"Father"
Carl August Schmid, of Rock Island, was
born at Wittenburg, Kirchheim-on-the-
Tick, in Germany, Sept. 4, 1836, and after
attending school the regulation period, and
working a while at cabinet-building, came to
America, landing at Castle Garden, in June,
In New York city he worked about three
years at his trade, and in 1856 came to Rock Island,
where he has since followed carpentering, contracting
and building. Up to 1869 or '70, he was a salaried
man ; since that he has been the " boss " of his
own affairs, and as such has erected some of the
finest and largest buildings in the city.
In 1880 he was elected Alderman from the old
Third (now Fifth) Ward and was the first Republican
ever returned from that precinct. In 1884 he abandoned
the Republican party and voted for Cleveland
; and now, while he is honestly independent in
politics, there are persons who call him a " Mugwump."
However, as all political economists know,
it is the independent voter, more than all else, that
compels dominant partisan politicians to maintain a
degree of decency in public affairs. Mr. Schmid, and
the thousands of other independents, may laugh at
the title of " Mugwump."
Mr. Schmid's parents, John Christoph and Anna
Maria (Schwarzman) Schmid, died in Germany, the
father in 1878, aged about 75 years, and the mother
in 1874, at the same age. The old people were
members of the Lutheran Church, and brought their
children up in that faith.
Jan. 20, 1856, the subject of this sketch was married
in New York city, to Charlotte Caroline Rind, a
native of Bavaria, and has had born to him 12 children
: Charles F., deceased: Anna Maria (Mrs. John
Peters) : Sarah (Mrs. William Bundenbach); Caroline,
deceased ; Louisa, deceased ; August F., Emma,
George L., Charlotte, Louis Frederick, Robert and
Amelia L. In the acquirement of a handsome competency,
Mr. Schmid has been wholly dependent
upon his own industry. He has always been a hard
worker, though by no means forgetting the virtue of
i interspersing labor with fun. He probably enjoys
life as well as any man in Rock Island. He belongs
to the Order of Woodmen, is Treasurer of the Society
of Druids, and Trustee and Inner Guard of the Red
Men.
(Source: Rock Island County, 1885)
Carl August Schmid, of Rock Island, was
born at Wittenburg, Kirchheim-on-the-
Tick, in Germany, Sept. 4, 1836, and after
attending school the regulation period, and
working a while at cabinet-building, came to
America, landing at Castle Garden, in June,
In New York city he worked about three
years at his trade, and in 1856 came to Rock Island,
where he has since followed carpentering, contracting
and building. Up to 1869 or '70, he was a salaried
man ; since that he has been the " boss " of his
own affairs, and as such has erected some of the
finest and largest buildings in the city.
In 1880 he was elected Alderman from the old
Third (now Fifth) Ward and was the first Republican
ever returned from that precinct. In 1884 he abandoned
the Republican party and voted for Cleveland
; and now, while he is honestly independent in
politics, there are persons who call him a " Mugwump."
However, as all political economists know,
it is the independent voter, more than all else, that
compels dominant partisan politicians to maintain a
degree of decency in public affairs. Mr. Schmid, and
the thousands of other independents, may laugh at
the title of " Mugwump."
Mr. Schmid's parents, John Christoph and Anna
Maria (Schwarzman) Schmid, died in Germany, the
father in 1878, aged about 75 years, and the mother
in 1874, at the same age. The old people were
members of the Lutheran Church, and brought their
children up in that faith.
Jan. 20, 1856, the subject of this sketch was married
in New York city, to Charlotte Caroline Rind, a
native of Bavaria, and has had born to him 12 children
: Charles F., deceased: Anna Maria (Mrs. John
Peters) : Sarah (Mrs. William Bundenbach); Caroline,
deceased ; Louisa, deceased ; August F., Emma,
George L., Charlotte, Louis Frederick, Robert and
Amelia L. In the acquirement of a handsome competency,
Mr. Schmid has been wholly dependent
upon his own industry. He has always been a hard
worker, though by no means forgetting the virtue of
i interspersing labor with fun. He probably enjoys
life as well as any man in Rock Island. He belongs
to the Order of Woodmen, is Treasurer of the Society
of Druids, and Trustee and Inner Guard of the Red
Men.
