“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


WILLIAM SCHNEIDER, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Fort Atkinson; was born 
in Trier, Prussia, Nov. 12, 1838, and attended a good school; 
accompanied by his father and mother, George and Christine, he came to 
America, and to Wisconsin July 4, 1845, and located where he is at 
present.  He married, in December, 1860, at Fort Atkinson, Miss Mary 
Hubbard; had eight children - Charles A., Adelaide, William Edward, 
Sarah Julia, George J., Frederick, Emma and an infant.  Mr. Schneider 
owns 187 acres of land, handsomely improved.  In 1867-78, he was 
elected Supervisor of Sumner Township, an office he filled so well that, 
in 1870, he was again elected.  He is a Republican, and he and his family 
are member so the Fort Atkinson M. E. Church.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)