Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Doescher, Herman N 1833 - 
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Author: Portraits & Bio Sketches, 1890

HERMAN N. DOESCHER. 

Crete Township is not without its share of the fine farms for which the State 
of Illinois is noted, and on one of these lives Herman Doescher, a successful 
farmer and stock-raiser. This estate of two hundred and eighty acres of fine 
land near Endor has been the home of our subject for fourteen years, and to 
his efforts is due its present state of improvement. He began his residence in 
this township in 1854, buying one hundred and twenty acres in the southern 
part, upon which there was but little improvement. He has since improved the 
farm and increased the acreage, and made a small fortune by his persistent 
efforts in agriculture and stock-raising. In the town of Hanover, Germany, 
April 28, 1833, he of whom we write opened his eyes to the light of day. He is 
the second in a family of eight children, one of whom was born in America, and 
was about nine years of age when the family emigrated to America, a settlement 
being made in Lake County, Ind., where he grew to manhood. There he completed 
his schooling, becoming possessed of a practical education, while under the 
careful training of his estimable parents, he acquired right principles and 
useful habits. At Hanover, in that county, he was united in marriage with Miss 
Amelia Meier, who has been his efficient companion and sympathizing helpmate 
for many years. Mrs. Doescher was born in Hanover, Germany, November 3, 1834, 
and there reared to womanhood. She lost her mother in Germany and subsequently 
came to America with two of her brothers to join their father, Henry Meier, at 
Hanover, Ind. The latter afterward went to Iowa, and died at Jefferson, Greene 
County, when about four score and five years of age. His life work was that of 
farming. Mrs. Doescher was married about a year after her arrival in this 
country. She is the mother of twelve children, seven of whom died young. The 
survivors are Alvina, Lizzie, Bertha; and Edwin and Julius (twins), all at 
home. Mr. Doescher has been Highway Commissioner some years. In politics he is 
a stanch Republican. The entire family are attendants at the Lutheran Church, 
and are regarded with respect by their fellow-citizens as worthy 
representatives of their nationality and the families from which they are 
descended. The parents of our subject were Herman and Johannah (Steffen) 
Doescher. The father was born in the Kingdom of Hanover, and bred to the trade 
of a rope maker, carrying on a rope-walk at Bremerhaven for a number of years 
and until he came to America. The mother was born and reared near Hamburg, and 
was of pure German blood. After the birth of all of their children but one, 
they set out from Bremerhaven on a sailing vessel for the United States. After 
a voyage of seven weeks landing was made in New York City, whence the family 
at once journeyed to Lake County, Ind. This was in the fall of 1842. The 
parents purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in Hanover, where they 
began their farm life, and where they lived for about forty years. There the 
mother died in 1881, at the age of seventy-eight years. Her husband afterward 
went to Endor, Ill., and died at the home of his son Charles, December 2, 
1887. He had reached the advanced age of eighty-four years. He had been 
successful in worldly affairs and in gaining the esteem of his fellow-men to 
whom his honesty and kindliness were well known. His wife was an excellent 
neighbor, ever ready to perform deeds of kindness and both had many friends, 
particularly among the German residents of the county in which they lived.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890 
 


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