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Author: T. H. Ball (1904)

HENRY SEEHAUSEN.

    Henry Seehausen, a prosperous farmer and citizen of Hanover township, Lake
county, is a native son of the same locality, and was born April 2, 1858, being
the eldest of the six children, four sons and two daughters, of Henry and
Wilhelmina (Glade) Seehausen. The son William is married and a farmer of Hanover
township. Fred is married and a farmer of Hanover township. Louisa is the wife
of William Wille, a farmer of Will county, Illinois. August, married, is a
motorman on the Wentworth avenue electric car line in Chicago.

    Father Seehausen was born in Hanover, Germany, April 7, 1829, and died about
1874. He was about twenty-six years of age when he came to America, and he had
little capital to begin on. He came out to Indiana and started as a wage earner.
He purchased one hundred and sixteen acres of partially improved land, and his
first home was a little frame structure. He went in debt for most of the
property, but by diligence lifted the incumbrance and added to his estate until
at his death he was possessed of two hundred and fifty-four acres, all in
Hanover township. He was a Republican, and he and his wife were members of the
Lutheran church. His wife was born in Hanover township, July 27, 1839, and she
is still living at the age of sixty-five years.

    Mr. Seehausen was born and reared in Hanover township, and was educated in
both the German and English languages. March 9, 1884, he married Miss Anna
Seegers, and seven children have been born, six of whom are living. August F.,
who completed the seventh grade of school, is farming at home. Rosa, at home,
finished the seventh grade in school and in a German school took musical
instruction. Ella, who was in the sixth grade, is now in the German school.
Albert is in the fourth grade. Edna is in the second, and William is the baby of
the family. August and Rosa have both received their confirmations.

    Mrs. Seehausen was born in Hanover township, March 20, 1866, being a
daughter of Christopher and Dorothea (Koehling) Seegers. There were eight
children in the family, three sons and five daughters, and of the three living
Mrs. Seehausen is the oldest. Her sister Mary is the wife of Fred Seehausen, a
farmer of Hanover township, and Sophia is the wife of Fred Hitzeman, a farmer of
Hanover township. Father Seegers was born in Hanover province, Germany, in 1821,
and died in 1880. He was reared, educated and married in Germany, and was a
weaver by trade. He came to Lake county about 1847, and had about sixty acres of
land in Hanover township. He and his wife were Lutherans, and he was a
Republican. His wife was born in Hanover, Germany, about 1830, and is still
living. Mrs. Seehausen was educated in both the English and German, and she has
been a faithful wife and has aided her husband in the establishment of their
pretty home.

    Mr. and Mrs. Seehausen began their married life on the old homestead, he
buying out the other heirs to the estates, and although he went in debt in the
end he paid off all that he owed and now has one of the best farms and
homesteads in Hanover township. He has one hundred acres of fine land, and it is
well improved with buildings and all things necessary for its successful and
profitable operation. He has a splendid lot of stock, and is particularly proud
of his Poland China hogs, which he regards as the most profitable breed. He is a
stockholder in the Inter-State Creamery, which is a prosperous enterprise.

    Mr. Seehausen is a Republican, having cast his first presidential vote for
James A. Garfield. He has not cared for office, and his full time has been
devoted to his private business and domestic affairs. He and his good wife are
members of the Lutheran church located in the northwestern part of the township,
and their daughter is organist in the church, and all the children attend the
Sunday school.


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ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
Genealogy and Biography
OF
LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA,
WITH A COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY 
1834—1904

A Record of the Achievements of Its People in the Making of a Commonwealth and
the Founding of a Nation.

REV. T. H. BALL
OF CROWN POINT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO   NEW YORK
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1904

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