The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-11-14
DEAD.
Louis Schaefer, Proprietor Of
the Opera House,
And One Of Canton'a Most Enor.
goti3 Workers
Passes Away This Morning at Nine
O'Clock
surrounded by tho Members Of His FAmi-
ly'.'Hia Life's Work,
(From Tuesdays Drlyl
,lr, Louis schocfcr Is dead,

Mr., Louis SChncfcr h dead,
The man whose uHmc has been house.
! hnld word IN lhlH city aud county for 10,
| uiCsc many years has passed away,
| The end Cnmc a. hjlb O'Clock this morn
! Ing Ills bedside was surrounded by
mcmbow Of his family, Tho cause Gf
| death was chronic C.urfhOon aud the de-
! ceased has been confined 10 hla bed since
| SUNDAY,
Mr, schnofcr has been for number Of
! yutr 10 Victim tn the trouble which caused
! biz death, Several times during thr past
! trw yrlJr hC huH been confined Ia his bed
! Tor several days ~ u time but prompt
| medical attention brought him OUT an
! right
For the past fow weeks the trouble
! bothered HIN greatly Medical attention
appeared 10 have no cllcct for tho better
! nnd wlcu hc sought the privacy Of his
! homo Thursday evening hU was In u very
! bad condition, Sunday noon hiH liu was
| dlHpulrcd ot Und that evening rumurh OF
hiH death were spread,
All day Monday irlouda aHXlously In.
quirud after Tie sufferers condition, lie
was Ia o decidedly critical condition but
u was thought hy the attending plyaician
Dr. Phillips, thut change for the better
mlphl occur, Hut the change Cumo not,
Mr., SchucfcrH loss will be- deeply felt.
Ills energetic work with other citizens In
advancing tie Interests Of Canton can
never ho forgotten, While the citizens
are celebrating Victory to-day for free
dom from the hands Of an OpprCaaor,
give thought aud drop tear 10 tho
memory OF our departed citizen,
a BIOGRAPHICAL sKETCu.
Mr., Schuoicr was born December %,
1915, ut Muscllc, France, aud was n son OF
'hillip gnd Catherine SChoclcr, who came
to America IN 1890 and lived In phiIadol.
phiU, Pa" for a short time, They after.
words moved on farm several miles east
Of Canton, whore they resided for "a mum.
her Of years, Me-, SchHCfcr came 10 Can.
ton about lHl2, and commenced clCrkins
Tor Martin WilNdul then engaged In the
mercantile business on the north side of
the Public square, llC clcrkcd there for
several years, lie finally concluded 10
cnlcr into the study Of law, which he did
~ 1910, with the firm Of GriswOld 4 Grant.
lie was admitted 10 the bar In 1912, AMI
from that tlmc on for number Of years
hc had ono OF the most lucrative law
practices ilr northern Ohio, During tho
Time hr wis Ia partnership At different
tunes Win Judge FrcgHc, Judge BcIdcn,
William a, Lynch and Henry Wfc G.r.
nett nov Oi Washington, ID, &,
Nhilc engaged IN the practice Of 'aw he
luu several sluunuta under him uuu nm.
der his instructions they dcvolopcd 10 bc
men OF remarkable ability aud prominent
lawyers Among them were senator
MnugrrHon, OF NrhrusNuj Frank Spnltrr,
IT, W, Gamctl Robert Lohmcr Of CncIn,
natl aud the Hon, Wm, a, Lynch, of tbis
city, lie was admitted 10 tho bar IA tbe
some time gnl Va the slmo clnu with Hon,
Robert II, Folgcr,
i was member Of The Board of Edu.
cation Tor a number of years aud waa nl-
ways interested Ia the welfare and pro.
grrHH OF thu public schools of this city, Ho
was county commissioner for number
3l Nca" ana was very active In securing
tue lhw Tor the erection Of the county
court house, which was considered ong
of The most important acts of any man I'm
the county lie was the leading man In
gc'ing tho watch works established here
ana suporlulcudcd the construction of
thrm Tie was % mCmbOr Of the city cnm.
Cll Tor % number OF years aud Wua "a cane
diuuto for congress In 1860, on the demo-
cratic tlrNct, hut wua defeated. He was
whig mp to 1916, after which
ho voted the Democratic ticket for a num-
hcr ul Ecnw Ol lNtc years hO has takcn
lilllo or no part In politics and voted for
mon Tor olllrcs according 10 the esteem In
which he held them, rcgurdlca Of politics.
lie was the most active person IN securing
several ol the largest manufacturing cg-
tablishmcnts IN The city 10 locate here,
among thcm being the Dichold Safe and
Lock Co, the DuUbCr Watch Case Go, and
various OtlVr establishments. llr was
married twice, the first tImo May 10, 1870,
70 Catherine Anna, daughter of stephen
a, McnlCy, Three children were born 10
them, the fret being Mary, now Mira. w.
Il, Day, the second daughter named
Alice who died IN April 1874, the third
child being Louis NJ His first wife died
August Il, lsIn, He married Miss Helen
longnrL of Millcrsburg, Ohio, December
10, 1881,
The time Of funeral s Thursday after
noon ~ o'clock scryicca at the house.