Moritz Dobschutz

Moritz J. Dobschutz (born Moritz Julius von Dobschütz; March 20, 1831 – June 24, 1913) was a German-American merchant.

Moritz J. Dobschutz in 1881
(Source: History of St. Clair County, 1881)

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.

References
  1. "Moritz Julius Dobschutz". Fair Play. June 28, 1913. p. 3. Retrieved April 18, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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