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He was ordained to the priesthood by Right Reverend Bishop O'Gorman, Bishop of Nebraska, in 1861.
After his ordination, Reverend Father James M. Ryan remained in Omaha for a few months, attending missionary churches. He then had charge of St. John's Mission in Dakota County, Nebraska, and a mission at Sioux City, Iowa.
Father Ryan built the first Catholic church in Sioux City, in 1862. He spent five years at these missions. In 1866, he was transferred to St. John's Mission Church at Columbus.
Father Ryan was known from Omaha to Denver. From the Columbus mission, he served a territory as mission priest that extended west from the Elkhorn River to Julesburg, Colorado. It followed the line of the Union Pacific Railroad. Father Ryan served these missions from 1866 to 1878, and then took charge of missions at Grand Island, Schuyler, Kearney Junction, Central City, and Clarksville, and built mission churches at these points.
In 1881, he rebuilt the new St. John's Church located in Columbus, on Ninth Street between Seventeenth and Eighteenth Avenues. In 1891, this church was taken over by the Franciscans, who at that time had charge of all the Catholic missions in Platte County. In 1891, the parish of St. Bonaventure's Church in Columbus bought the property of St. John's and the parishioners became members of St. Bonaventure's Church.
Father Ryan went to St. Joseph's Hospital in Omaha, as hospital chaplain, in 1891. He died there in 1893. After his death, a memorial service was held for him at the St. Bonaventure's Church in Columbus, which was attended by all of the pioneers.
Stephen J. Ryan was born in County Limerick, Ireland, May 10, 1860, and died in Columbus January 12, 1925. He came to the United States at the age of nineteen, and located in Columbus early in 1883, after several years in New York.
His brothers were William, Miles and Joseph Ryan, all in business in Columbus before the turn of the century.
In 1883, he opened a retail liquor business in Columbus, and about 1900 formed a partnership with Frank T. Walker in the real estate and insurance business. In 1908, F. T. Walker moved to Omaha and S. J. Ryan formed a partnership with John C. Byrnes in the same line of business which they continued under the firm name of Ryan & Byrnes until 1925.
On February 20, 1888, in Columbus, Stephen J. Ryan was married to Miss Mary Jane O'Neill, of O'Neill, Nebraska. They had five children: Frank and Stephen are deceased; Frank, Kathleen, Nelle, Eulalia and Stephen, Jr.; Kathleen, Mrs. C. L. Dougherty, of Columbus; Nelle, Mrs. Leo Mannefeld, of Norfolk; and Eulalia, Mrs. Fred Mulligan, of Indianapolis, Indiana. They had four grandchildren: Jane and Mary Ellen Mannefeld, and William and Stephen Mulligan.
Following the organization of the Federal Land Bank of Omaha in 1916, Mr. Ryan was appointed one of the bank's appraisers, a position he was especially qualified for, because of his thorough knowledge of central Nebraska land values.
"Steve" Ryan was a familiar figure in city and county Democratic conventions as a delegate from the Second Ward, of Columbus, and in the State conventions as a member of the Platte County delegation. He also represented his home ward as a member of the city council.
He was a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians of which he was State president in 1910; the Catholic Order of Foresters, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Catholic Knights of America; the Knights of Columbus, in which he was a member of the fourth degree; and an honorary member of the Columbus Fire Department.
He was a member of St. Bonaventure's Catholic Church.
Stephen J. Ryan died in January, 1925, and Mrs. Ryan died in September, 1948.
Chester Vernon Samuelson, Oconee Township farmer, was born June 1, 1885, in Lockridge, Iowa, and has lived in Platte County for over a quarter of a century, having come here on March 1, 1924. His parents, both natives of Sweden, were Mr. and Mrs. Axel Samuelson, of Genoa, Nebraska. His father, a farmer, was born in Smolen, Sweden, June 1, 1862, and died in Genoa, July 23, 1906. His mother, born in Smolen, Sweden, December 1, 1863, died March 30, 1932, in Genoa.
Chester had four brothers and three sisters: Walter married Flora Mollen; Clarence married Naomi Price; Earl married Beulah Crozier; Paul married Loretta Larson; Mazel is the wife of Clinton Moore; Golda is the wife of Leonard Price; and Evelyn is the wife of Clarence Steinberg.
Chester received his early education in the Stanton, Iowa, schools and later attended school in Nance County, Nebraska. His life work has been farming and stock raising.
