JOHN H. SCHULTE
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A native of Hanover, Germany, and came to America at the age of thirty-eight years. He settled in Mason county in 1837. His business was general merchandise in Menard, Mason and Cass counties. On his settlement in Mason county in 1837, he established what was and is now known as Schulte's Landing, at the Mounds, south of Havana, on the Illinois river. Here he engaged in the grain trade, and was very successful in all his investments and business undertakings. His sons are among the prominent men of the county, one of whom is now deputy county clerk. During the time he did business at the Landing the shipments exceeded those at Havana. He died Sept. 1845.

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