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(Source: History of St. Clair County, 1881)
Moritz J. Dobschutz (born Moritz Julius von Dobschütz; March 20, 1831 – June 24, 1913) was a German-American merchant.
Biography
Moritz Dobschutz was born in Rheine, Kingdom of Prussia on March 20, 1831. A member of German nobility, he immigrated into the United States in 1856 and became a very prosperous merchant in Belleville, Illinois. He died at his home there on June 24, 1913.[1]
His home in Belleville, a Victorian adaptation of a Greek revival house built in 1866, is now used by the Victorian Home Museum and by the St. Clair County Historical Society.[2]
References
- ^ "Moritz Julius Dobschutz". Fair Play. June 28, 1913. p. 3. Retrieved April 18, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Moritz Dobschutz House (Victorian Home Museum)". theclio.com. Archived from the original on December 9, 2023. Retrieved December 9, 2023.