Minnesota, its story and biography, 1915 - page 966:
Jean E. Rounds. In many ways St. Paul is a favored city, and besides its attractions as the seat of the state government and the home of many large commercial enterprises, is more and more making a strong appeal to manufacturers, offering opportunities which farsighted and energetic men have taken advantage of to their profit. One of the most important and largest industries in the Northwest is the shoe manufacturing company of Foot, Schulze & Company, of which Jean E. Rounds is vice president, and with which he has been identified for many years.
Jean E. Rounds comes from a state which has long been a center for the American shoe making industry. He was born at Malden, Massachusetts, March 8, 1861, a son of John and Louise (Wadsworth) Rounds. His father, a native of Maine, spent most of his business life in the wholesale dry goods trade, and died in 1888. The mother, who was also born in Maine, died in 1906. Jean E. Rounds, the third of their six children, up to the age of sixteen attended regularly the public schools at Malden, then went to Boston, with youthful courage and determination to find his own opportunities and create his own destiny. In that city he found a place in the office of a large business house, that of Field, Thayer & Company, wholesale shoe jobbers.
It was in 1883 that Mr. Rounds became associated with Mr. Foot at St. Paul. Mr. Foot came to this city from Red Wing, formed and became senior member of Foot, Johnson & Company, manufacturers of boots and shoes. With this business Mr. Rounds engaged as stock clerk, and continued with the company until in 1885 it was reorganized under the new title of Foot, Schulze & Company, and subsequently was incorporated under that title. Thus for considerably over a quarter of a century Mr. Rounds has been connected with this house and has filled various positions and has gained continuous promotion. There are very few details in connection with the manufacture or distribution of the out- put of this great factory, with its industrial army of employees numbering about eight hundred, with which he is not entirely familiar and over which he cannot at once exert a practical and efficient control.
Mr. Rounds was married May 17, 1886, in the City of Atlanta, Georgia, to Miss Leona Sanger, a daughter of Edward G. and Mellie M. (Shute) Sanger. They have three children, all born in St. Paul : John Lewis, a graduate of Hamline University and the St. Paul College of Law, and now practicing his profession in St. Paul; Fred Grafton, who is a student of art and architecture in the Illinois State University; and a daughter, Jeanne Elma, who is still a student in St. Paul. Mrs. Rounds is a woman of thorough culture and education, formerly a teacher, and is much interested in educational and charitable organizations. She is president of the Hamline Mothers Club, a member of the Advisory School Board, and with her family takes part in the pleasant social life of the city.
Mr. Rounds is one of the widely known business men of Minnesota. He has been the constructor of his own fortune, and for years has closely devoted his energies to the upbuilding of the great concern with which he is associated in an executive and official capacity. In fact, it is said that he devotes him- self all too closely to business, permitting himself little recreation, his business trips to eastern cities being only a change of scene. He has secured results, however, and is recognized as a keen business man who gets a vast amount of work accomplished through systematic and efficient methods. Mr. Rounds is a member of the St. Paul Association of Commerce as well as the Commercial and Automobile clubs. Nominally he is a republican, but entertains a large measure of political independence. For many years he has been a member of the Knox Presbyterian church, is its treasurer, and somehow, in spite of his absorption in business, ever finds time to listen to and respond to the call of charity.
Jean E. Rounds. In many ways St. Paul is a favored city, and besides its attractions as the seat of the state government and the home of many large commercial enterprises, is more and more making a strong appeal to manufacturers, offering opportunities which farsighted and energetic men have taken advantage of to their profit. One of the most important and largest industries in the Northwest is the shoe manufacturing company of Foot, Schulze & Company, of which Jean E. Rounds is vice president, and with which he has been identified for many years.
Jean E. Rounds comes from a state which has long been a center for the American shoe making industry. He was born at Malden, Massachusetts, March 8, 1861, a son of John and Louise (Wadsworth) Rounds. His father, a native of Maine, spent most of his business life in the wholesale dry goods trade, and died in 1888. The mother, who was also born in Maine, died in 1906. Jean E. Rounds, the third of their six children, up to the age of sixteen attended regularly the public schools at Malden, then went to Boston, with youthful courage and determination to find his own opportunities and create his own destiny. In that city he found a place in the office of a large business house, that of Field, Thayer & Company, wholesale shoe jobbers.
