Bureau County IL Archives Biographies.....Christzman, J.
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Biography of J CHRISTZMAN, Bureau County, Illinois

J. Christzman, Princeton, was born November 7, 1833, in Harrisburg, Penn. 
He is the son of Henry and  Margaret (Zigler) Christzman. The father was 
born in Gettysburg, Penn., and the mother was also a native of the same 
State. She was the daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Zigler. The Zigler 
family was one of the early families of Pennsylvania. Of Mr. and Mrs. 
Henry Chritzman’s family six are now living, viz.; Mrs. Maria Bigler, 
Mrs. Charlotte Black, Jacob, Christian, harry and George. The subject 
of this sketch was educated in his native city, and in early life worked 
in a commission hours, after which he served an apprenticeship of three 
years as a molder in a foundry at Lancaster, Penn. He then engaged in 
the foundry business for two years for himself at Berrysburg, Penn. In 
1853 Mr. Critzman came West, and for one year lived in Minnesota; then 
one year in Mt. Carroll, Ill., but in 1855 he came to Princeton and 
engaged in the foundry business, continuing in the same till November, 
1878, since which time he has been dealing in all kinds of agricultural 
implements, including reapers, mowers, threshers, engines, plows, 
cultivators, buggies, etc.  In Princeton, January 10, 1859 he was 
united in marriage to Miss Rachel Jane Knox, who was born in Bureau 
County in 1839. She is the daughter of William and Mary (Mercer) Knox, 
both natives of Ohio, as were also their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Christzman 
have two children now living, viz.: Lottie and Clarence.  Mrs. Christzman 
is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of the 
Masonic order, and has taken all the degrees, being a member of the bureau 
Lodge, No. 112, Princeton Chapter, Temple Commandery, no 20, Orin Council 
and Scottish Rite to the thirty-second degree, and also K. of H. and 
Mutual Aid. In politics he is Democratic.

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