Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Asbrand, George 
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Author: Past & Present, 1907

George Asbrand who is engaged in general farming on section 23, Peotone 
township, was born in Germany in 1854 and both his father and his mother died 
in that country. They were farming people and their son was reared to the same 
occupation. He obtained his education in the schools of that country and in 
1872, when eighteen years of age, came to the new world. He made his way at 
once to Illinois and worked by the month for two years in Green Garden 
township, Will county. He then came to Peotone township, where he worked by 
the month for four years. He afterward rented and farmed in the same township 
and continued to engage in renting for eleven years. He next bought a farm of 
one hundred and sixty acres on section 23, Peotone township. He owns the 
creamery plant and one acre of land and he also has eighty acres in Will 
township. For the past eighteen years he has been a breeder of Belgium horses 
and handles some fine specimens of that stock. He now owns the stallion 
Brilliant de Gemblox and also another Marcus De Ham. He likewise has blooded 
cattle and keeps twenty-seven head of cows for dairy purposes. His creamery is 
well conducted and is a good source of income, while the farm in all its 
departments is carefully conducted and is bringing him success. Mr. Asbrand 
was married in 1863 to Miss Lottie Deitrich, who was born in Valparaiso, 
Indiana, and died December 1, 1898, at the age of forty-one years. They were 
the parents of three sons: Philip, who died in infancy; Otto and Fred, both at 
home. For his second wife, Mr. Asbrand chose Laura Wendling, who was born in 
Beecher township, this county, in 1866, and is a daughter of George and 
Catherine (Wagner) Wendling, who were pioneer farming people of Will county 
and are now living retired in Peotone. Mr. and Mrs. Asbrand were married in 
1890. They are well known people of the community and enjoy the friendship of 
many with whom they have come in contact. They belong to the Immanuel Lutheran 
church and Mr. Asbrand holds membership with the Modern Woodmen camp and the 
Grange. In politics he is independent. He has served as school director but 
otherwise has never sought or filled office. He is a self-made man whose 
success is due entirely to his own efforts. He had only three dollars when he 
came to Illinois the first time. After accumulating some money he went to 
Kansas, where he invested in land but lost all he had. He then returned to 
Illinois and has been successful in his farming operations here. He is now the 
owner of a good property and is conducting the business so that substantial 
success results. 

Additional Comments:
Past and Present of Will County, Illinois, by W. W. Stevens, President of the 
Will County Pioneers Association. Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1907.

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