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"SCHEEL, John .- One of the early German settlers of St. Clair County was John Scheel. He was born in Falkenstein, in Rhenish Bava- ria, Germany, May 20, 1808. He was educated for the forestry at the Academy of Aschaffen- berg, in 1823; he emigrated to America, and in August of the same year, together with the Engelmanns, Koerners and other German fam- ilies, came West and settled in St. Clair County,
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Ill. Here he took up the profession of civil engineering. In 1836 he received an appoint- ment as civil engineer under the so-called "In- ternal Improvement Law," which position he retained until 1839, when the system was abol- ished. He was afterward elected County As- sessor for St. Clair County. In 1849 he be- came County Clerk, which office he held eight years, or for two terms. In 1858, while ab- sent on a visit to the country of his birth, he was elected a member of the Legislature. He served with distinction in that body. In 1860 he was unanimously nominated for the office of State Senator by the Republican party. Al- though he received a heavy majority in his own county, and a reduced Democratic major- ity in Monroe (which, with St. Clair, formed the Senatorial District), he was defeated, his opponent, Judge W. H. Underwood, elected by a small majority. In 1862 he was appoint- ed Assessor of Internal Revenue for what was then the Twelfth Congressional District of Illi- nois, and held that office until the time of his death, January 17, 1864.
"On the 17th of October, 1838, he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Engelmann, who still survives him. Mr. Scheel, in his line, was a man of more than ordinary ability, and stood very high in the estimation of his fellow- citizens. His death was universally lamented by all classes of people, and he was among the many prominent Germans who have left their impress upon the history of St. Clair County. As a public officer he was noted for strict integrity and probity in all of his offi- cial acts. Of a genial disposition and equitable temperament, he endeared himself to all who knew him. Progressive and enterprising, he was ever ready to aid in promoting and fur- thering all laudable undertakings which had for their object the moral, intellectual and material advancement of the State and county of his adoption." (Brink's History, 1881.)
SCHER, John M., one of the well-to-do busi- ness men of Belleville, and proprietor of the Southern Boiler Works, was born June 2, 1867, in Memphis, Tenn., son of Philip and Catherine (Wegner) Scher, both natives of Germany, the father's birth having taken place at Coblenz. His parents emigrated to the United States, and when John M. was but four years old they located in Belleville, where he was educated
in the parochial schools. He was apprenticed to the boiler making trade, at which he worked until 1898, when, in connection with John Iselhardt, he engaged in the manufac- ture of boilers on South Illinois Street, re- maining there two years. They then removed to No. 506 South Race Street, where they are now located. The firm does all kinds of boiler work, employs on an average of twelve men, and is patronized by 150 different concerns in the neighborhood. In his religion, Mr. Scher is an adherent of the Catholic faith, his polit- ical affiliations are with the Democratic party, while fraternally, he is a member of the C. K. of I. and the Turners. He was united in mar- riage July 29, 1891, to Emma Schwarztrauber, a native of Carondelet, Mo., in whose parochial schools her education was obtained. To Mr. and Mrs. Scher were born the following two children: Adelia and Olivia.
SCHIELE, Charles J., real estate, 417 Missouri Avenue, East St. Louis, was born at Du Quoin, Ill., March 26, 1879, a son of Jacob and Sophia (Lutz) Schiele-the former a native of Mill- stadt, St. Clair County, and the latter of New Orleans, La. He was educated in the public schools of Du Quoin and East St. Louis, and began his career as a messenger boy in the Illinois Central Railroad offices, East St. Louis, Ill., rising through successive promotions to the position of chief bill clerk. He entered into the real estate business in East St. Louis April 20, 1903, opening an office in the First National Bank Building, whence he moved to his present location March 14, 1905. He be- longs to the Elks and the Modern Woodmen, affiliates with the Presbyterian Church and is a Republican in his political preferences. He married Laura F. Smith, of East St. Louis, and they have a daughter named Dorothy, who was born April 18, 1905.
SCHLOTT, William (deceased), former Presi- dent of the Eagle Foundry Company and a large stockholder in the Wilson Steel Range Company, of Belleville, was a native of Ger- many, born in 1850. Coming to America with his parents while still a child, he lived on a farm until his fourteenth year, and then en- tered a foundry as an apprentice, mastering every detail in this important trade. In 1885 he organized the Eagle Foundry Company, of
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which he continued as President until his death (Mr. Klemme being Secretary and Treasurer), and in the meantime manufactured stoves and ranges, transacting a general foundry busi- ness and employing about a hundred men. Mr. Schlott was identified with the Wilson Range Company for several years, which enterprise, though run in connection with the Eagle Foun- dry, is a separate concern and occupies a dif- ferent plant.
