Bernard Schulte

As printed in 1911

Bernard Schulte, deceased, founder of the cut stone contracting firm of B. Schulte & Son, was born in the Prussian Province of Westphalia, Germany, October 29, 1832, and was a son of Stephen and Theresa Schulte, both of whom died in the old country.

Mr. Schulte emigrated to America in 1854 and located in Dunleith, now East Dubuque, Illinois, where he worked at the trade of stone cutting until after the close of the Civil War. In 1867 he came to Dubuque and engaged in the cut stone contracting business for a period of twenty-two years. One of his early stone contracts was the Cathedral Parochial Residence. He then founded the firm of B. Schulte & Son, which he lived to see become one of the foremost cut stone contracting firms in the middle West.

Mr. Schulte was a Roman Catholic in religion and a Democrat in politics, but never participated in public affairs to any extent, preferring to confine his attention wholly to private business matters.

He married Anna Clara Becker, daughter of Fred and Clara Becker, her father being a mercantile dealer in Germany, and to their union were born these children: John J., Katie, George, Mary, Valentine.

On July 13, 1900, Mr. Schulte passed away, and with his death Dubuque lost one of her best citizens.

Mrs. Schulte is yet living and makes her home in this city.

As printed in History of Dubuque County, Iowa; being a general survey of Dubuque County history, including a history of the city of Dubuque and special account of districts throughout the county, from the earliest (1911). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.