It was in 1883 that Mr. Rounds became associated with Mr. Foot at St. Paul. Mr. Foot came to this city from Red Wing, formed and became senior member of Foot, Johnson & Company, manufacturers of boots and shoes. With this business Mr. Rounds engaged as stock clerk, and continued with the company until in 1885 it was reorganized under the new title of Foot, Schulze & Company, and subsequently was incorporated under that title. Thus for considerably over a quarter of a century Mr. Rounds has been connected with this house and has filled various positions and has gained continuous promotion. There are very few details in connection with the manufacture or distribution of the out- put of this great factory, with its industrial army of employees numbering about eight hundred, with which he is not entirely familiar and over which he cannot at once exert a practical and efficient control.
Mr. Rounds was married May 17, 1886, in the City of Atlanta, Georgia, to Miss Leona Sanger, a daughter of Edward G. and Mellie M. (Shute) Sanger. They have three children, all born in St. Paul : John Lewis, a graduate of Hamline University and the St. Paul College of Law, and now practicing his profession in St. Paul; Fred Grafton, who is a student of art and architecture in the Illinois State University; and a daughter, Jeanne Elma, who is still a student in St. Paul. Mrs. Rounds is a woman of thorough culture and education, formerly a teacher, and is much interested in educational and charitable organizations. She is president of the Hamline Mothers Club, a member of the Advisory School Board, and with her family takes part in the pleasant social life of the city.
Mr. Rounds is one of the widely known business men of Minnesota. He has been the constructor of his own fortune, and for years has closely devoted his energies to the upbuilding of the great concern with which he is associated in an executive and official capacity. In fact, it is said that he devotes him- self all too closely to business, permitting himself little recreation, his business trips to eastern cities being only a change of scene. He has secured results, however, and is recognized as a keen business man who gets a vast amount of work accomplished through systematic and efficient methods. Mr. Rounds is a member of the St. Paul Association of Commerce as well as the Commercial and Automobile clubs. Nominally he is a republican, but entertains a large measure of political independence. For many years he has been a member of the Knox Presbyterian church, is its treasurer, and somehow, in spite of his absorption in business, ever finds time to listen to and respond to the call of charity.
Minnesota, its story and biography, 1915 - page 966:
Jean E. Rounds. In many ways St. Paul is a favored city, and besides its attractions as the seat of the state government and the home of many large commercial enterprises, is more and more making a strong appeal to manufacturers, offering opportunities which farsighted and energetic men have taken advantage of to their profit. One of the most important and largest industries in the Northwest is the shoe manufacturing company of Foot, Schulze & Company, of which Jean E. Rounds is vice president, and with which he has been identified for many years.
Jean E. Rounds comes from a state which has long been a center for the American shoe making industry. He was born at Malden, Massachusetts, March 8, 1861, a son of John and Louise (Wadsworth) Rounds. His father, a native of Maine, spent most of his business life in the wholesale dry goods trade, and died in 1888. The mother, who was also born in Maine, died in 1906. Jean E. Rounds, the third of their six children, up to the age of sixteen attended regularly the public schools at Malden, then went to Boston, with youthful courage and determination to find his own opportunities and create his own destiny. In that city he found a place in the office of a large business house, that of Field, Thayer & Company, wholesale shoe jobbers.
It was in 1883 that Mr. Rounds became associated with Mr. Foot at St. Paul. Mr. Foot came to this city from Red Wing, formed and became senior member of Foot, Johnson & Company, manufacturers of boots and shoes. With this business Mr. Rounds engaged as stock clerk, and continued with the company until in 1885 it was reorganized under the new title of Foot, Schulze & Company, and subsequently was incorporated under that title. Thus for considerably over a quarter of a century Mr. Rounds has been connected with this house and has filled various positions and has gained continuous promotion. There are very few details in connection with the manufacture or distribution of the out- put of this great factory, with its industrial army of employees numbering about eight hundred, with which he is not entirely familiar and over which he cannot at once exert a practical and efficient control.
Mr. Rounds was married May 17, 1886, in the City of Atlanta, Georgia, to Miss Leona Sanger, a daughter of Edward G. and Mellie M. (Shute) Sanger. They have three children, all born in St. Paul : John Lewis, a graduate of Hamline University and the St. Paul College of Law, and now practicing his profession in St. Paul; Fred Grafton, who is a student of art and architecture in the Illinois State University; and a daughter, Jeanne Elma, who is still a student in St. Paul. Mrs. Rounds is a woman of thorough culture and education, formerly a teacher, and is much interested in educational and charitable organizations. She is president of the Hamline Mothers Club, a member of the Advisory School Board, and with her family takes part in the pleasant social life of the city.
