Henry G. Schwartz Biography


	This biography appears on pages 999-1000 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and 
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				HENRY G. SCHWARTZ. 

	Henry G. Schwartz is a partner in the Robertson-Schwartz Company, 
proprietors of a department store at Redfield, with which business he 
has been connected since March, 1909. That was the year of his arrival 
in this state. He came from Brodhead, Wisconsin, and he is numbered 
among the native sons of Janesville, Wisconsin, born May 2, 1879. His 
parents were Thomas and Theresa (Vogel) Schwartz, who were pioneer 
residents of Wisconsin, taking up their abode in that state in 1872. 
They were the parents of eight children: Michael, who is now engaged in 
farming near Spring Green, Wisconsin; Margaret, the win of George 
Lagerman, foreman of the roundhouse for the Chicago & Northwestern 
Railroad Company at Milwaukee; Thomas, Jr., who is engaged in the 
hardware business at Spring Green; Henry G., of this review; Mary, the 
wife of John Kramer, a resident farmer of Plain, Wisconsin; Catherine, 
the wife of Prank Lagerman, a real-estate dealer of Milwaukee, 
Wisconsin; Joseph, who is assisting his father, who is extensively 
engaged in growing ginseng; and Albert, who is proprietor of a general 
store at Spring Green, Wisconsin. The father still resides at Spring 
Green, but the mother passed away there in 1884 and was laid to rest in 
the cemetery at that place. 

	Spending his youthful days under the parental roof, Henry G. 
Schwartz pursued his education in Spring Green until graduated from the 
high school. He completed his course at the age of nineteen years and 
was afterward employed for six years at Spring Green in mercantile 
lines. On the expiration of that period he went to Brodhead, Wisconsin, 
where he embarked in business on his own account, remaining at that 
place for four and a half years. Thinking that still better advantages 
might be enjoyed in this growing western country, he then came to South 
Dakota, locating at Redfield, where he became a member of the firm 
owning The Leader, a department store. There were two other partners in 
the business but after two years C. R. Robertson and our subject 
embarked in business under the style of the Robertson-Schwartz Company. 
They carry a carefully selected line of goods and at all times are 
ready to meet the demands of their customers Their methods are 
thoroughly reliable and progressive and their patronage is steadily 
growing. 

	Mr. Schwartz was married August 24, 1914, to Miss Evangeline M. 
Myers, a daughter of Frank S. Myers, an early settler of Spink county, 
who is now in the grain business at Redfield. In politics Mr. Schwartz 
is independent. He served as alderman of the second ward of Redfield 
for four years and while a member of the city council did everything in 
his power to further public interests and to upbuild the plans for 
advancing the civic welfare. Fraternally he is connected with the 
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and with the Knights of Pythias. 
There has been nothing particularly unusual in his career and certainly 
nothing spectacular, but it is the men who faithfully perform their 
duties day after day who constitute the strongest and most substantial 
element in the growth of city and county. Mr. Schwartz belongs to that 
class of enterprising men who know that obstacles and difficulties can 
be overcome by persistent and honorable effort and thus he labors 
untiring whether for the benefit of his individual interests or for the 
welfare of the community.