Portrait & Biographical Album of Whiteside County, IL 1885

Transcribed by Denise McLoughlin
Tampico Area Historical Society
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Adam HORLACHER, farmer, section 12, Genesee Township, was born Aug. 2, 1857, in Sterling, this county. The sketch of his parents, Godfrey and Elizabeth (SPIES) HORLACHER, appears elsewhere in this book. After his birth, they settled on a farm in Genesee Township where he was brought up and thoroughly instructed in farming. He acquired a fair education in the district schools and was an inmate of the parental home until he was about 22 years of age.

His marriage to Mary MYERS took place Dec. 18, 1879, in Sterling. She was born Oct. 17, 1862, in Jordan Township, and is the daughter of Francis and Elizabeth MYERS. Her parents are natives of Pennsylvania and are Germans by ancestral origin. They are farmers in Jordan Township, where they own an extensive estate. After the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. HORLACHER they took possession of a farm on section 12, Genesee Township, owned jointly by the former and his father, their respective claims being 80 and 120 acres. The entire tract is still under the same management, which has met with marked success. The place is stocked with Short-Horn cattle of valuable grades, and valuable horses. Extensive improvements in the number and character of farm buildings have been made.