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FRITZ BLOCK, Sr., farmer, P. O. Kasson, was born in Germany, November 15, 1846, a son of Fred and Getta Block.
Fred Block came to America in 1859, and enlisted in the Civil war in 1861, where he was killed, leaving his family
in Germany. Fritz Block worked as a laborer in Germany until 1872, when he came to Morris Run, Tioga Co., Penn.,
and went to work in the coal mines; here he remained two years, then went to work in the mines at Clermont, McKean
Co., Penn. He married, February 8, 1873, Miss Augusta Bemkoskey, of Germany, and they are the parents of seven
children, viz.: Maggie, Anna, Mary, Minnie, Matilda, Fritz, Jr., and Johnnie. In 1886 Mr. Block came to Hamlin
township and purchased the farm on which he now resides. He is one of the well to do farmers in the township, and
has held various. local offices. Mr. and Mrs. Block are members of the Lutheran Church.
From:
History of the Counties of
McKean, Elk and Forest,
Pennsylvania
With Biographical Selections.
J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers
Chicago, 1890.
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