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Colorado, is conduetor on the Burlington Railroad ; another son, Roy, is engaged as fruit raiser in Florence. Colorado; and still another son, Arthur, lives in Texas. William C. Diekhut, born in 1837. farmed for some time, then came to town, where he served on the police foree for years, until he died about twenty-two years ago; his widow. Caroline, nee Garbreeht, is living in Ocean Park, California, with her daughter, Mrs. Ada Sowers. Christian G. Diekhut, the youngest son of Christian Gottlob and Johanna (Schmidt) Diekhut, was born in Quiney February 1. 1847 ; he grew up in this city, served in the One Ilundred and Eighteenth Illinois Infantry during the Civil war, and later married Lizzie Thoele of this city. For many years he was engaged as solicitor in the coal business. His wife died March 3. 1913. He has the following children : Minnie, wife of George Dasbach : Alfred, machinist in Quiney; Emma, stenographer with the Swift Packing Co., Chicago: Irene, stenographer in the State Street Bank ; Myrtle, at home ; Ralph, member of the fire department ; Ruth, ste- nographer with the E. M. Miller Co.
Christian Gottlob and Johanna (Schmidt) Dickhut had the fol- lowing daughters, still living: Emily, wife of Henry Bentel, who was lientenant in the Forty-third Illinois Infantry, both are living in Ukiah, California : Carrie, widow of Arthur Bitle, in Miles City. Montana: Mathilde, wife of Charles Smith, in this eity; and Rnth, in Richmond, California.
Christopher William Diekhut was born in Muehlhansen, Thuringia, 1806, and married Caroline Schmidt ; she was born in the same town in 1808. In 1831 he with his wife accompanied his brother, Christian Gottlob Diekhut, to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and in 1833 also eame to Quiney. Ile was a gunsmith and locksmith by profession. One son, Charles Christopher Diekhut, condueted a drug store in Qniney for a number of years until his death in the latter part of the nineties. Another son. Frederick William Diekhut, at the beginning of the Civil war was among the first volunteers, enlisting in Com- pany A, Tenth Illinois Infantry, being selected as a corporal. After serving for three months under the first call of President Lincoln, Frederick W. Diekhut enlisted in the Third Illinois Cavalry, as first lieutenant of Company F, serving during the war. After the war he entered the mail service of the Government, and later went to Indianapolis where he still resides. Christopher William and Caroline (Schmidt) Dickhut had one daughter, Marie, who in 1857 was mar- ried to Rev. HI. Koenecke, pastor of the German Methodist Church. but has long since died.
SETTLERS OF 1834
Joseph Mast was born in Forchheim, Baden, Germany, in 1811. and came to this city in 1834. He was a nephew of Michael Mast. the first German who settled in Quincy in 1829. The fact that Michael Mast was the first German pioneer in this city, soon indneed other Vol. 1-19
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relatives and friends to make their home here. In 1838 Joseph Mast married Anna Maria Bross, they being the first German couple married in the Catholic Church in Quincy. Anna Maria Bross was born in the year 1819 in Elgesweier, Baden, and came with her parents to Louisville, Kentucky, in 1832. From there the family, consisting of father, mother, four sons and three daughters, came overland in a prairie schooner, drawn by horses, to Quiney. When they arrived here in 1836, there was no vacant dwelling in the town, and so they camped out under a mighty tree until a loghouse was built. Joseph Mast for many years conducted a grocery business. He died in 1891, his wife surviving him; she departed this life in 1902. Joseph and Anna Maria (Bross) Mast had two sons, Joseph and John Mast, who for a number of years were engaged in the groeery business. Joseph Mast died twenty years ago, while John Mast is among the living. Besides there are four daughters, Mrs. Christina Sonnet, Mrs. Alfred Kurz, Mrs. William Kurz and Miss .Emilie Mast, all in Quiney. Another daughter, Mrs. Edward Meyer, died three years ago.
