SCHLEMER, HENRY

SCHLEMER, KERN

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/17/2019 at 13:24:04

MADISON TOWNSHIP.
P. O. FORT MADISON

SCHLEMER, HENRY, billiard hall and saloon ; born in Marion Tp., Lee Co., Iowa, May 1, 1843; he was brought up on a farm and lived there until March 2, 1869, when he removed to Fort Madison, and went in the grocery business ; he was City Marshal one year, and was elected Justice of the Peace and served three years ; then was appointed Deputy Sheriff; also, held school offices ; he then engaged in farming for four years ; in January, 1879, he came in the city and engaged in his present business. He married Miss Mary Ann Kern Nov, 24, 1864 ; she was born in Lee Co., in Marion Tp.; they have five children—John T., Elizabeth, William H., Anna C. and J. Bennie.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879