Theodore E. Schumacher

As printed in 1910

THEODORE E. SCHUMACHER (1872) has been engaged in the meat market business in Heron I..iike for the past twenty-two years He is a native of Brown county, Minnesota, and was born Xovember 30, ISlil. His father, Henry Schumacher, who now resides at Heron Lake and is 77 years of age, is a pioneer of Minnesota. He was born in Germany and came to the United States in 1853. He lived one year south of Chicago and then located in Xew Ulmy jjinnesota. There he was married and engaged in farming until 1872. That year lie moved to.Jackson county, took a homestead and tree claim in Alba township, and resided on the farm until 190.5, when he moved to Heron I-,ake. Caroline (Haner) Schumacher, our subject's mother, is also a native of Germany. She is now seventy-three years old.

Theodore is the eldest of a family of seven children. He accompanied his parents to Jackson county in.June, 1872, and resided on the Alba township farm until the fall of 1887. He then moved to Heron Lake and opened a meat market, building his present place of business, and has ever since conducted the shop. In 1906 he admitted Chris Johnson as a partner in the business. Mr. Schumacher is a member of the Methodist church and of the Woodmen. Royal Neighbors, Knights of Pythias and Modern Brotherhood lodges.

Mr. Schumacher was married in.Jackson county Xovember 3. 1889, to Mary C. King, a native of LeSueur county, Minnesota. Her father, William King, was an early Minnesota pioneer who died when Mrs. Schumacher was six months old. Her mother, Catherine (Chatterden) King, now lives in Jackson county. To Jlr. and Mrs. Schumacher have been horn six children: Gertrude. Leon, George, Gretchen, Xed and Paul.

As printed in An illustrated history of Jackson County, Minnesota (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.