Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Seidel, Charles G 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Charles G. Seidel is a farmer of Hopkins Township, being located in the 
northeast quarter of section 10. He is the owner of 100 acres of land, which 
is his original purchase in the township and county, and which came into his 
possession in 1867. He has since added to his real estate, increasing the 
aggregate to 160. It is all under good cultivation, and the proprietor has 
erected fine farm buildings. In political sentiment and connections Mr. Seidel 
is a Republican. He was bom in Germany, Oct. 4, 1839, Gotleib and Barbara 
(Zaiser) Seidel, his parents, were inhabitants of their native land until 
1853, when they emigrated to the United States. They made their first location 
at Columbus, Ohio, whence they came to Whiteside Co., Ill., and fixed their 
residence at Sterling. The mother died there May 3, 1883. Their children were 
born in the following order: Caroline, Louis, Fred, Charles G., Wilhelmine, 
William, Joshua, Dorothea, Caleb, Sophia, Mary, George Emma. One child died in 
infancy. Mr. Seidel came to this country with his parents in 1853. He came 
with them to Sterling in 1857, where he engaged in farm labor and worked by 
the month for six years, after which he rented a farm for four years. At the 
expiration of that time he became a land-holder in Hopkins Township. Mr. 
Seidel was married April 9, 1863, to Anna, daughter of Solomon and Margaret A. 
(Wagner) Freighner. She was born Sept. 30, 1845, in Pennsylvania, where her 
mother died when she was 10 years of age. The father lives with his daughter, 
who is one of six children. Anna M., Samuel, Margaret, John and David lived to 
reach maturity. One child died in infancy. To Mr. and Mrs. Seidel 12 children 
have been born, six of whom are still living: Charles F., Margaret E., 
Georgietta, Charles W., Chester L. and Mary C. Those who are deceased were 
named Clara A., George W., Ida M., Aaron EL and Edward L. One child died 
unnamed. The parents are members of the English 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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