(Source: Rock Island County, 1885)
"Father"
Carl August Schmid, of Rock Island, was
born at Wittenburg, Kirchheim-on-the-
Tick, in Germany, Sept. 4, 1836, and after
attending school the regulation period, and
working a while at cabinet-building, came to
America, landing at Castle Garden, in June,
In New York city he worked about three
years at his trade, and in 1856 came to Rock Island,
where he has since followed carpentering, contracting
and building. Up to 1869 or '70, he was a salaried
man ; since that he has been the " boss " of his
own affairs, and as such has erected some of the
finest and largest buildings in the city.
In 1880 he was elected Alderman from the old
Third (now Fifth) Ward and was the first Republican
ever returned from that precinct. In 1884 he abandoned
the Republican party and voted for Cleveland
; and now, while he is honestly independent in
politics, there are persons who call him a " Mugwump."
However, as all political economists know,
it is the independent voter, more than all else, that
compels dominant partisan politicians to maintain a
degree of decency in public affairs. Mr. Schmid, and
the thousands of other independents, may laugh at
the title of " Mugwump."
Mr. Schmid's parents, John Christoph and Anna
Maria (Schwarzman) Schmid, died in Germany, the
father in 1878, aged about 75 years, and the mother
in 1874, at the same age. The old people were
members of the Lutheran Church, and brought their
children up in that faith.
Jan. 20, 1856, the subject of this sketch was married
in New York city, to Charlotte Caroline Rind, a
native of Bavaria, and has had born to him 12 children
: Charles F., deceased: Anna Maria (Mrs. John
Peters) : Sarah (Mrs. William Bundenbach); Caroline,
deceased ; Louisa, deceased ; August F., Emma,
George L., Charlotte, Louis Frederick, Robert and
Amelia L. In the acquirement of a handsome competency,
Mr. Schmid has been wholly dependent
upon his own industry. He has always been a hard
worker, though by no means forgetting the virtue of
i interspersing labor with fun. He probably enjoys
life as well as any man in Rock Island. He belongs
to the Order of Woodmen, is Treasurer of the Society
of Druids, and Trustee and Inner Guard of the Red
Men.
(Source: Rock Island County, 1885)
Carl August Schmid, of Rock Island, was
born at Wittenburg, Kirchheim-on-the-
Tick, in Germany, Sept. 4, 1836, and after
attending school the regulation period, and
working a while at cabinet-building, came to
America, landing at Castle Garden, in June,
In New York city he worked about three
years at his trade, and in 1856 came to Rock Island,
where he has since followed carpentering, contracting
and building. Up to 1869 or '70, he was a salaried
man ; since that he has been the " boss " of his
own affairs, and as such has erected some of the
finest and largest buildings in the city.
In 1880 he was elected Alderman from the old
Third (now Fifth) Ward and was the first Republican
ever returned from that precinct. In 1884 he abandoned
the Republican party and voted for Cleveland
; and now, while he is honestly independent in
politics, there are persons who call him a " Mugwump."
However, as all political economists know,
it is the independent voter, more than all else, that
compels dominant partisan politicians to maintain a
degree of decency in public affairs. Mr. Schmid, and
the thousands of other independents, may laugh at
the title of " Mugwump."
Mr. Schmid's parents, John Christoph and Anna
Maria (Schwarzman) Schmid, died in Germany, the
father in 1878, aged about 75 years, and the mother
in 1874, at the same age. The old people were
members of the Lutheran Church, and brought their
children up in that faith.
Jan. 20, 1856, the subject of this sketch was married
in New York city, to Charlotte Caroline Rind, a
native of Bavaria, and has had born to him 12 children
: Charles F., deceased: Anna Maria (Mrs. John
Peters) : Sarah (Mrs. William Bundenbach); Caroline,
deceased ; Louisa, deceased ; August F., Emma,
George L., Charlotte, Louis Frederick, Robert and
Amelia L. In the acquirement of a handsome competency,
Mr. Schmid has been wholly dependent
upon his own industry. He has always been a hard
worker, though by no means forgetting the virtue of
i interspersing labor with fun. He probably enjoys
life as well as any man in Rock Island. He belongs
to the Order of Woodmen, is Treasurer of the Society
of Druids, and Trustee and Inner Guard of the Red
Men.
(Source: Rock Island County, 1885)
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