Also Known As John Werner.
born 10 May 1823 in Damflos, Prussia, possibly the son of Peter Schmidt and Anna Margaret Werner; he immigrated here in 1857 and married Anna Conrad on 15 May 1860 in Will County. Anna was born Oldenburg abt 1832, the daughter of Adam Conrad. John may have died in 1905 and Anna may have died 15 Jan 1915 (family history according to Rosa Schmidt Hull). In 1860 and 1870 the family lives in Frankfort, Will County, Illinois. They have the following child:
102. Lena SCHMIDT
Lena Schmidt, born abt 1863; unknown who she may have married; family not yet found in 1880 census
The couple settled in Scott County, Minnesota in 1864. Juliana had 2 sets of twins and her children had 7 sets of twins and 1 set of triplets, of which she was very proud. George was a farmer and a laborer. George and Juliana are buried at the Catholic Cemetery in New Market, MN.
89. Johan SCHMIDT
Johann Christian Schmidt was born 8 Oct 1831 in Damflos, Prussia, the son of Peter Schmidt and Anna Margaret Werner; he immigrated here in 1857 aboard the ship Harriet Hexie, which arrived in New York on June 22, 1857, port of embarkation Antwerp. Christian was on board ship with his father Peter, his first wife, Maria, a sister, also Maria, his brothers Peter and George, and his sister Catherine. He was naturalized in Will County, Illinois on 8 Sep 1871; and died in Lebanon, IL 14 Apr 1908, with services at the German Evangelical Church and burial at College Hill, under the auspices of the Masonic Order. According to daughter Emma Jane, Christian’s first wife died at sea, but the ship manifest does not indicate this, so it’s possible she died during the journey to Illinois. On 24 Apr 1859 in Lawrence County, Illinois Christian married Christina Geines, who was born in Sumner, Illinois 2 January 1841; died in Lebanon, IL about 1893-96, daughter of Henry Gines [originally from Pennsylvania] and Esther Mellinger [of Ohio]. Christian was a carpenter in Lebanon, Illinois from at least 1880 forward, and also a saloonkeeper in the early 1900s. He owned a tavern called Base Ball Headquarters on Depot Street in the Hexabuckle part of town (Whiskey Flats), and he catered to the St. Louis baseball players who would visit Lebanon and play ball there. Damon Schmidt (grandson of Christian & Christina) remembers that the tavern’s nickname was “The Broken Skull”. Christian and Christina are on the 1860 census for Lawrence County, IL (John Smith), the 1870 census for Scott Co., Minnesota (Christ Schmidt); the1880 and 1900 censuses in Lebanon, Illinois. Christian served in the military in Germany as a cook. According to daughter Rosa Schmidt Hull, "My father cooked bruechoff -- baked bread -- learned all in Germany when he was in war- Was not in service here in US as he said he had enough war at home in Germany. I took my lunch to school. I'll never forget -- bread and butter. Father made lunch for me. He said all you need is bread and butter. He gave me hamburger cheese, but all the kids wanted some and I had to divide with them. I never got much for myself.". Rosa also says that the Roesch family were neighbors and they had a lot of dairy cows. The Schmidt kids would go over while she was milking and chase the flies away for her, and she would give them fresh milk in return.
Daughter of Henry Gines [originally from Pennsylvania] and Esther Mellinger [of Ohio].
134. George SCHMIDT
George Schmidt, born 2 Jan or Nov 1871 in Minn.; George was a laborer for the railroad and he never married.
90. Peter SCHMIDT
He emigrated to the U.S. in 1857 with his family. Peter served in the Civil War, serving from 30 Aug 1862 at Lockport, Will Co., IL under Company C, 100th Regiment, and was wounded twice at the Battle of Chickamauga on 20 Dec 1863, taken prisoner by the Union Army, and then paroled. His physical description is 5’5”, black hair and dark eyes. On the 1870 and future censuses they are in Evanston, Cook County, IL;
140. Peter SCHMIDT
Death date and location is speculation. Need better documentation.
142. Frank SCHMIDT
In the 1920 census he lives with Catherine and is still single
144. George V. SCHMIDT
still residing in Evanston in 1930 along with his wife Gertrude, whom he married in 1900, and the following daughters:
a. Anna Schmitt, born 1903 Evanston, IL
b. Genevieve Schmitt, born 1905 Evanston, IL
c. Isabelle Schmitt, born 1907 Evanston, IL
d. Elizabeth Schmitt, born 1909 Evanston, IL
e. Dorothy Schmitt, born 1913 Evanston, IL
f. Mabel Schmitt, born 1917 Evanston, IL
Living with Catherine & Peter in 1920; possibly married between 1920 and 1930
Immigrated here with the family aboard the Harriet Hexie;
Rheinhard came to America aboard the Harriet Hexie. He was born in Prussia abt 1835 and died in Iowa sometime between 1910 and 1920. In 1870 [image 39] and 1880 Rheinhardt Klos is in Fairview Township, Jasper Co., Iowa with a second wife (Josephine Schmutch Hummel), whom he married on 27 Oct 1866.
Josephine died on 23 Nov 1890 and was buried with her first husband, Michael Hummel. Reinhart Klos is listed as being born 12 Mar 1829 and dying 7 Feb 1911 Des Moines, Iowa, burial at Woodland Cemetery.
In 1910 Rheinhardt is still alive, living in DesMoines, Polk Co., Iowa with daughter Anna and Anna’s husband Joseph L. Spitz.