WILLIAM KRUEGER, a wealthy farmer in this township, was born in Prussia, on the 12th day of June, 1833. His parents were Charles and Mary (Owens) Krueger. His father died in Germany, in the year 1845, at the age of about 51 years. His mother came to this country, about four years after her son, William, came. She lived near Chicago about two years with her son, Charles. He then moved to Minnesota, and she went with him, and resided there until her death, in the spring of 1871, at the age of 80 years. In the year 1854, our subject took passage in a vessel bound for Canada, and after a voyage of four weeks, he landed at Quebec. He remained there three days, then went to Montreal, where he worked on the canal for about a month, and then went on to Chicago, where he went to work for the Illinois Central railroad company about, 15 miles from the city. He worked there seven weeks, and then went to making plank fence along the railroad, near Kankakee, where he worked a couple of months. He then went to work on the canal again, during the summer, about 22 miles from Chicago, and in the winter he chopped wood. He was thus employed for nearly four years, and then came down to Grafton, with a yoke of cattle, and commenced farming and hauling cord wood. He remained there over five years, and then came to Richwoods township, where he had bought land about a month before that. He located on 200 acres which he had bought on sections 14 and 15, his house being on section 14, and on this place he still lives. He has added to this until now he has a splendid farm of 770 acres. His time is devoted not only to the raising of grain, but also to stock-raising, in which he is very successful. He was married in Chicago, on the 20th of June, 1857, to Dora Praell, a native of Mechlenburg, Germany. Nine children were born to them, six of whom are now living - George, Charles, married to Lizzie Krouse, and living in Richwoods township; William, Henry, Louis and Matilda; Emma died at the age of one and a half years, the other two died in infancy. Mr. Krueger and wife are both members of the Lutheran church at Fieldon. He has held the office of road commissioner three years, and that of school director several terms. Mr. Krueger has been very successful since coming to this country, and by this industry has succeeded in placing his family in a most comfortable situation.