Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Westphal, Emil 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1885

Emil Westphal, liquor dealer at Morrison, was born June 24, 1828, in Holstein, 
Germany. At an early age he was sent to the University of Kiel, where he 
remained until he graduated, March 28, 1848. At the breaking out of war 
between Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein, he served on the staff of General 
Baudissin until the close of the contest. He also took part in the French and 
Italian revolution. At the insurrection of Milan, Italy, he was again engaged 
in the cause of liberty, under General Mazini. He came to the United States in 
1858, first locating in Fulton, Ill. He found it necessary to engage in active 
labor and obtained a situation in the employ of the Chicago & Northwestern 
Railroad, by which he was placed in charge of a corps of wood-choppers. In 
1863 he inaugurated his present business at Morrison, which he has prosecuted 
for more than a score of years with satisfactory results. He is a member of 
the Knights of Pythias. Sept. 22, 1867, he was married to Paulina Noramsen, a 
native of Schleswig. Their four children were born in the following order: 
Carl, Paula, Fritz and Julia. Paula died in 1881.

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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