A letter, which Joseph Mast on July 20, 1834, wrote from Quiney to his parents, whom he had left in the fatherland, is still in existence, in the hands of his daughter, Mrs. Christina Sonnet in this city. The writer gives an interesting account of the voyage across the ocean. There were 190 passengers, all from the Grandduchy of Baden, on board of the Bolivar, a sailing vessel. They left Havre, France, April 5, 1834, and arrived at New Orleans June 2d, the trip taking fifty- eight days. The cholera raging in the city, they left New Orleans the next day after their arrival, taking a boat for the north. When they reached the mouth of the Ohio River in the night at 10 o'clock, they had to leave the boat, which was bound for Louisville, Kentucky. At the present site of Cairo they eamped out over night, gathering a pile of wood and building a real campfire. The next morning they went aboard another boat for St. Louis, where they arrived June 13th, and left by boat the next day. In the following night their boat collided with another boat coming down stream, and they came near being shipwrecked, but finally reached Quincy on June 16th. The condition of things as he found them here did not seem to appeal to the writer, for he advised his parents to stay in their home in Ger- many.
Michael Weltin, born in 1802 in Forehheim, Baden, grew up to manhood in the fatherland, and married Katherine Miller, also born in Forchheim in 1804. In the fall of 1833 the couple emigrated from their old home to Ameriea, arriving in Quincy January 31, 1834, accompanied by one daughter, Maria Anna, born in 1826, and one son, Theodore, born October 28, 1828. Michael Weltin went to farm- ing near the Mill Creek, and died December 30, 1851, while his wife lived to the age of eighty-two years. Theodore Weltin was apprentieed to a saddler and harnessmaker in Quincy, and after learning the trade later became a member of the firm of Weltin & Wilhelm, manu-
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facturers of and dealers in saddlery and harness, in which business he was engaged for many years, until he retired from active business life. March 3, 1851, Theodore Weltin married Katherine Kun, also born in Forchheim, Baden. She preceded her husband in death in 1903, while the latter died December 15, 1907. Their children were: Mary, wife of Frederick Flaiz, died some years ago; Theresia, wife of Joseph Sohm, at this writing lives in San Francisco, California, her husband having died six years ago; Helena, wife of John Sohm in Quiney: Anna, wife of Joseph Sommers, a teacher, in St. Louis; Elizabeth Uhli, widow, in St. Louis; Louise, wife of Eugene Flaiz in Quincy : Albert Weltin, the son, who was engineer on the Wiggins Ferry at East St. Louis, died some years ago.
Maria Anna, the eldest daughter of Michael and Katherine (Mil- ler) Weltin, was married to Frank Werner, born January 7, 1820, in Lauterbach, Grandduchy of Hessen, who conducted a notion store in Quiney until his death, February 23, 1869, after which the busi- ness was conducted by the widow, who died January 24, 1901.
John Stephen Weltin, born in Forchheim August 15, 1830, re- mained on the Weltin farm on Mill Creek until 1865, where he died December 12, 1857; his son, John S. Weltin, is at present with the Tenk Hardware Company in Quiney. Joseph Adam Weltin, born December 8, 1833, grew up and remained on the farm for many years, but later eame to the city, where he engaged in the express business until his death in 1872. Sophia Weltin, born November 1, 1839, was married to John Werner, a saddler; both are dead. Charles F. Weltin, born February 28, 1843, was a hatter with the firm of Laage & Barnum, until 1861, when he moved to St. Louis, where he went into the grocery business, until his death, December 13, 1899.
Michael Weltin, Jr., born September 29. 1845, grew up on the Weltin farm, later came to the city, where he married Wilhelmina Flaiz, daughter of Xavier and Maria Gesina (Berntzen) Flaiz. Ile was mailing clerk in the Quiney postoffice for about ten years. In March, 1878, he entered the Farmers Mill, as manager of the busi- ness, which position he held until his death, May 11. 1911. The widow survives with three children, namely : Otto M. Weltin, manager of the Farmers Mill: Mathilde Weltin, bookkeeper of the farmers Mill, and Mrs. Dorothy Weltin Brown.
