Joseph O. Albrecht Biography - Livingston County Illinois Genealogy & History

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Joseph O. Albrecht
Biography
Livingston County, Illinois

Joseph O. Albrecht, one of the foremost men of Waldo township, Livingston county, is a native of Illinois, born in Princeton, Bureau county, December 19, 1859, and is a son of John and Annie (Gacho) Albrecht, natives of Germany.
In 1838, at the age of four years, John Albrecht was brought to this country by his parents, who settled in Bureau county, Illinois. In the early days of Chicago, the grandfather, Jacob Albrecht, hauled his wheat to that city from Bureau county in a wagon which he hewed out of logs. Throughout his life he followed farming, and at one time also owned and operated a brewery at Princeton.
He died in 1877. In his family were eight children, five sons and three daughters, of whom two, Christopher and John Albrecht, are prosperous farmers living at Tiskilwa, Bureau county.
The father of our subject followed farming in Bureau county until 1865, when he came to Livingston county and bought the west half of section 3, Waldo township, for which he paid ten dollars per acre. Here he prospered, and at the time of his death owned seventeen hundred and twenty acres of land besides several business blocks in Flanagan.
He died February 12, 1900, at the age of sixty-six years, two months and twenty-two days. He was well known and highly respected, and had many friends throughout this section of the state.
On the 8th of March, 1859, he married Anna Gacho, and to them were born the following children: Joseph O., our subject; August, who was born June 16, 1861, and died February 16, 1892; John, who was born May 12, 1863, and died February 21, 1885; Christopher, who was born December 24, 1865, and died October 30, 1890; Jacob, who was born February 20, 1869, and died April 16, 1889; and Benjamin, who was born November 23, 1871, and now resides in Waldo township, Livingston county.
The mother of these children departed this life December 25, 1873, and on the 22d of November, 1874, the father married Barbara Nafciger, also a native of Germany, by whom he had eight children, whose names and dates of birth are as follows: Magdaline, September 18, 1875; Peter, February 17, 1877; Annie, March 5, 1879; Samuel, August 31, 1883; Lydia, July 5, 1886; William, September 12, 1888; and Daniel, February 16, 1894. the oldest daughter is now the wife of Peter Good, of Waldo township.
The early education of Joseph O. Albrecht was acquired in the public schools near his boyhood home, and under the able direction of his father he soon acquired an excellent knowledge of every department of farm work. He has made agriculture his life occupation, and now owns and operated a quarter-section of land on section 9, Waldo township, and also has eighty-two acres of section 2, besides one hundred and sixty acres in Iowa. He is a wide-awake, progressive farmer, of good business ability and sound judgment, and is meeting with remarkable success in life.
On the 10th of February, 1884, Mr Albrecht was united in marriage with Miss Lizzie, daughter of Christopher and Mary (Ingold) Ringenberg, of Tiskilwa, Bureau county, and they now have one child, John W., born December 1, 1885.
Mr Albrecht has held several local offices and takes a keen interest in the welfare of his township and county.

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