L. H. D. Schmidt

As printed in 1916

L. H. D. SCHMIDT.

L. H. D. Schmidt is a native of Germany and was born in that country on iVovember: 5. [86r. He is the son of Deidrich and Caroline (Tearman) Schmidt, also natives of Germany. Deidrich Schmidt was a blacksmith by trade and followed that vocation until his death. I.. H. D. Schmidt received his education in the schools of his native land and upon the completion of same engaged in the wagon-making business until his emigration to America in r8Sc>. Upon his arrival in the United States he at once located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he again took up his trade for more than three months, removing thence to Perham, (titer Tail county Minnesota. Imbued with an independent spirit, he opened a wagon-making shop and has continue.! in that line until the present time. In [904 he erected the present simp, which is eighty by eighty feet and two stories in height at the front. His three sons, one other man and himself are constantly employed in the manufacture of wagons. and bob-sleighs, completing about fifty of the former and from two hundred to five hundred of the latter each year.

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1.. H. 1). Schmidt and his wife are both members of the German Lutheran church, and active in church affairs. In politics. Mr. Schmidt is a Republican.

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.