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Portrait and Biographical Album of
Huron County, Michigan
Pub. Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1884

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           CHARLES A. SCHMIDT, harness-maker at Sebewaing, was born March
        5, 1843, in Germany, and is the son of GOTLEIB and CHARLOTTE
        SCHMIDT.  In 1868 he emigrated to the United States and first made
        his way to the United States and first made his way to the city of
        Albany.  Six months later he proceeded to Newark, N.J., where he
        was a laborer two years.  He went thence to Chicago, and in 1871
        came to Sebewaing.  He established his business of harness-making
        in a building which he erected for the purpose, and where he has
        since pursued his vocation.  He is a member of the Arbeiter's Asso-
        ciation.
           MR. SCHMIDT was married Nov. 14, 1875, at Sebewaing, to GERTRUDE
        GREENBECK, and they have been the parents of five children - EMMA,
        GUSTAV, FRED, CARL, and another child who died in infancy.  MRS.
        SCHMIDT was born Sept. 7, 1852, at Sebewaing, where her father,
        JOHN GREENBECK, was among the first of the pioneer settlers in
        Sebewaing.  They are members of the Lutheran Church.
           MR. SCHMIDT is a Democrat in political views.

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