H. P. Schroder From History of Grant County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 921.

PLATTEVILLE

H. P. SCHRODER, merchant, Platteville; has been in business in Platteville since March, 1870, in his present location, where he keeps a general store; he is a native of Prussia, born in 1838. In 1846, his parents came to America and settled in La Fayette Co., Wis., in 1847; he left home in 1851, and went to St. Paul, Minn., where he remained till the spring of 1862, then went to California and remained there till 1869; he then returned to Wisconsin, and has been a resident of Platteville since that time. He was married, in Platteville, in the spring of 1870, to Miss Minnie C., daughter of John Kenler, of that place. His father, Peter Schroder, went to California in 1849, and died there in the winter of 1851. Mrs. Schroder is still living in Platteville.

 


This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.