History of Lee County, Illinois - Bushnell Historical Society

302 HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY
Lee county, Illinois. The mother died here in 1902 and is survived
by her husband, who makes his home in Franklin (irove.
Adam H. Gonnermann was reared upon his father's farm in
Bradford township and assisted in its operation until he was
twenty-six years of age. He then engaged in agricultural pursuits
upon rented laud for five years and following this bought
one hundred and twenty acres on section 3, Bradford township.
He has labored industriously in the development of this property
and has made it valuable and productive in a high degree. Its
buildings are substantial and in g(wd repair and its equipment
modern, and it lacks none of the accessories necessary to the con-
duct of a modern farming property.
On December 14, 1904, Mr. Gonnermann was united in marriage
to Miss Minnie Kurtli, who was born in Ogle comity, Illinois, a
daughter of Christ and Amelia (Witzel) Kurth, natives of Germany.
The parents came to America in the '70s and located in
Lee county, this state, whence they later moved to Ogle county,
where they now reside. In their family were five children, all
of whom survive. Mr. and Mrs. Gonnermann have two children
Glenn W., born March 24, 1908, and Henry C, born March 1, 1912.
The parents are members of the Lutheran church and Mr. Gonnei'mann
gives his political allegiance to the republican party. He
holds the office of seliool director and he takes an intelligent inter-
est in public affairs although he is not an active politician. He is
held in high esteem in the community as a progressive citizen and
a prosperous farmer.
HARRIET E. GARRISON, M. D.
Little more than a generation ago woman had no place in the
business world. She was supposed to be conoorned only with the
duties of the household, save that she was given the instruction
of the young as a teacher in the schools—a work but little removed
from the household and family cares. Today there is practically
no avenue of activity closed to her and she has proven herself equal
to the representatives of the sterner sex in all that calls for intelli-
gent comprehension and skill, sa^e, perhaps, only in the point of
physical strength. None today deny her prominent place in the
medical profession nnd among the more successful physicians of
Dixon is Dr. Harriet E. Garrison, who was born in Lee county,
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