Bio: Schwister, Henry (1880 - 19??)

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Surnames: Schwister, Schneider, Donnelly

----Source: History of Marathon County Wisconsin and Representative Citizens, by Louis Marchetti, 1913.

Schwister, Henry (26 August 1880 - 19??)

Henry Schwister, who under civil service rules, fills a very necessary and important office in the city government of Wausau, Wis., that of city detective, has occupied this position since 1909, when he was appointed by Mayor Lamont, the office later coming under civil service. He was born at Milwaukee, Wis., August 26, 1880, and is a son of Matthew and Catherine (Schneider) Schwister. In 1882 the parents of Mr. Schwister moved to Marathon County and the family lived at Wausau until he was six years old and then moved on a farm in the town of Stettin but two years later returned to Wausau, where the mother died in 1892. The father of Mr. Schwister survived until 1905. He was a well known stock dealer. They were members of the Catholic Church.

Henry Schwister attended the public schools and afterward St. Mary's Catholic school for two years, returning then to the public schools and enjoying their advantages up to the age of nineteen years. For two and one-half years afterward he was a student in Boyle's Business College and thus is well equipped for either business or professional life. Prior to accepting his present office he dealt to some extent in land. On April 5, 1910, Mr. Schwister was married to Miss Margaret Donnelly of Wausau and they have one son, John Henry, born July 31, 1911.