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Born 1858
From History of Otter Tail County, Minnesota : its people, industries, and institutions : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families (1916)
AUGUST SCHMIDT.
August Schmidt, retired farmer of New York Mills, Otter Tail county Minnesota, was born in Germany, December 21, 1858, the son of Henry and Sophia (Broemme) Schmidt, both of whom were natives of Germany. In [872 Henry Schmidt came to America and located in Sibley county, Minnesota, where he lived for one year and then went to Redwood county, where he homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land, on which he lived for some time, after which he disposed of his land and went to Lamberton, where he died in the year [913, his widow, Sophia, surviving him until 1914. Henry and Sophia Schmidt were the parents of eight children, August, Fred, Dora. Frank,.Minnie. Pauline, Alvine and Emma.
August Schmidt came to America, with his parents, when fourteen years of age. and after his school days he came to New York Mills, near where he bought a farm of four hundred acres, located in Homestead township, a place which he improved extensively and where he lived until the year 1914, when he retired from active life and moved to the town of New York Mills. Mr. Schmidt has a good and convenient home in New York Mill-, where he now lives a quiet life.
During the year [88] Augusl Schmidt was married to Dora Hoche, who was born in Germany, where her parents lived their entire life. The marriage of August and Dora Schmidt were born the following children. Herman. Frank. Louise. Hulda, Atnanda. Walter, Fredonia and YValdemer.
August Schmidt has been prominently connected with the official life of his community, having served as supervisor of Homestead township for twelve years and for a number of years was chairman of the board of supervisors. The part taken by Mr. Schmidt has done much to make the community better and more progressive among the townships of the county.
As printed in History of Otter Tail County, Minnesota : its people, industries, and institutions : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families (1916). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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