Dallas County AlArchives Biographies.....Schwarz, Isaac November 6 1851 - living in 1893 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson alabammygrammy@aol.com May 20, 2004, 4:31 pm Author: Brant & Fuller (1893) ISAAC SCHWARZ was born in Bavaria, Germany, November 6, 1851. Before leaving his native country he received a good education in the public schools, and from, the age of thirteen to that of sixteen served an apprenticeship in business. He then at that age immigrated to the United States, and going to Selma, secured a position as clerk in a store, which he held for two years. In 1869 he accepted a position as salesman and bookkeeper in Montgomery, where he remained until 1876, in which year he removed to Snow Hill, Wilcox county, and entered upon the general merchandise business upon his own account, with the limited capital saved up out of his earnings during his clerkship. Succeeding in business at this place, he amassed capital sufficient to carry a more extensive business than could be carried on at Snow Hill; he therefore sought a larger field of operation and chose Selma, that being a considerably larger place than Snow Hill. In January, 1886, he formed a co-partnership with Mr. S. Maas, a prominent wholesale grocer, and has since been located in Selma, conducting business with Mr. Maas under the firm name of Maas & Schwarz. Messrs. Maas & Schwarz are cotton factors, commission dealers, and dealers in high grade fertilizers, and conduct a very successful business. Mr. Maas being still engaged in the wholesale grocery business, the firm's affairs are managed by Mr. Schwarz. This firm has gained important commercial relations, and maintains an excellent financial standing and reputation. Mr. Schwarz, though coming to this country with no capital, has gained by his superior business qualifications an enviable reputation as a man of business and also a handsome competency for future use. If the past is any criterion for the future, he is destined to be a rich man. While when he came to this country he had no knowledge of English, he now has a fine command of our language, and is really a fluent speaker and writer. When a resident of Wilcox county, he took a great interest in politics, but has never sought political preferment; on the other hand, he has often refused honors of this kind. He was at one time urgently solicited by his friends to become candidate for probate judge of Wilcox county; but he could not be induced to accept. That he is a man of no mean ability as a speaker he has proven on several occasions. Since 1873 he has been an active master Mason, and for more than ten years he has been a prominent member of the order of Knights of Pythias, and has been grand prelate of the grand lodge of Alabama, grand vice-chancellor commander, and he might have been grand chancellor had he been willing to accept the position. He is a member of the Knights of Honor and of the B'nai B'rith. Mr. Schwarz is fond of literature, and has not only delivered several addresses before the public, and before conventions of the several fraternities to which he belongs, but in 1885 he prepared for the Knights of Pythias committee on foreign correspondence the first report of the order in the state of Alabama, a report characterized by its fullness, its information and scholarly preparation. In 1887 Mr. Schwarz married Miss Carrie Freidman, of St. Louis, Mo., and to them have been born two sons. Mrs. Schwarz is a lady of grace, beauty, intelligence and accomplishments, and, as does her husband, sustains high social relations. In bearing Mr. Schwarz is modest and unassuming, and this, together with his warmth of soul toward his fellow men, his courteous-manner and progressive spirit, his integrity and superior business qualifications, render him an exceedingly popular and highly esteemed citizen of Dallas county. Additional Comments: from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 914-916 Published by Brant & Fuller (1893) Madison, WI This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 4.3 Kb