Past and present of Washtenaw County, Michigan . tion inthe schools of his uaii\e coiuitrx until 1871. whenhe crossed the .Vlkmlic to the new world, and hassince been a resident of .n .\rbor. Here he at-tained his majority, and in 1885 was united inmarriage to Miss Bertha Roehm, a native of thiscity. They now have five : E.,who is asscjciated with his father in business:.Martin .Adolph. wdio is in the shop connectedwith his fathers store: Emil Henry and .na,both in school : and Paul (Hto, vet at .\fter com])leting his education. ChristianSchlenker became familiar with t
Past and present of Washtenaw County, Michigan . tion inthe schools of his uaii\e coiuitrx until 1871. whenhe crossed the .Vlkmlic to the new world, and hassince been a resident of .n .\rbor. Here he at-tained his majority, and in 1885 was united inmarriage to Miss Bertha Roehm, a native of thiscity. They now have five : E.,who is asscjciated with his father in business:.Martin .Adolph. wdio is in the shop connectedwith his fathers store: Emil Henry and .na,both in school : and Paul (Hto, vet at .\fter com])leting his education. ChristianSchlenker became familiar with the hardwarebusiness as an emplox-e of John Ifister. ;md since1885 has conducted a store on his own account,being now located at Nos. 213-215 \ streetwest. He has recently completed a new brickbuilding which is a handsome structure, and inwhich he carries a large line of hardware, stoves,furnaces, paints, oils, pumps, cutlery and generalsiqiplies. His business methods have shown himworthy of the sui)p<irt and conrtdeuce of the |)ub. CHRI PAST AND PRESENT OF WASHTENAW COUNTY. thence and persistency of purpose constitute thebasic elements of his prosperity and prove thatsuccess may be attained by all who have the de-termination to win it through methods that liehas employed. Mr. Schlenker holds social relations with theArbeiter \erein, the Sharp Shooters and with theOdd Fellows. He has taken all of the degrees inthe last mentioned, and has been representativeto the grand lodge. His religious faith is that ofthe Zion Lutheran church. His political viewsaccord with democratic principles, and he hasbeen elected and served as alderman of the sec-ond ward. As a member of the city council hehas exercised his official prerogatives in introduc-ing and supporting measures which have theirroot in the needs and possibilities of the city andthat are intended to promote its welfare and sub-stantial improvement. He is practical in all thathe does—in his business life, in his officia
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