Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882.  Cass County.

WILLIAM C. NOLTE, grain merchant, Bluff Springs; was born 
in Beardstown, Nov. 15, 1844; only child of Louis H. and 
Mary (Boldt) Nolte, natives of Germany.  Louis H. Nolte, 
was a carpenter by trade, died in October, 1846; his widow, 
who is still living, was born in October, 1807.  Mr. Nolte 
attended school in Beardstown till he was fourteen years of 
age, and then began life as a farmer; afterward he learned 
the cooper's trade, and worked on the C.B. & Q. and the O. 
& M. Railroads, for some time.  During the late war he 
served ten months in Co. A., 65th Ill. Vols., under Captain 
McClellan.  He married, Oct. 4, 1866, Mary M. Jacques, born 
Jan. 13, 1849, who has borne him five children: Ellen E., 
Louis W., Harry F., Carrie A. and Maud M.  Mrs. Nolte is a 
daughter of William C. and Elizabeth A. Jaques, natives of 
Pennsylvania; he, born April 25, 1822; she, born Jan. 19, 
1830.  Mr. Nolte is a member of Lodge No. 97, Grand Army of 
the Republic, in Beardstown; he is a Republican.

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