John E. Weltin, the youngest son of Michael and Katherine (Mil- Jer) Weltin, was born December 20, 1847. on the Weltin farm, and later eame to the city, where he for a number of years was employed by the Palmer Bakery. Then he entered the services of H. A. Pulte, the dry goods man; Jater he worked for Henry Ridder, dealer in erockery and chinaware; for a short time he conducted a business of his own, after which he entered the services of Sohm, Rieker & Weisenhorn, dealers in crockery and chinaware; and finally he was with the Diek Bros. Quiney Brewery. Now he has retired. In 1870 John E. Weltin married Mary Elizabeth Groeninger, of St. Louis. They have seven children: Matt Weltin, traveling solicitor, residing
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in Carthage, Missouri; Anton Weltin of the Weltin Shoe Co., in Quincy; J. R. Weltin, a printer; Edith Weltin; Mrs. G. Bunte ; Mrs. J. W. Herbst, and Mrs. Clay Stivers.
Henry Maus. born 1792 in Gross-Biberau, Grandduchy of Hessen, with his wife, Margaret, nee Storck, in 1834 left the fatherland for America. They came via Baltimore, finally loeating in Quincy, six months after they had left the home of their childhood. With them came their daughter, Katherine, who in 1850 was married to Jacob Hirth, one of the pioneers of this city. Six months after their arrival in Quiney Henry Mans and family moved to the country, locating on a farm six miles east of town, where he went to farming. His first wagon was a rather primitive vehicle, the wheels being sawed from the trunk of a mighty sycamore. Regarding the experience of Henry Maus as a farmer. the following incident is interesting: A tribe of Indians, that came along one day, stole a lot of farm products from his field. Henry Mans beeame angry and complained to the chief of the tribe, who said: "That my people steal eannot be justified; I am sorry to say, we have no money to make good the damage done to you, but (pointing to a white mule, belonging to the tribe), I will give you the mule to indemnify you." Henry Maus aeeepted the apology and the offer; "and that mule," as the story runs, "lived for twenty-five years afterward, and was for many years the only one of his kind in this county." The wife of IIenry Mans died in 1845, while he lived until 1859, having retired from active life, spending his declining years in the eity. George Petrie, born April 25, 1815, in Gross-Biberau, was a stepson of Henry Mans and came with the latter in 1834, settling down in this county, where he followed farm- ing for many years, finally retiring, becoming disabled by the loss of a leg. He has since died.
Anton Konantz was born in the Principality of Hohenzollern in 1808, came to America in 1834 and located in Quiney. Here he mar- ried Henrietta Schepperle; she was born in the Grandduehy of Baden in 1815 and came here with the early pioneers. Anton Konantz was a shoemaker by trade, following this calling for many years until his death in 1860, his wife dying later. William Konantz, the oldest son, born in 1841, was engaged in different business enterprises until his death some years ago. Henry Konantz, another son, was in the grocery business for many years, he died several years ago.
Anton Guth was born in Herboldsheim, Baden, in 1795, and with his wife. Katherine. niee Oertle, came to Quincy in 1834. Together with the old pioneers Paul Konantz and Christian G. Diekhut he was engaged grading Maine and Hampshire streets from Third Street through the high bluff to the river front. Later he moved to the country, where he followed farming for many years. He died in 1866, survived by his wife, who died later. The oldest son, Charles
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Guth, born in Herboldsheim October 28, 1828, came with his parents and grew up in Quiney. When sixteen years of age, in 1844, he accompanied his father, Anton Guth, as a member of the Quincy Guards, a German military company under the command of Capt. John Bernhard Schwindeler in the Mormon war. Charles Guth became a marble cutter, which oceupation he followed for many years. Ile also was a musician, and served in a military band during the Civil war. lle died in California several years ago. Henry Guth, born in Quincy in 1845, also was a son of Anton and Katherine (Oertle) Guth, was in the grocery business for a number of years and is still among the living. Joseph Guth. the youngest son. born in 1847. was assistant chief of the fire department for some years, and is living here at present.
