QUERNHEIM, THEODORE. - The men who have devoted themselves to farming and stockraising in Cass County are gathered from among the most representative families here, and the success which has rewarded their efforts ought to lead others to follow the same vocation. One of them thus engaged is Theodore Quernheim, owner of 160 acres in township 18, range 11, section 13. He was born in Germany, March 22, 1864, a son of Henry and Lena (Huck) Quernheim, both natives of Germany, the former born in 1836, and the latter in 1844, and both died there. The father was a cigar-maker in his home in Burnde-Herford, Germany.

Theodore Quernheim attended the common schools in Germany, and after coming to the United States immediately began working for farmers in Cass County, Ill. This work suited him so well that he continued in this line of endeavor, in time purchasing his present farm, which he still conducts. He is a Republican, but has held no offices, being too busy with his own affairs to enter public life. the Fourth Street Lutheran church of Beardstown holds his membership.

In 1893 Mr. Quernheim was married, in Cass County, to Minnie Meyer, who was born in Cass County, September 22, 1872, and died in 1913. She was a daughter of Charles H. and Lizzie (Carls) Meyer, natives of Germany and of Cass County, farming people. Mr. and Mrs. Quernheim had four children: Walter William, Edna E., Ethel and Ralph C., all of whom were born in Cass County. Mr. Quernheim is a hard working, thrifty man, whose accommodating spirit and genial manner win him many friends who hold him in high esteem.