On October 27, 1910, at Fullerton, Nebraska, he was married to Edith B. Horton, the daughter of E. A. and Marilla Beckwith Horton. Mr. Horton, a farmer, was born in Jackson County, Iowa, May 25, 1857. Mrs. Horton was born in Jones County, Iowa, October 10, 1858, and died in Genoa, Nebraska, November 11, 1946. Marilla had one brother and two sisters: Ernest A., a farmer, married Pearl Sutton; Ella M., a teacher; and Gertrude, Mrs. Herman Clabaugh, who died August 4, 1936, in Long Beach, California.
Chester Samuelson is affiliated with the Democratic Party. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. He served eight years on the Oconee Township Board, as Treasurer, and for three years on the A.A.A. Program.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester V. Samuelson are members of the Presbyterian Church.
Joseph Schacher, Oconee Township farmer, son of Joseph and Elisa Egger Schacher, was born February 16, 1880, in Switzerland, and came to Platte County
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in 1887. His father, born July 30, 1854, m Switzerland, died in Columbus, February 25, 1917. His mother, born in Switzerland, August 19, 1853, died March 2, 1896, in Columbus.
Joseph had one brother and three sisters: Sophia, the wife of Adolph Gerber; Hedwig, married to Albert Gerber; Ernest, married to Martha Durkop; and Lena, the wife of Fred Buhlman.
With the exception of his childhood in Switzerland, and three years in Madison County, Mr. Schacher has been a resident of Platte County. He attended the District 48 rural school.
On March 23, 1905, Joseph Schacher was married to Louise Bertha Mueller, the daughter of Rudolph C. and Susan Karlin Mueller, prominent Platte County residents. Mr. and Mrs. Schacher have five children: Rudolph, Ida, Clara, Erwin and Vera Mae. Rudolph, born January 5, 1906; Mrs. Ida Enzininger, born April 21, 1907; Mrs. Clara Ernst, born February 26, 1909; Erwin, born February 28, 1914; and Vera Mae, born June 22, 1923. They attended school in Districts 71, 32, and 55.
Joseph Schacher has been greatly interested in, and given his support to, educational and community activities. Politically, he is affiliated with the Democratic Party. He is a member of the Sons of Herman Lodge.
The Joseph Schachers are members of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Columbus.
Ernest Schacher, an Oconee Township farmer, was born in Switzerland, June 21, 1883. He immigrated to the United States with his parents and came to Platte County in August, 1887. His parents were Joseph and Elisa Egger Schacher. His father died in Columbus, February 25, 1917, and his mother died March 2, 1896.
Ernest had one brother and three sisters: Joseph, Sophia, Mrs. Adolph Gerber, Hedwig, Mrs. Albert Gerber, and Lena, Mrs. Fred Buhlman.
In April, 1911, in Columbus, Ernest Schacher was married to Martha Durkop, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Durkop. Martha Durkop Schacher had two brothers and three sisters: William, Otto, Anna Durkop Behle, Mary Durkop, and Minnie Durkop Grossnicklaus.
Ernest and Martha Durkop Schacher have six children: Lester, Hilger, Violet, Robert, Linda, and Lowell Schacher.
Politically, Ernest Schacher supports the Republican Party. Mr. and Mrs. Schacher and their family are members of the Immanuel Lutheran Church, of Columbus.
Paul Emil Scharff, well-known Columbus Township farmer, son of John G. and Anna Kohn Scharff, was born March 25, 1891, in Hamilton, Oregon. He came to Platte County with his parents, in June of 1900. His father was born January 13, 1853, at Metz, France, and died in Columbus, October 8, 1927. Mrs. Scharff, also born in Metz, March 28, 1861, died April 27, 1927, at Columbus.
Paul was one of ten children. Margaret is the wife of Frank J. Loeffler. Mary is the wife of Louis Miksch. Kathryn resides on the farm. John, Anna, Peter, Josephine, George, and Lena are deceased.
Paul Scharff attended the rural schools near Hamilton, Oregon, School District 3, in Platte County, and St. Francis Academy, now the St. Bonaventure's School.
On September 9, 1940, in Columbus, Paul Scharff was married to Priscilla Marianna Preston, the daughter of Burt John and Susan Window Gibbs Preston. The Scharffs have two sons: John Colman, born June 14, 1941, and Paul Emil, Jr., born July 14, 1942. They both attend St. Bonaventure's School.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Scharff are members of St. Bonaventure's Catholic Church, in Columbus. Mr. Scharff belongs to the Holy Name Society of that church, and is also a member of the Knights of Columbus. Politically, he is a Republican.
