Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Stauffenberg, Peter 
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Author: Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County

PETER STAUFFENBERG. When a child of three years Mr. Stauffenberg was brought 
by his parents to Will County, and here he has since made his home. He is 
thoroughly conversant with the history of the county and has assisted in the 
development of its agricultural resources, having from an early age engaged 
actively in general farm pursuits. In 1883 he settled on section 13, Manhattan 
Township, where he had previously purchased one hundred and sixty acres of 
farm land. He has since resided on this place, meantime giving his attention 
to its cultivation and to making improvements that will increase its value. 
His landed possessions aggregate four hundred and eighty acres, which 
represents his industrious efforts in past years. Mr. Stauffenberg is the son 
of a German bearing the same Christian name as his own and who came to the 
United States in 1840, settling in Pennsylvania. In 1846, three years after 
the birth of his son, our subject, he came west to Illinois and bought a farm 
in Frankfort Township, this county, where he afterward engaged extensively in 
farming. He died in Greengarden Township when seventy-five years of age. By 
his marriage to Catherine Stauffenberg, of Germany, he had three children, 
Henry, a farmer in Greengarden Township; Margaret and Peter. The last-named 
was educated in common schools. In childhood he acquired a thorough knowledge 
of agricultural pursuits. As soon as he was large enough to do so, he began to 
plough and sow. When he came to the time that it was necessary to select a 
life occupation, he chose the one with which he was most familiar and from 
which he might reasonably hope to secure the best returns. The energy with 
which he has carried on his work proves that his choice was an excellent one 
and that he is fitted for agricultural pursuits. He takes an interest in 
maintaining a high class of improvements on his place and is anxious that his 
farm shall compare favorably with the best in the township. For ten years he 
served as school director of his district, a position that he filled with 
fidelity and intelligence. In 1867 Mr. Stauffenberg married Miss Minnie 
Hansen, who was born in Germany and died in this county in 1879. They were the 
parents of three children, namely: Edward, John and Katie, wife of John Bankow.

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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