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- Obit: Pekin Daily Times, 14 Jan 1929: page 1, column 5, 1929
Michael Dully, prominent resident of Groveland township, died at his home there early this morning at the age of 83 years. His death being due to the infirmities of age, after a short illness. He was a son of Christian and Catherine Froelich Dully and was born in Hofstatten, Germany, on March 3, 1845. His marriage which was to Magdalena Wageman, took place in Pekin Dec. 12, 1867. He is survived by his wife and the following children: Mrs. Katherine Klein and Mrs. Anna M. Krug, Groveland; Mrs. Mary Stormer, Mackinaw; Mrs. Magdalena Birky and Joseph Dully, Morton; George M. Dully and Mrs. Elizabeth Theilen (correct: Thielbar), Groveland. Two daughters are deceased. He also leaves two brothers, Peter, Pekin and Henry Dully of Dexter Mo., and one sister, Mrs. Mary Van Dyke, Peoria. Thirty-four grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren also
survive. He was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical church and of the A. F. and A. M. of Morton. Funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Mission church in Groveland. Services will be conducted by Revs. Albro and Ben Birkey. Burial will be in the Defenseless Mennonite cemetery.
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Michael DULLY, Protestant, day laborer in Palatinate, farmer in Illinois. * 03 Mar 1845 Mosisbruch near Hofstätten, Palatinate, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Confederation. Baptized 01 May 1845 at parsonage of Wilgartswiesen, Palatinate, Kingdom of Bavaria (Sponsors: Michael FRÖHLICH & Margaretha DULLY, Protestants of Hofstätten). Michael on his turn was sponsor on 23 Jul 1860 at the baptism of his niece Anna Maria FRÖHLICH. In 1865 Michael immigrated with his fiancé Magdalena WAGEMANN and her family from Hofstätten via Le Havre, France to USA. The passage was on the ship Mercury, arriving New York on 02 May 1865. President Lincoln had just been shot a short time before and a huge funeral procession was being held in New York city at that time. Eight years after that, on 17 Feb 1874 Michael expressed his intention to become a citizen of the USA in Tazewell County, Illinois (see below). Two years later, on 06 Sep 1876 he got naturalized and was a prominent farmer and resident of Groveland Township. † 14 Jan 1929 Groveland Township, Tazewell County, Illinois; he was 83. Buried in Evangelical Mennonite Cemetery, Groveland, Tazewell County, Illinois.
On 10 Dec 1867 at the age of 22, Michael married at the St. Paul's Evangelical Church in Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois. [2]
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1845 - 1929 (83 years)
