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- From "History of Ogle County, Illinois" by H.F. Kett and Company Chicago, Illinois, 1878, page 818:
ARTZ, HENRY, Farmer; Sect. 1; P. O. Mt. Morris; was born in Washington Co., Md., Sept. 27, 1814; came to this country in 1839; married Miss Maria Funk; she was born in Washington Co., Md.; she died March 27, 1877; had nine children (two deceased); those living are--Nancy, Henry H., Susan, Mary J., Abraham, Charles and Luther; Mr. Arts owns 205 acres of land in Ogle County and 80 acres of land in Iowa; was Highway Commissioner three terms and School Director several terms.
Same book as above, page 535:
May 24, 1838, A. Q. Allen, Philip Sprecher and John S. Miller arrived, overland in a carriage, from Maryland. Others came in 1838 and later, and many of their names cannot now be recalled. Among them came John Coffman and family, «u»Henry Artz«/u», Michael Brantner, Solomon Nalley and family, Henry Sharer and others. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Sprecher are still living in Mount Morris, upward of eighty years of age; Mr. Coffman still resides within two miles southeast of the village, on his old farm; Mr. Artz resides three and a half miles southeast of the village; Mr. Brantner lives four miles west of town; Mr. Nalley lives five miles north of town.
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1815 - Yes, date unknown