Schoentgen, Edward P. (1873-1944)

SCHOENTGEN

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Date: 12/22/2003 at 22:38:44

EDWARD P. SCHOENTGEN
(August 16, 1873 - October 17, 1944)

Member of Board of Education, born August 16, 1873, in Council Bluffs. Attended local school until 12 years of age. Then attended an academy in Milwaukee, Wis., later entering the manual training school in Washington university, St. Louis. In 1891 he entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Boston, taking the course in architecture, receiving the degree of S.B. in architecture in 1895. He then studied abroad two years in Paris, France, at the Ecole des Beaux aarts as a pupil of Jean Louis Pascal, Member L'Institute, and a government architect. The balance of the time was spent in the French provinces and Italy. Returning to this country, he was identified with architectural work in St. Louis and in 1899 opened an office in Council Bluffs, practicing in that city during the next ten years. He then relinquished the practice of his profession and became actively connected with the wholesale grocery form of Groneweg & Schoentgen company. He was married in 1901 to Miss Mable Pratt, of Des Moines, daughter of M.M. Pratt. In 1901 appointed a member of the capitol commission by Governor A.B. Cummins. Appointed to the board of education in 1909 by Governor Carroll. A democrat in politics.
-source: Iowa Official Register, 1927-1928; Biographies of State Officials.

(Who's Who in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, 1920, compiled and edited by F. C. Lake & L. N. Prince)
Edward P. Schoentgen, Wholesale grocer, Council Bluffs; born. Council Bluffs, lowa, Aug. 16, 1873; Democrat; educated Manual Training school Washington University, St. Louis; received degree Bachelor of Science, in architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1895; studied abroad three years; followed profession in Council Bluffs, 10 years; married Mable Pratt, 1901, Des Moines; member state board of education; was member of Capitol Commission in 1902.