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ERNST, CHRISTIAN, wine grower and proprietor of the William Tell saloon; Sec. 7, Range 8; P. O. Quincy; was born in Baden, Germany, Sept. 5, 1828; emigrated to this country in 1854, and settled in Quincy; was married, Dec. 9, 1854, to Miss Maria M. Gasser. She was born in the same place as her husband, and died Feb. 28, 1857. By this marriage he had two children, one of whom is now living: Ludwig C. His second, and present, wife was Miss Christina Fees, to whom he was married in 1857. They have five children, two sons and three daughters. He is proprietor of the William Tell saloon, between 5th and 6th, on Hampshire street, Quincy, and lives on his beautiful suburban place, on which he has expended much time and money to bring it up to the high standard of perfection to which it has attained. He has about three and a half acres of vineyard which will compare favorably with any in the county. He is a Democrat, and one of the most valued citizens of Quincy and Melrose township.