Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Herold, George 
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Author: Bio/Gen Record LaSalle/Grundy 1900

George Herold is one of the substantial citizens of Mazon township and is a 
highly respected man. He was born in Bavaria, Germany, in the village of 
Ansbach, near Lerberg, April 28, 1823, his parents being Leonard and Amelia 
(Behaker) Herold. His father was a native of Bavaria, where the family had 
lived for many generations, as had his wife's people. He was a butcher by 
trade and his father-in-law followed the same pursuit, as did the grandfather 
of Mrs. Herold, it being the family trade of the Behakers. Leonard Herold was 
the owner of some property, including a small farm. He had two brothers who 
served in the war with Napoleon. He was a hard-working, industrious man, 
respected for his sterling worth. He was a member of the Lutheran church. His 
death occurred in Bavaria when he was about seventy-five years of age. His 
children were Leonard, Michael, John, George, Magdalene, Barbara and Margaret. 
Of this family George was the only one who came to America.

George Herold, the subject of this sketch, acquired his education in the 
common schools and remained on his father's farm until thirteen years of age. 
When young he learned the butcher's trade and worked with his father until 
eighteen years of age, after which he worked for a Mr. Weber in his native 
city. On attaining his majority he began working at the butchering business in 
various Bavarian cities, including Wurtzberg, Kissingen and Schweinfurt. 
Subsequently he returned to his old home for a short time and then came to 
America, when about thirty-one years of age, leaving Bremen in June, 1854, on 
the sailing vessel, Crown Prince, which, after a voyage of forty-nine days, 
dropped anchor in the harbor of New York. The passage was a stormy one, the 
ship being blown so far out of her course to the north that they saw icebergs 
and were almost caught in the ice. However, they reached the port of New York 
in August, 1854.

Mr. Herold worked in a butcher shop in that city until March, 1855, when he 
made his way to Chicago, where he was employed in a similar capacity until 
1857. In the fall of that year he made his way to Aurora, Illinois, where he 
formed a partnership and engaged in the butchering business. In the spring of 
1858, however, he came to Morris, where he engaged in business along that line 
on his own account. In the spring of 1866 he removed to Braceville township, 
where he remained until 1894 or 1895, when he took up his abode upon his 
present farm, comprising eighty acres of rich land in Mazon township. He has 
prospered as the result of his unflagging industry and enterprise and the 
assistance of his wife, who has been indeed a capable helpmeet to him. They 
now each own eighty acres of valuable land and have a comfortable home for 
their old age.

Mr. Herold was married January 27, 1857, in Chicago, to Babeta Rein-lasoeder, 
who was born in Bavaria, February 20, 1826, in the same locality as her 
husband, a daughter of Leonard and Jacobina (Gier) Reinlasoeder. Her father 
was a butcher in Ansbach and both he and his wife were natives of that 
country, belonging to old Bavarian families. Their children were Jacobina, 
Hannah, Margaret and John, who came to America; and Frederick, who remained in 
Ansbach. In 1858 the father crossed the Atlantic, when sixty-nine years of 
age, accompanied by his wife and daughter Margaret. Mrs. Herold had come to 
America in 1854, alone, and on reaching this country, her father made his home 
with her, as he was too old to do any business. He died on the farm upon which 
our subject resided in Braceville township, being then seventy-two years of 
age. He was a member of the Lutheran church and was always an industrious and 
upright man. He owned a small farm of twenty acres in Bavaria and reared a 
good family. His wife died at the age of seventy-five years, in the home of 
her son, John, in Good Farm township, Grundy county. As before stated, their 
daughter, Babeta, came to America alone, when twenty-seven years of age, 
sailing from Bremen in June, 1854, on the Dolphin, which reached New York 
after a voyage of forty-two days. She made her way to Chicago, where she 
secured work, there remaining until her marriage in 1857. The children of Mr. 
and Mrs. Herold are Jacobina, who was born January 21, 1858, and died at the 
age of five years and six months; and Amelia, who was born March 10, 1863, and 
is the wife of L. Dujarrick, who works the home farm. They have two living 
children, Florence R. and Inez Emma. In their religious faith Mr. and Mrs. 
Herold are Lutherans, and in politics Mr. Herold is independent, but cast his 
last vote for W. J. Bryan and free silver. He and his wife have succeeded in 
securing a good home, although they came to America without capital and with 
no knowledge of the English language, and in the face of many difficulties 
they have steadily worked their way upward until they now have a comfortable 
competence. They certainly deserve great credit for their success and are 
entitled to the high regard which is given to them.

Additional Comments:
Source:  Biographical and Genealogical Record of La Salle and Grundy County, 
Illinois, Volume 11, Chicago, 1900, p734-736

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