Washington County Biographies



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John Schmidt

Schmidt & Clifford, proprietors of Hartford Marble Works; business established Jan. 5, 1880; employ four men and turn out about $5,000 worth of stock annually.

John Schmidt, of the above firm, was born in Saxony, Germany, Nov. 9, 1826; is a son of Nicholas and Margaret Schmidt; came to America in 1847, and made his home in Milwaukee three years; then came to the town of Polk, Washington Co., and engaged in farming; about 1864, he engaged as agent for the Germantown Mutual Insurance Company; was also a dealer in fruit trees and general nursery stock. In 1872, he moved to Hartford; in addition to his other business, he was employed as agent for the Milwaukee & Oconomowoc Marble Works. Jan. 5, 1880, he formed his present connection with Mr. Clifford. Mr. Schmidt was married, Nov. 19, 1849, at Milwaukee, to Miss Louisa Bauer; they have four children-Adam, Eli, Christian and John.

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