The deceased was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, eligible thereto because of meritorious service in Company B, Ninth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in which he en- listed in 1861 and served until his honorable discharge at the end of three years. Fra- ternally, he was a Knight of Pythias. In Belle- ville Mr. Schlott married Catherine Roden- meyer, and of their union six children were born: Mrs. Minnie Plegge, Mrs. Augusta Willman, Mrs. Ella Willman, Celesta, Walter and Clara. Mr. Schlott died very suddenly on December 16, 1905. He was esteemed as one of Belleville's most successful and honorable citizens.
SCHLUETER, Albert G., druggist, East St. Louis, with stores at 401 Collinsville Avenue and in the Stock Yards district, was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, October 18, 1866, re- ceived his education in the public schools of Evansville, Ind., finally graduating from the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, in 1886, and sixteen years ago engaged in business in East St. Louis. Politically, Mr. Schlueter is a Repub- lican. He was special Tax Collector of East St. Louis, 1897-98; Secretary of the St. Clair County Republican Central Committee in 1902 and 1904; a delegate to the Republican State convention at Peoria in 1900, and at Spring- field in 1904. He is a member of the Benevo- lent Protective Order of Elks (of which he is at present Exalted Ruler), and of the Modern Woodmen of America.
SCHMIDT, (Mrs.) Minnie, is a native of Ger- many, where her birth occurred in 1859, her education having been acquired in the public schools of the fatherland and the district schools of St. Clair County. In 1878 she was married to Henry Schmidt, who was born in Baltimore, Md., and there attended the city schools. In 1879 they purchased the farm on
which Mrs. Schmidt now resides, consisting of 102 acres, and after the death of her hus- band, which occurred September 6, 1894, she continued to manage the farm and has reared her five children, giving each of them a good education and excellent home training. The children are named as follows: William H., Minnie, Annie, Emma and John H. In her religious affiliations, Mrs. Schmidt is a con- sistent member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Her parents were Frederick and Louisa (Berhud) Schmidt, both of whom were born in Germany.
SCHMISSEUR, Frank, farmer, St. Clair County, was born in St. Clair Township, Au- gust 10, 1843, the son of Joseph Schmisseur and Elizabeth Chenot, daughter of John Jo- seph Chenot, a native of France. When Joseph Schmisseur, the father, was about eighteen years of age, he arrived in this country from his native France. For some years he re- mained in New York and other Eastern cities; was a butcher in Zanesville, Ohio, and then went to St. Louis, Mo., where he kept a res- taurant. In 1840 he located in St. Clair County and purchased of Henry Beer 100 acres of land in Section 7, St. Clair Township. Just pre- vious to this he had married Miss Chenot in St. Louis. Ten children were born to this union, but only five are now living.
When Frank Schmisseur was seventeen years of age, and after leaving the Christian Brother- hood School, St. Louis, he commenced work upon his father's farm. He thus continued un- til he was about twenty-eight, and soon after journeyed to Texas, where he remained for six months, but at length he decided to return to Illinois, and starting alone and on horse- back, the determined youth made the trip in one month's time. Arriving at his old home, he rented the farm of his father and began life in earnest.
On September 15, 1874, Mr. Schmisseur was ยท married to Madeline Russell, a native of France, and of this union six children are liv- ing: Mamie, now Mrs. Gus Becher; Clara, Russell, Walter, Harrison and Viola. Since his marriage the family estate has come into the possession of Mr. Schmisseur and his sister, Louise (now Mrs. Diminick De Kum), who still reside on the old homestead. In his po- litical views, Mr. Schmisseur is a Democrat.
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He belongs to the Kahokia Detective Asso- ciation.
SCHMISSEUR, Louis, is one of the most prominent business men of Belleville, St. Clair County, and received his early education in the public schools of that locality. He is the son of John and Mary Ann (Martzhoff) Schmis- seur, whose birth occurred in Alsace-Lorraine, Germany, his father being head steward of Richecour Chateau, in France. John Schmis- seur and his wife, who were substantial and respectable people, located in Belleville in 1829. Here they passed the remainder of their lives and died honored and respected. The father passed away in 1870, at the age of fifty-nine, and the mother in 1900, aged seventy-nine years, eight months and twenty-four days. Their family consisted of four children, namely: Louis, Helen (Mrs. Voellinger), Mary Ann (Mrs. Pfeiffer), and Mary (Mrs. Isch). Louis Schmisseur is a man of marked intelligence, strong force of character and untiring energy, and is one of the busiest citizens of Belleville.
