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Johann Heinrich Tushaus
Johann Heinrich Tushaus was born March 31, 1830 at Südlohn, Westphalia, came
with his parents to the United States in 1844. The family landed in New Orleans and traveled from there direct
to Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1845 he moved to Quincy. After he was employed for a number of years with S. and W.B. Thayer,
he entered into a business association with Johann Altmix and operated a business in cloth and material goods in
1859 on Eleventh and Broadway. In 1865 he built a place of business on 713 Hampshire, where he operated a cloth
business for many years. In 1852 he married Maria Anna Scheiner. His wife died January 13, 1891; he departed this
life November 16, 1894. Johann Heinrich was a true Westphalian, a man of the old German type. Five children of
the couple are still living: Mrs. William Weisenhorn, Mrs. F.B. Ricker, Thomas L. Tushaus, Mrs. Joseph Michael,
all of Quincy, and Joseph H. of St. Joseph, Missouri.