Barton County KS Archives Biographies.....Schneider, Joseph 1865 - 
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Author: Great Bend Tribune

JOSEPH SCHNEIDER

ONE of the best known men in Barton County, and one of the men who have had so
much to do with the development of the northwestern part of the county is Joseph
Schneider, who landed in this county with his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
John Schneider, in a blizzard, April 20, 1875. He was born in Austria March 19,
1865, but left his native country when he was ten years of age. The family
consisted of the parents and five children besides Joseph. On their arrival in
Barton County his father took up a homestead two and one-half miles north and
east of Albert. Joseph Schneider has always been a progressive and enterprising
citizen and now owns 2,280 acres of land in the county. He farms three quarters
of land himself and the remainder is rented. He is president of the Farmers
State Bank of Albert and is well known in the financial life of the county. He
was married in 1889 to Miss Theresa Kober of this county and they are the
parents of seven children as follows: Joseph, 22 years of age; Bernard, 20 years
of age; Mary, 18 years of age; Leonard, 16 years of age; Francis, 14 years of
age; Irwin, 12 years of age and Lottie, 6 years of age. All the children are at
home and are being educated in the schools of the county. Mr. Schneider's home
place is one of the best developed and most modernly improved to be found in
that part of the county. The residence is well built and substantial, and
contains nine rooms in addition to the bath, closets, pantries, etc. The barn is
46 by 56 feet in dimensions and it like all the many buildings on the place is
built especially for the purposes for which they are used. Mr. Schneider has
always maintained on his farm a good grade of live stock, both horses and
cattle. With all his private interests he has found time to take an active part
in the affairs of his township and has been on the school board, has been
township clerk and trustee and is known as a good citizen. Mr. Schneider has
taken a large part in the work of developing his part of Barton County and he
came here at a time when it required men of experience and enterprise to develop
this county into one of the best in the State of Kansas.


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From: Biographical History Of Barton County

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