BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
ALBUM of GENEALOGY and BIOGRAPHY, COOK
COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Chicago - LaSalle Book Company successor to Calumet
Book & Engraving Co.
1899
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FREDERICK DIERCKS,
a worthy pioneer, was born in Hanover, Germany, August 17, 1818.
He is a son of Frederick and Katherine Diercks, who were of a very
old and highly respected family. Frederick Diercks, senior,
was the father of six children, two of whom died in the Fatherland.
The remaining four came to America. Frederick, of this
mention, is the eldest. Henry enlisted in the Union Army,
during the War of the Rebellion, and was taken prisoner by the
Confederates. He met the terrible fate of many of our brave
men, and died in the prison at Andersonville. Mary, who became
Mrs. Meinheit, is deceased; and Christian is a tiller of the soil in
Iowa. Both the parents died in Chicago.
Frederick and Mary came to America in 1842, arriving in
Chicago October 21. the next year Henry came, and two years
later Frederick sent money to his parents to enable them to join
their family in this, to them, new country. Frederick learned
the trade of a carpenter in his native land, and worked many years
at this occupation after his arrival in Chicago. He was a
trusted and valued employe in the car shops of the Chicago &
Northwestern Railroad Company for nearly twenty-one years, proving
his ability and strength of character by this long period of service
with one employer.
Although far advanced in age, he has been occupied more
or less at his trade up to the past two years. He has never
aspired to political honors, but has steadily supported the
Republican party since its organization. In December, 1849, he
married Dorothy Beckman, who has proven a helpmate in every sense of
the word. To them were born nine children, six of whom are now
living: Henry, of Colorado; Anna, Sophia; Louise, wife of John
O. Anderson; Dora, now Mrs. J. B. Page; and Emma, wife of W. J.
Mortimer. The family is connected with St. Peter's Evangelical
Lutheran Church, and each one is devout and recognized as wielding
an influence for the promotion of good.
Source: Album of Genealogy and Biography, Cook County,
Illinois - Publ. Chicago-LaSalle Book Company successor to Calumet
Book & Engraving Co. - 1899 - Page 332 |
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ALBERT GEORGE DOEPP,
one of the most successful practicing dentists of Chicago, was born
Feb. 16, 1872, at Homewood, the suburban home of his parents, and
received his primary education in that village. He spent one
year at the Cook County Normal School, and pursued a business course
at Bryant & Stratton's Business College.
Dr. Doepp is possessed of great musical talent,
and gave considerable time to its cultivation, while pursuing his
other studies. He took instruction on the violin at the
Chicago Musical College for three years, and became a very
proficient and pleasing performer. His talent is employed
chiefly in his own amusement and for the gratification and pleasure
of his friends.
Having decided upon the profession of dentistry as a
life work, he entered the Northwestern University Dental College,
and was graduated in the spring of 1897. He immediately opened
an office in the Venetian Building, where he spends five days each
week, devoting one day and much of his evenings to home patrons in
his native village, where he continues to reside. He is active
in local affairs, and is the present treasurer of the village of
Homewood. Politically he sustains the Democratic party, and
wields considerable influence in his home neighborhood. His
genial nature and pleasant manners make him popular with any who may
be privileged to meet him, and his friends are numbered by his
acquaintances. He is a member of the Odontographic Dental
Society, and is active in promoting the welfare of Homewood Camp,
Modern Woodmen of America, of which camp he is now Venerable Consul.
Source: Album of Genealogy and Biography, Cook County,
Illinois - Publ. Chicago-LaSalle Book Company successor to Calumet
Book & Engraving Co. - 1899 - Page |
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