Monterey County CA Archives Biographies.....Schmidt, William 1815 - before 1893
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

WILLIAM SCHMIDT, deceased.- William Schmidt was one of the first settlers of the
Salinas Valley, and a pioneer of California. He was born in Oldenburg, Germany,
in 1815, and came to America in 1845. He is an industrious and frugal farmer,
and located on a claim in the Salinas valley of 160 acres.

  He was married in 1865, to Miss Francis Fabry, daughter of John Fabry, Esq.,
an early settler of Salinas valley. Mr. Schmidt died leaving a comfortable
estate, a widow and the following children: William F., Annie J., Francis M.,
August H., Emma L. and Fannie A.


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Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California.

Illustrated.

Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the
Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of
its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent
Citizens of To-day.



HENRY D. BARROWS,
Editor of the Historical Department.

LUTHER A. INGERSOLL,
Editor of the Biographical Department.

"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants."-Macaulay.


CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.


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