Biographical Sketch of Ulrich Schneider, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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Ulrich Schneider, general insurance agent and notary public, was born
March 30, 1837, at Wurtemberg, South Germany, where he was raised.
When fifteen years old, he came with his parents to America, and arr-
ived in 1852, at Baltimore, from which city he went to Weinsberg,
Holmes County, Ohio, where he learned the trade of a shoe maker, and
remained five years. In 1857, he visted the states of Minnesota,
Illinois and Iowa, purchasing land in the former state. In 1861, he
came to St. Joseph, and was employed in the shoe trade. When the war
broke out he served three years in the enrolled militia, where he was
promoted to Second Lieutenant of Company B, and in August, 1864, he
enlisted in the Forty third Missouri Volunteer Regiment. After peace
was declared and our subject honorably discharged, he went to DeKalb,
Buchanan County, in 1866, where he remained four years, being engaged
in the boot and shoe trade. In 1871, he returned to St. Joseph, and
was appointed Deputy County Clerk, which position he filled for four
years. In 1875, he accepted a position as Secretary of the Home Loan
and Building Association. When their charter expired he engaged in
the general insurance business, and became a notary public. He was
married July 24, 1861, to Miss Katharina Schott, who died April 10,
1880, leaving twelve children: John G., born May 12, 1862; Maria A.,
born December 3, 1865, died May 20, 1873; Ulrich, born February 3,
1865, died February 17, 1865; Elizabeth M., born May 4, 1866; Chris-
topher M., born September 5, 1867, died October 10, 1867; Ellen, born
November 3, 1868; Amanda, born November 4, 1870; Laura A., born Feb-
ruary 22, 1872; Mary A., born July 29, 1873; Lilly M., born February
8, 1875; Bertha E., born December 23, 1877; Carl U., born November 29,
1878.

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