H. L. SCHNEIDER

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For the past seven years H. L. Schneider has made his home in Tipton, where he is practically living retired, enjoying a well earned rest. He is a native of the neighboring state of Illinois, his birth occurring in Aurora township, Kane county, on the 17th of July, 1836, and is a son of John Peter and Christina (Wohrer) Schneider, both natives of Germany. The father was born near Frankfort and the mother in Baden. They came to the new world in early life and were married in Philadelphia. As early as 1832 they came west to Chicago and soon afterward located in Kane county, Illinois, where they spent the remainder of their lives, the father dying there in 1882 at the age of eighty-three years. His children were: J. F., deceased; Elizabeth, who died at the age of fourteen years; H. L., of this review; Mrs. Mary Ann Hughes, a resident of Elburn, Illinois; Charles, also a resident of Elburn; and Mrs. Carrie Angel, of Aurora.

H. L. Schneider was reared and educated in the state of his nativity and remained with his parents until twenty-two years of age. For four years prior to that time he served an apprenticeship to the miller’s trade and for three years worked in the Oxford Mills in Jones county, Iowa, and for two years in the mill at Plano, Illinois. He continued to follow his trade for about thirteen years, being employed in various places. At the end of that time he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, operating a farm in Hale township, Jones county, Iowa, for about five years. He also worked as a carpenter and laborer in Iowa for the same length of time and in 1875 came to Tipton, where for five years he conducted the Cedar Mill, having a partner for a time but later being alone in business. At the end of that period he traded the mill for a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Cherokee county, Iowa, which at the end of a year he traded for another farm of two hundred and fifty acres in Center township, Cedar county. Subsequently he traded the last named property for a section of land in Spink county, South Dakota. For many years he successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits but for the past seven years has practically lived retired in Tipton, where he owns a nice home and three lots. His success in life is due to his industry, good management and excellent business ability.

On the 24th of December, 1869, Mr. Schneider was united in marriage to Miss Emeline E. Reed, who was born in Virginia in 1850 and came to Olin, Iowa, with her parents in 1851, being a daughter of Samuel W. and Susanna Reed. This union has been blessed with the following children: Mrs. Jennie Taylor, now a widow residing with our subject; Carrie, the wife of E. R. Chase, of Minnesota; Martin H., a resident of South Dakota; Howard H., of Center township, Cedar county; Elizabeth and Gladys, both at home; and three who died in infancy.

Mr. Schneider is a consistent and faithful member of the Presbyterian church, while his wife belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church of Tipton, and he has so lived as to gain the confidence and high regard of those with whom he has been brought in contact either in business or social relations.