SCHMIDT Peter

1833 - 1910  (76 years)

• Name	SCHMIDT Peter
  Born	16 Dec 1833	Damflos, Trier, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Sep 1910	Evanston, IL
  Buried	25 Sep 1910	St. Henry's Catholic Church, Evanston, IL (now St. Joseph's)
  Person ID	I3346	Hans Landis Tree for trimming
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2010

  
  

  Father	SCHMIDT Heinrich Peter,   b. 20 Sep 1798, Damflos, Trier, Germany ,   d. ABT. 1862, Will County, IL  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	WERNER Anna Margaretha,   b. ABT. 1802, Trier, Germany ,   d. 14 Sep 1849, Damflos, Trier, Germany  (Age ~ 47 years)
  Married	26 Jul 1823	Hermeskeil, Germany
  Family ID	F1000	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	MUNO Katharina,   b. 29 Sep 1845, Damflos, Trier, Germany ,   d. 5 Mar 1922, Chicago, IL  (Age 76 years)
  Married	13 Nov 1866	St. Henry Church, Chicago, IL
  Children	1. SCHMIDT Peter,   b. 29 Oct 1867, Evanston, IL ,   d. 11 Nov 1900, Chicago, IL  (Age 33 years)   2. SCHMIDT Catherine,   b. 25 Dec 1868, Evanston, IL ,   d. 5 Aug 1936, IL  (Age 67 years)   3. SCHMIDT Frank,   b. 12 Oct 1870, IL ,   d. 3 Jul 1929, IL  (Age 58 years)   4. SCHMIDT Elizabeth,   b. 4 Dec 1872, IL ,   d. 20 Aug 1909, Chicago, Cook Co, IL  (Age 36 years)   5. SCHMIDT Susan,   b. 1877, Chicago, IL ,   d. BEF. 1898, Chicago, IL  (Age < 21 years)   6. SCHMIDT George,   b. 8 Jan 1878   7. SCHMIDT Anna Laura,   b. 10 Aug 1884   8. SCHMIDT Barbara Cecelia,   b. 27 Aug 1887
  Family ID	F1005	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Peter came to the US in 1857 with his father and siblings on the Harriet Hoxie. Peter signed up to serve in the Civil War in Mokena, IL at the same time that Martin Sonnenberg signed up. He enlisted on 8/8/1862 and served in Company C, 100th Infantry, the same as Martin Sonnenberg. Peter was mustered out on 6/12/1865 in Nashville, TN and has a distinguised service standing. According to his pension papers, Peter fought at the battle of Chickamauga on 9/20/1863 and was wounded (apparently 2 gun shot wounds to the right side,) captured and taken prisoner. He was kept prisoner for 11 days and then parolled, being disabled by his wounds received at Chickamauga. Peter was treated at a hospital in Nashville, TN for his wounds. He was sent home on furlough. Following his return to service from Mokena, IL, Peter was sent to Benton Barracks, MO and there contracted small pox for which he was treated in a small pox hospital on an island in the Mississippi River. Peter was described as 5 ft 5 inches, with black hair, and black eyes. Peter and his wife Catharine and their 2 children are found on the 1870 census records in Evanston, IL. he is listed as a farmer. They had moved to Evanston from Mokena, IL in 1869. 1880 census records: Peter and his family are found in Chicago. He is listed as a newspaper carrier. 1900 census records: Peter is living with his wife and Frank, Anna Laura, and Cecelia in Chicago, Cook County. He is listed as unemployed. 1910 census records, Cook County, IL. Peter is found living with his wife and children Frank and Barbara Cecelia. He is unemployed. Death certificate #24593 for Peter Schmidt. Died on 9/22/1910 from broncho pneumonia and heart failure, had been sick for 6 days. Was living at 1624 Meyers Court, Chicago. He was to be buried at St. Henry's Roman Catholic Church (now St. Joseph's church.)