Mr. Rounds is one of the widely known business men of Minnesota. He has been the constructor of his own fortune, and for years has closely devoted his energies to the upbuilding of the great concern with which he is associated in an executive and official capacity. In fact, it is said that he devotes him- self all too closely to business, permitting himself little recreation, his business trips to eastern cities being only a change of scene. He has secured results, however, and is recognized as a keen business man who gets a vast amount of work accomplished through systematic and efficient methods. Mr. Rounds is a member of the St. Paul Association of Commerce as well as the Commercial and Automobile clubs. Nominally he is a republican, but entertains a large measure of political independence. For many years he has been a member of the Knox Presbyterian church, is its treasurer, and somehow, in spite of his absorption in business, ever finds time to listen to and respond to the call of charity.
Jean E. Rounds. In many ways St. Paul is a favored city, and besides its attractions as the seat of the state government and the home of many large commercial enterprises, is more and more making a strong appeal to manufacturers, offering opportunities which farsighted and energetic men have taken advantage of to their profit. One of the most important and largest industries in the Northwest is the shoe manufacturing company of Foot, Schulze & Company, of which Jean E. Rounds is vice president, and with which he has been identified for many years.
Jean E. Rounds comes from a state which has long been a center for the American shoe making industry. He was born at Malden, Massachusetts, March 8, 1861, a son of John and Louise (Wadsworth) Rounds. His father, a native of Maine, spent most of his business life in the wholesale dry goods trade, and died in 1888. The mother, who was also born in Maine, died in 1906. Jean E. Rounds, the third of their six children, up to the age of sixteen attended regularly the public schools at Malden, then went to Boston, with youthful courage and determination to find his own opportunities and create his own destiny. In that city he found a place in the office of a large business house, that of Field, Thayer & Company, wholesale shoe jobbers.
It was in 1883 that Mr. Rounds became associated with Mr. Foot at St. Paul. Mr. Foot came to this city from Red Wing, formed and became senior member of Foot, Johnson & Company, manufacturers of boots and shoes. With this business Mr. Rounds engaged as stock clerk, and continued with the company until in 1885 it was reorganized under the new title of Foot, Schulze & Company, and subsequently was incorporated under that title. Thus for considerably over a quarter of a century Mr. Rounds has been connected with this house and has filled various positions and has gained continuous promotion. There are very few details in connection with the manufacture or distribution of the out- put of this great factory, with its industrial army of employees numbering about eight hundred, with which he is not entirely familiar and over which he cannot at once exert a practical and efficient control.
Mr. Rounds was married May 17, 1886, in the City of Atlanta, Georgia, to Miss Leona Sanger, a daughter of Edward G. and Mellie M. (Shute) Sanger. They have three children, all born in St. Paul : John Lewis, a graduate of Hamline University and the St. Paul College of Law, and now practicing his profession in St. Paul; Fred Grafton, who is a student of art and architecture in the Illinois State University; and a daughter, Jeanne Elma, who is still a student in St. Paul. Mrs. Rounds is a woman of thorough culture and education, formerly a teacher, and is much interested in educational and charitable organizations. She is president of the Hamline Mothers Club, a member of the Advisory School Board, and with her family takes part in the pleasant social life of the city.
Mr. Rounds is one of the widely known business men of Minnesota. He has been the constructor of his own fortune, and for years has closely devoted his energies to the upbuilding of the great concern with which he is associated in an executive and official capacity. In fact, it is said that he devotes him- self all too closely to business, permitting himself little recreation, his business trips to eastern cities being only a change of scene. He has secured results, however, and is recognized as a keen business man who gets a vast amount of work accomplished through systematic and efficient methods. Mr. Rounds is a member of the St. Paul Association of Commerce as well as the Commercial and Automobile clubs. Nominally he is a republican, but entertains a large measure of political independence. For many years he has been a member of the Knox Presbyterian church, is its treasurer, and somehow, in spite of his absorption in business, ever finds time to listen to and respond to the call of charity.
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