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View Tree for David SchmidDavid Schmid (b. December 30, 1831, d. December 16, 1906)

David Schmid (son of Nicolaus Schmidt and Katharina Leute) was born December 30, 1831 in Hattengen Germany Grand Dutchy of Baden, and died December 16, 1906 in Eldorado Springs, Missori. He married Elizabeth Dunawain on 1864 in Macomb, McDonough Co., Ill., daughter of Elevan Dunawain and Mary Baughman.

 Includes NotesNotes for David Schmid:
Born in same house as his father. He was being educated to be a Catholic Priest, but the farther into it he got, he realized he did not want that for himself, but dared not let anone know, so he began to plan secretly to escape from Germany and go to America. He made arrangements with a ship's captian to work his passage to America. He fought in the Civil War and was told he could change his name from Schmidt to Smith when he became an American citizen, but he asked to have it changed to Schmid. He served three years and three months and was honorably discharged in the spring of 1864.

David's brother's daughter is named Katharina and was married to Simon Lohrer.

More About David Schmid:
Emigration: 1852.

More About David Schmid and Elizabeth Dunawain:
Marriage: 1864, Macomb, McDonough Co., Ill..

Children of David Schmid and Elizabeth Dunawain are:
  1. +Martin Lorenzo Schmid, b. June 09, 1866, Fulton Co. Illinois, near Canton, d. April 03, 1951, Grand Junction, Colorado.
  2. Franklin Marion Schmid, b. July 27, 1868, Bushnell, McDonough, Ill, d. February 19, 1949.
  3. Wallace David Schmid, b. February 27, 1871, Indian Territory, Oklahoma, d. February 19, 1942.
  4. +Edward Marshall Schmid, b. July 04, 1872, Bushnell, McDonough, Ill, d. January 01, 1964, Alburquerque, Bernalillo, NM.
  5. William Henry Schmid, b. March 13, 1874, Bushnell, McDonough, Ill, d. August 19, 1949.
  6. Nora Florence Schmid, b. October 24, 1877, d. August 31, 1979.
  7. Della Anette Schmid, b. June 05, 1880, Cuba Fulton, Ill, d. November 07, 1899.
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