Felix [sic] Spahn was born approximately 1787 in the German village of Lautlingen.
He served as an infantryman in the Musketeer Regiment of Napoleon's Army and fought against the Russians. He was captured by the Russians.
Milovidov records that as of 1814, his mother, brother, and sister were still living in Lautlingen.
He was settled in the Volga German colony of Schwed and assigned to the household of Jakob Burghardt.
Philipp Spahn and his family are recorded on the 1834 census of Schwed in Household No. 32.
Philipp Spahn and his family are recorded on the 1850 census of Schwed in Household No. 63.
The death of Philipp Spahn in 1851 is recorded on the 1857 census of Schwed in Household No. 43.
Milovidov records that Felix [sic] Spahn came from the German town of Lautlingen in the region of Württemburg.
- 1834 Schwed Census (Household No. 32).
- 1850 Schwed Census (Household No. 63).
- 1857 Schwed Census (Household No. 43).
- Belousov, S.V. "Prisoners of war of Napoleon's army in the Volga region: the arrangement, content, relationships with the local population." Bulletin of the Samara State University, No. 1 (Samara, Russia: Samara State University, 2006): 48-55.
- Milovidov, B. P. "Prisoners of War of the Napoleonic Army in the Saratov Colonies in 1813-1820: New Documents." (p. 34, #10)
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