Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1889

Source: Portrait and Biographical Album, Muscatine County, Iowa, 1889, page 327
GEORGE SCHMIDT, a representative and well-to-do farmer of Sweetland Township, residing on section 30, was born in Germany on the 13th day of February, 1828, and is a son of George and Gertrude ( Richter ) Schmidt. His boyhood days were passed in his native land, but about the year 1852, thinking that the New World would furnish a better field for his labors. he crossed the Atlantic to America, landing in New York. He shortly afterwards decided to take up his residence in Cincinnati, Ohio, and acting upon that decision went to that city, where for three years he worked at the cooper's trade, which he had learned in the Fatherland. At the expiration of that time he removed to Muscatine, where he carried on the same employment for about twelve years, but thinking that he would prefer farm life to that trade, in 1867 he purchased land and moved to his present home in Sweetland Township, where he has engaged in farming and stock-raising continuously since. At the time of his landing in America Mr. Schmidt was in limited circumstances, but his natural business ability, supplemented by that energy and perseverance which characterize all his actions, has enabled him to secure a comfortable competence, which will permit him in his declining years to rest from the hard labor of former days. His farm, which is one of the most beautiful in the township, comprises 431 broad acres, which is highly cultivated. A handsome residence has been erected, and everything about the home shows that it is managed with system and ability.

In Muscatine County, Dec. 24, 1857, Mr. Schmidt and Anna Catherina Iungmenn were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. The lady is a native of Germany, born Feb. 25, 1835, and is a daughter of John and Anna C. ( Dipple ) Iungmenn. Five children have been born of their union, namely : Anna C. M., born Feb. 27, 1859, became the wife of George Alteneder in 1882; John G., born July 1, 1862; George W., born May 29, 1864, and L. W., born Aug. 16, 1867, are all at home. Anna M., who was born March 25, 1861, died on the 20th of May following. Our subject and wife have been members of the Evangelical Protestant Church of Muscatine for about twenty-nine years, and are held in high esteem wherever known.

On another page will be seen portraits of this worthy couple, who for so many years have been residents of this county, and who are fully entitled to an honored place among its representative people.

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