William Phillip Schelp, a well-known Columbus resident, came to Platte County from Berlin, Illinois, with his parents in February of 1885. He is the son of William and Wilhelmina Blecher Schelp. The elder William Schelp, who was a member of the state legislature and a progressive early-day Platte County farmer, was born in Westphalia, Germany, March 17, 1848. He was about six years old when he came with his parents to the United States. The family first settled in St. Louis, Missouri. They lived there for two and a half years, and then moved to Illinois, where William grew to manhood. He operated a wagon shop for eighteen years and then came to Platte County, where he purchased a one hundred and sixty acre farm, in Grand Prairie Township. He died in Columbus, March 31, 1929.
Wilhelmina Blecher Schelp was born in St. Louis, in February of 1852 and died in Columbus, in August of 1926.
William Phillip Schelp was born in Beriin, Illinois, February 1, 1882. He attended the rural schools near his home, in Platte County. Through the years he has been engaged in banking, insurance, and the real estate business. He held various township and school board offices, and served as chairman of the Commercial Club, and for five years was a member of the Selective Service Board in Platte County.
On July 27, 1929, at Mitchell, South Dakota, he was married to Augusta E. Nelson, the daughter of John and Sophronia Swanson Nelson. Mr. and Mrs. Schelp have a daughter, Iva Lee, who was born in Genoa, Nebraska, and was graduated from Kramer High School in Columbus. She is married to Marvin Zastera and they have one daughter.
W. P. Schelp is a member of the Republican party. Mr. and Mrs. Schelp are members of the Immanuel Lutheran Church, in Columbus, and Mr. Schelp holds membership in the Lutheran Laymen's League of that church.
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William Gottfried Schilz, a pioneer shoe merchant of Columbus, was born in Coblenz, Germany, on March 20, 1848. He received his early education in his native city, and when seventeen years of age, immigrated to the United States with his brother, John Schilz. Enroute west, they worked in Illinois, where at Hennepin, William became an apprentice to a cobbler. In 1873, he came to Columbus, and worked for a time for Louis Phillipps, Sr., in his shoe store. His brother, John, located on a homestead in Lost Creek Township, near Platte Center, Nebraska.
The Columbus Journal of June 30, 1875, carried an advertisement telling of William Schilz moving his boot and shoe shop to the corner of Twelfth and Olive Streets, in the new Hugh Compton brick building, opposite the Hammond House. According to the weekly advertisements of that day, Mr. Schilz occupied this building for about two years, at which time he purchased the lot at 1263 Twenty-sixth Avenue, and built a frame building on the site, where he conducted a shoe store for nearly forty-five years. During that time, he continued in his retail business, and also was engaged in the wholesale shoe business. He manufactured many of the shoes which he sold. When his business outgrew the little frame shoe shop, he replaced it with a new brick building, which in recent years was purchased from the Schilz estate by Mrs. Edward Graf.
On January 11, 1874, William Schilz and Elizabeth Karges, of Silver Creek, Nebraska, were married by Reverend Father James M. Ryan, at St. John's Catholic Church, in Columbus. Mrs. Schilz, also a native of Germany, was born near Frankfurt, on January 12, 1851, and came to America with her parents in 1866. They lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for two years after their arrival in the United States, and then came to Nebraska with a group of pioneers who settled near Silver Creek, in 1868. A nephew, Martin Karges, lived in Platte County near Duncan for several years.
William and Elizabeth Karges Schilz had eight children who were born in Columbus, attended school there, and lived there for a part or all of their adult lives; Four other children, two sons and two daughters, died in infancy. The sons are: Martin Schiltz, who worked for a time with his father, and later farmed near Lindsay and Platte Center. He was the leader of the Columbus band for several years. He married Betty Brock, of Columbus, and they had seven sons and four daughters. Martin died October 25, 1939. Frank Schilz was associated with his father until 1918, when he moved his family to a ranch at Ogallala, Nebraska. He married Louise Groeger, of Humphrey, Nebraska. They had four sons and three daughters. Mrs. Frank Schilz is now deceased. G. J. Schilz lives in Columbus, Nebraska, and has a shoe cobbler shop on Eleventh Street. The Schiltz daughters are: Eva, Mrs. Joseph F. Berney, of Omaha, Nebraska; Anna, Mrs. G. F. Jackson, Omaha, Nebraska; Margaret, The Venerable Sister M. Epihania, a Franciscan nun, now deceased; Frances, Mrs. Fred Gerber, of Columbus; and Lucy, Mrs. John McPherson, who died in 1930. Mrs. Frank Dietz and Mrs. Terence Messing, of Columbus, are grand-daughters of Mr. and Mrs. William G. Schilz.
