Paul W. Schulze Biography


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	Co., Chicago, 1899. Pages 702-703

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PAUL W. SCHULZE resides on the northeast quarter of section 27, in the 
township of Benton, McCook county, and is one of the young pioneers of 
that part of the county. His life began across the water on the 2d day 
of May, 1862, in the kingdom of Saxony, Germany, where he spent the 
first three years of his life. His parents were Andrew and Dora 
(Lindekugle) Schulze, the latter of whom died December 5, 1881, and the 
former is making his home with our subject. P. W. Schulze was the third 
child in a family of four- his brothers were F. C., who died at 
Emporia, Kansas, in 1880. Frank died in Clayton county, Iowa, in 1880. 
Otto F. died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1893. 

The Schulze family first settled in Clayton county, Iowa, upon their 
arrival on the American side of the Atlantic, and made that their home 
until 1884, when they moved to McCook county, South Dakota. Previous to 
this, however, our subject had visited Dakota. In 1882 he worked in the 
northern part of the territory, and during the following year, he filed 
a claim to land in McCook county. The farm that he now cultivates and 
on which he makes his home is the one filed upon by his father, and it 
is improved with a comfortable home, numerous outbuildings and such 
other appurtenances needful to the proper conducting of a farm in this 
section of South Dakota. Mr. Schulze is still a young man, but he has 
attained a position among the solid men of the community. He takes an 
active interest in the welfare of the locality, and all matters 
pertaining to the business welfare or calculated to improve the status 
of his adopted township and county meet with his earnest support. He is 
a man of excellent character, gentlemanly and courteous alike to 
friends and strangers, and is held in high esteem by all with whom he 
comes in contact. 

Politically he is a stanch Populist, and has become guise prominent in 
the local affairs of that organization. He has served as a member of 
the township board of trustees, has twice assessed the township, has 
repeatedly been chosen school treasurer, and is also a member of the 
Populist township central committee. He believes that the government 
should control the saloon. Religiously he is a German Lutheran. 

In 1890 Mr. Schulze was united in matrimony to Miss Rika Dietz, and 
upon the three children that blessed their union they saw fit to bestow 
the following names: Hilda, Paul and Emma. In 1894, the wife and mother 
died, and on August 20 of the same year, Emma died at the age of three 
months. Two years later our subject married Miss Katie Hinz, daughter 
of Jacob and Katherina (Blitch) Hinz, and one son, Otto W., has been 
born to them. Mr. Schulze is a member of the Ancient Order of United 
Workmen of South Dakota.