Biography of John Albrecht of Arispie, Illinois
John Albrecht, Arispie, was born April 3, 1814, in Bavaria, Germany. He is a son of Christian and Elizabeth (Engel) Albrecht. (See biography of Daniel Albrecht.) John Albrecht was reared in Germany, where he entered the regular army at the age of twenty-one years and served six years in a cuirassier regiment. Unable, on account of military duties, to accompany his parents to America in 1837 he waited patiently till his time expired, when he borrowed $100 of a relative and in August, 1843, came to America. He was Fifty-four days on the ocean and running out of money after …