Franz Umbscheiden (June 24, 1821 Grünstadt,

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- December 13, 1874

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who emigrated to the United States (one of the

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) and became a journalist.

Biography

Umbscheiden was educated at the Universities of

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and

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, where he studied law and national economy. In 1848, he took an active part in revolutionary movements, traveling and making inflammatory speeches. One of his speeches on the death of

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resulted in him being compelled to flee to

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. When the revolution began in

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, he returned, served in the army, and was present at the occupation of

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and at the storming of

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, after which he went to

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under Gen. Franz Sigel, and afterward to

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, where he became a private tutor. He was expelled from Switzerland to appease Louis Napoleon in 1852. He went to Newark, New Jersey, and taught there. He married Philipina Schweitzer June 9, 1853. They had six children. During the Frémont canvass in 1856, he joined the

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, but in 1859 he co-operated with the Democrats. From 1860 to 1864, he was on the staff of the '' New Yorker Staats-Zeitung''; This source also notes he served under Ludwig Blenker in 1849. he left to establish the Newark ''Volksmann''. In 1867 he was editor of the ''New Jersey Democrat'', and he again edited the ''Volksmann'' in 1869–74.

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