Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Stallwitz, George 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Stallwitz, George (deceased) - In the life of the late George Stallwitz, 
formerly of Morris, a lesson was taught of self-sacrificing labor and devotion 
to home and family, which ought to influence others to act accordingly. He was 
one of the substantial German-Americans of Grundy County, as he was born in 
Germany in April, 1829. Brought up on a farm in his native land, he sought 
advancement there, but did not find it, and so came to the United States, and, 
arriving at Aurora, Ill., sought employment among the agriculturalists of that 
region. Later he came to Grundy County, walking to Good Farm Township, as he 
had no money, and there found work. Prudent and thrifty, he saved his money, 
and in time bought a farm of his own, upon which he lived until 1890, when he 
retired and moved to Morris, where he died May 28, 1902, at the old homestead 
at No. 933 E. Jackson street, Morris, where his widow still resides.

Mr. Stallwitz was married (first) to Magdalina Echinbacher, of Morris, a 
native of Germany, and by her he had four children: Elizabeth, who is Mrs. 
Christ Simantel, of Good Farm Township; Mary, who is of Morris; Barbara, who 
is Mrs. James Weiner, of St. Benedict, Ia.; and John, of Peabody, Kas. The 
first Mrs. Stallwitz died October 10, 1878. On October 12, 1879, Mr. Stallwitz 
was married (second) to Anna Kummer Ehrler, the widow of Fred Ehrler, Mrs. 
Stallwitz was born in Holstein, Germany, in December, 1846, but in May, 1866, 
came to Ottawa, Ill., where she lived until her first marriage. By it she had 
one child, Fred, who is now of Morris. Mr. and Mrs. Stallwitz had one child, 
August, also of Morris.  Mr. Stallwitz was a Lutheran in his religious belief, 
while his widow is a Catholic.  Politically he was a Democrat, but held no 
offices, preferring to devote himself to his family and many friends.

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

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