Michael Peter, born in Riegel, Grandduehy of Baden, in 1800, with his wife, Theresia, nee Sehneider, born in Oberbergen. Baden, in 1802. eame to America in 1833, where they located in Ohio, but moved to Quincy in 1834. Shortly afterward they settled down on a farm in Melrose Township. where Michael Peter followed farming until his death, September 17, 1873, his wife preceding him in death, March 6, 1868. Agathe, the oldest daughter of Michael and Theresia (Schneider) Peter, was born in Germany February 27, 1829. was married in Quiney to Nicholas Kohl, the wholesale groeer, and died a number of years ago; Theresia, another danghter, also born in Ger- many, became the wife of Martin Kaltenbach, a cooper, her husband preceded her in death many years ago, while she died later. The sons of Michael and Theresia (Schneider) Peter were: Joseph, born in Germany; Jaeoh, born in Ohio; William and Charles, born in Mel- rose Township, where all grew up to manhood. Charles Peter years ago was a member of the firm of Peter & Noth, hatters in Quincy.
William Peter, born in Melrose Mareh 6, 1840, married Emily Kaltenbach, born in Qniney October 7, 1842. Edward W. Peter, son of William and Emily (Kaltenbach) Peter, was born March 9, 1865, attended Payson High School, and was a graduate of the Gem City Business College in 1888. For twenty years he taught school in Fall Creek, Payson and Burton townships, and in 1914 was elected county treasurer of Adams County, a position which he holds at present.
William Andrew Herlemann, with his wife and two sons, Jacob and Nieholas, and four daughters, landed in America in 1832. The family came from Gross-Biberan, Grandduchy of Hessen, and located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, later they went to Pittsburgh, and finally eame to Quincy in the spring of 1834. They soon settled down near Mill Creek in Melrose Township, where they went to farming. In 1851 William Andrew Herlemann died of the cholera, and later his wife followed him in death. Nicholas Herlemann, one of the sons, born April 25, 1811, in Gross-Biberau. on August 7, 1834, married Katherine Sommermann, born April 17. 1811, in Rheinheim, Grand-
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duchy of Hessen, who came from the fatherland with the Herlemann family. Nicholas Herlemann for many years followed farming in Melrose Township. and later moved to the city. where he died August 15. 1872. while his wife lived until June 1. 1897, when she departed this life. Children living are: Mrs. Elizabeth Marsh, Mrs. Josephine Wessels and William N. Herlemann in this city, and Mrs. Katherine Pfanschmidt in Chicago.
Adolph Kaeltz was born in Warsaw, the capital of Poland. April 19. 1809. His parents being implicated in the revolution of 1830, lost all their possessions. And so Adolph Kaeltz in 1832 was induced to emigrate to America, where he landed in Baltimore: from there he proceeded to York County. Pennsylvania, and in 1834 came to Quincy. Here he married Juliane Delabar. September 17. 1840. the first child of German parents that came to Quincy from the fatherland. Adolph Kaeltz was a carpenter by trade and for many years was engaged in this calling. He also took part in the Mormon war of 1844, as lieu- tenant of a German military company. the Quincy Guards. In later years he was engaged in the grocery business, and represented the Third Ward in the city council. Adolph Kaeltz died September 18, 1895, aged eighty-six years, while his wife preceded him in death July 18, 1895. she being born May 21. 1822, was aged seventy-three years at the time of her death. Children living are Andrew Kaeltz in Los Angeles. Cal., and Mrs. Julia Vanden Boom in Quincy.
Paul Specht, born in Forchheim, Baden, in 1792, married Theresia Mast, also of Forchheim, where she was born in 1796. being a sister of Michael Mast. the first German who located in Quincy in 1829. In 1834 they came to Quincy with one daughter. Rosina, born in Forchheim, June 6, 1825. Paul Specht died in Quincy in 1853, while his wife lived here until 1864. when she departed this life. The daughter. Rosina. in 1840 was married to Pantaleon Sohm, one of the old pioneers. who came to Quincy in 1839. Paul Specht was a weaver by trade, but did not follow this after his arrival in Quincy. having brought some money from Germany. which kept him and his wife in comfortable circumstances during life.
John Stoeckle. born May 20, 1798. in Herboldsheim. Baden, and his wife Elizabeth. nee Riesterer. also born in Herboldsheim in 1795, came to Quincy in 1834, but soon settled down near Mill Creek south of the city. where they lived on a farm until 1850. Returning to the city, John Stoeckle entered the employment of John Wood. the founder of Quiney, in whose service he remained for many years. John and Elizabeth (Riesterer) Stoeckle had two daughters, both born in the old fatherland. namely: Elizabeth. who later became the wife of the old pioneer John Conrad Bangert and Antonie, who was married to the pioneer Gustav Meyer. Mrs. John Stoeckle. nee Riesterer. died in 1870, while her husband lived to the high old age of eighty-nine years, departing this life in 1887.