Gottfried J. Schilz lives in the old Schilz family home, at 2116 Eleventh Street, which was built in the early 1870's, by his father. At that time, Emil Pohl also built a home for his family, east of the Schilz home, at 2104 Eleventh Street.
William G. Schilz was interested in civic affairs. He was a charter member of the Columbus Fire Department, and one of the organizers of Engine Company No. 1, on April 30, 1874.
After the Franciscans came to Columbus in 1877, Mr. Schilz became a charter member and one of the committee of organization for the St. Bonaventure Congregation. He was also a member of the building committee, when the first brick church was built. He was a charter member of the local group of the Catholic Knights of America.
Through the years from 1877 the William Schilz family have been members of the St. Bonaventure Church. Mrs. Schilz was a charter member of St. Anne's Altar Society there, and remained a member until her death, in 1939. She also held membership in the Third Order of St. Francis. She was one of a few pioneer women who devoted much time to the making of church linens. Besides this work, she found leisure time to do beautiful needlework and knitting, as well as to work in her flower garden.
In addition to the heritage of old world culture, Mr. and Mrs. William G. Schilz also instilled their family with the principles of Christian living, and taught them industry.
Mr. William G. Schilz died April 16, 1923, and Mrs. Schilz died April 20, 1939.
Gottfried J. Schilz, known as "Fred," was born in Columbus, Nebraska, on May 20, 1890. He is the son of William and Elizabeth Karges Schilz.
He received his education at St. Francis Academy, in Columbus, and from private study. He learned the cobbler trade from his father, with whom he was associated from 1906 to 1918, at the Schilz Shoe Store, 1263 Twenty-sixth Avenue.
In 1918, Fred entered the United States Army, and served for fifteen months in World War I, during which time he became a sergeant in the Medical Corps. He was stationed in Marfa, Texas, and Washington, D. C. He received his discharge at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, in August, 1919.
Shortly after his return to Columbus, he opened a shoe and cobbler shop, which for a time occupied space in the shoe store at 2503 Thirteenth Street, where Buck's Booterie is now located. The present location of the Schilz Shoe Shop is at 2305 Eleventh Street.
In 1928, Mr. Schilz took up Boy Scouting. He was the first scoutmaster of the St. Bonaventure Troop of Boy Scouts of America, and worked with them for several years prior to the organization of a Boy Scout council here, in the late 1930's He devoted much time to this work, and was outstanding as a leader. For his service he was awarded the Boy Scout Masters Key.
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Outstanding among the leisure time talents of G. J. Schilz are his work in natural history, art, and music. He is an authority on natural history, and annually cultivates several varieties of gladioli. He has conducted an exhibit of his paintings here under the auspices of the Grace Episcopal Church Guild, and is the owner of one of the finest record collections in Columbus.
Gottfried J. Schilz is a member of the St. Bonaventure Catholic Church, and politically, is an Independent.
Reverend Rudolph Schimmelfennig was educated for the Lutheran Ministry. Soon after his ordination he became the pastor of the Zion Lutheran Church in Grand Prairie Township where he served from September 1, 1898 to September 1, 1900. During that time he helped to organize the St. Peter's Lutheran Church at Creston, Nebraska, and served as its first supply pastor.
He was married to Josephine Amelia Schure, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Frederick Schure, on April 30, 1901, at the Grand Prairie Zion Lutheran Church.
Josephine Schure Schimmelfennig was born January 8, 1881, near Humphrey, Nebraska.
Reverend and Mrs. Schimmelfennig had two children, Irvin R. and Marjorie W.
Irvin was born at Howells, Nebraska, December 7, 1908, and following his studies in grade and high school, was appointed a cadet at the West Point Military Academy.
