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

Gantzert, Frank – The agricultural activities of Grundy County are tempered by 
an intelligent acceptance of existing conditions and a comprehension of the 
requirements of farm life, yet, at the same time, due consideration is given 
to the exceptional advantages here offered, with the result that this section 
of the State commands a well merited supremacy along many lines.  One of the 
men now successfully engaged in farming is Frank Gantzert of Section 15, Good 
Farm Township.  He was born December 7, 1874, a son of John Henry Gantzert and 
his wife, Mary (Pfeifer) Gantzert, the former born in New York State, a son of 
John Philip Gantzert, a native of Germany.

John Henry Gantzert came to Illinois in 1855 with his parents, settling in 
Good Farm Township, this county.  On February 24, 1874, he married and settled 
down to farming becoming the owner of 590 acres of land, 270 in Grundy County, 
and the balance in Livingston and Lee Counties, all of which he acquired 
through his own efforts after coming to this locality.  He and his wife had 
five children:  Frank; Clara, who is Mrs. William Huffman of Good Farm 
Township; Edward, who is living in Good Farm Township, married Anna Bruner; 
Fred, who is living on his father’s homestead, married Julia Schrotberger; and 
Elmer, who is also living on the old homestead.  The father and mother of this 
family are now living retired at Dwight, Ill., to which place they moved in 
1912.

Frank Gantzert remained at home with his parents, attending the district 
schools, and assisting with the farm work.  He completed his educational 
training at the Dwight high school, and in the Metropolitan Business college 
of Chicago, attending the latter institution for a year.  Following that he 
returned home and farmed on rented land until 1902, but later bought 160 acres 
in Mazon Township.  His wife owns eighty acres in Good Farm Township.  A 
Republican in politics, he served as supervisor for one year, and is serving 
in his third year as a justice of the peace, was town clerk for three years, 
and school trustee for the same length of time.

On March 9, 1898, Mr. Gantzert was married to Miss Minnie Burkhardt, a 
daughter of Frederick and Mary (Freewert) Burkhardt, and they have had four 
children:  Harold, who died when one week old, was buried in Good Farm 
cemetery; and Everett, Hazel Alice and Gilbert Frank, all three attending 
school.  The family belongs to the Evangelical Church.

pages 813-814

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

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