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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

Hon. Anton SCHEIDT, dealer in hardware, tinware, stoves and house-furnishing goods (Scheidt 
& Smith), Joliet; was born in Schoenenburg, Alsace, France, Jan. 30, 1827; in 1849, he came 
to the United States; spent one year in the State of New York, and then came West, remaining 
a short time in Chicago, and coming to Joliet in 1850; the first two years he worked in a 
wagon and plow shop in Homer Twp., and in April, 1852, was married to Elizabeth PALMER, of 
Joliet, who was born in Harthaem, in the Kingdom of Baden, Germany, in 1824, by whom he has 
four children; the same year (1852), he built the Chicago House, on Bluff st., and kept it 
as a boarding-house until 1862. In 1857, he entered into partnership with Sebastian STEPHEN 
in the brewery business; in 1862, he purchased his partner's interest, enlarged the brewery, 
and run it until 1874, when he leased it to Henry EIDER, the present occupant. In 1875, he 
entered upon his present business with his son-in-law, Paul SMITH besides their regular line 
of hardware business, they are large contractors and manufacturers of all kinds of 
galvanized-iron work, etc. Mr. SCHEIDT has served eleven years on the Board of Aldermen, 
being first elected in 1861; in 1874, he was chosen Mayor of the city of Joliet, holding 
the office one year; he has also served three terms on the Board of Supervisors.