John C Schricker

SCHRICKER, PAUSTIAN, SCHEEL

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A Narrative History
of
The People of Iowa
with
SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN
EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY,
BUSINESS, ETC.
by
EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M.
Curator of the
Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa
Volume IV
THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc.
Chicago and New York
1931

JOHN C. SCHRICKER enjoys an enviable place in the business circles of
Davenport, where he is owner and operator of the Schricker Marble & Granite
Company. This business, whose present location is at the corner of Fourth and Scott
streets, was started in 1884, by Mr. Schricker. He and one other man did
all the work in the modest shop. In forty-five years it has developed into the
largest firm of memorial art manufacturers and dealers in the extensive
trade territory around Davenport. the company has handled, manufactured and
erected thousands of memorials over this district. Most of the people of Iowa
are familiar with one outstanding work put out by the firm, the Iowa State
Soldiers Monument at Des Moines, built in 1894, an imposing shaft of stone that
rises many feet above the broad base, sixty by sixty feet, and 136 feet high,
constituting one of the patriotic shrines of the state.

Mr. Schricker was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, in 1863, son of Adam and
Anna (Paustian) Schricker, who two years later moved to Davenport. John C.
Schricker grew up and received his literary education and his training in his
trade at Davenport. He is a skilled worker in marble and granite, and out of
his skill and his business management has developed the Schricker Marble &
Granite Company.

He married, in 1884, Clara Scheel, a native of Davenport, daughter of Hans
Scheel. They have three children: Lillian, wife of Fred C. Strohbehn; Freda;
and J. Raymond, associated with his father in business. The company has
membership in the Iowa State Memorial Association.