- HENRY SCHUETTER, who during a long and active career was prominently identified with the business interests of Appleton, Wisconsin, is now living a quiet, retired life, satisfied in the knowledge that he has done his share in promoting the interests of his adopted city. Mr. Schuetter was born May 8, 1851, at Capelle, near Munster, Westphalia, Prussia, and is a son of William and Gertrude (Dickman) Schuetter, and grandson of Henry William and Mary Anna (Esberg) Schuetter, natives of Capelle and Werne, Prussia, respectively. The children of Henry William Schuetter and wife were William; Anna, who married Bernhard Mehring, a mason at Capelle; Elizabeth who married and lived near Capelle, in Westphalia; another daughter who became the wife of Theodore Holtrup, shoemaker at Capelle. William Schuetter, father of Henry, was born in 1807, also in Capelle, and there learned the trades of mason, builder and marble cutter and the profession of architect. He later became superintendent of public works in the employ of the Prussian Government, won a wide reputation as artist and sculptor, and in many ways was a brilliant and gifted man. He was married to Gertrude Dickman, daughter of Anna Katherine Dickman, who was born in 1805, in Prussia. In the Dickman family there were four children: Gertrude, who married William Schuetter; Annie Katherine the wife of John Bernard Neuhaus; Theresa, a resident of Westphalia; and B. Henry, married and living at Dusseldorf, Prussia, and they became the parents of three children: Anna, who died in Germany June 18, 1855, aged eleven years; William, born November 25, 1848, and died January 2, 1850, and Henry. Henry Schuetter was educated in the schools of his native locality, and was but twelve years of age when his father died. At the age of fifteen years, finding it necessary to depend on himself for support, he started to learn the tailor trade at Ascheberg, and when he had served but two years of the three-year apprenticeship he had made such rapid progress that his employer paid him for the final year. He worked for this man for four years in all, and in 1870 came to America, landing at New York, from whence he came to Wisconsin where he knew he could find friends. He arrived in Appleton on a Saturday, and by the Monday morning following he had started to work at his trade for C. O. Callaghan, with whom he remained for two months. Later he was employed by Edward Utley, H. A. Phinney and C. G. Mugridge, a cutter and refined gentlemen artist from Boston, the latter of whom did much to assist the German youth and make things easier for him. During the year 1871 Mr. Schuetter went to Chicago, where for a year he was employed at his trade, but returned to Appleton to accept the position of assistant cutter under C. G. Mugridge, with whom he remained two years, and during the next year following he worked as a clerk in the dry goods store of Clark & Edwards. He was later engaged as cutter by A. H. Van Strattum and subsequently by Mr. Ullman, but in April, 1883, engaged in business on his own account, a move for which he had been preparing for a number of years. The business, started in a humble way, grew steadily, and soon began to take on proportions that led it to be known as one of the largest merchant tailoring establishments in northern Wisconsin, employment being given to twenty hands. Mr. Schuetter is a man of exceptional business ability, and this he put to good use in conducting his enterprise, and to dealing in real estate, in which at one time he was a heavy investor. He now owns some valuable property in Appleton, including his handsome residence. In 1909 he retired from active business pursuits, selling his interests to his son. He is a stockholder in the Citizens Bank and a director in the Lakeside Paper Mill. On May 16, 1876, Mr. Scheutter was married to Mary Schmidt, born January 17, 1852, at Hatzenport, Rhenish Prussia, near Coblentz, daughter of Mathias and Gertrude (Moritz) Schmidt, natives of that place, who came to America in 1857. Here the father passed away seven months after landing, while his widow survived him until November 13, 1873. Of their seven children, three are now living, namely: Katie, Mary and Mathias: Mr. and Mrs. Schuetter have had seven children, as follows: William G. H., who is deceased; Edward C., who died in infancy; Carl A., who is conducting his father's business; Gertrude A. and Clara Anna, at home; Robert L., a graduate of the State University at Madison; and George M., a graduate of St. Mary's College, Kansas. The family is connected with the Catholic Church, being members of St. Joseph's congregation, and Mr. Schuetter is a member of the Catholic Knights and Knights of Columbus. In political matters he is independent, although all other things being equal he favors the Democratic principles.
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1851 - 1935 (84 years)
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Schuetter, Gertrude
