SCHREIBER JOHN M. Tenant Farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Wales; was born Dec. 6, 1840, in Schuylkill Co., Pa.; came to Ogle County Feb. 10, 1865, and worked for three years in Maryland Township. He was married Nov. 17, 1867, to Lucinda, daughter of George Myers, of Maryland Township; she was born Jan. 1, 1853. They have four children --- Mina J., born April 23, 1871; Charles M., Jan. 14, 1873; Joseph E., July 19, 1874, and Amos C., Jan. 30, 1876. Mr. S. is a Democrat, and was School Director for two years; is also a member of the Lutheran Church.
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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. 749.
"Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9G-NBZC : 3 March 2016), John M Schreiber and Lucinda Meyers, 17 Nov 1867; citing Ogle, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,420,755.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXK9-XSR : 15 September 2017), Lucinda Schreiber in household of John Schreiber, Leaf River, Ogle, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 158, sheet 197B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0239; FHL microfilm 1,254,239.
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