Frederick Fritzsehe

A farmer of the township of Atkinson, located on section 26,was born in Saxony, Germany, Jan. 23,1826. In the year 1850 he left his native land to cast his fortune with that of the New World.
He was dissatisfied with the distinctions in the different classes in his own country, not being able to see how one man is any better in the claims of his birth than another. He believed in his own manhood sufficiently to trust the chances under a form of government which permitted to every one the privilege of making his own way without the distinctions which in the land of his birth gave the monopoly of all things to the favored few.

Directly after landing at the port of New York, he proceeded to Wisconsin. There he passed two years, and at the expiration of that time he came to the county where he has since been a resident. He reached this section of the State of Illinois in September, 1852, and has been a citizen of the county where he is now located more than 30 years. He has returned to the land which gave him birth twice since he set out in life as an independent American citizen. He went first in 1852, and repeated his visit in 1884. He is the owner of 400 acres of land, which he has placed in the most profitable condition for farming purposes. He is extensively engaged in the rearing of swine and cattle.

The marriage of Mr. Fritzsche to Christiana Leeps took place Jan. 8, 1854. She was born in Germany, Sept. 3, 1831. They have had ten children, of whom seven are living. They were born in the order in which their names are here recorded: Ernestine W., Alice M. (deceased), Frederick A. (deceased), Annie C. (deceased), Edward H., Frederick E., Moritz F., Sarah F., Wm. F. and Anna R.

Mr. Fritzsche is a Republican in his political ideas, and always has supported the issues and principles of that party. The members of the family are Lutherans.

 

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