August Schroeder
August Schroeder, one of the enterprising and successful farmers of Cross Creek Township, resides on his farm of 115 acres, on which he has placed substantial improvements. He was born in Germany, March 6, 1858, and is a son of Fred and Christina (Bratz) Sehroeder, both of whom spent their lives in Germany.
August Schroeder attended school in his native land and remained at home until he reached the age for military service, after which he went into the army and spent four years as a German trooper. Thus, when he came to America in 1882, it was an honorable departure from his own land, he having complied with the laws of the empire. He located in the state of New York, where for eight years he was in the lumber business and for two years was, engineer in a mill. He came then to Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, and took possession of his present farm. Within five years he has changed completely its appearance and has added hundreds of dollars to its value. All the fencing and new structures of all kinds he has put up, including a fine bank barn, and has a place that equals any in the township in its appearance of thrift and solid comfort.
In 1881 Mr. Schroeder was married to Miss Wilhelmina Crausa, a daughter of Christian and Philamina (Breatka) Crausa. The parents of Mrs. Schroeder never came to America, and she has one sister in Germany—Augusta—and Mr. Schroeder has two sisters there: Carolina and Augusta, and Minnie, who lives in New York state. Mr. and Mrs. Sehroeder had one little daughter, Augusta, who died in Germany. They have reared Julius Rhoda as their own son since he was eleven years of age. He was born in Switzerland in 1887 and his adopted parents are now giving him educational advantages at Ada College. In politics Mr. Schroeder is a Democrat. With his estimable wife he belongs to tlie German Lutheran Chnrch at Steubenville.
From 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio, by Joseph B. Doyle. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910