Excerpt from History of Guthrie and Adair Counties, 1884
John Erbes settled on section 2, Summerset township, March 10, 1875, where he owns two hundred and forty-five acres of land, all under cultivation, and is engaged in farming and general stock-raising, his cattle being of the short-horn grade. Mr. Erbes was born October 13, 1839, in Hess, Germany, and is a son of Henry and Charlotte Erbes. He emigrated with his parents to America, and settled in Bureau county, Illinois, in 1845, and in 1863 went to Lee county, Illinois, where he was married in April, 1865, to Amelia Politsch, daughter of Henry and Catharine Politsch. They have nine children - George, Caroline, Mena, John, Amelia, Andrew, Lizzie, Louis and Katie.
John Erbes settled on section 2, Summerset township, March 10, 1875, where he owns two hundred and forty-five acres of land, all under cultivation, and is engaged in farming and general stock-raising, his cattle being of the short-horn grade. Mr. Erbes was born October 13, 1839, in Hess, Germany, and is a son of Henry and Charlotte Erbes. He emigrated with his parents to America, and settled in Bureau county, Illinois, in 1845, and in 1863 went to Lee county, Illinois, where he was married in April, 1865, to Amelia Politsch, daughter of Henry and Catharine Politsch. They have nine children - George, Caroline, Mena, John, Amelia, Andrew, Lizzie, Louis and Katie.
Excerpt from History of Guthrie and Adair Counties, 1884
John Erbes settled on section 2, Summerset township, March 10, 1875, where he owns two hundred and forty-five acres of land, all under cultivation, and is engaged in farming and general stock-raising, his cattle being of the short-horn grade. Mr. Erbes was born October 13, 1839, in Hess, Germany, and is a son of Henry and Charlotte Erbes. He emigrated with his parents to America, and settled in Bureau county, Illinois, in 1845, and in 1863 went to Lee county, Illinois, where he was married in April, 1865, to Amelia Politsch, daughter of Henry and Catharine Politsch. They have nine children - George, Caroline, Mena, John, Amelia, Andrew, Lizzie, Louis and Katie.
John Erbes settled on section 2, Summerset township, March 10, 1875, where he owns two hundred and forty-five acres of land, all under cultivation, and is engaged in farming and general stock-raising, his cattle being of the short-horn grade. Mr. Erbes was born October 13, 1839, in Hess, Germany, and is a son of Henry and Charlotte Erbes. He emigrated with his parents to America, and settled in Bureau county, Illinois, in 1845, and in 1863 went to Lee county, Illinois, where he was married in April, 1865, to Amelia Politsch, daughter of Henry and Catharine Politsch. They have nine children - George, Caroline, Mena, John, Amelia, Andrew, Lizzie, Louis and Katie.
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