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GGF was born in the Kingdom of Württemberg (Forchtenberg) on 13 November 1862.[2][3] He attended the public schools of Württemberg until age 11, which was followed by three years at a Württemberg Latin school.[3] He was then accepted at Württemberg's Royal Seminary for Public Teachers, from which he graduated with honors in 1879.[3] In 1880, he emigrated to the United States enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1884 and retiring in 1919. Died in 1928.