Biographical Sketches:  H. SCHELLENDERG 


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The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin Compiled and Published under
the direction of Wm. H. Froehlich, Secretary of State 1901.

page 760

ASSEMBLYMEN.

GEO. H. RAY, Speaker; W. A. NOWELL, Chief Clerk; A. M. ANDERSON,
Sergeant-at-Arms.

The Assembly consists of 100 members. They are chosen biennially and
receive $500 for their service during the term. The Speaker Is chosen
by the members and receives an additional $500 for his services as
Speaker. The Assembly of 1901 contains 82 Republicans and 18
Democrats.

OZAUKEE COUNTY. Population, 1900-16,363. (Unchanged by apportionment
of 1901.)

H. SCHELLENDERG (Dem.), of Horns Corners, was born Aug. 18, 1842, in
Saxe Altenberg, Germany, where He was educated in the public schools,
coming to the United States in 1855. He was employed for three years
as clerk in New York City, came to Wisconsin In 1859 and worked as a
blacksmith's apprentice until 1861, when he went to Lake Superior
copper regions, where he worked in the mines until 1865. He then
operated a farm in the town of Trenton, Washington county, until 1872,
and then opened a general store and hotel at Horns Corners, which he
still conducts. He was a supervisor of the town of Trenton in 1866 and
1867 and of the town of Cedarburg in 1872 and 1873, and chairman of
that town in 1878 and 1879. He has been town clerk since 1885, justice
of the peace twenty-four years and postmaster of Horns Corners
postoffice since its establishment in 1875. He is secretary of the
Cedarburg Driving association. He was elected to the assembly in 1894,
again in 1896 and in 1900, receiving 1,673 votes, against 1,589 for P.
L. Pieron (Rep.).