Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Hausser, Simon 
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Author: Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County

SIMON HAUSSER, deceased, was born  in Rheinpfalz, Wachenheim, Germany, April 
13, 1819, a son of George and Eva (Niedhammer) Hausser, the latter of whom  
died in Joliet at sixty-eight years, and the former, a contracting stonemason 
and builder, died in Rheinpfalz. He was next to the oldest of a family of
eight sons and two daughters, seven of whom emigrated to the United States.  
After having learned the trade of a mason in his native place, he came to 
America in 1847 and spent two years at Port Jervis, N. Y., also a short time 
in Lyons, that state, and Batavia and Aurora, Ill. August 19, 1849, he arrived 
in Joliet, where he secured employment at his trade. In a short time he went 
to New Orleans, but soon returned to Joliet and began contracting. In the 
years that followed  he was given many important contracts, all of which he 
filled in a satisfactory and painstaking manner. He built the county jail, the
roundhouse for the Chicago & Alton Railroad, St. Joseph's hospital, St.  
Francis' convent, Jefferson street bridge (which was a fine job for its day), 
St. John's Church and parochial residence, and various business blocks and 
residences in the city. With his brother, Jacob, he opened a quarry on North 
Broadway, and this they operated until it was worked out. During the last
years of his life he was, to some extent, retired, although he continued to  
superintend jobs and take contracts, and in these he exhibited the same
energy  and  ability noticeable in his younger days.

On the Democratic ticket Mr. Hausser was several times elected alderman from 
the third ward during the earlier period of his residence in Joliet. A man of 
sincere Christian belief, he was a devoted Roman Catholic, and, to the close of
his life, maintained the deepest interest in religious work. He aided in 
organizing St. John's Catholic Church, of which he was a trustee for many 
years and to which his family still belong. In the faith of this church he 
passed into eternity, September 22, 1897.

The marriage of Mr. Hausser took place in Chicago November 22, 1853, and 
united him with Miss Frances Horn, a daughter August and Balbina (Bundschu) 
Horn, natives of Neukirchen, Bavaria, where she was born. She was one of a
family of four girls and two boys, of whom all but one boy attained maturity, 
Mary, Balbina and Gertrude being still in Germany, while Charles is in New 
York. Mrs. Hausser was born October 23, 1832, and in 1851 came to the United
States, spending one year in Lebanon, Pa., and in 1852 settling in Joliet.  
She resides at No. 702 North Broadway, in the comfortable residence built by 
Mr. Hausser in 1872. Their family consists of ten children, namely: Mary,
widow of Henry Hagen, of Joliet; Mrs. Theresa Steiner; George, who is engaged 
in the restaurant business; Anna, who resides with her mother; Charles, who 
graduated from St. Joseph's College in Teutopolis, Ill., and from St. 
Meinrad's (Ind.) College, and is now pastor of St. Mary's of the Woods, 
Princeville, Ill.; Joseph, who graduated from St. Joseph's College in 
Teutopolis and from St. Francis' College in Milwaukee, and was afterward 
pastor of Holy Trinity Church in Chicago until his death in 1895; Carrie and 
Olive, at home; Simon, a graduate of St. Francis' College, and now a traveling 
salesman, with headquarters in Milwaukee; and Henry, who graduated from St. 
Francis' College in 1898 and is now assistant pastor of St. Mary's Catholic 
Church in Joliet.

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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