SCHMITT, (Dr.) E. G., was born in Belleville, Ill., in 1880, a son of Henry and Clara (Voegli) Schmitt, both natives of Germany. He attend- ed the Belleville High School, and in 1902 was graduated from the Marion Sims Dental Col- legs in St. Louis, Mo., where he received the highest honors of that year and an infirmary certificate for extra practical work for two summers. He is a member of the Marion Sims medical staff and, since graduating, has prac- ticed dentistry in Belleville.
SCHNIPPER, (Hon.) Martin, ex-member of the Illinois Legislature and ex-member of the Bellevile City Council, is a native of Belle- ville, and was born December 26, 1869, a son of Martin and Frederica (George) Schnipper. He was educated in the Belleville public schools and, even as a boy, took to coal mining, in which he has been employed during most of his active years. As a Republican, he early manifested unusual interest in public affairs. In 1896, he was elected to the Belleville City Council, in which he represented the Third Ward during four successive terms. He was appointed a Grain Inspector by Governor Yates "the younger," and, in 1902, was elected from the Forty-ninth District as Representa-
tive in the Forty-third General Assembly, where he served ably as Chairman of the Com- mittee on Mines and Mining, and as a mem- ber of the several committees on Penal and Re- formatory Institutions, on Labor and Indus- trial Affairs, and on License. He is a mem- ber of the order of Eagles and of the Knights of Pythias, of the Kronthal Liedertafel and of the Workingmen's Society. His residence is at 218 North Silver Street.
SCHOENEBECK, Peter, Treasurer and part owner of the Oak Hill Coal and Mining Com- pany, was born in Germany in 1846, and there educated in the public schools. He emigrated to the United States in 1872 and located in St. Louis, Mo., where for a year he followed his trade, that of a millwright. He then came to Belleville, Ill., and engaged in coal mining, and in 1889 assisted in organizing the Oak Hill Coal and Mining Company, of which he is Treasurer, the President being Isaac Jenett. This company sunk the Oak Hill Mine located on the Southern Railroad, and has since con- tinued to operate it, employing sixty-five men. It is run entirely by machinery, has a ca- pacity of 500 tons of coal per day, all of its output being shipped to St. Louis. In politics, Mr. Schoenebeck has always supported the Democratic party. He was married in 1874 to Christina Dahlem, of Summerfield, Ill., who died in 1893, leaving the following children: Emil, Ella, Arthur, Rienhold and Clara. In 1896 he was again married to Carrie Rock, of Lebanon, Ill.
SCHRADER, Henry E., of Belleville, this county, was born on August 16, 1839, in Helm- stedt, a town in Brunswick, Germany, a son of Henry and Johanna (Prelle) Schrader, and a grandson of Henry Schrader and John Prelle. Mr. Schrader arrived in Texas with his par- ents in 1853, and clerked there in a dry goods store until the outbreak of the Civil War. Enlisting in the Fifth Texas Infantry in 1861, he served until taken prisoner in January, 1863, after which he was confined in Camp Butler, at Springfield, Ill., until taking the oath of al- legiance. Upon his arrival in Belleville in 1866, he clerked in a dry goods store for a short time, then taking up the business of in- vestigating land titles, which has since been his chief occupation. A capacity for intelli-
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gent and practical public service has brought Mr. Schrader into the limelight of affairs in St. Clair County, and he is regarded as one of the foremost promoters of stable and worthy enterprises. He has been a member of the School Board for eight years, and President of the same for two terms. He has served three terms as a member of the Public Library Board. The prosperity of the Liederkranz is largely due to his indefatigable efforts in its behalf, and since its organization he has served several times as President.
Mr. Schrader bears the military rank of Lieutenant, gained through his service in the Illinois National Guard, from 1873 until his resignation in 1880. Mr. Schrader is at pres- ent Manager of the St. Clair Title Office, and Secretary of the Citizens Building and Loan Association, which positions he has filled for many years. He is a Republican in politics.
On December 31, 1887, Henry E. Schrader was united in marriage with Louise Winter, and of the union five children survive-Henry C. G., Ferdinand J., Gustave A. F., Mathilda E. and William E.
