Chatham County GaArchives Biographies.....Schwarz, John E. 1878 - living in 1913
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   JUDGE JOHN E. SCHWARZ, judge of the police court, of Savannah since 1907, and
a prominent lawyer of the city, is one of the most popular citizens of his city,
as well as one of the most influential. Born in Savannah and here reared, and
taking his university training in the Georgia institution of learning, he is a
distinctive Georgia product, and the results of his training and of his labors
since entering upon the serious business of life have accrued to the general
good of his native city and state.

   Born in Savannah, Georgia, on August 31, 1878, Judge Schwarz is the son of
Emil A. and Louise (Schoneck) Schwarz. The father was born in Bavaria, Germany,
and with his parents immigrated to America in 1850, when the family located in
New York City. In 1854 Emil Schwarz left his friends and family and came to the
southland, settling in Savannah, where he lived until his death, which took
place in 1894.

Mr. Schwarz became interested in the furniture and carpet business and conducted
a representative business in this line at the corner of Bull and Broughton
streets for a quarter of a century. At the inception of the Civil war he joined
the Confederate army as a member of Company B, Savannah Volunteer Guards, and
served* throughout the war. His brother, the late Major Schwarz, who came to
Savannah in 1858, also served the full duration of the war period, first as a
member of the German Volunteers, and later as a member of Captain Phillips'
company in the Thirty-second Georgia Infantry. Major Schwarz was for several
years prominent in military circles of the state, becoming a major in the First
Regiment of Infantry, retiring with the rank of lieutenant colonel, and
afterwards serving four years on the staff of Governor Atkinson and the same
period on the staff of Governor Chandler. The mother of Judge Schwarz, who was
born in Alsace-Loraine, still lives in Savannah.

   Judge Schwarz was reared and educated in Savannah, as a youth attending the
private school of Capt. John Taliaferro, after which he entered the law
department of the University of Georgia, finishing the prescribed course and
receiving the degree of Bachelor of Laws from that institution in 1895, when he
was but seventeen years of age. a most unusual accomplishment. He was considered
too young to enter into actual practice of his profession at that time, and so
turned his attention to his father's business, the death of the elder Schwarz
having occurred some few months previous. In 1898 young Schwarz closed out the
business which his father had so successfully conducted for the many past years,
and in the following year he began the practice of law in the city of his birth.
From its inception, his career has been one of worthy successes and
accomplishments. He has founded an ever growing and lucrative practice, which he
conducts aside from his duties as city recorder, to which office he was elected
in 1907 by the city council of Savannah, his duties being those of judge of the
police court. He was re-elected to the office in 1909 and again in 1911,
succeeding himself in the office, which he has ever filled admirably. He is the
only member of the old administration that holds over. The office having been
changed from one elected by city council to one elected by popular vote, at the
last election (1913) all the old administration was defeated with the exception
of Judge Schwarz, who was unanimously elected.

   Judge Schwarz was for seven years an active member of Company B, Savannah
Volunteer Guards, enlisting as a private and receiving promotion to the rank of
lieutenant of his company and sergeant major of his battalion. Resigning from
the guards, he was elected captain of Company M of the First Regiment of
Infantry, but after six months' service in that capacity he retired, his duties
demanding too much time from his professional work. Judge Schwarz is a man of
some prominence in fraternal circles, and is a member of the Elks of Savannah,
with the pleasing distinction of having been elected for two successive terms to
the office of exalted ruler of the lodge. He is president of the local lodge of
Owls, and is a member of the Yacht Club, the Hussars' Club and the German Club.
   Judge Schwarz was married to Miss Florence McDermott, of this city, and to
them have been born a son and a daughter, John E., Jr., and Rosemary Schwarz.



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A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME I
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913

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