BIOGRAPHIES:  John J. SCHNEIDER, Arcadia, Trempealeau Co., WI

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John J. Schneider, the leading furniture dealer of Arcadia, Wis., was born 
in Montana Township, Buffalo County, Wis., Jan. 17, 1886.  He was educated 
in the district schools of his native township, which he attended until he 
was 12 years old, and from 12 to 15 continued his studies in the German 
Catholic parochial school in Arcadia, and later in the Arcadia High School.  
Until he was 20 years old he worked on his father's farm, subsequently 
entering the employ of Fugina Bros. & Fertig as clerk in their department 
store, and remaining with them until 1907. In 1898 his parents moved to 
Arcadia from their farm in Buffalo County.  It was in the winter of 1907-08 
that the subject of this sketch entered the Winona Business College, at 
Winona, Minn., and he remained there until he had completed the full 
business course.  Then returning to Arcadia, he purchased the bakery 
business of Joseph Bast, which he carried on for one year, and then sold 
out.  In 1909 he went to Chicago and took a course in embalming at the 
Barnes School, and on his return entered the employ of Caspar Wohlgenant, 
furniture dealer.  Dec. 7, 1910, he bought the furniture stock of Mr. 
Wohlgenant and has since been the proprietor of the business.  June 1, 1914, 
he bought the building occupied by Mr. Wohlgenant and in the same year 
added a one-story brick block, 35 by 80 feet, thus expanding his furniture 
and undertaking business, which has now reached large proportions.  He was 
now a man of family, having married, Sept. 4, 1912, Anna, daughter of 
Caspar and Mary Wohlgenant, of Arcadia.  They have one child, Bernice, who 
was born Feb. 26, 1914.  Mr. Schneider and his family are members of the 
Catholic church.  Since 1910 he has belonged to the Order of Red Men, and 
since 1911 to the Knights of Columbus.

--From the "History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin, 1917," pages 677-678