F. W. Schultz Biography


	This biography appears on pages 601-602 in "History of Dakota 
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				F. W. SCHULTZ. 

	Financial interests in Lake county find a worthy representative 
in F. W. Schultz, the cashier of the State Bank of Junius. Although a 
young man, his has been a somewhat varied and eventful career. He was 
born in Iowa, June 3, 1879, a son of P. H. and Wilhelmina (Gethmann) 
Schultz. It was in the year 1884 that the parents brought their family 
to what was then Dakota territory, settling in Jerauld county, where 
the father homesteaded the southwest quarter of section 9, township 
106, range 64. He likewise secured a tree claim, thus becoming the 
owner of three hundred and twenty acres, and upon his place he carried 
on general farming for several years. He still owns that property but 
now rents his land and is living retired in the enjoyment of a well 
earned rest, making his home at Wessington Springs, South Dakota. He 
has long survived his wife, who passed away during the boyhood of their 
son, F. W. Schultz. 

	In the public schools F. W. Schultz acquired his early education, 
which was supplemented by study in the Wessington Springs Seminary. He 
afterward went to the Philippines as a volunteer following the outbreak 
of hostilities with Spain, joining Company A, Thirty fourth U. S. V., 
with which he served for two years, meeting all of the experiences of 
warfare in those faraway eastern islands with a population which in 
part had advanced but a little way on the road to civilization. After 
two years, service he was mustered out as a non-commissioned officer. 

	Upon his return to the United States, Mr. Schultz was employed in 
connection with the conduct of a general mercantile business at 
Woonsocket for five years, being in the store of A. Strub. This brought 
him valuable information and experience concerning business methods and 
the best ways to judge men. On the expiration of that period he came to 
Junius and entered the State Bank upon its organization in 1907, John 
Wadden of Madison becoming its president. The business has continuously 
increased while Mr. Schultz has been manager and the institution is now 
regarded as a safe, reliable moneyed concern, meeting a need in the 
community for a medium of financial transfers. Mr. Schultz is also a 
stockholder in the Farmers Elevator Company. 

	On the 30th of November, 1905, Mr. Schultz was united in marriage 
to Miss Christine McLean, a daughter of John McLean and a 
representative of an honored pioneer family of this state. They now 
have three children: Stuart F., Ona Jean and Wallace G. 

	Mr. Schultz belongs to the Odd Fellows society. He has served as 
clerk of the school district and he is interested in all those measures 
which tend to promote the progress and prosperity of the community. He 
and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal church and its 
teachings guide them in all of their relations. The spirit of bravery 
and loyalty which prompted Mr. Schultz, enlistment for service ill the 
army has characterized him in every relation of life. He may be counted 
upon to do what he promises and it has become a recognized fact that he 
never makes an engagement that he does not keep nor incurs an 
obligation that he does not meet.