Faulk County, SD Biographies.....Schmitt, Peter 1859 - 
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Author: C. H. Ellis


    PETER SCHMITT was born September 13, 1859, in Germany, and came to the

United States the 26th day of March, 1881, and in March, 1886, came to

Ellisville, South Dakota and located upon the south-west quarter of section 9,

township 118, range 72, now Seneca and is now located on section 14 in the same

township. Mr. Schmitt has experienced all the hardships of the average pioneer

settler, but by remaining here, and by hard work, he has now a 320 acre farm,

160 acres improved and a good home. He has sixteen horses, seventy head of neat

stock, thirty-five hogs, and all machinery necessary to carry on his farm.



    February 17th, 1890, he married Miss Leibrich and to them have been born the

following children: Susanna, John, Gustave, Peter, Aloysius and Emnia May. Mr.

Schmitt is one of western Faulk county's most successful farmers.









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HISTORY OF

FAULK COUNTY

SOUTH DAKOTA

CAPTAIN C. H. ELLIS



TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PIONEERS AND PROMINENT CITIZENS



ILLUSTRATED

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