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

William Reecher, proprietor and manager of the Transient Hotel and restaurant, 
at Coleta, is the son of Samuel and Leah (Hoffman) Reecher, of whom an 
extended personal account appears elsewhere in this volume. He was born in the 
village of Ringgold, Washington Co., Md., July 19, 1856. He was nine years old 
when his parents removed their family from "My Maryland" to Sterling, Ill., 
and was an aid on the farm in Jordan Township where the family was resident 
one year, and he proved a valuable assistant on the home place in Genesee 
Township, as he was the eldest surviving child. His education was meanwhile 
looked after, and he obtained a fair degree of mental cultivation in the 
district schools. He continued a member of the home circle until he was 24 
years of age, when he went back to his native State. While there he made the 
acquaintance of his wife, then Sarah C. Mentzer, to whom he was married in 
Sterling, Jan. 17, 1882. Mrs. Reecher is the daughter of John W. and Esther 
(Hoffman) Mentzer, and was born in Washington Co., Md., May 8, 1855. Her great-
grandparents were natives, of Germany, and emigrated thence to the United 
States in early life. Her parents were married in Washington County and there 
passed their entire lives, acquiring a competency. Her father died Jan. 11, 
1879, aged about 55 years. The death of her mother transpired Jan. 22, 1881. 
She was then 54 years of age. Mrs. Reecher was brought up at home, and at the 
age of 18 years learned the trade of a tailoress, in which she was occupied 
until she was married. She is the mother of two children,— Elsie M., born Nov. 
20, 1882, and John M., born Jan. 21, 1884. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. 
Reecher located at Coleta, where the former obtained a clerkship in the 
mercantile establishment of S. S. Cobb. On leaving his employ he established a 
restaurant business, in which he was interested a short time and sold out, 
after which he again became a clerk in the store in which he had formerly been 
employed, and which was then under the management of Messrs. Cobb & Howe. A 
year later he purchased a hotel, and soon after added a restaurant to its 
regular business, and has since conducted their joint relations. Mr. Reecher 
is a Democrat in political connection and he has officiated as Constable of 
his Township. Mrs. Reecher belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church.

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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