Bureau County IL Archives Biographies.....Fahs, Henry
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PAST AND PRESENT OF BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS
PUBLISHED 1906

HENRY FAHS

Henry Fahs, numbered among the wide-awake and enterprising young
farmers of Ohio township, is now engaged in operating and
managing a place of one hundred and twenty acres  He is numbered
among Bureau county's native sons, his birth having occurred
within its borders on the 2d of August 1880. His parents were
Fred and Mary Fahs, natives of Germany, who came to America at an
early day and established their home in this county.  As the
years passed their marriage was blessed with a family of eight 
children. 

Henry Fahs the sixth in order of birth, was reared in the usual
manner of farmer lads and his education was largely acquired in
the public schools of Lee county, although in the school of
experience he has learned many practical and valuable lessons. 
He was early trained to farm work and came to a realization of
the value of thrift and industry as factors in the achievement of
success.  He is now manager of an excellent farm of one hundred
and twenty acres in Ohio township and his early training in the
fields has stood him in good stead as the years have gone by. 

Mr. Fahs was united in marriage to Miss Lena Spohn, who was born
in Lee county, Illinois, November 14, 1880.  The wedding was
celebrated December 12, 1899, and has been blessed with two
children:  Fred W. born November 18, 1902; and Louis F. born May
27, 1905.  Mrs. Fahs' parents were John and Mary (Houck) Spohn,
the former a native of Germany and the latter of Buffalo, New
York.  In the family were twelve children, the father having been
married twice and five were born of the first marriage and seven
by the second marriage. 

Mr. Fahs in his religions faith is connected with the German
Lutheran church, while his wife is a communicant of the Roman
Catholic church.  His political support is given the republican
party, but he has neither time nor inclination for public office,
finding that his business affairs make continuous demands upon
his energies.  He is steadily progressing and it will probably
not be long before he is in possession of a farm of his own.  He
is a good citizen, worthy of the confidence of friends and
neighbors, and has made a creditable record for one of his years.

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