Gerlach, Daniel was born 09 Sep 1835 in Bavaria Germany. He came alone in 1853 to New Orleans. He travled up the River to Waterloo and the to RC in T5 R6. On 28 Oct 1856 he married Annie C Baum the d/o John and Julia (Gerlich) Baum. They had 8 children, one died before 1875. His parents were Daniel and M Catherine (Berg) Gerlacj of Bavaria. (1875)

Gordon, Dr. William A. was born in 1820 near Chillicothe, Ross County, OH, the third child of Alexander Gordon Margery Boggs, both natives of PA. Schooled in Ross County Dr. Gordon studied under a local physician until 1843 when he moved to RC to study under his brother-in- law, Dr. James C. Junk. Two years later he joined the practice of Dr. John Ashby Jones, of Georgetown, and in that same year married Dr. Jones daughter, Miss Adeline S. Jones. Adeline was born in Jefferson County, KY and came to RC at the age of eleven. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Dr. Gordon was commissioned a Surgeon of the Thirtieth Illinois Infantry. Dr. and Mrs. Jones had ten children. (1875)

Gollon, Francis was a baker and worked on a river boat as a cook. He was bon 26 Jan 1839 in Prussia. He came to NYC at the age of 18. Francis was a soldier during the Civil War and afterwards he returned to Chester to a liquor business with his brother. On 11 Jan 1866 he married Rosa Dushinksy the d/o Joseph and Julia (Gollon), they were both from Prussia. They had 14 children: Frank, Edward, Louis, Clem, John, Bertha, Rosa, Georgiana, Leon and James Blaine (b 04 Nov 1884) also 4 that died. Francis' father and mother were both born and died in Prussia. Their names were Jacob and Barbara (Singer). (1894)

Garner, Andrew lived in T6 R7. He was born in Germany on 12 Sep 1832 and died 10 Jan 1894. His family came to the US in 1851. In 1854 he married Catherine Denninger, who was born in Germany. She died on 01 Sep 1892. Their children were: Emma, Jane, Christian and Anna. In 1860 Andrew had a cooper shop. Andrew's parents were George and Magdallena (Hellmana). They had 3 children. (1894)

Gross, Benjamin JL lived in New Palestine as a blacksmith. He was born 01 Apr 1854 in Rochester, NY. He married on 26 Dec 1881 to Justina Breacher the d/o Adam and Eliza. Benjamin's children were: the two oldest died as infants, John, Cconrad, Alfred, Hulda, Irene, Justina and Sigmund. His faather was Conrad who came to the US from Germany,, he died 24 Jun 1888. His mother was Catherine (Dihlmann) who died 19 Jun 1881. (1894)

Gerlach, John D was born about 4 miles west of Sparta, IL on 24 Apr 1858. This first marriage was to Catherine Paver the d/o John. His second marriage was on 09 Jan 1884 to Mary P Neville. In 1880 he was sherriff in RC, In 1889 he organized the Bank of Chester. His parents were Daniel (b German) who was also a sheriff in RC, and his mother was Catherine Baum born in Belleville, IL the d/o John ( I think the Daniel above is his father) (1894)

Goddard, Rueben J was born in RC. He graduated in 1864 from MIU in law. His father was William B who came to RC in 1818 as an infant. He married Eliza Hawthorne the d/o James. Some of their children were: Rueben (lawyer), James H (MD), Albert (Lawyer), Eveline L, and Sarah E (teacher in Sparta). Reuben's grandfather was William who settled in KY, He was a Ranger and was killed by the Indians near the IN town of Calwhia. (1894)

Gottlieb, Buch was born 5 miles from Buckeburg, Kingdon of Hanover ( this became Prussia in 1875) on 05 Nov 1828. On 01 Jan 1842 he married Sophia Rehmer in RC. ( it appears he came to the US before the rest of his family did) She was from the same area as Buch coming to the US at age 13. Buch's father was Henry who left Hanover with his family in Sep 1846 landing in New Orleans in Jan 1847. They made there way up river to RC. Buch's mother was Philipine Gottschalk. Buch had two brothers, Frederick and one which died young in Hanover. (1875)

Gwin, James was born 08 Jan 1822 in RC. On the 28 Dec 1848 he married Cynthia Ann Vowel, she died in 1872. Then James married Mrs Emily (Brown) Burke, they had 2 children. James father was William, who came to RC in 1816 from Sumner Co, TN to settle in Sec 2 T7 R5. His wife was Frances Canaday and they had 11 children. William died in 1843. The Gwin family came from Ireland to SC before 1775. The Canaday family was from NC. (1875)

Gordon, Abram G. was born 1849 near Percy, RC of Scottish and Dutch decent. He studied law at McKendree College in Lebanon, IL and was admitted to the bar in 1871 and set up practice in Chester. In 1872 he married Clara J. Short, a native of RC. (1894)

Gant, Alfred was born 1820 in Boone County, KY to Robert Gant and Maria Shaver. His parents were of English and German origin. The eldest of fifteen children, Alfred came to RC in 1824 with his parents and were greeted by a brother-in-law, Silas Crisier. The family established themselves as farmers. In 1846 Alfred married Martha Milligan, the granddaughter of Stacey McDonough who was an early pioneer of Illinois. They established a farm near Diamond Cross and together raised a family of eleven children including Mary Ann, John, Darius, Sarah, Nancy, Maria, Arletta, James, Robert, and Alfred C. (1894)

Groppe, Henry was born 18 Dec 1840 in Hanover, Germany. His parents were Adolph and Mary (Knemeyer). His father died in Germany and his mother came to the US in 1850 with the children. They arrived in RC in 1853. On 28 Sep 1864 Henry married Susannah (Wissel) Sinker. Their children were: Hermann, Lizzie, Katie, Lulu and Emma. (1894)

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