Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Ohlendorf, Henry C 
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Author: Past & Present, 1907

Henry C. Ohlendorf, a worthy representative of the German-American element in 
the citizenship of Will county, was born in 1864 on the old family homestead, 
which was the property of his father. Christof Ohlendorf, a native of Germany, 
who, in his seventy-fifth year, is now living retired from business cares in 
the home of his son Henry. He came to the United States in 1856, first 
settling on section 34, Crete township. His parents were Henry and Sophia 
Ohlendorf, who came at the same time and brought with them their seven 
children: Henry, now deceased; William, who is living in Crete township on the 
old homestead; Conrad, deceased; Christof, father of our subject; August, who 
has also passed away; Sophia, wife of Henry Behrens, of Crete township; and 
Christina, the deceased wife of Conrad Oldendorf, a farmer of Indiana. 
Christof Ohlendorf, the father of our subject, worked at farm labor for his 
father in Crete township for some time before going into business for himself. 
He attended the district schools and, after taking up farm work on his own 
account, became a successful agriculturist, a life of industry and activity 
bringing to him a well merited reward for his labors. He now owns three 
hundred acres of land, from which he derives a good income. In politics he has 
always been a republican but has never cared for public office. He married 
Wilhelmina Seegers, who was also a native of Germany and who is now living at 
the age of fifty-eight years. She came to the United States with her parents 
Christof and Charlotte Seegers, who located in Crete, but both are now 
deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Christof Ohlendorf had the following children: Henry 
C.; August, who is living in Crete township; Bertha, who is the wife of 
William Guritz, of Washington township; Mathilda, the wife of Louis Guritz, a 
brother of William Guritz, living just across the line in Indiana. In his 
boyhood days Henry C. Ohlendorf attended the district schools and thus 
prepared for life's practical and responsible duties. He was early trained to 
the work of field and meadow and has always remained upon the home farm, which 
he is still conducting. The fields are now highly cultivated and everything 
about the place indicates his careful, practical and progressive supervision. 
He is systematic in all his farm work and his methods of tilling the soil for 
his crops are such as to class him with the enterprising business men of the 
township. In December, 1889, Mr. Ohlendorf was married to Miss Mathilda 
Klemme, who was born in Crete township, August 8, 1867, daughter of Christian 
and Sophia Klemme, who came from Germany at an early day and took up their 
abode in Crete township when the county was sparsely settled. The marriage of 
Mr. and Mrs. Ohlendorf has been blessed with seven children, all of whom were 
born on the old homestead: Henry, born in 1891; Minnie, born in 1893; Emma, 
born in 1895; Blandena, born in 1897; Maxine, born in 1899; Mathilda, born in 
1901; and Mildred, born in 1906. The parents are faithful and worthy members 
of the Evangelical Association. Mr. Ohlendorf is a republican, interested in 
the success and growth of the party and well informed at all times upon 
political issues and questions of the day. He has served as township collector 
for two years, and in the discharge of his duties is very prompt and faithful. 
He has spent his entire life in Crete township and is well known as one of the 
progressive young farmers. 

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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