Marjorie was born at Westboro, Missouri, on. April 19, 1912. She was graduated from the University of Nebraska with a Bachelor's degree and also received her Master's degree from there. She was an instructor in the Humphrey High School. Both Marjorie and Irvin traveled extensively abroad with their mother. Marjorie attended the universities at Bonn, Germany, and Lausanne, Switzerland. Marjorie and Irvin were both talented in music and studied piano. Irvin was a Rhodes scholar and studied at Oxford University in England. He died in action on Luzon in the Philippines, February 4, 1945. His widow and children live at Burlington, Vermont.
Besides living in Platte County, and at Howells, Nebraska, Reverend and Mrs. Schimmelfennig lived at Russell, Kansas; Glasco, Kansas, and Westboro, Missouri, during his ministry. Mrs. Schimmelfennig was a great help to her husband in his chosen work, as she was the leader of the young people's groups, and the church organist at the churches where he was pastor.
Mrs. Schimmelfennig is one of the seven children of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Schure, six of whom are twins. Charles and William are twins; Frank and Henry are twins; Josephine and Emma are twins; and George. Charles, who married Juliana Miller, died May 18, 1936, at Humphrey; Frank and Henry died in infancy; Emma, twin sister of Josephine, married Theodore Mohlman. lives in Columbus; and George, who married Adala Dollerschell.
Mrs. Schimmelpfennig is a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church at Creston, and also of the Ladies' Aid. She has always taken a great interest in her home and family. She belongs to the American Legion Auxiliary. For twelve years she has served as a Republican committeewoman.
Mrs. Schimmelpfennig, her daughter, Marjorie, and brother William Schure, reside in Humphrey.
Adam Schmid, Sr., veteran of the Civil War and original owner of the present townsite of Clarkson, Nebraska, in Colfax County, was a native of Canton Glarus, Switzerland. He was born there on April 2, 1843.
While the Civil War was in progress, he came to America and located at Madison, Wisconsin. He volunteered enlistment with a Wisconsin regiment and served until the close of the war. He then returned to Madison, and while residing there, was married to Barbara Baumgartner, on March 8, 1870.
In 1872, Mr. and Mrs. Schmid came to Nebraska, and located in Colfax County. Practically their entire farm is now the townsite of the village of Clarkson.
In 1873, they bought the old Schmid home place, in the Shell Creek Valley, eleven miles northeast of Columbus, in Platte County. There they lived and labored as pioneers and empire builders, reared their family, and acquired a comfortable competence. In 1914, they retired from the farm and moved to Columbus.
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Schmid, Sr., had five daughters and three sons: Margaret, Mrs. Samuel Gertsch, deceased; Barbara, Mrs. Emil Klug, deceased; Martha, Mrs. Walter Pelter, of California; Rachel, Mrs. Emil Held, deceased; Adam, deceased; and Mary, Matthew, and Martin, of Columbus.
Barbara Baumgartner Schmid died in Columbus, in 1916, and Adam Schmid, Sr. died there January 4, 1922.
Mathew Schmid, son of Adam, Sr. and Barbara Baumgartner Schmid, was born October 10, 1872, in Colfax County, and came to Platte County in 1873, with his parents. His father was born in Switzerland, in April, 1843, and died in January, 1922, at Columbus, Nebraska. His mother was born in October, 1844, in Switzerland, and died in March, 1916, in Columbus.
Mathew had five sisters and two brothers: Margaret, Mrs. Samuel Gertsch; Rachel, Mrs. Emil Held; Barbara, Mrs. Emil Klug; Mary, of Columbus; Martha, Mrs. Pelter; and Adam and Martin, both farmers. Matthew attended the district school near his home, after which he was actively engaged in farming and stock raising in Columbus Township for over a quarter of a century.
In 1897, Mathew Schmid was married to Katherine Luchsinger, the daughter of Franz and Katherine L. Luchsinger, natives of Switzerland. Her father was born in May, 1846, and died in Columbus, in February, 1918. Her mother was born in December, 1848, and died in September, 1920, in Columbus. Franz and Katherine Luchsinger had seven children: Peter, who resides on Route 1, Columbus; Henry, a prominent farmer, died in 1940; Frank, who died in 1918; Susan, Mrs.
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Henry Heitz, of East Lynn, Missouri, died January 11, 1949; Mary, Mrs. Charles Welch, who lived in the country north of Richland; Lena, Mrs. John Klug; and Katherine.
Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Schmid have three children: Walter A., a farmer and stock raiser in Platte County; Grace K., who traveled extensively in Europe, the Hawaiian Islands, Alaska and throughout the United States, and later was the director of the Social Welfare Department, in Laramie, Wyoming; and Ruth, Mrs. Leonard Fleischer, of Columbus. The Schmid children all attended District 44, Columbus High School and the University of Nebraska.
Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Schmid have seven grandchildren. Walter and Alvina Went Schmid have four daughters: Evelyn, Mrs. Gene Abegglen, of Lincoln; Ione, Mrs. Keith Perkins, Jr., of Fremont; and the twins, Jean and Marilyn, who were graduated from Kramer High School in 1946. Marilyn is Mrs. James Brandfas and Jean is Mrs. Marvin Price.
Leonard and Ruth Schmid Fleischer have three sons: Leonard, Jr., born March 23, 1941; Mathew William, born October 24, 1944; and William Ivan, born June 14, 1948.
The Schmid family are members of the Federated Church in Columbus. Since retiring from the farm, Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Schmid have traveled to a number of places of interest in the United States.
Ivan Pelter Schmid, son of Adam and Minnie Pelter Schmid, former residents of Colfax County, was born near Richland, Nebraska, in Colfax County, November 27, 1907. He has one brother, Marvin, an attorney in Omaha. His father is deceased.
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Ivan attended the rural schools near his home and was graduated from the Columbus High School.
On September 16, 1932, in Columbus, he was married to Theresa Gondring, the daughter of William and Helen Hoppe Gondring. Ivan and Theresa Gondring Schmid have two daughters: Patricia Lou, born in Columbus, November 16, 1934, and Mary Theresa, born in Columbus, March 14, 1942. Both attend the Columbus schools.
Ivan Schmid is a partner in the Fleischer-Schmid Company, Inc., a manufacturing firm. Besides this, Ivan has farm interests. He was formerly engaged in farming and stock raising. In 1924, he operated a riding academy in Columbus, and one in Schuyler.
The Fleischer-Schmid Corporation was founded in 1944, for the manufacture of farm equipment and farm accessories.
Ivan Schmid was the Nebraska representative for small business at the congressional hearings held in Washington, D. C., in February, 1946.
Mr. and Mrs. Schmid are members of the Federated Church, in Columbus.
Marvin G. Schmid, former Columbus attorney, was born September 19, 1910, in Colfax County. He is the son of Adam and Minnie Pelter Schmid. He has one brother, Ivan Schmid, of Columbus. His father is deceased.
Marvin attended the Colfax County district school near the Schmid home, and was graduated from Kramer High School in Columbus. He then enrolled at the University of Nebraska, where he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree, in 1933, and his Bachelor of Laws Degree in 1935. While attending the University, he was affiliated with the Alpha Sigma Phi and Phi Delta Phi Fraternities and the Innocents Society.
After receiving his Law Degree, from 1935-1941 he was associated with Otto F. Walter, and later also with Robert D. Flow, in the law firm of Walter, Flow and Schmid. The firm maintained offices on the second floor of the Scott Building in Columbus.
In 1941, Marvin Schmid was with the United States Government in Panama, and from 1942 to 1946, he served in the United States Army. For several months, he was with the National Guard, stationed at Little Rock, Arkansas, and later was transferred to Texas and then to Omaha, Nebraska, where he was in the legal department of the army and attained the rank of major. After his discharge from the army, in 1946, he and Mr. Snow formed the Schmid and Snow law firm, in Omaha, and also engaged in the manufacturing business, under the name of the Snow Manufacturing Company.
On September 9, 1941, Marvin G. Schmid was married to Virginia Chain, the daughter of Albert B. and Abby E. Hall Chain, of Seward, Nebraska. Mrs. Schmid has one brother, John Chain, and one sister, Priscilla, who is the wife of Wilbur Rogers.
Virginia Chain Schmid was graduated from the University of Nebraska, where she was affiliated with the Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority. Prior to her marriage, she was on the faculty at Kramer High School in Columbus.
Marvin and Virginia Chain Schmid have one son, Marvin Brian, born January 3, 1943.
Marvin G. Schmid is a member of the University of Nebraska Alumni Association, the Nebraska Bar Association, the Rotary Club and a former member of the Platte County Bar Association and the Columbus Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. and Mrs. Schmid attended the Federated Church in Columbus.
Peter Schmitt was born in Bavaria, Germany, April 19, 1858, and died April 1, 1936, at Columbus, Nebraska. His parents were Henry and Elizabeth Tiehl Schmitt, natives of Bavaria. Henry Schmitt was a miller by trade and a land owner in Germany.
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