Yavapai County AZ Archives Biographies.....Schuerman, Gorhard H. 1849 - living in 1896
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Author: McFarland & Poole

p. 499-500

  GORHARD H. SCHUERMAN, proprietor of the Sherman House, Prescott, Arizona. A
well kept hostelry is an institution of the utmost benefit and convenience to
any community, and is especially appreciated by the traveling public who are
compelled to make their homes in the different hotels of the towns in which
their duties call them. The proprietor of the pioneer hotel of Prescott, Arizona
Territory, is Gorhard H. Schuerman, a native German, but like the majority of
his race who have sought homes in this country, a substantial and law-abiding
citizen of the United States. He is a product of Hanover, Germany, where he
first saw the light August 6, 1849, a son of Henry and Julia Christena
Schuerman, also natives of the Fatherland. Henry Schuerman fought under the
great Napoleon, and afterwards against him. He was a man of thrifty habits, and
was a cabinetmaker by trade. He and his wife became the parents of five sons and
three daughters, of whom the subject of this sketch was the youngest. He was an
attendant of the public schools of his native land until he left home in 1867 to
come to America, and after landing on American soil, he made his way to
Richmond, Ind., and joined his brother George, who had located there five years
previously. Together they worked at the cabinet maker's trade, which they had
learned of their father, until 1869, when Gorhard H. went to Cincinnati, Ohio,
where he continued to work at cabinet-making until 1872. He then made his way to
St. Louis, Mo., and was a resident of that city for ten years, at the end of
which time he returned to Richmond, Ind., where he remained until October, 1884.
At that date he came to Prescott, Arizona Territory, and he and a cousin, Henry
Schuerman, bought the hotel of which he is now the proprietor, the Pioneer
Hotel, which was the first hostelry in Prescott. These gentlemen were associated
in its management, when the subject of this sketch purchased his cousin's
interest, and has since been sole proprietor of the same. In 1889 he added an
additional story to the building, and it is now a commodious and substantial
structure, and contains forty-eight rooms. Mr. Schuerman is an attentive,
accommodating and considerate host, his house is comfortable and home-like in
all its appointments, and the cuisine is of the best, consequently he has a
liberal and steady patronage. He, however, has not confined his attention to
this occupation alone, for he owns a fine agricultural and stock farm at Peoples
Valley, and also owns mining interests in the Verde mining district, being the
owner of the "Tough Nut" and the "Wonderful" mines, both of which are in
operation. Mr. Schuerman was married on April 1, 1876, to Miss Louise
Klappmeier, but on the 14th of May, 1887, was called upon to mourn her death.
She was buried at Prescott and left two children: Anna L., and Bethel D. Mr.
Schuerman is a member and treasurer of Prescott Lodge No. 1, of the A. F. and A.
M., and belongs to the I. O. O. F., and is past grand chancellor of Arizona
Territory, order of the Knights of Pythias. In 1892-93 he was chief of the fire
department of Prescott, in fact, he has always been an active and public
spirited citizen, and has always labored for the improvement and development of
the place.



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A Historical and Biographical Record of the Territory of Arizona
Published by
McFarland & Poole, Chicago, 1896


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