Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1889

Source: Portrait and Biographical Album, Muscatine County, Iowa, 1889, page 573
PROF. ELIAS FREMONT SCHALL, Principal of the Second Ward High School of Muscatine and a leading citizen of this community, is a native of Michigan, where his birth occurred on the 11th day of September, 1856. He is the son of Elias and Caroline M. ( Hutton ) Schall, and was the fifth in order of birth in his father's family, the other members of which were as follows : George W., who is now a resident of Muscatine ; Harris C., who makes his home in Kansas City, Mo.; Henry A., who is located at Three Rivers, Mich.; Hiram W., a resident of Oxford, Neb.; Ida L., who died in August, 1888 ; and Frank E., who is also living at Three Rivers, Mich.

Our subject spent the days of his boyhood and youth under the parental roof ; and in the common schools of his native county prepared for college. Having secured a good knowledge of the common branches he entered Ann Arbor College, where he completed his studies in the four years' course of that institution. His schoolroom education being finished he went to Detroit and secured employment as a salesman in a wholesale house, where he remained for one season. In the fall of 1883 he came to Muscatine, Iowa, where he was employed as Second Assistant in the High School for one year. His merit won him promotion and the following year he held the position of First Assistant, after which he was again promoted to the position which he now occupies as Principal of the Second Ward High School. He possesses much ability as an instructor, and has gained the respect, confidence and good-will of his fellow-citizens.

On the 8th day of June, 1887, Prof. Schall led to the marriage altar Miss Ann B. Cloud, a daughter of D. C. Cloud, of Muscatine, but on the 12th day of April, 1888, she was called to her final home. Socially, he is a K. of P., having belonged to that order since November, 1885, and now holds membership in Wyoming Lodge No. 76. He also belongs to the First Presbyterian Church of Muscatine, and in his political sentiments affiliates with the Republican party. His parents are still living and reside in Three Rivers, Mich.

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