Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Scheide, Charles E.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Bristol Township


CHARLES E. SCHEIDE manufacturer of hoop, band and bar iron, 
P.O. Bristol, was born in the city of Philadelphia, April 
18, 1842.  He is a son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Morgan) 
Scheide, the former of German and the latter of English 
descent.  Most of the father's life was spent in 
Philadelphia, and he had six children.  Our subject was the 
oldest of these children, and was reared in Philadelphia, 
graduating in the high school of that city at the age of 
sixteen years.  He was engaged for a time in journalistic 
work, on the Philadelphia "Press," and other journals, and 
subsequently in mercantile pursuits, and was thus employed 
when he enlisted in the 15th regiment of cavalry as a 
private in 1862.  He served three years, was in several 
severe battles, including Stone river, and was captain of 
the company when it was discharged.  He was in Warren 
county, this state, five years, engaged in banking and oil 
producing.  He came to Bristol in 1876, the firm of which he 
was a member (Neregold, Scheide & Co.) having built the 
Bristol rolling mill the year previously.  Upon the 
withdrawal of Mr. Neregold in 1886, the "Bristol Rolling 
Mill Company" was organized, and incorporated December 1, 
1886, with Mr. Sheide as president.  During the short period 
of his incumbency the facilities of the mill have been 
enlarged one-half, the lease of a blast furnace at Hamburg, 
Berks county, successfully negotiated, and other 
advantageous conditions rendered operative.