Dallas County IA Archives Biographies.....Schamel, Henry Martin 1847 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1896)

HENRY MARTIN SCHAMEL.-What is usually termed genius has little to do with the
success of men in general. Keen perception, so and judgment and a determined
will, backed by perseverance and continuous effort, are essential elements to
success in any calling and by the exercise of those characteristics Mr. Schamel
has gained his wonderful success. He is now at the head of an extensive grain
and coal trade in Dallas Center and is numbered among the most enterprising
business men of the city.

   He was born in Washington county, Maryland, June 24, 1847, and is a son of
Peter H. and Mary (Carty) Schamel, both natives of the same county, where they
still reside, and have now been married for over fifty-five years. The paternal
grandfather was a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, and was a school teacher in his
native land. He married Elizabeth Poffenberger, a native of Maryland, who was of
German descent. In the family of nine children, of which our subject is a
member, three are still living: H. M., of this mention; George C., who resides
on the old homestead; and Margaret A., wife of Charles Kable, of Kabletown, West
Virginia.

   The example which Mr. Schamel has furnished is well worthy of emulation, as
he started out with no capital save a young man's bright hope of the future and
a determination to succeed, and his entire fortune has been acquired strictly
through his own exertions. He is self-educated as well as self-made, and has
become a well informed man. He remained upon the home farm until 1874, which
year witnessed his arrival in Iowa, though he had previously worked by the month
for neighboring farmers until he had saved $450. In 1876 he began grain-dealing
in Dallas Center, which business he has since continued to follow with a well
deserved success. He also handles coal and is interested in real estate and the
lending of money. He has several hundred acres of land in Iowa and Dakota, and
erected his present elevator in Dallas Center in 1890, where he also has a fine
home, all of which property he has accumulated through the legitimate channels
of trade.

   In 1877 Mr. Schamel returned to his Maryland home, where he married Nannie L.
Barr, who was born in the same county as her husband, in 1851, and died in
Dallas Center, at the age of thirty-one years, leaving one daughter, Fannie B.,
a most accomplished young lady, who is now attending the celebrated college in
Grinnell, Iowa. The mother was a daughter of Jacob and Susan (Reichard) Barr,
both natives of Washington county, Maryland, where the father died at the age of
fifty years, but the mother is still living and makes her home with a son in
Fort Scott, Kansas. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Schamel, Daniel and
Elizabeth (Balsbaugh) Reichard, also died in Washington county, the former at
the age of eighty and the latter at the age of eighty-five years. He was
doubtless born in Germany, but her birth occurred in Dauphin county,
Pennsylvania. On the 18th of February, 1885, Mr. Schamel was again married, his
second union being with Minnie C. Smith, who was born in Polo, Illinois, and was
educated in the schools of that place. She was filling an important position in
the public schools of Dallas Center when she met and married our subject. She is
a daughter of Frederick and Charlotte (Mosher) Smith.

   By his sterling integrity and manly bearing, Mr. Schamel has won the esteem
and inspired the confidence of all. He is social, amiable and genial; unassuming
in manner, and gentlemanly and courteous in all his dealings. In politics he is
a Republican and cast his first ballot for General Grant when he ran for his
first term. He attends the services of the Presbyterian Church.


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A MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF IOWA

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1896


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