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Simon Glass was born October 5. 1:12. in Dimlesfeld. Rienish Bavaria. In the early part of the year 1-32 he arn i Margare: Liebig in Gross-Biberau. Grandduthy f Hren. Me being a of Prof. Justus Liebig. the great German phenist. In the latter part of the year 1534 Simon and Margaret /Liebig Glass, with at ir little daughter. Mary Magdalen, born in Gro-,-Biberau. Der-mber 22. 1533. emigrated to America, leaving via Havre on the sailing vessel Leontine for New Orleans, where they went aboard of a steamboat and arrived at St. Louis in December. There they were greeted My Jean Philip Bert. a brother-in-law. who had located in St. Louis the previous year. and then accompanied them.
Continuing the trip up the river. their boa: was caught in an ice drift about thirty miles from St. Louis. The two rother-in-laws. Bert and Glass, then left the boat and walked to Quiney. Later the boat was rescued from its dangerous position in the ice drift and was able to continue its trip to Quincy. April 18. 1535. an her daughter was born to Simon and Margaret Liebig| Glass, being named Clara Elizabeth : she later became the wife of John Hermann Duker. In 1:38 the wife of Simon Glass died. Later he married Car lin- Borstadt, and a daughter being born to them. was named Julia. who later became the wife of Lambert Hofmann. H- died y-ars ag and the widow at this writing lives at St. Vincent's Home. A sin. William Glass. grew up to manhood. hut died in the '70s before his father. Caroline Glass, the younges: daughter. born seventy-three years ago. is a member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame and has her home in the mother house at Milwaukee, where she celebrated her golden jubilee as a member of that order some time ago. Simon Glass was quite a genius as musician. smith, plasterer. etc. He died July 24. 1579.
John Blickhan was born April 1. 1:00. in Spitzhaltheim. Grand- duchy of Hessen. He married Maria Anna Rupp in 1:26. she Wing born in Wuerttemberg in 1510. Their inst en. George, was born in 1527. In 1s30 they came to America. locating at Pittsburgh. Peun- sylvania. where their second son. John, was born March 2. 1-31. T_> family came to Quincy in 1-34. and son afterward settled down near Mill Creek. where John Blickhan, who had ben a liner w aver in the fatherland. went to farming. When the Quincy Has . the ar- hotel in this city. was built in 1-3 -. John B.i -khen rume i min Ld worked as bod carrier on the building. Of Stardoy er yings he would arry his week's wages h me in th bp. En ess riss : live. money being a very ware commodity in those days ow flere dizer- ent occasions John Blickham with his tam ir ve mo S. L is 1! winter time for groceries . as the supply of the delos & Quy vos ex- hausted. In those days the pier-m . w - . 1 . 11r -.- wore h me-spun clocking wen goods le by ;emelvs. y shearing the sheep. spinning ile y ry and w vil 1 . J Blicklan died in 1-59 while && wiff sirv.v i e sMy yror -. W.
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death occurring in 1897. George Blickhan, the son born in Germany, in later years moved to Beardstown, Illinois, where he died. John Blickhan, Jr., who grew up on the farm in this county, gave the writer of this history mneh interesting information about pioneer life. In his school days he had to walk seven miles to attend school. Wagons were scarce in those days, and of a very primitive construction, the wheels being sawed from the trunks of mighty sycamores. Owing to the scarcity of wagons, sleighs were frequently used for hauling in the summer time. John Blickhan, Jr., married Emma Louisa Lambur, born in Alsace in 1838, who came to Quincy when a young girl. For a number of years John Blickhan lived in the city, where he proved himself quite a genius at different trades, as painter, smith, machinist, carpenter, plasterer, etc., building houses and doing all the work him- self. He also built a boat, propelled by an engine, using naphtha as motive power. At one time he conducted a carriage factory.
