Cook County IL Archives Biographies.....Buss, George J 1859 - 
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Source: History of Cook County IL 1909
Author: Various

George J. Buss was born November 29, 1859, and is a son of John and Barbara 
(Landick) Buss, both of whom were natives of Baieren, Germany. The father was 
reared as a farmer and in 1855 came to the United States and for ten years was 
in the employ of Goss & Philips, sash, door and blind manufacturers, as a wood 
work finisher. In 1865 he began on his own account in the furniture and 
undertaking business at 227-29 Maxwell street and was the first on the West 
Side to follow that occupation. There he remained until 1893 when he bought a 
lot on 1214 South Ashland avenue and erected thereon a three-story flat 
building with an undertaking office and chapel on the first floor and livery 
in the rear. In 1884 the father discontinued the furniture business. Upon his 
death, February 4, 1901, his son George J. succeeded to the business, having 
previously been in partnership with his father. The mother died in 1877 and in 
1880 the father married Gertrude Rademacher, of Desplaines. Lydia and Louis 
were born to the second marriage and George J., Barbara, William, John, Mamie, 
Paul and Emma to the first marriage.

George J. was educated in the public and parochial schools and was connected 
in business with his father. He is a Republican and a member of the Lutheran 
church of which he has been a deacon since 1905. On April 17, 1895, he married 
Clara Seidel, of Sugar Grove, Ohio, and to them were born two daughters, Lill 
and Clara, the first deceased. The family home is at 1214 So. Ashland avenue.


Additional Comments:
Goodspeed, W.A., & Healy, D.D. (Eds.). (1909). History of Cook County, 
Illinois. Chicago: The Goodspeed Historical Association.

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