Biography: Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Peter Schmidt

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History of northern Wisconsin: containing an account of its settlement,
growth, development, and resources, an extensive sketch of its counties,
cities, towns and villages, their improvements, industries, manufactories,
biographical sketches, portraits of prominent men and early settlers, views
of county seats, etc.
Chicago: Western Historical Co., 1881 p. 1163

Peter Schmidt, firm of Schmidt Bros., 211 and 213 Main street, manufacturers of trunks, valises, traveling-bags, etc.; established in 1868, employ seventy-three men annually, and do about a $90,000 business annually; they used 800,000 feet of lumber in 1880; he was born in Prussia, Jan. 16, 1842; emigrated to America in June, 1854, and located in Washington Co., Wis., and engaged in farming until 1861, when he enlis