SCHRADER, Louis, President of the firm of Schrader & Company, liquor dealers of East St. Louis, was born in Waterloo, this State, in 1872, a son of August and Fredericka Schra- der, natives of Germany. Upon arriving in East St. Louis in 1886, Mr. Schrader found em- ployment in the packing houses as a butcher, remaining in that capacity for twelve years. He then became bartender for one of the liquor dealers of the town at No. 322 East Broad- way, eventually organizing the firm of Schrader & Company, with a capital stock of $2,000. He is successful in business and has a pleasant home in the city, presided over by the wife whom he married in 1903, and who was for- merly Cordelia Glenn, of Brookfield, Mo.
SCHRAMM, Charles, coal operator of O'Fal- lon, this county, and one of the representative German-Americans of St. Clair County, was born in Saxony, Germany, in 1869, the son of John and Mary (Huhn) Schramm, the for- mer of whom was a musician by occupation. While the elder Schramm derived a fair in- come from his profession, his sons, Charles, Richard and Ernest, became interested in the coal development of St. Clair County shortly
after the family emigration to America, and have continued their connection with it up to the present time. In 1900 the brothers leased what is known as the Enterprise Mine, which yields about 200 tons of coal a day, and the working of which required the services of about thirty-seven men. The plant is located on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad tracks, and the bulk of the coal is shipped to St. Louis. Charles Schramm married Lizzie Nu- derburg, of St. Clair County, and has a fam- ily of three children.
SCHRAMM, Ernest C., a prosperous coal op- erator of Rentchler, this county, was born in Saxony, Germany, on May 30, 1865, son of John and Mary (Huhn) Schramm, both also being natives of his fatherland. In 1869 his parents came to the United States and located at Freeburg, Ill., where the father was a farm- er until his death in 1874. Ernest C. Schramm attended the public and private schools of Free- burg until 1876, when his mother moved to Belleville, where, at the age of twelve years, he started to work in a coal mine. In 1899, with his two brothers and G. Bayner, he leased from Henry Gouch a coal mine located at Rentchler Station. They employ an average of from twenty-eight to thirty men, and ship their coal to St. Louis, Mo., and East St. Louis, Ill. In politics, Mr. Schramm is a Republican, and fraternally, is affiliated with the Macca- bees. On March 24, 1892, he married Anna Simpson, who was born in England, and edu- cated in the public schools of her native coun- try, and to them have been born George and Frank. Mrs. Schramm died on October 21, 1893.
SCHROEDER, Adam C., a retired farmer of St. Clair County, was born February 17, 1824, near Rheinpfalz, Germany, son of Henry and Barbara (Badersheim) Schroeder, both natives of that country. With their five children the parents came to the United States in 1844, and located near Belleville, remaining there until the father's death, which occurred ten years later. Adam Schroeder then moved to a rented farm, four years later buying 283 acres of land in Section 4, Mascoutah Town- ship. Here he continued actively engaged in farming until the spring of 1902, when he re- tired and is now enjoying the results of his earlier industry and able management. He is
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a Lutheran churchman in his religious belief, socially, is affiliated with the Masonic frater- nity, and politically supports the Republican party, having been Supervisor of his township during one term. In December, 1848, Mr. Schroeder married Elizabeth Herman, whose birth and education took place in Hesse-Darm- stadt, Germany, and the following children have been born to them: Edward, August, George, Anna Lutz, Emil and Emma. Mrs. Schroeder died January 1, 1904.
SCHROEDER, Henry C., Chief Engineer of the Busch Glass Company, was born in 1862, at Breese, Clinton County, Ill., where he re- ceived a good public school education. His parents were Henry and Aleesia Schroeder, natives of Germany. Henry Schroeder was reared on a farm, but at an early opportunity took up stationary engineering as a vocation, and later secured a position with the West- ern Brewery Company as assistant engineer, which he filled for seven years. In 1900 he was appointed chief engineer of the Busch Glass Company, and, having mastered his work with so many years of experience, gives entire satisfaction by the able and thorough manner in which he performs his duties. In 1892 Mr. Schroeder was united in marriage to Mary Wilbert, whose birth occurred in Belleville, where she acquired her education. Three chil- dren have been born to them-Minnie, John and Henry.
