Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Effting, Frank J 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Effting, Frank J. (deceased), whose long and useful career was terminated by 
death April 1, 1896, was for years one of the best know of Morris’ citizens.  
His connection with the tanning industry and with farming brought him into 
contact with a large number of people, among whom he always bore the highest 
reputation, maintaining throughout his life a high regard for probity, 
industry and clean living.  Mr. Effting was born at Lockport, Ill., July 28, 
1857, and is a son of Frank and Mary (Fleck) Effting, natives of Germany.

Frank J. Effting received his education in the parochial school at Lockport, 
and at the age of nineteen years came to Morris to accept a position in the 
tannery, where he became thoroughly conversant with all the details of the 
business.  He learned leather coloring and worked in the tannery until his 
marriage, January 9, 1883, to Philomena K. Sattler, who was born in Hubbells, 
Ind., May 27, 1856, daughter of Dennis and Catherine (Haines) Effting, the 
former of Baden, Germany, and the latter of near Basel, Switzerland.  Mr. 
Sattler came to the United States at the age of nineteen years and worked at 
different places at the blacksmith trade, eventually buying a home at New 
Alsace, Ind., where Mr. and Mrs. Effting met and were married.  Mr. Sattler 
subsequently moved to Kentucky, where he worked as a mechanic until the 
outbreak of the Civil War, at which time he entered the Union service as a 
blacksmith.  On the close of his military career he came to Illinois, and here 
he worked at the blacksmith trade until his death, November 2, 1903, at the 
age of eighty-two years.  His widow, who survives him and lives with her 
children, is eighty-three years old.  After his marriage, Mr. Effting removed 
to a farm in Coffey County, Kansas, where he had eighty acres of land, but 
about eight months later returned to Morris and again took up tanning.  In 
1895 he again went to Kansas, where he went to work for a brother, and while 
there, moving his household goods, he met with an accident, in which he 
received injuries that eventually caused his death.  His remains were brought 
back to Morris and were here buried.  His widow still survives him and 
conducts a grocery, confectionery and notion store at No. 526 East Jackson 
street.  Mr. Effting was a Catholic, and his widow also is a member of that 
church.  Politically he was a Democrat, while his fraternal connection was 
with the Odd Fellows.  Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Effting, 
namely:  Marie C., at home; Helena A., who died in infancy; and Hildegarde and 
Gertrude, twins, both schoolteachers in Grundy County.

pages 806-807

Additional Comments:
Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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