Birth: 8 Aug 1850 – Gut Libenz, Obersuhl, Hessen-Kassel
Death: 8 Jun 1879 – Grant Township, Carroll, Iowa, USA
Father: Johann Michael Schmidt (1811-1885)
Mother: Martha Elisabeth Günther (1810-1882)
Marriage: 4 Jan 1872 – Benton County, Iowa, USA
Spouse: Ida Johanna Becker (1853-1893)
Children:
- Emma Catherine Schmidt (1872-1942)
- Wilhelmina Kate “Minnie” Schmidt (1873-1967)
- Anna Elizabeth Schmidt (1874-1957)
- Dora Georgia Schmidt (1880-1908)