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STEINWEDELL, WILLIAM, retired; residence, 168 North 8th street. He was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1827; came to the United States in 1849; arrived in Quincy in June of that year. He married Miss Louisa Morphy in 1859. She was born in New Orleans in 1841. They have four children: Elise, Lilia, William and George. He is a Democrat. He organized a military company the week after the attack on Fort Sumter, and served as volunteer under Gen. Pope in securing the money of the banks of Lagrange and Canton, Mo., which he delivered at the sub-treasury in St. Louis, by order of Major Gen. Fremont. He participated in the attack on Monroe Station, Mo., for the relief of the 16th Regt. Ill. Inf., besieged there at the outbreak of the war. He escorted the arms for the Iowa Volunteers from Quincy to Keokuk. They served as a city guard until 1864, when he disbanded the company, which did good service for the government at a critical time when firmness, good judgment, and unfaltering bravery were required. He or his men received no remuneration from the government for their valuable services rendered. His firm of Bertschinger & Steinwedell imported the first goods direct from Europe to Quincy in the hardware line, and paid the first duty to the Collector of the Port; he was one of the Electors for Greeley in 1872. He is a stockholder in the First National Bank; is a member of the I. O. O. F., also German Turners stockholder and director, and one of the leading Germans of Quincy.