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HENRY KNOLLENBERG
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History of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois, 1879, by Miller and Ruggles
Kilbourne Township
Page 807

HENRY KNOLLENBERG, farmer; P. O. Kilbourne; born in Prussia July 27, 1839; son of Frederick Knollenberg and Elizabeth Yerdling; his father died in 1862, and, in 1866, Henry crossed the ocean and came to this State, going first to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained some months, and then to this county. March 3, 1876, he married Mary Wehmhoff, born in Hanover, Prussia, Aug. 23, 1848; she came to this State in 1874; her father's name was Harman H. Wehmhoff. Since Mr. Knollenberg's marriage, he has been farming, and is a hard working and industrious man.



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