Barton County KS Archives Biographies.....Schaeffer, Henry 1855 - 
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Author: Great Bend Tribune

HENRY SCHAEFFER

THE subject of this sketch, Henry Schaeffer, is the father of the first white
child born in the city of Great Bend. Mr. Schaeffer is a native of Germany,
having been born in that country in 1855. He came to Barton County in 1871. He
is a carpenter by trade and helped to build the Barton County court house and
had charge of the work on the Southern Hotel, the first building to be erected
in Great Bend. His daughter, Emma, who is now Mrs. Will Armstrong and lives with
her husband in Stafford County, was born April 20, 1872 and enjoys the
distinction of having been, the first white child born in the city of Great
Bend. Mr. and Mrs. Schaeffer now resides across the Barton County line in
Stafford County. They are the parents of four other children: August, 53 years
of age; Charles, 37 years of age, and Mattie, 43 years of age, who is now Mrs.
G. W. Tucker and resides in this county seven miles south of Great Bend; Marie,
32 years of age, is now Mrs. Lot Ewalt residing in Arkansas. Mr. Schaeffer took
up a claim upon his arrival in this county and the land that comprised his claim
is now taken up by the cemetery west of Great Bend. Mr. Schaeffer had an active
part in the building of Great Bend and was associated with all the old timers
who have helped to make Barton County famous and productive. We show here a
likeness of Mr. Schaeffer.

[photo] HENRY SCHAEFFER
Who Built the First Building and was the Father of the First White Child Born in
Great Bend.



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