Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Langebartels, William 
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Author: Past & Present Will County, 1907

William Langebartels, who is engaged successfully in general farming on 
section 10, Will township, was born in Crete township, this county, in 1864. 
His father, August Langebartels, was born in Hanover, Germany, and came to the 
United States in 1858, settling in Washington township, Will county, and 
worked as a farm hand by the month for about four years and then bought a yoke 
of oxen and a plow, after which he rented a tract of land in the eastern part 
of Washington township and engaged in farming on his own account. Through 
industry and frugality he was enabled in the course of time to purchase land 
and after a number of years cultivated his own property in Monee township. He 
removed from Monee township to Will township and bought a farm on section 10, 
comprising one hundred and sixty acres of land, now owned and occupied by his 
son William. While in his native country he served for fifteen years in the 
German army, in which he attained official rank. After coming to America he 
supported the republican party and he held membership in the German Lutheran 
church. He married Sophia Willharm, who was born in Germany and died in 1891, 
at the age of sixty years. She came to the United States in the '60s with a 
sister Mary, who married a Mr. Schroeder of Chicago. They joined a brother, 
Henry Willharm, who had come to America, and settled in Crete township, Will 
county, Illinois, in 1854. This brother lived with Mr. Langebartels until his 
death, March 9, 1907, at the age of eighty-nine years. The mother of our 
subject was also a member of the German Lutheran church. The father survived 
her for about three years and died in 1894, at the age of seventy-three. In 
their family were four children: Henry, who died in childhood; William; 
Sophia, the wife of Henry Rust, of Will township; and Mary, the wife of Louis 
Kessler, of Chicago. William Langebartels was reared upon the home farm and 
attended the country schools. He early became familiar with the work that 
falls to the lot of the farmer and in 1891 began business on his own account, 
purchasing the farm on which he now lives on section 10, Will township. He has 
prospered in his work here and his labors have been well directed. In 1891, 
Mr. Langebartels was married to Miss Lizzie Dralle, who was born in Peotone 
township in 1870, a daughter of Fred and Henrietta (Deneke) Dralle, who came 
to Illinois at an early date and settled upon a farm in Peotone township. The 
mother is now deceased, while the father is living retired in Peotone. Mr. and 
Mrs. Langebartels have become the parents of four children, namely: Clara; 
Fred; William; and Emil I. The father and mother are members of the German 
Lutheran church and Mr. Langebartels has been independent in politics, but has 
never sought office. He has served, however, as school trustee and is now 
school director. His life has been quietly passed in farm work and those who 
know him recognize his good qualities and extend to him favorable regard.

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

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