“Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County,” published:  
Chicago;  The Lewis Publishing Company, 1892.

FREDERICK SCHUPBACK,  who is engaged in gardening at Dallas, has been identified 
with the interests of Dallas county since 1877.  He dates his birth in Berne, Switzerland, 
September 16, 1842, and is a son of Samuel and Elisa (Zong) Schupback, natives of that 
place.  His parents both passed their lives and died in the old country.  He was reared on a 
farm, and in 1866 emigrated to the United States, sailing from Havre, and after a voyage 
of sixty-six days landed in New Orleans.  During this time they were short of provisions 
for nearly two weeks.

Arrived in this country, Mr. Schupback engaged in gardening in New Orleans, remaining 
there eight months.  He then went to Memphis, Tennessee, where he engaged in the same 
kind of work one year.  From there he went to St. Louis for a short time; thence to 
Jefferson county, Missouri; eight months later to Lawrence, Kansas, following a like 
occupation there four years.  Then he made a brief trip to California, remaining in the 
Golden State only two weeks.  He went West on the second train over the Northern 
Pacific road and paid $150 for his fare.  He returned to St. Louis, thence to New Orleans, 
and after two months came to Texas and located in Brenham, Washington county, where 
he raised one crop.  We next find him at Shreveport, Louisiana, where he was stricken 
with yellow fever, and was at that place two years.  In 1877 he came to Dallas and 
purchased his present property, twelve and a half acres, located three-quarters of a mile 
from Dallas, and here he has since been engaged in gardening.

Mr. Schupback was married, June 16, 1876, to Miss Eliza Sivalin, a native of North 
Germany and a daughter of Jack and Martha Sivalin, natives of the same place.  She 
came to America and located at Shreveport, Louisiana, 1873.  They are the parents of 
four children:  Annie, Frederick, Lancie and Hattie.  He and his wife are members of the 
Presbyterian Church.

Submitted by L.Pingel