Bio of SCHEFCIK, Dr. J. Francis (b.1872), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

Vol II, pg 765-766
J. FRANCIS SCHEFCIK, M. D.
Dr. J. Francis Schefcik, an oculist and aurist, who after thorough training in
this country and abroad is now successfully practicing in Minneapolis, was born
in New York city, May 11, 1872, a son of Joseph F. and Anna (Huss) Schefcik, who
were natives of Bohemia. The mother came to the United States with her parents
in 1841. The father was for a time in Mexico, but after the death of the Emperor
Maxi­milian came to the United States and here joined the United States army,
with which he served until his retirement in 1894. He entered the Civil war as a
lieutenant colonel and was afterward advanced to the rank of colonel of the
Sixty-ninth Regiment of the New York Volunteer Infantry. Following the war he
was made a major, but was later again promoted to lieutenant colonel. He died in
the year 1900, while his widow survived until 1916. They were the parents of a
son and three daughters.
J. Francis Schefcik was the third in order of birth. He pursued his early
education in the public schools of New York city and completed an academic
course in the Univer­sity of Illinois, with the class of 1892. He then took up
the study of pharmacy there and was graduated in 1894. He pursued his medical
studies in the University of Minnesota, winning his professional degree in 1900.
He became a resident of Minneapolis in 1888 and following his graduation from
the State University he entered upon active practice at Mapleton, Minnesota,
where he remained for a year and also spent a similar period at Hutchinson, this
state. Subsequently he pursued postgraduate work in Vienna and in London,
remaining abroad for a year and a half, after which he returned to Minneapolis
to enter upon practice as an oculist and aurist. He has made steady advancement
in the field of his specialty and is recognized as one of the strong and
forceful representatives in his branch of practice. He is a member of the staff
of St. Barnabas Hospital and for eight years has been professor of materia
medica in the University of Minnesota. He was likewise assistant city chemist
for a short time.
On the 6th of November, 1895, in Glencoe, Minnesota, Dr. Schefcik was married to
Miss Emma W. Rasper, a daughter of Anthony and Anna Kasper and a representative
of one of the old families of this section, her father having long been
connected with the grain trade here. Dr. Schefcik is a life member of the
Minneapolis Athletic Club and also belongs to the Lincoln Club, the Minneapolis
Golf Club, the Minneapolis Auto Club and the Yachtmen's Association cf America.
He is now commodore of the Minne apolis Motor Boat Club, was formerly vice
admiral of the Mississippi Valley Power Boat Club and chairman of its cruise
committee. He also belongs to the St. Paul Motor Boat Club and is the owner of
the fine motor boat "Miss Minneapolis," which was the first mile-a-minute boat
built and which participated in racing events all over the United States.
There is also a military chapter in the life record of Dr. Schefcik, for he was
commissioned a captain in the Medical Corps during the World war and also
assisted in the war work as a member of various boards in Minneapolis. His
political allegiance is given to the republican party, of which he has always
been a stalwart advocate. Fraternally he is a Mason, who has taken the degrees
of both the York and Scottish Rites and is a Mystic Shriner. He belongs also to
the Knights of the Maccabees, to the Modern Woodmen of America and the Modern
Brotherhood of America. His pronounced social qualities make for popularity
wherever he is known. He is a high-class sportsman and most of all a prominent
physician whose highly developed powers have brought him eminence in the field
of his chosen profession.