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Henry Frederick William Wellman

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Birth	:	2 Feb 1852 Germany
Death	:	4 Sep 1932 Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Elmhurst Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.5172005, -88.0503006
Description	:	Henry Wellman Suggested edit: HENRY WELLMAN, long identified with the farming and stock-raising interests of Beaver township, York county, is an enterprising and successful exponent of modern agricultural ideas as they are applied to conditions presented by life and labor in Nebraska. He is the proprietor of two very valuable farms, both highly improved and provided with ample and commodious farm buildings of every sort required to do business at the present time. He seeks comfort and profit, and makes use of everything that helps along the business in which he is engaged. He puts into it his... Read More	Henry Wellman Suggested edit: HENRY WELLMAN, long identified with the farming and stock-raising interests of Beaver township, York county, is an enterprising and successful exponent of modern agricultural ideas as they are applied to conditions presented by life and labor in Nebraska. He is the proprietor of two very valuable farms, both highly improved and provided with ample and commodious farm buildings of every sort required to do business at the present time. He seeks comfort and profit, and makes use of everything that helps along the business in which he is engaged. He puts into it his heart and soul, and it has well rewarded his unshared devotion, as this sketch will hereafter show. Henry Wellman comes of a Teutonic ancestry, and was born on German soil February 2, 1852. He was a son of George and Louise Wellman, who were natives of Hanover. The emigrated to America after they had reached mature years, and settled in Nebraska. They are still living and make their home with their children, of whom there were originally eight. Six children are now living: Mrs. Sophia Plum, Mrs. Minnie Piper, Herman, Mrs. Zena Kellerman, Louise, who is still in the old country, and the subject of this article. Mr. Wellman remained in the old country until he had attained the age of eighteen years. He received good schooling, and was indoctrinated with German ideas of thrift, honor and industry. It may be said, in passing that his career in this country illustrates the value of this early training. He first set foot on the American shore in 1870, and passing directly through the city of New York, hastened on to this county. He was still too young to avail himself of the provisions of the homestead law, and he worked out on neighboring farms until he had reached the time limit. He went out into the unclaimed prairie, and located a claim on section 22, in Beaver township. At that time this tract was remote from settlement, and long isolation was prophesied the adventurous pioneer. He went on, however, built himself a sod house in which he lived for the next three years. By that time he had grown sufficiently prosperous to undertake a frame dwelling. It was a two-story building, a very substantial building, 16x32. Grasshoppers took his corn in 1874, and other plagues and troubles befell him from time to time, but he kept on, and stuck to the soil, and is a wealthy man. In 1875 he was married to Augusta Bellgrin. She was a native of Germany, where she was born in 1853 but has lived in this country since her childhood. They lived on the homestead farm until 1890, when they removed to their present home on section 28 of the same township. Mr. Wellman has erected a handsome residence, and is making many other improvements in barns and out-buildings, which will, when fully completed, put this farm among the list of the best in the county. On the old place he has good buildings, fences, orchards, vineyards, and altogether he has about three hundred and fifty acres under an intensified cultivation. In all he owns over five hundred acres, with an ample equipment of live stock and machinery. He is exclusivly (sic) a farmer and stock raiser, and aims to carry on what might be called a system of general farming as opposed to specializing methods that would tie a man up to one line. He shows a line herd of Durham cattle, and has good stock about him. Mr. and Mrs. Wellman are the parents of seven boys and one girl: Arthur, Reinhart, Laura, Arnold, George, Robert, Henry and Walter. They are members of the German Lutheran church, where he has been a trustee for many years. He is a Democrat, and takes a lively interest in the fortunes of the party. He has been supervisor of the 4th district since 1894, and was for two years chairman of the committee on roads and bridges. He is anxious that the neighborhood in which he lives should have a good school, and is willing to give time and attention to the school which his children attend. He has been a member of the school board of the sixth district for eighteen years and much of the excellence of that well known country school is due to his careful supervision. He assisted in the organization of the York county German Mutual Fire Insurance company in 1892. He was elected its first president and has served as such ever since,. and also on the board of directors. A portrait of this worthy citizen is presented on another page of this volume. SOURCE: Memorial and Biographical Record and Illustrated Compendium of Biography Containing a Compendium of Local Biography ... of Butler, Polk, Seward, York and Fillmore Counties, Nebraska ... (Chicago: G.A. Ogle, 1899) Contributor: janicet (47361005) • [email protected]

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Henry Frederick William Wellman's memorial is located at: Elmhurst Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, USA.
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Henry Frederick William Wellman death on 4 Sep 1932 in Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 41.5172005
Longitude: -88.0503006

Family Members:

Parent

Georg Friedrich Frommer Wellmann

(1826 - 1911)

Louise Maria Wellmann Fromme

(1823 - 1907)

Spouse

Auguste Bulgrin Wellman

(1855 - 1883)

Clara Louise “Sophia” Bulgrin Wellman

(1868 - 1912)

Siblings

Wilhelmina Louise Wellmann Pieper

(1847 - 1922)

Sophia Margrethe Louise Wellmann Blum

(1848 - 1924)

Herman Heinrich August Wellman Sr.

(1862 - 1944)

Children

Rein Wellman

(1877 - 1960)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Elmhurst Cemetery
Joliet, Will County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5172005, -88.0503006

2. Mount Olivet Cemetery
Joliet, Will County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5275002, -88.0505981

3. Oakwood Cemetery
Joliet, Will County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5280571, -88.0544434

4. Saint Peter Lutheran Cemetery
Joliet, Will County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5287270, -88.0533080

5. Mound Cemetery
Will County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5275000, -88.0248000

6. Saint Cyril and Methodius Cemetery
Joliet, Will County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5460014, -88.0350037

7. Saint Patricks Cemetery
Joliet, Will County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5238991, -88.0967026

8. Zarley Cemetery
Joliet, Will County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5003520, -88.0924180

9. Mount Calvary Cemetery
Lockport, Will County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5550003, -88.0543976

10. First Presbyterian Church Columbarium
Joliet, Will County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5281500, -88.1015900

11. Saint Nicholas Orthodox Cemetery
Fairmont, Will County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5558014, -88.0642014

12. Saint John's Cemetery
Joliet, Will County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5388985, -88.0952988

13. Kozy Acres Pet Cemetery
Joliet, Will County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5567030, -88.0249780

14. Mount Moriah Cemetery
Joliet, Will County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5480995, -88.0975037

15. Saint Joseph Cemetery
Joliet, Will County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5494003, -88.1006012

16. Maplewood Cemetery
New Lenox, Will County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5125000, -87.9703000

17. Saint Mary Nativity Cemetery
Crest Hill, Will County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5656000, -88.1014000

18. Stateville Prison Cemetery
Joliet, Will County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5671600, -88.1013300

19. Lockport South Cemetery
Lockport, Will County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5803000, -88.0573000

20. Barnet Cemetery
Homer Township, Will County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5722008, -88.0068970

21. North Providence Ridge Cemetery
Elwood, Will County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4511000, -88.0412000

22. Saint John Episcopal Church Columbarium
Lockport, Will County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5866400, -88.0551400

23. Holy Cross Cemetery
Crest Hill, Will County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5506000, -88.1356000

24. Lockport Cemetery
Lockport, Will County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5903015, -88.0464020