Will County IL Archives Biographies.....BEHRENS, HENRY 
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Author: GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD

HENRY BEHRENS came to Will County in 1850 and in early manhood secured one     

hundred and sixty acres of wild land in Crete Township.  By subsequent purchase 

he became the owner of three hundred acres, which at his death,. February 6, 

1889, became the property of his heirs.  He was born in Hanover, Germany, 

January 9, 1836, a son of Frederick and Mary Behrens, whom he accompanied to 

America about 1850.  Shortly afterward he settled with them in Crete Township. 

July 22, 1859, he married Sophia Ohlendorf, who was born in Hesse-Cassel, 

Germany, in 1839, a daughter of Henry and Sophia (Sene) Ohlendorf.  She 

accompanied her parents to America when thirteen years of age and settled with 

them in Crete Township.  After the death of her husband she assumed the 

management of the estate, which included, not only the property in Will County, 

but two farms in Woodford Township, Iroquois County.  The family of Mr. and 

Mrs. Behrens comprised twelve children.


Additional comments:
Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County Illinois Containing 
Biographies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present, Biographical 
Publishing Company, Chicago, 1900


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