Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1901 — PRINCESS DIES IN ILLINOIS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PRINCESS DIES IN ILLINOIS.

Mr*. Schroeder. Wife of a Doctor In Bloomington. Is Dead. Mrs. Herman Schroeder, who died at Bloomington. 111., recently will be remembered as the only princess of the blood royal of Germany who has ever died in the state. Mrs. Schroeder was the daughter of Prince Baron Von Buchau, adjutant general on the staff of General Blucher of Waterloo fame. Her parents would not consent to her marriage with Dr. Schroeder, a teacher of natural philosophy and an architect, and when she married him she wa3 banished from, the court. Later her husband gave vent to revolutionary ideas and was ordered to he shot. Dr. Schroeder escaped with his wife to this couhtry, where he settled in Bloomington. Dr. Schroeder laid out the towns of Gilman and El Paso, 111., and built many business blocks in this

(Princess of the Blood Royal of Germany Who Died at Bloomington, Ill.) city. Mrs. Schroeder was rich in her own right and her husband’s estate is estimated to be worth J 500.000. Two children survive her.

MRS HERMANN SCHROEDER.