Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Krug, William Conrad 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Krug, William Conrad – Those who know nothing about farming possess the idea 
that an agriculturalist leads an easy life, reaping without toil, banner crops 
which yield him a steady and large income.  They have no appreciation of the 
hard labor necessary, which continues from the enriching of the soil in the 
fall to the garnering in of the harvest the following year.  They do not 
comprehend that farming is a business, a profession, that requires careful 
training and constant care.  The men engaged in this line of work know just 
what it means when one of their number achieves success, they realize that it 
has come about through individual effort and good management.  One of the men 
who has attained to prosperity as a farmer is William Conrad Krug, owner of 
242 acres of land in Mazon Township, on which he raises corn, oats and wheat.  
He also buys and feeds cattle and horses and hogs.

William Conrad Krug was born in Good Farm Township May 7, 1875, a son of 
Leonard G. and Christianna (Perchincke) Krug, a sketch of whom will be found 
elsewhere in this work.  Mr. Krug was reared on his father’s homestead, and 
attended the schools of his district, and one term at Dixon College.  When he 
was twenty-one years old he rented a farm and conducted it until 1904, when he 
bought his present place, which he keeps up to the highest standard.  He has 
fine barns, also a silo, and his property is conceded to be one of the finest 
farms in the county.

On November 28, 1900, Mr. Krug married Emma K. Roeder.  The ceremony was 
performed by the Rev. Vogt of Good Farm Township.  Mrs. Krug was born February 
9, 1879, and reared in Good Farm Township.  Mr. and Mrs. Krug have had eight 
children:  Marion, who died in infancy; Leonard; Martha, who died in infancy; 
and Walter; Frank; Erna; Victor and Clarence.  The German Lutheran Church 
holds his membership and receives his support.  While he is a Democrat on 
national matters, he believes in supporting locally the man best fitted for 
the office.  He is interested in the Farmers’ Elevator Co. of Mazon; has stock 
in the County Fair Association; and is school director.  He has pronounced 
musical talent and has played the cornet in bands at Mazon, Gardner and 
Dwight, and he also plays the violin and the piano.

pages 848-849

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

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