| FredW. Korsmeyer |
FRED W. KORSMEYER, one of the most successfulmen of this locality, lives on section 30, township 17, range 12. He isa German, being born in Hanover, January 15, 1838. His parents were J.H. and Mary (Lovecamp) Korsmeyer, who were born in the same place, anddescended from the best German blood. When our subject was thirteen yearsof age they came to the United States in the fall of 1851. They took theusual passage of their fellow countrymen, from Bremer to New Orleans, andfrom there up the Mississippi and Illinois rivers to Beardstown. They locatedvery near the present home of our subject, and here they lived and died,the father about sixty, and the mother seventy. They had always been membersof the German Lutheran Church and are remembered as good, honest Germansettlers of that early day. Our subject and a brother, Herman, are theonly living members of the family.Mr. Korsmeyer began farming on his own accountabout the time of his majority. His first was a purchase of 140 acres,and he increased it from time to time until he now owns 600 acres, themost of which it is under the plow. He has made many improvements on thefarm he has owned for the past thirty years. He has very fine land, lyingin the bottoms of the Illinois river, and adjoining the Meredosia lake.
Mr. Korsmeyer was married in Cass county,to Miss Minnie Miller, who came from her birthplace, in Hanover, Germany,when young. Her parents settled in Beardstown, where her father died someyears ago, at the home of his daughter, as did also his wife, They hadlived to good old age and had been valued members of the Lutheran Church.Mrs. Korsmeyer is the youngest of three children. Her two brothers areFred, a Morgan county farmer, and Henry, who lives in Springfield. Mr.and Mrs. Korsmeyer have seven living children: Henry and Herman assistin running the farm; Emma, William C., Christian, and Theodore and Charles,the twins, live at home. The children are all naturally bright, and theparents intend to educate them thoroughly. The family is Lutheran in religion,and Mr. Korsmeyer is very prominent in the politics of his township, beinga Democrat, and has held almost all of the local offices. He is now a candidatefor County Commissioner, and so popular is he that this means a certainelection. They are among the most prominent people in the township.
Biographical Review of Cass, Schuylerand Brown Counties, Illinois, Biographical Review Publishing Co., Chicago,1892, pages 153-154.
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