HENRY BORGELT, SR. Page 752 HENRY BORGELT, SR., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Havana; was born in Hanover, Germany, Feb. 27, 1827; he came to America, in 1844, and first located in St. Louis, Mo. In 1850, he came to Mason Co., and the following year, with others, manufactured the brick used in the construction of the Court House, at Havana. He was married, June 7, 1852, to Miss Eliza Horstman, who was born in Hanover, Germany, Dec. 7, 1832; she came to America in 1837. Her father, Henry Horstman, settled near Matanzas, this county. They have nine children-Charlotte (wife of G. B. Holzgraefe), Henry, Jr., Frank, Lizzie, William, Charles W., Horace O., Mary and Yettie. Mr. Borgelt owns 130 acres of farm land, and seventy-three acres of timber.

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