HISTORY OF MANITOWOC COUNTY


mercial integrity enjoy the confidence and good will of the entire community
and-
are accorded an excellent patronage.
For his wife and helpmate Mr. Engel chose Miss Dora Arnold, their marriage
being celebrated in i898. She was born at Schleswig, Wisconsin, on December
5,
I875, and is a daughter of Christoph and Lotta (Stark) Arnold, retired farm-
ing people of Schleswig. Mr. and Mrs. Engel are the parents of two children:
Ruby, who was born on the 9th of October, i9o0; and Edgar, whose birth oc-
curred on September 3, I909.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Engel are members of the Lutheran church, and fraternally
he is affiliated with Equitable Fraternal Union of Kiel, and he is also a
member
of Kiel Camp, No. 2838, M. W. A. He is a stanch republican in his political
views, and he takes an active and helpful interest in all municipal affairs.
For
five years he served as treasurer of Kiel and he is now a member of the village
board of trustees, to which office he was elected in i9ii. Mr. Engel is one
of
the representative men of the town, and although he is much absorbed in his
business he never permits his personal affairs to engross his' attention
to the
exclusion of his recognition of his public duties in assisting in promoting
the
development of the village and its various activities.
J. D. SCHNEIDER.
J. D. Schneider, a lifelong resident of Manitowoc county, was long and actively
identified with agricultural pursuits but has lived retired in Cleveland
for the
past five years. He has also gained recognition in financial circles as president
of the Cleveland State Bank. His birth occurred in Centerville township,
this
county, on the 6th of December, 1854, his parents being Dominic and Mary
(Con-
stance) Schneider, both of whom were natives of Germany. The father was
born on the 6th of August, i823, while the mother's natal year was i8i9.
Their
marriage was celebrated in the state of New York in I847. Dominic Schneider
was the youngest in a family of seven children, all of whom emigrated to
the
United States in I842, settling in the Empire state. In I848, at the end
of six
years' residence in Jefferson county, New York, the father of our subject
came
to Manitowoc county, Wisconsin, settling on a farm of eighty acres on section
29, Centerville township, where he spent the remainder of his life. As his
finan-
cial resources increased he augmented his landed holdings by additional purchase.
becoming a substantial and representative agriculturist. He passed away on
the
I5th of November, I903, but is still survived by his widow. Mr. Schneider
was
a devoted communicant of St. Mendel's German Catholic church. He was a well
educated man and was called by his fellow townsmen to serve in positions
of
public trust, acting as town clerk for a period of eleven years. He also
served
as chairman of the board of supervisors at a time when'the county was repre-
sented by but five supervisors. The period of his residence in this county
covered more than half a century and he enjoyed a wide and favorable acquaint-
ance here.
J. D. Schneider, who was the oldest of a family of four children, attended
the common schools in the acquirement of an education and when not busy with


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