. Past and present of Will County, Illinois . n aspirant for political honors andemoluments. He died September 21, 18119, whenlie bad reached the age of sixty-four years and inhis demise Peotone lost one of its most valuable,honorable and honored citizens. In early manhood he had wedded Elizabeth Con-rad, who was also a native of Germany, and whocame to the United Slates in 1858 with hermother, locating in Blmhurst. She is now livingin Peotone. at the age of sixty-seven years, and isa member of the United Evangelical church, towhich Mr. Schroeder also belonged at the timeof bis death. Their fa
. Past and present of Will County, Illinois . n aspirant for political honors andemoluments. He died September 21, 18119, whenlie bad reached the age of sixty-four years and inhis demise Peotone lost one of its most valuable,honorable and honored citizens. In early manhood he had wedded Elizabeth Con-rad, who was also a native of Germany, and whocame to the United Slates in 1858 with hermother, locating in Blmhurst. She is now livingin Peotone. at the age of sixty-seven years, and isa member of the United Evangelical church, towhich Mr. Schroeder also belonged at the timeof bis death. Their family numbered eleven chil-dren, eight of whom reached adult life, the eldestbeing Frederick .1. The second son, llenn partnership with his brother Frederick, hascharge of their branch store al Kankakee, wherethey are dealing in music and musical instru-ments, this being one of the largest concerns inIllinois outside of Chicago. The brothers, Fred-erick and Henry, are also half owners of theBank of Peotone and are heavy stockholders in. FREDERICK SCHROEDER. PAST AND PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY. 807 the Poultry Publishing Company, of , the third son of the family, is travelingfor a wholesale grocery house of Chicago. is in the store at Peotone, being a partner inthe concern. Caroline is the wife of John , a merchant of Peotone. Ida is thewidow of Dr. John Bell Howe, who was engagedin practicing medicine and surgery in is the wife of Frank Gross, manager ofthe Poultry Publishing Company. Josephine isthe wife of Merle Taylor, a merchant at MountValley, Kansas. Frederick J. Schroeder pursued his early edu-cation in the Peotone schools and his businesscourse in Naperville Academy. When twelveyears of age he entered his fathers store and hassince been connected with the business, acting asa clerk until twenty-four years of age, when he-was admitted to a partnership and has since beena member of the firm. For some time the busi-ness
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