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

GOTTLIEB NOLLSCH, farmer, P.O., Chandlerville, whose 
portrait appears in this work, was born April 3, 1822, in 
Durnau, Wurtemberg, Germany. His parents, John R. and 
Elizabeth (Gerber) Nollsch, kept a hotel and bakery. They 
had eleven children, as follows: John L., living in this 
county; John P., in Quincy, Ill.; Mary, deceased; John E., 
deceased; Mary Duchardt, Cass county, John, Springfield; 
Gottlieb, this county; Lena Eckart, this county; Thomas, 
Montgomery County, Kansas; Frederick, deceased, in August, 
1841. Mr. Nollsch's parents removed to Illinois, and 
settled three miles from the present site of Virginia. 
Gottlieb remained at home, working on the farm, until he 
was about twenty-six years old. On March 12, 1848, he was 
married to Miss Dorothy Lutz, a daughter of Laurence Lutz, 
who is of French birth. Her parents removed to this county 
in 1837. Mrs. Nollsch had born to him six children, as 
follows: Laurence, born Dec. 11, 1851; infant, Nov. 7, 
1853, died at birth; William Henry, March 23, 1855; 
Gottlieb Benjamin, April 12, 1857, deceased October, 1859; 
Carl Edward, June 19, 1859, deceased January, 1869; 
Gottlieb Benjamin, March 2, 1862. His oldest son, Laurence, 
was married March 11, 1873, to Martha E. Jokisch. They have 
five children: Susan, Louisa, Bismark, Charley and Albert. 
In 1851, Mr. Nollsch bought his first land, one hundred and 
sixty acres, and he began buying and feeding cattle and 
hogs. He paid off the first purchase, and has since 
continued to add to the farm, until at present he owns 
eight hundred and forty-five acres of land, under a high 
state of cultivation. The family residence is a beautiful 
and commodious brick structure, built by the design of Mr. 
Nollsch. On Sept. 24, 1864, Mrs. Nollsch was called to 
leave her companion and children. She was a member of the 
German Methodist church from childhood. On Nov. 28, 1864, 
Mr. Nollsch was again married to Mrs. Catharine Mauler, 
widow of Henry Mauler, and daughter of John and Barbara 
Hobig. She had two children by her first husband, Amelia 
E., born July 5, 1858, Caroline, May 15, 1860. By this 
wife, Mr. Nollsch has born to him seven children: Annie 
Margaret, born Oct. 8, 1865; Mary Magdaline, Feb. 10, 1867; 
Adolph Walter, Nov. 22, 1868; George Thomas, Oct. 18, 1870; 
George Herman, March 22, 1873; Alfred, Dec. 5, 1876; 
Phillip, July 13, 1879. Mr. Nollsch and lady are members of 
the German Methodist Church, in which denomination they 
have faithfully served their Master, the former for thirty-
four years, and the latter twenty-eight years.

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