Birth: 21 Dec 1841 – Machtlos, Hessen-Kassel

Death: 14 Sep 1891 – West Bend, Kossuth, Iowa, USA

Father: Dietrich Schmidt (1803-1847)

Mother: Sophia Schmidt (1804-1857)

Marriage: 20 Oct 1865 – Machtlos, Hessen-Kassel
Spouse: Martha Elisabeth Lindemann (1837-1923)

Children:

  1. Johann Heinrich “Henry John” Schmidt Sr (1862-1951)
  2. Conrad Dietrich Schmidt (1863-1863)
  3. Katharina Elisabeth Martha “Lizzie” Schmidt (1864-1939)
  4. Anna Maria Schmidt (1866-1870)
  5. Friederika Johanna Wilhelmina Schmidt (1869-1870)
  6. Johann Georg Conrad Schmidt (1870-1872)
  7. Herman Balthasar Louis Schmidt (1872-1926)
  8. Anna Sabine Elise Schmidt (1873-1961)
  9. Margaretha Martha Anna “Maggie” Schmidt (1875-1910)