Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Scheidt, Anthony M 
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Author: Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County

ANTHONY M. SCHEIDT, a business man of Joliet, was elected alderman from the 
third ward in 1898 on the independent ticket, defeating the Democratic nominee 
by a majority of one hundred and fifty-five, which was the first instance of a 
Democratic defeat in this ward. During the first year of his service on the 
board he was chairman of the street committee. At this writing he is chairman 
of the committee on culverts, bridges and sewers, and chairman of the 
committee on health; also a member of the committees on public improvements 
and west side streets. While his election was on an independent ticket, he has 
always been a stanch Democrat and has wielded an influence among the members 
of his party. He has frequently been a member of the city central committee, 
and is now connected with the county committee. The father of our subject, 
Michael, son of Anthony Scheidt, was born in Alsace, now a part of Germany, 
and was a member of an old Alsatian family. In early manhood he came to 
America, and during the '40s settled in Joliet, where he engaged in the hotel 
business, joining his brother, Anthony, who had preceded him and was in charge 
of the Chicago house on North Bluff street. For twenty years Michael Scheidt 
conducted that hotel, but finally retired from business cares. He died in this 
city in January, 1884, when almost fifty years of age. For two terms he served 
as alderman from what is now the third (then the second) ward, which his son 
now represents. He married Theresa Hosinger, who was born in Alsace, and in 
infancy was brought to Joliet by her parents. Her father, Joseph, brought the 
family via wagon from Chicago to Naperville, and a year later came to Joliet, 
where he opened quarries and engaged in stone cutting, contracting and 
building. He had a number of sub-contracts on the Michigan and Illinois canal. 
When advanced in years he retired from business, but he continued to reside in 
Joliet until he died. His daughter, Mrs. Scheidt, is living at the old 
homestead in this city. She had seven children, viz.: A. M.; Joseph, who died 
in Joliet; John, who lives in Freeport, Ill.; Otto, a jeweler in Joliet; 
George, of San Francisco, Cal.; Albert, who is with his oldest brother; Julia, 
who died in girlhood; and Emma, who is with her mother. In Joliet, where he 
was born May 6, 1864, our subject received his education in private schools. 
He learned the pattern-maker's trade in the Joliet stove foundry, where he was 
employed for three years. In 1882 he became a clerk in a clothing and boot and 
shoe store, where he gained a thorough idea of the business in all of its 
details. After ten years he embarked in business for himself, opening a 
clothing and gents' furnishing store and for some time being a member of the 
firm of Scheidt & Harmon. In 1897 he purchased his partner's interest, since 
which time he has been alone. His store is at No. 313 Jefferson street, and is 
stocked with a complete line of clothing and gents' furnishing goods. He is a 
member of the Shooting Society, and is financial secretary of the Order of 
Foresters. In religion he is connected with St. John's Roman Catholic Church. 
His marriage in Lemont, Ill., united him with Miss Sarah Gerharz, who was born 
in that town. They have one child, a son, Cyril Francis Scheidt.

Additional Comments:
Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County Illinois Containing 
Biographies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present, Biographical 
Publishing Company, Chicago, 1900

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