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

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           FREDERICK SCHMITT, farmer, section 17, Sebewaing Township,
        was born Aug. 30, 1847, in Germany.  LEONHARD and MARGARET
        (HERBERT) SCHMITT, his parents, were natives of Germany, and emi-
        grated in 1850 to the United States.  They settled at Bay City,
        where the father died.  The mother died at Sebewaing.  JOHN,
        MARGARET, GEORGE, FREDERICK and KATHERINA are the names of their
        children.
           MR. SCHMITT came to this country with his parents, and has been
        a resident of Sebewaing since 1851. After the death of his father,
        his mother married JOHN GRUENBECK, and on the death of the latter
        he became the possessor of 80 acres of land, situated on section
        17, to which he has added by purchase until he owns 154 acres. Of
        this he has no acres under improvement.  He is a Republican in
        political sentiment.
           His marriage to LOUISA BECK, widow of GOTLIEB AUCH, occurred
        Nov. 9, 1874, at Sebewaing, and they have four children, - WILLIAM
        F., JOHN J., FERDINAND H. and MARTHA M. S.  MRS. SCHMITT is the
        daughter of GOTFRIED and MARY BECK.  Her first husband died at
        Sebewaing.  She had one child, THEODORE T., by her first marriage.
        She was born March 14, 1849, in Washtenaw Co., Mich.  Mr. and Mrs.
        SCHMITT are members of the Lutheran Church.

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