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EDMUND C. SCHNAIDT
Among the younger generation of
business men in Lodi, and a recent addition to business circles, is Edmund C.
Schnaidt who, on August 3, 1922, purchased the drug store owned by the late
Robert L. Graham, who established it some forty years ago and for thirty-eight
years was located on the corner of Elm and Sacramento streets. He was born in Menno, South Dakota, June 17,
1899, a son of Christopher and Mary (Hoff) Schnaidt. Grandfather Schnaidt was a prominent factor
in the development of the Dakotas and at the time that the territory was
divided into two states, he was a Congressman; he was also chairman of the
state board of charities and corrections of South Dakota.
In 1901 Edmund C. Schnaidt came with
his parents to Lodi, where the father engaged in the real estate and insurance
business, which he conducted until his death by drowning at Stockton on January
2, 1916; the mother passed away in 1904.
Edmund C. started his education in the grammar schools of Lodi, then
entered the high school and after three years in high school enlisted in the
Navy, becoming pharmacist mate on U. S. S. Plattsburg. He then was employed by Mr. Weihe, where he received practical experience in the drug
business; he then entered the University of California and was graduated with
the class of 1922. Returning to Lodi he
again entered the drug store of Mr. Weihe, but
remained there only a short time, when he bought the Robert L. Graham business and he is readjusting the
stock into an up-to-date establishment; he also has a branch of the United
Cigar Company.
On August 19, 1921, in San Francisco
Mr. Schnaidt was united in marriage with Miss Mae Belle Cooper, a native of
Fort Madison, Iowa, a daughter of Murdock and Gwendolyne
Cooper. In 1912 the family came to
California and settled in San Francisco where the father worked for the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Mrs.
Schnaidt was educated in the grammar, high school and Heald’s
Business College in Sacramento and for three years before her marriage was a
stenographer in the Anglo-London & Paris National Bank in San
Francisco. Mr. Schnaidt is a Republican
in politics and is deeply interested in community affairs.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1544. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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