Beginning in 1873 several
families and individuals left Blooming Grove and migrated to
Dawson, Nebraska where they formed what is now called the
“Pennsylvania Colony of Nebraska.” These families are as
follows:
The Jacob G. Heim
family (1874),
The John Gross and
the John Sippley families (1879),
The Frederick Marquardt
family (1879),
The Christian Wuster
and David Wagner families (1880),
The John Heim
family and Emanuel Ulmer (1881),
The John J. Heim
family (1882),
Mr. Henry W. Heim
(1883),
The John Kerr and
the Catherine Ulmer (widow of Martin) families (1884),
The John Eckard
family (1885),
The Stoltz famiy
(1886),
and Ella, Emma and
George Eckard (1887).
