Logan County Illinois Biography of Henry Bock Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Submitted by: William L. Stephenson, Jr., Biography of Henry Bock History of Logan County Illinois 1886 Transcription by William L. Stephenson, Jr., - Historian, Bock Family Association Henry Bock, farmer, Oran Township, was born January 11, 1841, in Prussia, Germany, a son of Adam and Catherine Bock, his mother dying when he was two years old. He received a good education in his native country, and in the war of 1866, when the Prussians were preparing to move against their Austrian neighbors to settle the question of State Supremacy in Germany, he was a soldier in one of the armies operating against the smaller German States with a view to frustrate an attempted coalition between them and Austria. Mr. bock was also a soldier in the Imperial army during the French invasion in 1870. May 7, 1868, he married Elizabeth Conrad, who was born April 6, 1838, in Germany, daughter of Jacob and Catherine Conrad. In 1873 he and his wife immigrated to America, landing in New York. He came to Logan County, Illinois, and for three years lived on a rented farm near Elkhart City. He then removed to section 7, Oran Township, where he has since resided. He is engaged in farming, and has a good farm containing 160 acres of land. In politics he is a democrat. He is a member of the Lutheran church.