Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882. Cass County.

FRIEDERICH HERRMANN, farmer; P.O. Chandlerville; is a 
native of Wurtemberg, Germany, and son of Martin and 
Margaret Herrmann. He was born Feb. 16, 1824. His father 
was born in Germany, and during his life followed the 
occupation of a farmer; he died in 1846, aged sixty-five 
years. His mother was also a native of Germany. She died in 
1853, aged seventy-two years. Our subject was educated in 
the common schools of Germany, and when quite young was 
apprenticed at the shomaker's trade, which he followed in 
Germany until 1848, when he came to America. He made his 
first stop in Mason County, where he worked at his trade 
for six years, and then began farming. He came to Cass 
County in 1876, and is now the owner of 560 acres of land. 
In November, 1823, he married Catharine Smith, who has 
borne him five children: Leonard, Henry, Catharine, Fred, 
and Josephine, all of whom are at home. Mr. Herrmann and 
family are religiously connected with the German Lutheran 
Church. He is a thorough business man, and highly esteemed 
by the community, and is always first in any public 
enterprise. He is a good neighbor, a kind husband, and an 
indulgent father.

Herrmann Smith 
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Germany Mason-IL