John and Louisa (Lambur) Bliekhan had quite a family of ehil- dren, the following still among the living at this writing: Julius Blickhan in Kansas City, Missouri, was in the dry goods business, and has retired. Edward Bliekhan is in the installment business in Kansas City, Missouri. Dr. Alois Bliekhan, born in Quincy June 25, 1866, was edueated in the schools of this eity and later attended the Gem City Business College, where he completed a course. He also learned the printer's trade in the office of a job printing company, and later worked in several states. While working at his trade in St. Joseph, Missouri, about 1887, he became interested in some medieal works and while reading these, formed the determination to become a member of the medical fraternity. Aeeordingly he went to Chicago and matriculated in the Rush Medical College, working in a printing offiee in order to pay his expenses there for two years. In 1890 he entered the Keokuk Medical College at Keokuk, Iowa, and was grad- nated from the latter institution in the spring of 1891. Prior to going to Keokuk, he was elerk in Hotel Duncan, Burlington, Iowa, and thus as a printer and hotel clerk he earned the funds necessary to meet the expenses of his college course. He now is established as a practicing physician in Quincy. October 3, 1900, he married Miss Antonine Duker, a daughter of John Hermann and Clara Elizabeth (Glass) Duker. They have two sons, Norbert and Arthur. The other children of John and Louisa (Lambur) Blickhan were: Albert Blick- han, blacksmith, in Kansas City, Missouri; Otto Blickhan, upholsterer, in Kansas City, Missouri ; Oscar, leeturer in medical colleges, St. Louis, Missouri; Raymond, in a notion business, New York City. And two daughters : Mrs. A. B. Wells in New York City; and Miss Mathilda Blickhan, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Jean Philip Bert, born in Ilaan. near Darmstadt, Grandduchy of Hessen, December 28, 1804, was among the early pioneers who came to Quincy in 1834. IIe was a deseendant of the Huguenots, who,
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being persecuted in France, found refuge and new homes in different parts of Germany, where they founded settlements and lived accord- ing to their tenets, These settlements proved beneficial to Germany, as new industries were brought to that country by the French refugees, who had been perseented in their own country. Jean Philip Bert's parents were Jean Louis and Katherine (Bermond) Bert of Rohrbach, Germany, who in the course of time moved to Haan, where their son was born, as stated above. Haan, Rohrbach and Wenbach were three suburban towns of Darmstadt, the capital of the Grandduchy of Hessen.
In 1826 Jean Philip Bert married Elizabeth Barbara Liebig, born in Gross-Biberan, in 1808, and a cousin of the great German chemist, Prof. Justus Liebig. In 1832 they crossed the Atlantic, and landed at Baltimore, from where they proceeded to Hagerstown, Maryland, and in 1833 moved westward, part of the way overland, part of the way by river, coming down the Ohio and then up the Mississippi to St. Louis, where they remained until the next year, when Simon Glass, a brother-in-law, with his wife and little daughter arrived by boat, and were greeted by Jean Philip Bert, who accompanied them up stream, intending to locate in Quiney. Thirty miles north of St. Lonis the boat was eanght in a drift of ice and could not go any farther. Jean Philip Bert and Simon Glass then left the boat, declar- ing that they would make their way to Quiney afoot. When they got to the place known as Marion City, where they had intended to stop over night, and Bert learned that it was a slave-mart, where human beings were bought and sold, he declared he would not tarry in such a town, and so they walked over the ice of the Mississippi and made their way to Quincy, where they remained. Later the boat with the family of Simon Glass on board was reseued from its dangerous posi- tion in the iee drift and came to Quiney, Jean Philip Bert, who in the meantime had decided to locate here, purchased a lot on Fourth Street, between Maine and Jersey streets, where he had a four-room house ereeted. Being a tailor by trade he opened a merchant tailoring establishment. Beside this there were three other tailor shops in Quiney in 1835, one of them conducted by Louis Cosson, probably of ancient Celtic extraetion, who had bought out Michael Mast, another by II. B. Swartz (Schwartz), and one by S. Leachman. Jean Philip Bert died in 1860 and his wife in 1875.
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