BIO:  John Charles SCHMIDT, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, York Borough, Pg 42

JOHN CHARLES SCHMIDT, chain manufacturer, is a native of Carlisle, Penn., and 
was born March 14, 1859.  His parents, Henry D. and Louisa (Carson) Schmidt, 
were natives of York County.  Mr. Schmidt received superior educational 
advantages, attending the schools of York, until 1868, when his parents removed 
to St. Paul, Minn., where his studies were continued until 1873, when the family 
returned to York.  He next entered the York Collegiate Institute, and in 1875 
accompanied his father to Europe, and passed one year in the educational 
institutions of Stuttgart, Germany.  Upon his return to York, he entered the 
mercantile house of P. A. and S. Small, where he continued until 1881.  He then 
embarked in business, establishing a chain manufactory, in which field of 
enterprise he has been very successful.  He employs about fifty workmen, and his 
works have a capacity of manufacturing 50,000 pounds of chain daily, which is 
shipped all over the United States, and exported to Cuba and Mexico.  The 
enterprising and progressive spirit of Mr. Schmidt has added much to the 
business interests of York.  He is a director of the York Gas Company, also a 
director of the York National Bank, and for several years has been identified 
with St. John’s Episcopal Church.