Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Hausser, Simon 1819 - 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1890

SIMON HAUSSER. As a contractor in stone work, Mr. Hausser is well known 
throughout Will County, in which he has operated extensively in his line, and 
has proved himself a man prompt to meet his obligations, and one who can 
always be trusted. He fulfilled a contract of stone work on the Alton 
Roundhouse, the County Jail, St. John's Catholic Church, the St. Joseph's 
Hospital and Convent, and for many of the prominent residences of Joliet and 
vicinity. His long experience and close attention to business, together with 
his industry and a sensible economy, have placed him financially in a position 
of independence. The early home of our subject was in the kingdom of Bavaria, 
where he was born April 13, 1819. He is the son of George and Eva (Niedhammer) 
Hausser, the former of whom was a stone mason, as was also his father before 
him. George Hausser spent his entire life in his native land, dying in 1846. 
The mother came to America in May, 1854, and died at the home of her son 
Simon, in Joliet, September 15, 1854. The parental family consisted of ten 
children, seven of whom emigrated to America, and only four of the seven are 
now living—one in New York, one in New Jersey, and two in Joliet. Mr. Hausser 
learned the trade of a mason in his native country, Bavaria, remaining there 
until 1847. Then, a man of twenty-eight years, he resolved upon emigrating to 
America, and embarked upon the long voyage in company with a younger brother. 
They landed in New York City, where Simon sojourned about two years, working 
at Port Jarvis, N. Y., going from there to Lyons, N. Y., and thence to 
Batavia, Ill. We next find him in Aurora, this State, whence he emigrated to 
Joliet in 1849, arriving August 15. In Joliet Mr. Hausser worked at his trade 
for a time, and then, desirous of seeing more of the country, went down to New 
Orleans. He only sojourned, however, for a brief time in the Crescent City, 
deciding that there were few more desirable locations than the city of Joliet, 
to which he accordingly returned, and has since made it his home. In Joliet 
also Mr. Hausser found a wife and helpmate, being married, November 22, 1853, 
to Miss Francisca Horn. Mrs. Hausser was born October 23, 1832, in Neukirchen, 
Bavaria, and came to Joliet with friends in 1853. Of this union there have 
been born twelve children, ten of whom are living. Mary, Mrs. Hagen, is a 
widow and resides in Joliet; Teresa, Mrs. Steiner, and George are living in 
Joliet; Anna remains with her parents; Charles is an ordained priest of the 
Catholic Church, and officiates as assistant priest of Columbia Church, in 
Ottawa, Ill.; Joseph, who has also received priestly orders, is an assistant 
priest, stationed over the parish of the Holy Trinity Church, Chicago; 
Caroline and Alphonso remain under the parental roof; Simon and Henry are 
pursuing their studies in St. Francis College, at St. Francis, Wis. Mr. and 
Mrs. Hausser have also an adopted son, Alexander, an orphan, who has made his 
home with them for about four years. It is a matter of great satisfaction to 
Mr. Hausser that two of his sons are priests in the Catholic Church, in the 
doctrines of which he himself was trained from boyhood, and also that two 
other sons are likely to choose the same pious calling for their vocation in 
life. Mr. Hausser has been connected with the church since his boyhood, and 
belongs to the Third order of St. Francis. In politics he is mainly 
independent, aiming to support the men whom he considers best qualified for 
office. As a business man and a citizen, he has made for himself a good 
record, and enjoys in a marked degree the esteem of those around him. He is 
mostly retired from active business, and occupies a comfortable home, situated 
on arise of ground on Broadway Street, overlooking a large portion of the city.

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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