Lake County, Indiana



                             ADAM SCHMAL

Adam Schmal was born in the Province of Rhine, Germany, June 24, 
1828. He is the son of Joseph and Anna C. (Spidler) Schmal, natives
of the same locality. His father was a carpenter, which trade he
followed thirty-six years in Germany. He intended coming to America
in 1837, with John Hack, deceased, who, however, sent a glowing 
account of Lake County, which started him to the new world, and he
arrived at New York after thirty days of rough passage, whence he
went to Chicago, and thence to this county in 1838, where he 
settled to farming and died May 18, 1859, his wife preceding him 
by ten days. Adam has an English and German education, and, 
like his father, is a farmer, with one of the finest farms in 
this county, with all improvements; it contains 400 acres. On
April 29, 1851, he was married to Margaret Rassier, a native of
Germany, whose parents came to Lake County in 1842. Mr. and Mrs.
Schmal have seven children-- Barbara (now Mrs. J. Wachter), Lily
(now Mrs. J.G. Bohling), Peter, George, Margaret, Catherine, and
Frederick William. Mr. Schmal is a Republican, and was County
Treasurer from 1867 to 1871-a most satisfactory official. He has
also been County Commissioner, and has held other township
offices. He came to his present farm in 1875.


Source- Counties of Porter and Lake, 1882.
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