Henry Artz (1815 - 1883)

Born 27 Sep 1815 in Washington Co., Maryland, USA

Ancestors

Died 31 Dec 1883 at age 68 in Pine Creek Township, Ogle, Illinois, United States

Biography

ARTZ HENRY, Farmer; Sec. 1; P. O. Mt. Morris; was born in Washington Co., Md., Sept. 27, 1814; came to this country [should be county], in 1839; married Miss Maria Funk; she was born in Washington Co., Md.; she died March 27, 1877; had nine children (two deceased; those living are --- Nancy, Henry H., Susan, Mary J., Abraham, Charles and Luther; Mr. Artz owns 205 acres of land n Ogle County, and 80 acres in Iowa; was Highway Commissioner three terms and School Director several times.

Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #8698882

• The History of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing A History of the County---Its Cities, Towns, Etc., A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Records of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN, History of the Northwest, History of Illinois, Map of Ogle County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., ILLUSTRATED, Chicago, H. F. Kett & Co., Times Building, 1878, p. 818.