Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Schiltz, Carl 1830 - 
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  CARL SCHULTZ, a prominent old settler of Meeker county, residing on section 23, in
Harvey township, was born in the western part of Prussia, on the 24th of May, 1830.
He remained in his native land during his boyhood days, and until the 1st of April,
1854, when he sailed for America, landing in the city of New York on the 17th of
May. Two days later he went to Chicago, and remained near that city, working in a
lime-kiln for about two months. Chicago was then only a small village. From there he
went to the pineries of Northern Michigan, and remained there until 1855, when he
returned to Chicago. In October, 1850, he started for Meeker county, Minn., landing
at Forest City on the 1st of November, 1850, and remained there until the 10th of
the following May. He then went to Minneapolis and worked during the summer on a
farm near by, for R. P. Russell. The following winter he worked near Forest City,
getting out fence rails. In the meantime, on the 1st of November, 1850, he had taken
a preemption on section 23, Harvey township, and during the summer of 1858 he put in
some crops and worked on the place, remaining upon it until the spring of 1862, when
he went to Minneapolis, where he worked at the mason’s trade until the following
October. He then returned to Harvey, remained about a month and went to Fort
Snelling, where, on the 10th of December, 1863, he enlisted in Company D, Second
Minnesota Cavalry. He served in the Northwest, was with the Sully expedition and
remained in the service until the 1st of September, 1865, when he was discharged on
account of sickness, and returned to Harvey township, where his brother Rudolph was
living. He remained with his brother during the winter, until he was able to walk
again, and then went to Minneapolis and spent the summer working on the Russell
farm. The ensuing winter was spent in Harvey, and the following summer he was
engaged at mason work at Minneapolis. Then, in the fall of 1867, he returned to
Harvey and has since made this his home.

   On the 17th of November, 1867, he was married to Miss Minna Theile, and the.
fruits of their union have been five children, all of whom are still living, as
follows— Louisa, Ida, Clara, Minnie and Carl. Mr. and Mrs. Schultz are active
members of the Lutheran Church and devout Christians. Mr. Schultz has taken an
active interest in all matters calculated to benefit his township, and is one of the
most substantial and highly respected citizens of the county.

   It may be of interest to state that Mr. Shultz’s farm-house was used as
headquarters by the Indians when the attack was made on Forest City in 1862.


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Extracted from:
Illustrated Album of Biography
Meeker and McLeod Counties, Minnesota
1888

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