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.^[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.

External links

Moritz Dobschutz at Find a Grave

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

[2] "Moritz Dobschutz House (Victorian Home Museum)". theclio.com. Archived from the original on December 9, 2023. Retrieved December 9, 2023.

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