WI BIO - Clark Co - SCHMIDT, C. F. W.

History of Northern Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical, 1881, vol 1, p 246

C. F. W. SCHMIDT, miller, Humbird [in 1878 on the West Wisconsin Railway 
line, north of Merrillan, in Mentor Township, Clark County, Wisconsin], was 
born 14 September 1817 in Prussia, Germany. In 1856 he came to America and, 
having descended from a race of millers, followed the milling business in 
Waterloo [Waterloo in Waterloo Township, Jefferson County, or Waterloo in 
Waterloo Township, Grant County?], Wisconsin, until 1865. In 1871 he came to 
Humbird [Clark County] and built his present home out of the pine timber, 
constructed his dam, and built his own mill, being a millwright. In 1872 he 
had his fine mill in operation, called the Humbird Mill. The building is 36 
x 50, four stories high, two run of stone, with a capacity of 100 bushels per 
diem. The power is two burbine wheels, one Houston and one Taylor, with 17 
1/2 feet of head.

In 1842 C. F. W. SCHMIDT married Miss Frederica JENKER of Prussia. They [C. 
F. W. and Frederica (JENKER) SCHMIDT] have two children, Theresa and Anna, 
both now married. Mr. SCHMIDT has been Town Supervisor for five years.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly