Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

Henry TATGE, farmer; P. O. Crete; was born in Germany June 8, 1821, and is the son 
of Henry and Christina TATGE; his father was a farmer, and, in 1851, with his wife 
and family, emigrated to America, and landed in New York City; came direct to 
Illinois, and settled in Cook Co.; here his father and mother both died. Mr. TATGE's 
father gave him $2,000; he then came to Will Co., and purchased 320 acres of land, 
for which he paid $1,120; here he set out in farming; he first built a small frame 
house on the present farm; here, with good management, he owns 560 acres of land, 
with fine improvements. Married Catherine OLENDORF, daughter of Conrad OLENDORF, of 
Germany, who settled in Indiana; have had eleven children; six living. Member of the 
Lutheran Church.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.