Northumberland-Berks County PA Archives Biographies.....Schmick, Daniel F. 1856 - 

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DANIEL F. SCHMICK. The Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company has an efficient

servant in Daniel F. Schmick, yardmaster at Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pa.

His connection with this road dates back to 1878, when he was a brakeman;

afterward he served some time as a conductor, and subsequently was advanced to

his present responsible position as yard-master, which he has filled to the

entire satisfaction of the company for nearly eleven years, which is the most

flattering recognition of his ability and worth.



  Mr. Schmick was born on the eightieth anniversary of the independence of our

country, July 4, 1856, in Hamburg, Berks County, Pa., and is a son of Theodore

and Sarah (Shaffer) Schmick. His father was also a native of Hamburg, Berks

County, as was also his grandfather, Peter Schmick, who belonged to one of the

pioneer families of that section of Pennsylvania. He was a blacksmith of noted

skill and was living at Catawissa at his death. Theodore Schmick, father of our

subject, was in active service on the railroad for a period of at least fifteen

years. He was killed January 25, 1882, in a terrible manner, at the age of

forty-six years and eleven months. He was in the employ of the Reading Railroad,

serving as conductor when he was deprived of life by a wreck on the Catawissa

Branch. Prior to his death he was a conductor for many years. At the age of

twenty-one he enlisted in a military company at Catawissa. He also served in the

Union Army for several months during the Civil War.



  Mr. Schmick attended the public schools, but had very few advantages for

securing an education. Early in life he learned the trade of a house painter,

also the undertaking and cabinet-making business with his father in his native

city. Subsequently he worked in a keg factory. His first experience at

railroading was in the employ of the Catawissa Railroad Company as car greaser,

after which he worked for the Philadelphia & Reading as brakeman.



  Our subject was united in marriage with Ida Lynn and has a large family, ten

children having been born to the couple, one now deceased. Mr. Schmick is an

active and valued member of Garfield Lodge No. 1,061, I. O. O. F.







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    Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District

    Published by 

    Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)





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