The full biographical sketch as printed in 1920, transcribed from the public-domain book. Spelling and wording are the original author’s; a few scanning errors may remain.
JOHN SCHIMMER, a member of an old andimportant family of Hall County, has spent his entire life here and is interested in Hall County enterprises. He was born in Hall County, Nebraska, October 11, 1873, and is a son of Martin Schimmer, who is widely known as a capitalist, farmer and stockman. An ex-
tended history of the Schimmer family will be found in this work.
John Schimmer grew up on his fatjier's farm and was educated in the public schools of Hall County and the Grand Island Business Col- lege. He is operating a farm for his father and together they are interested extensively in buying and feeding stock, annually handling about 700 beef cattle, and also turning out a car load of hogs. Their business standing in every market is the best. Mr. Schimmer is concerned also with the operation of the well known and popular summer resort. Sand Krog, which is under the able management of his sister, Mrs. Lena Scheel. Sand Krog was founded by his father in 1874 and was the first road house in Hall County.
On May 5, 1896, John Schimmer married Miss Anna Thavenet.a daughter of George and Maggie (Scheel ) Thavenet, now deceased, who were pioneer settlers in Hall County. Mr. and Mrs. Schimmer have two sons : Martin and Walter, both of whom reside at home. Mr. Schimmer is not identified with any political party but is a careful, watchful citizen and casts his vote according to his own excellent judgment. He belongs to the fraternal order of Eagles, attending the lodge at Grand Is- land. He maintains his home at Sand Krog.
Source: History of Hall County, Nebraska (1920. See the original pages at the Internet Archive.
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