Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Budler, Henry ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00003.html#0000719 February 2, 2008, 3:00 am Author: Past & Present Will County, 1907 Henry Budler is one deserving of much praise, for he came to Will county from foreign lands without capital and with no assistance from friends but he has worked his way steadily upward from a humble financial position until today he owns a valuable and well improved farm of one hundred and sixty acres, located on section 12, Plainfield township, all of which has been acquired through his own well directed labors. Mr. Budler was born in Prussia, May 8, 1857, a son of Michael and Catherine (Michaels) Budler, who were farming people of Germany, and both are now deceased, the former passing away in 1897, at the age of sixty-seven years, while the latter died in 1878, at the age of fifty- two. Our subject is one of seven children born of his father's family, the other being Jacob, a successful farmer of Hamilton county, Nebraska, where he owns one thousand acres of land; Peter, of White Lake, Aurora county, South Dakota, owning a farm of three hundred and twenty acres; Henry; Mrs. Elizabeth Hettinger, who resides on a farm at White Lake, South Dakota; Jacob J., a salesman for the Hammond Packing Company, making his home in Joliet; and Michael, Jr., who resides on the old homestead farm in Prussia. Mr. Budler was reared and educated in his native land and for seven years was employed in a large greenhouse there. Crossing the Atlantic in 1880, he located in Will county, Illinois, where, with the exception of one year spent in Nebraska, he has made his home to the present time. He operated a rented farm in Troy township for five years, subsequent to which time he purchased his present farm in Plainfield township, this tract embracing one hundred and sixty acres. He has made many improvements upon the place and has brought his fields under a high state of cultivation, so that through his labor and enterprise the farm has doubled in value since coming into his possession. He is engaged in general agricultural pursuits and his labors are resulting in very gratifying results. Mr. Budler established a home of his own by his marriage to Miss Margaret Drouden, who was born and reared in the township in which she still makes her home, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Drouden. Her father is now deceased but the mother still makes her home on the farm in Plainfield township. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Budler have been born four sons and two daughters, all of whom are still under the parental roof, the record being as follows: Eugene, a youth of seventeen years; Harry, fifteen years of age; Edward, thirteen years old; Elizabeth, Cecelia and Albert, aged respectively ten, seven and four years. Mr. Budler formerly voted an independent ticket but of late years has adhered to the principles of the republican party. He is at the present writing serving as school director. In his fraternal relations he holds membership with St. Nicholas order, No. 48, of Joliet, while he is a communicant of St. John's German Catholic church of that city. Mr. Budler has ever displayed the industry and honesty so characteristic of the German element, and although he came to this country in limited financial circumstances he has worked his way upward until he is today the owner of one of the most productive and valuable farms of Plainfield township. 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 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/will/bios/budler2418nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb