History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . i-fornia first in 1893. Five children blessed this auspicious union. The eldest was thelate H. William Schroeder, one of the genuine heroes of the late war; while the secondin order of birth was Albert F. Schroeder, who lives on the seventeen-acre ranch inWest Orange. Freda is taking a course in the Normal School at Los Angeles; Carlis at home working on his fathers ranch; and Emma is
History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . i-fornia first in 1893. Five children blessed this auspicious union. The eldest was thelate H. William Schroeder, one of the genuine heroes of the late war; while the secondin order of birth was Albert F. Schroeder, who lives on the seventeen-acre ranch inWest Orange. Freda is taking a course in the Normal School at Los Angeles; Carlis at home working on his fathers ranch; and Emma is a pupil in the Santa .agrammar school. Henry William Schroeder, whose sacrifice for his country will be spoken of withpride so long as the annals of Orange County tell to future generations the devotionand suffering of Santa Ana youth, entered the United States service in September, trained at Camp Lewis in Company D of the Three-hundred March he was sent to Camp Green, N. C, where he was transferred to Company Mof the Forty-seventh Infantry. At Camp Green he trained for two months, when hewent East to Camp Mills, N. J., and set sail for France. He served in the great. <JopyrU^ <Xii^i/r<j^-€^0^!^^yy^ HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY 701 Chateau Thierry drive, St. Mihiel, and on Septemlier 30, 1918, died in the field hospital,after notably brave action and initiative, and where he had so conducted himself thathe reflected honor on himself and all those closely related to him, breathing his lastfrom wounds received in the fierce Meuse-.\rgonne offensive. In such a death as thisof one of the most promising of Orange Countys young men, may it not be saidthat John H. Schroeder, the pioneer, has generously paid whatever debt he once owedto the land of his adoption. ASMUS PETER JACOBSEN.—.\ man whose untiring industry and exemplarymanagement have made liim comfortably well-to-do, so that now he owns a fine estateof twenty acres, with a cosy, wel
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