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HERMANN BAERTICH, merchant of Troy, was born in Prussia, December 11, 1835, being the only child of Gottfried and Christiana (Ahuer) Baertich, also natives of Prussia. When Hermann was a year old his father died, and his mother afterward married Eugene Von Reppert, with whom he lived, receiving a fair education. At the age of fourteen he began learning the tinner’s trade. After completing his apprenticeship he engaged in the tin and hardware business until 1865 when he came to the United States. After following his trade for a few months at New Albany and Louisville he removed to Tell City and later to Troy, where he has since been engaged in the hardware business with the exception of a few months spent in Whitesides County, Ill. He has a good stock of goods and commands the leading trade in the town. In 1861 he wedded Anna Starck, a native of Prussia by whom he has seven children, Huldah E. (wife of John Briggs); Otto J., Allen G., William S., Joseph H., Bertha H. and Frances A. Mr. Baertich is a member of the I. O. O. F. (Encampment), and himself and wife are members of the Lutheran Church.