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| | KOCH, CASPER FROM 1912 HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | He was born in Bavaria, Germany, December 5, 1834, being a son of Casper and Barbara (Pope) Koch, both born in Bavaria, he in 1807, and she in 1809. |
 | | Casper Koch, Jr., was educated in the public schools of Germany, and learned his trade from his father, working at it until 1865, with the exception of the time he served in the war. |
 | | His prosperity is due to the fact that he had always tried to do his full duty, to give every man a square deal and to live up to the obligations placed upon him. |
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