Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Gsell, William B 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

William B. Gsell, farmer, section 30, Clyde Township, was born Feb. 15, 1854, 
near Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Pa. William Gsell, his father, was a farmer, 
and was also a native of the State of Pennsylvania, where he attained to the 
estate of manhood, and married Maria Burkhart. In 1864, the family removed to 
Clyde Township, where they settled on section 30. The father died Sept. 8, 
1881, aged 61 years. He was the proprietor of 627 acres of land which, upon 
his decease, was divided among his 11 heirs. His death occurred in Ustick 
Township, where the mother still resides, and has reached the age of 64 years. 
Mr. Gsell obtained a practical common-school education, and passed 21 years of 
his life under the guardianship of his father. The two years subsequent he 
lived with his oldest brother. He was married Oct. 7, 1879, in Sterling, at 
the residence of Rev. J. T. Mason, to Katie Wilson. John Wilson, her father, 
was born in Scotland, and married Jane Blue, who was born in Nova Scotia of 
Scotch parentage. They were married in Whiteside County, whither they had come 
a short time previous. They were thereafter residents of Whiteside County, and 
were among the agricultural class. The father died March 9, 1883, in Clyde 
Township. The mother is 69 years of age. Mrs. Gsell was born in Clyde 
Township, Nov. 9, 1861; and is the mother of one child, Earl, born Aug. 18, 
1882. After the event of his marriage Mr. Gsell located on 115 acres of land 
on section 30, Clyde Township, and has every prospect of a sucessful career as 
a farmer. He is a Republican and has held several official positions in the 
township. Both himself and wife occupy a good social standing, and are 
generally esteemed.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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