Biography - C. D. GREVE
C. D.
Greve, one of the successful young business men of the county and the
leading grain buyer at Garrett, was born one mile west of the village
September 27, 1868, and is a son of Thomas Greve, who emigrated to this
country from Germany at the age of twenty-one and settled in Garrett
township. His wife was Catherine Ritz. Thomas Greve has lived in Garrett
township for forty years, engaged in farming, and at present owns four
hundred and fifty acres of land. Both he and his wife are members of the
Evangelical church.
C. D. Greve was reared on a farm, and after leaving the common schools spent
two years in the Valparaiso (Indiana) Normal. After leaving school he
engaged in the hardware and implement business and continued in the same for
seven years. In 1898 and 1899 he was elected assessor.
In .March, 1894, Mr. Greve was married to Miss Katie Frahm, a daughter of
Jacob Frahm. They have four children: Victor, Hilda, Roy and Paulina. Mr.
Greve is one of the charter members of the Knights of Pythias lodge that was
recently organized at Garrett. He owns nine acres of land in the corporate
limits of Garrett, and also a very fine home in the village, besides some
other town property. He is a thorough business man, enterprising, and
promises to become one of Garrett's most useful citizens.
Extracted 22 Jul 2019 by Norma Hass from the Historical and Biographical Record of Douglas County, Illinois, published in 1900, pages 237-238.
