Imperial County CA Archives Biographies.....Schelling, Ernest C. 1874 - 
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Author: F. C. Farr (editor, 1918)

ERNEST C. SCHELLING.—Numbered among the prominent and successful business men of
Brawley is Ernest C. Schelling, who has been identified with the grocery
business with Walter S. Campbell since 1916. Mr. Schelling came to Imperial
County in 1909. He was born near Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa, July 12, 1874, a
son of Joseph and Mary (Meyers) Schelling. His parents were among the early
settlers in Iowa, and his father was one of the pioneer farmers of Hardin
County. His death occurred in 1916, and was buried in Rockford, Illinois. Mr.
Schelling's mother passed away in 1896, and is buried in Beeman, Iowa. Ernest C.
received his education in the public schools of Iowa and Illinois; he left high
school at the age of seventeen. He then took up the study of pharmacy, receiving
his diploma as a registered pharmacist in the State of Illinois. For six years
he was associated with the drug business. He then learned the grocery business
and in 1909 he came to California and located in Brawley, where he found
employment with Harry Baum. He remained here as manager of the grocery
department until he purchased the stock of Mr. Baum, with W. S. Campbell. The
store takes rank with the stores in much larger cities, it being the largest in
Brawley and is one of the two stores in Imperial Valley that had to get a
government license. Mr. Schelling and Mr. Campbell are recognized as leaders of
their line, and their personalities enter into every transaction, and the people
of Brawley have learned that they can depend on the goods as represented.
Fraternally Mr. Schelling is serving as chancellor commander of the Knights of
Pythias and is a Blue Lodge Mason. He married at Alden, Iowa, Miss Margaret
Holmes, August 13, 1894, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Holmes. To this union
have been born one daughter, Eleanor, wife of George Darnell of Brawley.

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THE HISTORY
OF
IMPERIAL COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
EDITED BY
F. C. FARR

IN ONE VOLUME
ILLUSTRATED
Published by ELMS AND FRANKS
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 1918


Printed by Taylor & Taylor, San Francisco


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