SCHULTE, STEPHEN

SCHULTE, STEFFENSMEYER

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/17/2019 at 13:25:52

MADISON TOWNSHIP.
P. O. FORT MADISON

SCHULTE, STEPHEN, plasterer; was born in Prussia Jan. 18, 1821 ; he emigrated to America Dec. 25, 1846 ; came to Iowa and settled in Fort Madison in the spring of 1847 ; worked in brickyard and at steamboating; then learned the plasterer's trade, and has worked at the business ever since then ; he has worked longer at the trade than any other plasterer in Fort Madison ; when he came here he only had $7 in money ; now owns a nice home and other city property. He has held the office of City Alderman ten years. He married Anna Mary Steffensmeyer, from Prussia, Feb. 22, 1846 ; they have seven children ; they lost three sons ; Theresa is teaching in Baltimore ; John, Mary, Stephen, Frank, Katie, Joseph.

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

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879