Person:Levi Getz (1)

Levi Getzs, a well known miller of the county, was born in Franklin County, Ohio, in 1836. His father moved to Newtown in Adams County, Illinois, in 1851 and was a miller by trade. Levi Getzs parents were John and Harriet Getzs. Levi married in 1861 Miss Irene Hancock, who was born in 1846. In 1863 Levi Getzs embarked in the milling business on Mill Creek in Burton Township, and in 1873 moved the mill to Newtown, where he conducted a custom mill and made flour and ground feed for many years. He and his wife have five children; Isaac, William E., Annie E., Clara P. and Josephine.QUINCY AND ADAMS COUNTY HISTORY AND REPRESENTATIVE MENBy Davis Wilcox, Chicago, Lewis Publishing, 1919, Vol. 1 pp.1098-1097