Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Wassmann, Henry C 1850 - 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1890

HENRY C. WASSMANN is the owner and occupant of a fine property on section 25, 
Crete Township, consisting of two hundred and twenty-five acres of land marked 
with the improvements that are generally to be found on the estates of men of 
enterprise. A full line of substantial buildings stands upon it, and it is 
well stocked with farm animals and useful machinery, together with the 
household conveniences which properly accompany a well-arranged establishment. 
This farm has been the home of Mr. Wassmann about twenty years and has been 
owned by him since the death of his father in 1875. He has made most of the 
improvements and is successfully prosecuting the labors of a general farmer. 
In the Kingdom of Hanover, which forms a part of the Germanic Confederation, 
Christoph Wassmann, the father of our subject, was born. He married Miss 
Sophia Rohe, who was born and reared in the same Kingdom, and soon afterward 
set out with his bride for America. They landed at New York and made a 
settlement in the country near the metropolis, but a few years later removed 
to Lake County, Ind. Locating on a farm at Brunswick, Mr. Wassmann continued 
the farm labors to which he had been reared in his native land, remaining in 
that locality until about 1870, when he came to Illinois. He purchased the 
farm now owned by his son, our subject, and here breathed his last when fifty-
two years of age. His wife survived him two years, dying at her home when she 
also was about fifty-two years old. Both were members of the Lutheran Church 
and well known to the best people of the township. Mr.Wassmann was a practical 
and hard-working farmer, and was a fine specimen of German citizenship. Of the 
three children born to his parents, our subject is the only one now living. He 
opened his eyes to the light in the Empire State, March 17, 1850, and was 
quite young when his parents removed to Indiana, and not yet of age when they 
became residents of this State. His education was completed in the German 
schools of this county and he assisted his father in the labors of the home 
continuing the work begun by his parent, when, by that parent's death, he 
inherited the estate. He follows the example and teaching of his parents in 
being a consistent member of the Lutheran Church, to which his estimable wife 
also belongs. In politics he is a sound Republican. At the home of the bride, 
in this township, December 10, 1874, Mr. Wassmann, of whom we write, became 
the husband of Miss Sophia Meier. This lady was born in this township February 
20, 1854, and is the oldest daughter of John O. Meier (of whom see sketch). 
She was educated in Crete and was the recipient of careful home training by 
her parents, acquiring useful and upright habits. Her union with our subject 
has been blessed by the birth of seven children, and none of the interesting 
group are missing from the home. They are named respectively: Millie, John, 
Herman, Ada, Henry, Frederick and Louis.

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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