Ephriam Fritz

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Obituary- Fritz, Ephraim

Ephraim Fritz, farmer, Dixon, son of Ananias and Harriet Fritz, was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, September 30, 1847. His parents migrated to South Dixon, Lee county, in April 1852, and bought a farm of 135 acres in S.E. 1/4 Sec. 13. It has a southern aspect and is well adapted for agricultural and pasturage. His mother died in 1864, and his father has removed to Kansas, where at present he farms 140 acres. The subject of his sketch, July 10, 1873, was united in marriage to Miss A.C. Seibert, daughter of Rev. James L.W. Seibert, Somerset county, Pennsylvania. They have three children, two girls and one boy, named Flora Amelia, Harry Seibert, and Ida May, aged respectively seven, five and four years. Mr. Fritz was for three years in the Illinois Central railroad office at Eldena.

[Note: not officially an obituary, but we are indexing it in this manner.]

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