E. R. Schmidt Biogrpahy


	This biography appears on pages 1378 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	E. R. SCHMIDT, of Tea, Lincoln county, South Dakota, is a native 
of Germany and was born February 22, 1853. He was brought to America 
when quite young, and lived with his parents until young manhood, the 
meanwhile attending at intervals the public schools of Wisconsin, where 
he lived until 1873. In the latter year he accompanied the family to 
Lincoln county, South Dakota, where he married Miss Emma Erb, and 
immediately thereafter moved into a half section of land in Perry 
township, where he carried on agriculture and stock raising with 
encouraging success until the year 1895, when he disposed of his farm 
and took up his residence in the village of Tea. Since the latter year 
Mr. Schmidt has been proprietor of a general store in the above town, 
and he now commands an extensive and lucrative patronage, being one of 
the most enterprising and successful business men in the northwest part 
of Lincoln county. He carries a full stock of merchandise demanded by 
the general trade, manages his affairs with excellent judgment and 
occupies a prominent place in commercial circles.