BIO: F. W. SCHMITT, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, page 401.
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  F. W. SCHMITT, who has been proprietor of a bakery at Clearfield, Pa., for 
the past sixteen years, was born August 5, 1873, at Philadelphia, Pa., and is a 
son of Fred and Caroline (Kienzle) Schmitt.
  F. W. Schmitt was very young when his parents moved to Troy, Indiana, and he 
was there reared to man's estate.  At an early age he began working in his 
father's bakery, where he learned the trade, and subsequently conducted the 
business himself.  In 1894 the family came to Clearfield, Pa., and opened a 
bakery, locating in their present quarters in 1902.  He carries on a wholesale 
and retail business, the Butternut and Figola being his two leading brands.  
Mr. Schmitt is a member of the B. P. O. E., is religiously a member of the 
Roman Catholic church, and in politics is identified with the Democratic party.  
He has one sister, Catherine, who is the wife of F. D. Souders.