1893 in Brazil, Indiana. She died on 19 Feb 1997 in Carmel, Monterey Co., California. Notes for William Adolphus Foertmeyer: William started a medical practice in 1916 in Bellevue, KY. Prior to this he was a general surgeon at General Hospital in Cincinnati for 18 months. He married Nelle Mae Stangle of Brazil, IN. Nelle was of the Quaker faith. According to grandson Samuel, William was a Major during WWI. Sam said he recalls seeing a photograph of his grandfather, Maj. Foertmeyer at Cassatt's Chateau in France during the war. In the photo were his grandfather, Mary Cassatt, Black Jack Pershing and a young Army lieutenant named "Hap" Arnold, later the first general of the USAF. From the obituary of his wife, Nelle Stangle Foertmeyer: "In 1916 she was married to William A. Foertmeyer, a graduate of the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine and of the Army Medical School of Washington D.C. Her husband, a regimental surgeon, served with the Second Division, Corps of Engineers, in every major engagement of the A.E.F. [American Expeditionary Forces] in France in World War I and was awarded the American Silver Star and the French Croix de Guerre with Fourragerre for heroism before Soissons (at Vitry). After the cessation of hostilities he served with the American Army of Occupation in the German Rhineland from 1919 to 1920." William A Foertmeyer inherited a farm in Milford, Ohio from his father, William L. Foertmeyer. The farm was known as "Belle-Vue" and located on US 50, just east of Milford proper. My father, Charles Henry Foertmeyer MD, remembered visiting there when he was a youngster. He told me he loved going out there with his folks for visits. The property was eventually sold by Nelle Mae Foertmeyer after the death in 1961 of her husband, William A. Foertmeyer.
Current view [1976] of "drive" off US Rt. 50 [NO LONGER VISIBLE - 2018]	"F" marks the farm, "S" is Milford Shopping Center, for reference
The old sign at the end of the drive (1976)	The old road up to the farmhouse (1976)
The farmhouse foundation. Teenagers partying, in 1975, burned down the home (1976)	The big barn (what's left)(1976)
June 21, 1914 Enquirer Article mentioning this farm