Hillsborough-Seminole County FlArchives Biographies.....Schneider, Albert 1866 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/fl/flfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com February 3, 2008, 6:08 pm Author: B. F. Johnson Albert Schneider Of the many elements which have entered into the making up of the population of this country, no one has been of greater value than the German. Taken all in all, the German stock has probably been the largest contributor to the material upbuilding of the country of any of the nationalities which during the last seventy-five years have sent us their most enterprising sons. The German is steady, persistent, industrious, patient and honorable, and will work out success in the most unlikely localities. If he goes in a country which is unhealthy his determination is such that he will strive with it until it is drained and ditched and made sanitary. The Northern and Western States have profited the most largely by this valuable element, but wherever in the South any of the stock is found, they are contributing their full share just as faithfully as their kinsmen in the North. Of this stock comes Albert Schneider, of Plant City, whose parents, William and Katherine (Bader) Schneider, came from Wurtemburg, Germany, about 1850, to Philadelphia, in which city Albert Schneider was born on October 1, 1866. He was educated in the public schools of Philadelphia. In 1888 he located in Sanford, Fla., as an orange broker and grower, connected with his brother who was in the fruit business in New York, under the style of J. H. Schneider and Brother. Later he moved to Plant City and became interested in the Warnell Lumber and Veneer Company. Being a man of large business capacity, Mr. Schneider drifted into other things, and finally, in 1907, took up banking as his principal occupation. He now holds the positions of President of the Bank of Plant City, Treasurer of the Warnell Lumber and Veneer Company, and stockholder in the Plant City Foundry, Machine and Boiler Works. In his twenty years of active business in Florida, it will be seen that he has built up large interests and is now recognized as one of the foremost business men of his section, enterprising, yet cautious, of sound judgment, and ever ready to take a hand in anything that will contribute to the larger development of Plant City or its surrounding territory. Mr. Schneider is a stanch Democrat in his politics. In his religious preferences he inclines to the Presbyterian Church. He is a strong fraternalist and holds membership in the Odd Fellows, Elks, Knights Templar, and in the Masonic Order has taken thirty-two degrees. Outside of the current periodicals he has found the most pleasure and drawn the most helpful inspiration from the reading of history. On August 9, 1899, he married Miss Annie Elizabeth Hammerly, a daughter of Lieutenant J. W. Hammerly, a gallant Confederate officer, and his wife Annie Scott (Broome) Hammerly. Mrs. Schneider is thus a granddaughter of General J. Scott Broome, adjutant-general of the State of Florida, and a niece of Governor Broome, her family having been identified with the State during its entire history and having rendered distinguished public service. Mr. Schneider is a strong supporter of compulsory education and the abolition of the present convict lease system. In this conclusion he is in line with some of the wise men of our day who have become convinced that we must educate, forcibly, if necessary, in order that there will be such a diffusion of intelligence as will enable the people to sustain Democratic institutions. As to the abolition of the convict lease system, nearly every State has now put this relic of the dark ages behind them. A much better use can be made of the unfortunate prisoners than hiring them out to make fortunes for a few individuals. A great public service can be rendered by putting them on the roads, and even if there was no moral question involved, the best citizenship of the country is coming to the conclusion that we have not made a wise use of them in an economic sense. Mr. Schneider's conclusions on these great questions put him in line with the best men of the country. By his own industry, energy and capacity he has achieved an honorable position in the community where he lives, and is most highly regarded by the people of his section. Additional Comments: Extracted from: FLORIDA EDITION MAKERS OF AMERICA AN HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL WORK BY AN ABLE CORPS OF WRITERS VOL. III. Published under the patronage of The Florida Historical Society, Jacksonville, Florida ADVISORY BOARD: HON. W. D. BLOXHAM COL. FRANK HARRIS HON. R. W. DAVIS SEN. H. H. McCREARY HON. F. P. FLEMING W. F. STOVALL C. A. CHOATE, SECRETARY 1909 A. B. CALDWELL ATLANTA, GA. COPYRIGHT 1909 B. F. JOHNSON File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/fl/hillsborough/bios/schneide33gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/flfiles/ File size: 5.2 Kb