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Portrait and Biographical Album of
Huron County, Michigan
Pub. Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1884

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           FREDERICK SCHILLING, one of the earliest of the pioneer settlers
        of the township of Sebewaing, was born Feb. 7, 1808, in Germany.
        His parents, PETER and JULIA A. SCHILLING, came to the United
        States in 1817, and located at Baltimore, Md.  They were wholly
        ignorant of the English language and of the ways and customs, and
        the entire family, consisting of the parents and two children,
        FREDERICK and CATHERINE, were sold into slavery in Maryland, where
        they were held for a time and were finally transferred to Williams-
        port, Pa. Their bondage continued about 18 months, and they escaped
        from Pennsylvania to Livingston Co., N.Y., making their way thither
        by stealth, begging their food and passing three days of the time
        without anything to eat. They remained in the Empire State about 11
        years, when they came to Washtenaw County, Mich., where the parents
        passed the remainder of their lives.
           MR. SCHILLING came to Huron County in 1857, and located 400
        acres of land in Sebewaing Township.  His residence has been there
        ever since, and his present home is with his daughter HELENA. He
        was married in 1832, in Washtenaw County, to CATHERINE MILLER, and
        they, had 10 children,— CATHERINE, MARY, JOHN, CHRISTINE, LYDIA,
        LOUISA, GOTTFRIED, ERNST, CAROLINE and HELENA.
           MR. SCHILLING is a Democrat. He was the first Supervisor of
        Sebewaing Township, and held the position altogether 14 years. He
        has also officiated several years as Notary Public, and a short
        time as Justice of the Peace.  He is a member of the Lutheran
        Church.

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