SCHMIDT, PETER

SCHMIDT, SAUNDERS

Posted By: Marilyn Norris Holmes
Date: 4/13/2013 at 13:33:38

The History of Poweshiek County Iowa

Washington Township

Page 794-5

SCHMIDT, PETER--Farmer and stock-raiser, section 33, P.O. Searsboro. Was born in Germany in 1826, and was there educated and raised. He came to New York in 1852, and went from there to Pennsylvania, where he followed farming during his early life. He traveled around until the fall of 1855, when he moved to his present location. He followed well digging for four years, with a marked degree of success. He was married in 1864, to Miss Eliza Saunders, a native of Ohio. They have six children living: William, Matilda, Samuel Henry, John Peter, Sarah and Mary Rosetta; one deceased, Frankie. Mr. Schmidt is quite extensively engaged in raising stock. He now owns a farm of 528 acres, all under good cultivation, and his buildings are among the finest in the county.