Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Senholtz, Fred 1862 - 
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Author: Portrait & Biographical Album, 1890

FRED SENHOLTZ. 

A well-improved farm of one hundred acres located on section 3, Washington 
Township, has been the life-long home of the gentleman above named, who now 
owns this part of the parental estate. He was born June 19, 1862, and was 
educated in the common schools of the neighborhood. He is well informed on 
general topics as well as in the work to which he has given his attention as a 
life labor. He is successfully conducting the vocation of a general farmer, 
keeping up the improvements on the homestead, and displaying many of the 
qualities which led his father to success in the same field of labor. The 
chosen companion of Mr. Senholtz was known in her maidenhood as Miss Minnie 
Wehrmann. She was born in the same township as her husband, January 19, 1868, 
and reared and educated here under the oversight of worthy parents who had 
removed hence from Germany at an early day. They improved a farm which they 
still make their home. The happy union of Mr. and Mrs. Senholtz has been blest 
by the birth of one child, Amel. Mr. Senholtz is a Republican and both he and 
his wife have good standing in the Lutheran Church. The father of him of whom 
we write was Fred Senholtz, Sr., who was born in Germany and there reared to 
agricultural pursuits. In 1848, when about of age, he came to the United 
States and journeying from the coast to Chicago found employment in that 
vicinity for some time. In Cook County he was married to Miss Augusta Trube, 
who was born in the Fatherland and when a young woman crossed the Atlantic, 
living in Chicago until her marriage. The young couple soon came to Will 
County and securing one hundred and sixty acres of wild land in Washington 
Township, made that their home during the balance of their lives. The estate 
was increased to two hundred and eighty acres and placed under excellent 
improvement and cultivation. There three sons and three daughters were born to 
the worthy couple, the subject of this union being the second son and child. 
But one of the fraternal band has been called from time to eternity. The 
mother breathed her last in 1875, when past fifty years of age. She was a life-
long member of the Lutheran Church, had been an efficient companion and a 
devoted mother. The father lived to the age of sixty-four years, dying June 
28, 1886. He left the reputation of a good citizen, a hardworking man and a 
consistent member of the Lutheran Church. In politics he was a Republican. 

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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