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

LUDWIG WILDT, farmer; P. O. Bluff Springs; is a native of 
Prussia, Germany born Nov. 24, 1832; tenth child of a 
family of eleven children born to Frederick and Dorothea 
(Strutzenberg) Wildt, both natives of Hanover, Germany. 
Subject received his education in his native land, and has 
always been a farmer; his father also was a farmer.
In Monroe Precinct, this county, July 22, 1862, he married 
Augusta Govert, born in St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 8, 1840, who 
has borne him nine children, viz.: Anna, Louisa (deceased),
Henry, Wilhelm, Caroline, Albert, Dorothy (deceased), Emily 
and George. Mrs. Wildt is a daughter of Herman and Anna 
Govert, natives of Hanover, Germany; the latter born May 
14, 1820. Mr. Wildt is a Republican: has been school 
director; is a member of the M. E. Church.

Wildt Strutzenberg Govert 
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Germany St. Louis-MO