My Genealogy Hound

John Schade, Jr., editor and one of the proprietors of the Lawrence Union, of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., is a son of John Schade, Sr., a merchant of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., who was born in Germany, kingdom of Bavaria, October 24, 1838, and a grandson of George and Margaret (Rubbert) Schade, both natives of the same country. The father of our subject came to the United States in 1831 with his parents, and located in Baltimore, Md., where his parents died. He learned the shoe-maker’s trade in that city, which he followed until the late war. He enlisted from Dayton, Ohio, in Company E, Fifty-eighth Ohio Regiment, and served nine months. Ho then resided in Ohio, being unfit for work on account of disabilities contracted during service. In 1872 he came to Lawrenceburg and followed his trade until 1880, when he engaged in his present business. In 1860 he married Christina Zeigler, a native of Wurtemburg, Germany, and this union resulted in the birth of five children: John, Charles C., Joseph B., Mary C. and Theresa B. John Schade, Sr., is a Republican in politics, but of rather independent views. Himself and family are members of the Catholic Church. Our subject, John Schade, Jr., was born in Dayton, Ohio, October 10, 1862, and came to Lawrenceburg with his parents in 1872. He received a good German and English education, and in 1880 began learning the printer’s trade, working on the Lawrence Press one year. In 1882 he worked on the Pulaski Herald, but returned to the Lawrenceburg Press during 1883 and 1884. During 1885 he was in the mercantile business, and in February, 1886, he, in company with his brother, Joseph B., bought out the Lawrenceburg Press office, and established the Lawrence Union, which they have since conducted successfully as a Republican paper. August 7, 1883, John, Jr., married Lizzie Cook, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and two children (twins), named Henry and Christina, were born to this union. In politics our subject is a stanch Republican, and he and family are members of the Catholic Church.