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- ADOLF LOCHSCHMIDT, who is now serving in his fourteenth year as township chairman of Greenville township, is one of the representative citizens of Outagamie county, where he has been engaged as a farmer and merchant for many years, and is a veteran of the Civil War. He was born in Bohemia, Austria-Hungary, October 1, 1846, a son of Wenzel and Theresa (Bayer) Lochschimdt, natives of Bohemia who came to the United States in June, 1855, locating first at Baltimore, and making their way thence to St. Louis, Missouri, where the mother died. The father then went to New Orleans, with the intention of returning to the old country, but had to wait too long for his ship and decided to return to St. Louis, and from there went to Wisconsin, where he resided with his wife's brother for one and one-half years. His next location was in Terre Haute, Indiana, where he followed the cooper trade for sixteen years, and in 1873 came to Greenville township, buying twenty acres of land, although he continued to follow his trade. Later he went to Shawano county, and there his death occurred in April, 1884, one year after going there. Adolph Lochschimdt was the oldest of the four children of his parents, and he received his education in the public schools of Terre Haute, Indiana. On January 1, 1862, he enlisted in the Sixty-first Indiana Infantry as a drummer boy, this regiment later being consolidated with the Thirty-fifth, and after serving ten months in Company G, he enlisted in the Eighth Indiana Battery, which was later consolidated with the Fifth and Seventh and known as the Seventh, doing guard duty along the railroad between Chattanooga and Atlanta and was in the two days battle of Chicamauga. His entire service covered two years, three months and twenty days, and he was discharged July 20, 1865, after a brave and meritorious service. On his return to Terre Haute, he learned the trade of cooper, which he followed in that city until 1873, when he came to Greenville township, and was engaged in barrel making from timber taken from the twenty acres that his father had purchased. He resided on that farm for sixteen years, and in 1890 purchased seventy acres of land one-half miles north of Greenville Station, where he resided until 1907, then purchasing a small two-acre tract and retiring from active life. Later Mr. Lochschmidt bought the store at Bear Creek for his son, which he has operated since 1910 as a general mercantile establishment. During the past twelve years Mr. Lochschmidt has been treasurer of the Greenville Creamery. He has been prominent in Democratic politics, and served as chairman of the county board in 1904, as assessor seven terms, as clerk twice, and as a member of the school board, and for the past fourteen years he has been township chairman. He is a member of the Roman Catholic Church, belongs to the Catholic Knights and is vice-president of his branch of that order. On May 25, 1874, Mr. Lochschmidt was married to Fannie Steohr, who was born August 9, 1855, in Greenville township, daughter of Joseph and Anna (Fischer) Steohr, natives of Bohemia who were early settlers of Outagamie county, from whence, in 1876, they moved to Shawano county, and there spent the rest of their lives. Mr. and Mrs. Lochschmidt have had fourteen children: Joseph, who resides in Langlade county, where he is engaged in farming; Henry, a milk dealer of Appleton; Matthew, a resident of Kaukauna; Michael, who is in the United States Marines, now stationed in Cuba; Paul, who is manager of the store at Bear Creek; Anton, residing at home; Anna and Martha, Catholic Sisters at St. Francis Convent; Mary, residing at home; Frances, deceased, who was also a Catholic Sister; Celia and Theresa, residing at home; and Johnnie and an infant, deceased.
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1846 - 1923 (76 years)
