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

HENRY G. UNLAND, merchant, Beardstown; was born in Hanover, 
Germany, April 14, 1844, and in the spring of the following 
year was brought to this country by his parents, who 
settled on a farm in Arenzville Precinct, this county, his 
father entering a large tract of wild prairie land there. 
Mr. Unland lived on the farm till he attained his majority, 
then attended the Central Wesleyan University, at 
Warrenton, Mo., for two years, afterward was clerk in the 
general store of Leonard Bros., Beardstown, for two years, 
then clerk for Kuhl Bros. about two years. In 1872, he 
became a partner in the firm of J.H. Pieper & Co., 
remaining in that firm until 1874, when he engaged in 
business on his own account, on the corner of Main and 
State streets. After conducting the store for a time 
himself, the management became H.G. Unland & Bros., and 
since 1877 C.H. Unland has managed the business, which has, 
since February, 1880, been carried on in the Seeger Block, 
the corner room being devoted to groceries and drugs, our 
subject having charge of the grocery department. In 
Beardstown, in November, 1872, Mr. Unland married Lucy E., 
daughter of Joseph M. Spring, of Beardstown. Casper H. 
Unland, our subject's father, was born in the city of 
Osnabruck, in Hanover, Germany, Sept. 29, 1808, and 
followed farming in his native country. In January, 1845, 
he landed in New Orleans, La., having left Europe Oct. 4, 
1844. He settled on 100 acres of land near Bluff Springs, 
this county, and engaged in farming there five years. He 
then sold that farm and bought two hundred acres of land in 
Arenzville Precinct, this county, which he still owns, and 
where he lived until 1876, with the exception of three 
years, during which he resided in Beardstown, in order to 
give his children an education, then moving back to his 
farm, a school house having been built in the vicinity, of 
which he was Director for some years. He owns the general 
store in Beardstown managed by his three sons; he also has 
three hundred and sixty acres of land in Arenzville 
Precinct. In October, 1829, he married Mary Carls, also a 
native of Osnabruck, Hanover. Of their eleven children, 
eight were born in Europe, and three in this country. Nine 
children are living, eight sons and one daughter.

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