Biographies

Schuyler County, Illinois, Cornman

  Cornman Contributed by Robin L. W. Petersen   Nicolai Kornmann Born: Abt. 1686 Germany Died: 1734/1735 Niederhochstadt, Bayern, Germany Spouse: Anna Catherine, born: 1692, died: 1762 Ludwig Kornmann Born: 1713 Germany Married: 17 Jan 1736 Niederhochstadt, Bayern, Germany Spouse: Anna Sybilla Unruh, baptised: 12 Nov 1713, daughter of Hans Philips Unruh and Anna Barbara   Ludwig Cornman Born: 1754 Lebanon Twp., Lebanon Co., Pennsylvania Died: 1835 Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania Married: 1775 Spouse: Eva Catharina Nunemacher, born abt. 1756, died 1810   Catherine Cornman Born: 2 Mar 1795 Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania Died: Abt. 1855 Rushville Twp., Schuyler Co., Illinois Buried: Good … Read more

Franklin L. Angier Biography

Franklin L. Angier Biography  FranklinL. Angier  FRANKLIN L. ANGlER, chiefclerk of the Locomotive and Car Department of the St. Louis Division ofthe Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, was born in Vermont at Waterbury,where he was reared until twelve years of age. He was the son of AaronAngier of New Hampshire. His father was American of French ancestry. Aaronwas a Baptist clergyman and married in Vermont, Miss Eliza Luther. Shecame of good family of Scotch descent. After marrying, Rev. Mr. Angiercontinued his work in the church of his faith until 1850, when he movedto New York State, and after four years … Read more

Henry C. Keil – Biography

  HenryC. Keil  HENRYC. KEIL, a large and very successful dealer in all kinds of hardware, stovesand tinware, was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, November 7, 1848. Hegrew up, attained his education and learned his trade of tinner in hisnative country. His father, Johanas Keil, is yet living in Germany at hisold home, and is seventy years of age. He has been all his life a farmer.He had married a Miss Elizabeth Moell, a native of his own province. Shedied at the age of sixty years. She and her husband had belonged all theirlives to the German Lutheran Church. HenryKeil is … Read more

Andrew Schaad – Biography

Andrew Schaad – Biography   AndrewSchaad   ANDREWSCHAAD, who for many years has been identified with the agricultural interestsof Cass county, Illinois, and who is a resident of Hickory precinct, wasborn in Hesse-Darmstadt, January 4, 1836. JohnSchaad, his father, was a son of John Schaad, and both passed their livesand died in Germany, the former in 1852. Grandfather Schaad was all hislife engaged in agricultural pursuits. His son, John, became a civil engineer,and was engaged in surveying for canals, railroads and turnpikes. His wife,nee Katherine Hamel, was born in the same locality as her husband,she being the daughter of Christian … Read more