Peter G. Schertz was the fifth of six children born to Christian Schertz (1795-1864) and his wife, Catharina "Margaret" Ebersol Schertz (1797-1876). Christian Schertz migrated with his family to the United States in 1831 from the Alsace Lorraine region of France and first settled in Lancaster County, PA. Christian Schertz migrated with his family to the United States in 1831 from the Alsace Lorraine region of France and first settled in Lancaster County, PA.

Peter was a farmer and had a harvesting crew while in Ohio in addition to operating a ferry there for a year; his occupation in Illinois was farming and carpentry. Peter was an Amish Mennonite and his funeral was at the Mennonite Church in Congerville, McLean Co., Illinois. He was buried in the Imhoff Cemetery in south rural Congerville, later joined by his beloved wife Mary. Peter and Mary had ten children, the first six being born in Butler Co., Ohio, and the last four being born in Danvers Township, McLean, Co., Illinois.

Peter G. & Mary Augspurger Schertz had ten children, as follows:
Jacob Schertz (1857-1857)
Joseph A. Schertz (1859-1879)
Catherine Ella Schertz (1861-1951)
Madalena E. Schertz (1863-1944)
Henry William Schertz (1864-1939)
Anna Alma Schertz (1867-1913)
Peter Simon Schertz (1869-1930)
Edwin Christian Schertz (1872-1945)
John Otto Schertz (1874-1953)
Mary Mayme Schertz (1876-1969)
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Imhoff Cemetery Note:
The Imhoff Cemetery (no visible name) is located about 1 1/2 miles outside of Congerville, Illinois on Country Road 55 (Danvers Road) in southern Woodford County (Montgomery township), near the McLean County line. It is surrounded by a chain link fence and nicely maintained. The Schertz headstone is quite large and clearly visible from the highway. The headstone for Peter and Mary is in excellent condition. Beside their headstone is an older monument stone for their son, Joseph, who died in 1879. Their youngest daughter, Mary Mayme (Schertz) Burns, who died in 1969, is also buried there. Peter's mother, Margaret Ebersole, wife of Christian Schertz, is buried nearby. Christian, who preceded Margaret in death by nineteen years, is apparently not buried at this location.
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