Karl Altenhein

Karl Altenhein was born 1824, came to the United States in 1854, first to New York, moved from there to New Jersey, moved later to Rock Island, Illinois and finally to Quincy. He married Anna Schlüter. His wife was from Dibrock, Herford, Westphalia. Karl was engaged for years in farming in Melrose, then bought a farm in Missouri, where he farmed and finally came to Ellington in this county, where he cultivated a farm. Now the aged couple has settled in Quincy and enjoys a well- deserved rest. Transcribed by: Mindy Source: Bornmann's Sketches of Early  Germans of Quincy and Adams County Volume 6; Chapter 1; page 132