SCHROEDER, Otto (deceased), was born May 25, 1868, in Saxony, Germany, and educated in the public schools of his native country. His parents were August and Lena (Volger) Schroeder, also natives of Saxony. At the age of twenty-three years the subject of this sketch came to the United States and located in St. Louis, where he worked at the bakery trade, which he had learned in the old coun- try. He continued thus employed from 1871 to 1901, when he moved to East St. Louis and opened a bakery on his own account at 343 East Broadway. He remained at that loca- tion and did a thriving business until his death early in 1906. In religion, he was a member of the Protestant Church, and frater- nally, was affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and the Kerger Ferine. Mr. Schroeder was married August 18, 1893, to Josephine Marty,
a native of Madonnaville, Monroe County, Ill., where she was educated in the public schools, and to them were born four children-Harry, Albert, Otto and Lena.
SCHULTHEIS, F. C., was born in 1872, in Belleville, Ill., a son of Fred Schultheis, a na- tive of Germany. He received his education in the Belleville schools, and learned the trade of a stone and marble cutter, which he fol- lowed for a number of years, and then be- came a bartender, remaining in this occupa- tion for five years. In 1900 he embarked in business for himself, and is at present con- ducting a saloon in connection with a bowling alley and merchants' lunch room. In 1900 he was united in marriage to Clara Bauman, a native of St. Clair County, and two children have been born to them-Elmer and Roy. So- cially, Mr. Schultheis belongs to the Improved Order of Red Men.
SCHULTZ, John .- Up to 1904 the only thea- ter in the town of Belleville was owned and controlled by John Schultz, who also attends to the booking of individual artists and troops. Previous to embarking in his present busi- ness as manager of Huff's Hall and Beer Gar- den in 1900, Mr. Schultz was variously em- ployed, resulting in his present extensive knowledge of men and undertakings in gen- eral. Born in Bloomington, this State, Decem- ber 1, 1867, he had the advantage of the pub- lic schools until his thirteenth year, the in- come of his father, Fred Schultz, making im- perative his assumption of business responsi- bility at this early age. Finding employment in a chair factory, he worked there three or four years, later finding employment in the roller mills of Chicago, Joliet and Belleville for five years. The following six years were spent in the coal mines near Belleville, from which gloomy occupation he stepped into his present business at Huff's Hall. The wife of Mr. Schultz was formerly Ellen Neal, a native of Benton, Ill., their marriage taking place July 16, 1890. There are five children in the Schultz family: Bessie, Frederick, Ma- bel, Luella and William. Mr. Schultz subscribes to the principles of the Democratic party, but has never desired or been willing to accept local office. He is fraternally connected with the W. B. W. M. C. Mr. Schultz is a man of
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large heart, liberal tendencies and decided apt- itude for supplying a desirable class of enter- tainment for the public.
SCHWAB, Henry, the brewmaster at Heim's Brewery, East St. Louis, Ill., is a self-made man. He was born in Germany, in 1862, and came to this country when he was but seven- teen years of age, locating in St. Louis, Mo. His parents are Jacob and Caroline Schwab. Young Schwab grew up in honest toil on a farm, and therefore learned from the best practical school those traits which are so nec- essary in acquiring a reputation in any line or profession. From daylight until dark he trudged at the plow and other farm imple- ments, but still took time to acquire a fair education in the schools of his native town. In this way also he learned of the wide pos- sibilities for those who wish to work, in the great vineyard across the Atlantic, where so many of his sturdy countrymen, by honest toil, had accumulated millions and reached places of the highest honor.
Landing in St. Louis in 1880, Mr. Schwab soon realized that a useful trade was a nec- essary requisite for a young man, and he be- came apprenticed to the Bremen Brewing Com- pany, one of the leading institutions of the West, where he remained for two years. Here he laid the foundation for acquiring that knowl- edge of tne brewer's art which permitted him to render such a good account of himself later in his chosen field of employment. After leav- ing the St. Louis firm he went to Rock Island, Ill., but not realizing fully his expectations in this field, he came to East St. Louis, where he at once accepted a position as chief cellar man with the famous Heim Brewery. On ac- count of his knowledge and his close appli- cation to duty, Mr. Schwab was advanced from one position to another until he reached his present place of brewmaster.
Six years after landing in this country (in 1886) Mr. Schwab married Lizzie Scheer, of East St. Louis, and now has a very comfort- able home in the city of his adoption, as well as an interesting family of three children- Lillie, Henry and Esther. The other three born to him died in infancy. Fraternally, Mr. Schwab is a member of the Independent Or- der of Odd Fellows and the Concordia Lie- derkranz. Of course he is also a member of
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