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

Luis SCHMID, proprietor Peotone Hotel, Peotone; born in Sigmaringen, Hohenzollern, Prussia, 
Aug. 12, 1842, where he lived until 22 years of age engaged at milling; he emigrated to 
America in 1864, landing in New York May 3, being forty-seven days on the voyage; here, he 
remained one year, being employed in a hotel and restaurant; coming to Chicago, he worked 
in a tannery one year, then locating in Peotone in 1866, where he worked at the carpenter 
trade for seven years, then, for two years, was engaged in mercantile pursuits; at the 
expiration of which time, he exchanged his residence for the Peotone Hotel, located just 
east of the depot, which he has since successfully run as a hotel for a period of three 
years. He married Nov. 20, 1869, to Miss Katharina CONRAD, oldest daughter of Peter 
CONRAD; she was born in Odenbach Rheinpfels, Bavaria, Germany, Nov. 13, 1851; they are 
the parents of three children, viz., Julia C. D., Luida M. C. and Katharina A. D.