Frederick William Jaedicke was born in Posen, Germany on May 28, 1837 and died in Lawrence, Kansas September 12, 1916. He came to America May 28, 1855 at age 18 with his parents from Frankfort on the Oder, Germany. They landed in New York and from there went to Buffalo, and later to Leavenworth, Kansas.

F. W. Jaedicke married Ottilie Kessler Schultz in Holly Springs, Mississippi in 1861. He worked in an arsenal and was a gunsmith by trade. They left the south because of slavery and came by wagon to Memphis, Tennessee, then by boat to St. Louis. Then because St. Louis was pro-slavery, they came on to Leavenworth. They left Leavenworth on August, 1963, and arrived in Lawrence after Quantrill’s Raid.

Mr. Jaedicke was in the hardware business along with being a gunsmith. When Price’s Army threatened Kansas, Mr. And Mrs. Jaedicke cast bullets in molds at night in their home to supply Lawrence people so they might protect themselves and their families against the guerrilla bands and also for the militia who went out to repel Price’s invasion. They covered all their windows to keep guerrillas from seeing them making the bullets.