Katie & Kathy; Would this be considered a posthumous birth? :) lol Mikki Judge << -------------------- X-Message: #1 Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 22:04:58 -0500 From: "Kathy Minder" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [ILHENRY-L] Seyller & Clementz Information Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, Katie, Thats exactly what I have. Did we get this from the same place??? Kathy Minder -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 6:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ILHENRY-L] Seyller & Clementz Information Sorry if I made myself unclear - I will email it to you all: ( made a mistake apparently when I copied this at the library - it shows the last son being born after the mother died - maybe someone can correct it) Xavier Clementz from a Biographical Record of Henry County (1901) Among the agriculturalists of Henry County whose places manifest to the most casual observer the energy and ability of the owner in his chosen calling is the subject of this personal history. He now owns 280 acres of well-improved and highly cultivated land on Sectors 4 and 9, Yorktown township. Mr. Clementz was born in Alsace-Lorraine, at that time under the French government, on the 6th of July, 1844, but was only nine months old when brought to this country, in 1845, by his parents, John and Michelina (Highmaster) Clementz, both were born near Strasburg, Germany, the former in 1813, the latter in 18--, The family first located two and a half miles from Naperville, in DuPage County, Il, where the father purchased 140 acres of land, partly covered with timber, and to the development and cultivation of this farm he devoted his time and attention for twelve years. During this time our subject aided in the work of the farm and learned very little English, as German was the language spoken in the home. He then accompanied the family on their removal to Lorraine township, Henry County, where a farm of one hundred and thirty acres was purchased, and here he attended the district schools for a time, pursuing his studies in an old log hut with log seats standing on pegs driven into the floor. There were no desks. After seven years spent at this place, the family returned to Naperville. Xavier remained with his parents two years longer and then again came to Henry County, this time locating in Yorktown township. Subsequently, the father traded his Naperville farm for land in Yorktown township, which our subject operated. In 1886, he purchased 200 from his father, and since has bought eighty acres from Mr. Bogardus. Nearly all of the entire tract has been broken by himself, and has been converted by him into one of the finest farms in Yorktown township. Xavier Clementz is the 3rd in order of birth in a family of 5 children: Josephine, wife of Conrad Seyler, of Prophetstown Lena - wife of D. Smith, a farmer of Yorktown township August - who married Barbara Creygar and died in Naperville in 1889. Kate - wife of George Seyler, of Yorktown township Xavier Clementz has been twice married. In December, 1869, in Loraine township, he married Miss Louisa Gross, who died Oct 20, 1873, leaving Frank and Dora (wife of August Seyler). On the 20th of June 1874, Mr Clementz married Miss Mary Vogel, a native of Naperville, Il and a daughter of Anthony and Mary Ann (Seyler) Vogel, lifelong residents of Germany. Her father was born near Strasburg, her mother in Alsace-Lorraine. By his second marriage, Mr. Clementz has eight children: Anna (Apr 5, 1875) William (Sep 15, 1877) Bertha (Jan 22, 1880) Martha (Jan 28, 1883) Josephine (May 12, 1886) Katie (Dec 26, 1890) Fred (Sep 19, 1892) and John (Feb 7, 1894) all are at home Mrs. Clementz passed away Sep 1893. The family are communicants of the Roman Catholic Church, and are held in high regard by all who know them. He supports the Democratic party, and gives his support to every worthy enterprise for the public good. >>