Adolph G. Schmidt Biography


	This biography appears on page 225 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				ADOLPH G. SCHMIDT.  

	Adolph G. Schmidt, who is successfully engaged in the real estate 
and loan business at Madison, has been a resident of Lake county for 
the past twenty-eight years and has taken an active part in the public 
life of his community. His birth occurred in Wisconsin on the 19th of 
January, 1859, his parents being John C. and Christina Schmidt. The 
father, a carpenter, farmer and merchant, is still living.  

	In the acquirement of an education Adolph G. Schmidt attended the 
public schools and Wayland Academy at Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. 
Subsequently he devoted his attention to general agricultural pursuits 
in the Badger state for a number of years or until 1886, when he came 
to South Dakota. Here he purchased land and followed farming for about 
seven years. On the expiration of that period, in 1892, he was elected 
registrar of deeds for Lake county and two years later won reelection, 
making a highly creditable and commendable record in that connection At 
the end of his second term he embarked in the real-estate business at 
Madison and has been engaged therein continuously to the present time. 
He keeps thoroughly informed on realty values and his advice is 
frequently sought to good advantage. From 1896 until 1910 he was alone 
in business but in the latter year formed a partnership with Mr. 
Robeck, the firm style being Schmidt & Robeck. That firm has been the 
greatest factor in bringing to Lake county the substantial farmers that 
now make up the greater part of its population and who have proved such 
desirable citizens. The firm also engages in the loan business.  

	On the 24th of December, 1881, Mr. Schmidt was joined in wedlock 
to Miss Mary A. Ablard, a daughter of James and Mary Ablard. Their 
children, all of whom are living, are five in number, namely: William, 
a resident of Red field; Winnie, the wife of Harry Curtis, of Redfield; 
Elmer, of Redfield; Goldy; and Ada. The wife and mother died at Madison 
in May, 1914.  

	Mr. Schmidt gives his political allegiance to the republican 
party and is widely recognized as a progressive and public-spirited 
citizen who does all in his power to promote the general welfare and to 
advance the interests of his home community. He held the office of 
mayor for one term and served as alderman for a period of sixteen 
years, proving a public official of ability and worth. The cause of 
education has ever found in him a stanch champion and he has served as 
a member of the school board for many years. His religious faith is 
that of the English Baptist church, while fraternally he is identified 
with the Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In hunting 
and motoring he finds both recreation and pleasure. He is a man of 
undoubted integrity in business, of progressive spirit and marked 
enterprise, whose popularity and prosperity have been won through his 
many good qualities and his well directed effort.