Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Woelfel, George 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Woelfel, George (deceased), who was the founder of the largest manufacturing 
industry of Grundy County, the products of which are sold all over the world, 
was born in Bavaria, Germany, March 25, 1831, but came to the United States in 
1853, and to Morris ten years later. Immediately thereafter he established the 
Morris tannery, and later conducted a boot and shoe store as a side line. 
Although the tannery was destroyed by fire, he rebuilt it, and in time his 
sons became his partners. Out of his initial plant has grown the Woelfel 
Leather Company, which gives employment to a large force of men and is 
recognized as one of the leading leather producing concerns of the country. 
Mr. Woelfel married November 29, 1861, Margaret Fleck, and they had the 
following children to grow to maturity: Edgar H., George L., Annie L., Albert 
and Ernest.

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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